How Alabama basketball did in Coaches Poll post-Vegas, first NET rankings

Alabama basketball came back from Las Vegas with two of the program's best performances during the Nate Oats era, but the three-day stint in Sin City started with a loss that stumped the Crimson Tide's Players Era Festival championship hopes.

In the polls, the 95-85 defeat from Gonzaga weighed more than the victories over UNLV and Maryland, too.

Coming into the tournament, Alabama (5-2) was ranked No. 9, but falling to the formerly-10th ranked Zags dropped the team's ranking to No. 12 in the Coaches Poll. Gonzaga dropped to No. 11 with the Players Era Championship loss to No. 2 Michigan.

The first NET rankings of the 2025-26 season were released on Monday, Dec. 1, as well.

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Although Alabama has wins against Quad 1 opponents − St. John's and Illinois − the Crimson Tide's losses to Gonzaga and Purdue see the team start at No. 14. A 2-2 Quad 1 record is still the second-best in the country, only topped by undefeated Michigan, which has gone 3-0 against Quad 1 groups to be the No. 1 team in the NET rankings.

Alabama gets a break this week with no ranked opponents on the docket in Clemson and UTSA. Here's a full look at the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Where Alabama basketball stands in Week 5 Coaches Poll

Rank

Team

Record

PTS

1st

Prev

Chg

Hi/Lo

1

Purdue

7-0

762

21

1

-

1/1

2

Michigan

7-0

721

6

6

+4

2/7

3

Arizona

7-0

709

3

3

-

3/13

4

Duke

8-0

696

1

4

-

4/5

5

UConn

6-1

608

0

7

+2

3/7

6

Louisville

7-0

600

0

5

-1

5/12

7

Houston

7-1

588

0

2

-5

2/7

8

Michigan State

7-0

531

0

12

+4

8/21

9

Iowa State

7-0

502

0

13

+4

9/18

10

BYU

6-1

493

0

11

+1

7/11

11

Gonzaga

7-1

480

0

10

-1

10/20

12

Alabama

5-2

428

0

9

-3

9/16

13

Tennessee

7-1

377

0

16

+3

13/18

14

Florida

5-2

313

0

8

-6

3/14

15

Illinois

6-2

312

0

14

-1

8/15

16

Vanderbilt

8-0

268

0

23

+7

16/NR

17

North Carolina

6-1

230

0

17

-

17/25

18

Kentucky

5-2

222

0

18

-

8/18

19

Texas Tech

6-2

192

0

20

+1

11/20

19

Indiana

7-0

192

0

24

+5

19/NR

21

Kansas

6-2

154

0

NR

+10

19/NR

22

St. John's

4-3

129

0

15

-7

6/22

23

Arkansas

5-2

119

0

21

-2

15/23

24

Auburn

6-2

104

0

25

+1

22/NR

25

Iowa

7-0

69

0

NR

+13

25/NR

No. 19 UCLA; No. 22 North Carolina State;

USC 56; UCLA 33; Nebraska 31; Missouri 28; Saint Mary's 20; Baylor 19; North Carolina State 16; Virginia 14; LSU 14; Clemson 9; Butler 9; Ole Miss 8; TCU 5; Wisconsin 4; Utah State 4; SMU 4; Oklahoma State 1; Colorado 1;

Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].

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