Clemson's rank in the final men's basketball Associated Press Top 25

Brad Brownell is the lone returner from this photo after a record-breaking season.

Brandon Rink - Assoc. Editor / Staff Writer - Tuesday, April 08 2025

With the 2025 men’s basketball NCAA Tournament in the books, the Clemson Tigers were ranked No. 22 in the final Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday.

Before the first-round NCAA Tournament loss to 12-seed McNeese State, Clemson had its highest-ever ranking to enter an NCAA Tourney, at No. 12. After last year’s Elite 8 run, the Tigers finished 14th and the program-best final AP finish is 13th (1996-97; 1986-87).

Brad Brownell’s Tigers (27-7, 18-2 ACC) set program records for overall wins (27), regular-season wins (26) and ACC regular-season wins (18).

Clemson won 12 of those games away from home, with nine road ACC victories setting another school mark.

Fifteen of Clemson’s regular-season ACC wins were by 10+ points, which easily cleared a school record there (previously 9) and ranked third-best all-time in the conference.

The program made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time under Brownell and since the 2008-11 run for Clemson under Oliver Purnell and then Brownell.

Departing due to graduation, Chase Hunter was a first-team All-ACC pick and Ian Schieffelin made second team. Starters and double-digit scorers Jaeden Zackery and Viktor Lakhin are also set to move on with eligibility expired.

Clemson ranked 23rd in the final Coaches Poll.

Clemson finishes 22nd in AP and 23rd in Coaches basketball polls. Just second time Clemson has finished in top 25 in men's basketball in consecutive years. Also did it in 2007-08 and 2008-09 under Oliver Purnell.
— Tim Bourret (@TimBourret) April 8, 2025

Final 2024-25 AP Top 25

1. Florida (61)
2. Houston
3. Duke
4. Auburn
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Michigan State
8. Texas Tech
9. Maryland
10. Michigan
11. St. John's
12. Kentucky
13. BYU
14. Purdue
15. Arizona
16. Wisconsin
17. Iowa State
18. Ole Miss
19. Texas A&M
20. Arkansas
21. Louisville
22. Clemson
23. Gonzaga
24. St. Mary's
25. Memphis

Others receiving votes:

Drake 122, Oregon 105, Illinois 80, UConn 76, Creighton 60, Colorado St. 49, UCLA 36, McNeese St. 17, Missouri 16, New Mexico 10, UC San Diego 6, Kansas 5, Marquette 2.