Alabama drops in final AP Poll before March Madness

The final AP Poll before the start of the NCAA Tournament came out on Monday afternoon, with Alabama dropping two spots from No. 5 to No. 7.
The drop comes after the Crimson Tide went 1-1 in the SEC Tournament in Nashville this past week, beating then-No. 15 Kentucky by 29 points in Friday’s quarterfinal round and following it up with a 22-point loss to then-No. 3 Florida in the semifinals.
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Alabama received a 2-seed as the No. 6 overall team in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, being placed in the East Region. Ranked teams in the Tide’s region include No. 1 Duke (1-seed), No. 13 Wisconsin (3-seed), No. 17 BYU (6-seed), No. 20 Saint Mary’s (7-seed), No. 21 Arizona (4-seed) and No. 25 Oregon (5-seed).
Alabama’s first round game in the tournament will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday against 15-seed Robert Morris. The game will tip off at 11:40 a.m. CT on truTV.
March 17 AP Poll
- Duke
- Houston
- Florida
- Auburn
- St. John’s
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Michigan State
- Texas Tech
- Louisville
- Maryland
- Clemson
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Iowa State
- Memphis
- BYU
- Kentucky
- Texas A&M
- Saint Mary’s
- Arizona
- Purdue
- Missouri
- Gonzaga
- Oregon
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