Coaches Poll Top 25 Prediction Week 15: Big 12's Top 4 Push

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Someone has to be No. 3 and 4 in the latest college basketball Coaches Poll Top 25?

UConn was No. 3 last week, but it lost at St. John’s. No. 4 Duke last to North Carolina, No. 5 Gonzaga got inexplicably rocked by Oregon State, and No. 6 dropped a thriller at Michigan State.

They won’t drop too much, but they’ll drop.

Predicting the Coaches Poll Top 25 for Week 15

Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic (22) reacts after a three-point shot against Baylor during the first half in the Big-12 men’s basketball on Feb. 7, 2026, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa© Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Arizona will be No. 1, Michigan will be No. 2. Will Iowa State move up from 7 after winning five straight? Will No. 8 Houston move up after winning 15 of the last 16?

Three of the top four might be from the Big 12, going into the week with a few monster games in the conference – like Arizona at Kansas.

Here’s our call on what the latest Coaches Poll Top 25 will be.

25 Iowa

Record: 18-5
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Northwestern, at Maryland

24 Miami University

Record: 24-0
Last Week Rank: 24
Up Next: Ohio

23 Saint Louis

Record: 23-1
Last Week Rank: 20
Up Next: at Loyola-Chicago

22 Clemson

Record: 20-4
Last Week Rank: 19
Up Next: Virginia Tech, at Duke

21 Vanderbilt

Record: 19-4
Last Week Rank: 15
Up Next: at Auburn, Texas A&M

20 St. John’s

Record: 16-5
Last Week Rank: 22
Up Next: Xavier, at Providence

19 BYU

Record: 17-6
Last Week Rank: 14
Up Next: at Baylor, Colorado

18 Louisville

Record: 17-6
Last Week Rank: 23
Up Next: NC State, Baylor

17 Arkansas

Record: 17-6
Last Week Rank: 21
Up Next: at LSU, Auburn

16 North Carolina

Record: 19-4
Last Week Rank: 18
Up Next: at Miami, Pitt

15 Virginia

Record: 20-3
Last Week Rank: 17
Up Next: at Florida State, Ohio State

14 Florida

Record: 17-6
Last Week Rank: 16
Up Next: at Georgia, Kentucky

13 Texas Tech

Record: 17-6
Last Week Rank: 13
Up Next: at West Virginia, Colorado

12 Purdue

Record: 19-4
Last Week Rank: 12
Up Next: at Nebraska, at Iowa

11 Kansas

Record: 18-5
Last Week Rank: 11
Up Next: Arizona, at Iowa State

10 Michigan State

Record: 20-4
Last Week Rank: 10
Up Next: at Wisconsin

9 Nebraska

Record: 21-2
Last Week Rank: 9
Up Next: Purdue, Northwestern

8 Illinois

Record: 20-4
Last Week Rank: 6
Up Next: Wisconsin

7 Gonzaga

Record: 23-2
Last Week Rank: 5
Up Next: Washington State, at Santa Clara

6 Duke

Record: 21-2
Last Week Rank: 4
Up Next: at Pitt, Clemson

5 UConn

Record: 22-2
Last Week Rank: 3
Up Next: at Butler, Georgetown

4 Houston

Record: 21-2
Last Week Rank: 8
Up Next: at Utah, Kansas State

3 Iowa State

Record: 21-2
Last Week Rank: 7
Up Next: at TCU, Kansas

2 Michigan

Record: 22-1
Last Week Rank: 2
Up Next: at Ohio State

1 Arizona

Record: 23-0
Last Week Rank: 1
Up Next: Texas Tech

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