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March 8, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Kansas (63) Big 12 29-2 1623 *1
2 < 3 Kentucky (2) SEC 29-2 1553 2
3 < 1 Syracuse Big East 28-3 1500 *3
4 < 4 Duke ACC 26-5 1348 4
5 < 6 Ohio State Big Ten 24-7 1344 7
6 < 7 Purdue Big Ten 26-4 1252 5
7 < 10 West Virginia 24-6 1231 6
8 < 8 New Mexico 28-3 1188 8
9 < 5 Kansas State Big 12 24-6 1063 9
10 < 9 Villanova 24-6 1016 10
11 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 24-7 1015 11
12 < 12 Butler 27-4 796 12
13 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 23-7 710 18
14 < 14 BYU 28-4 690 15
15 < 16 Tennessee SEC 23-7 650 13
16 < 17 Pittsburgh 24-7 644 16
17 < 20 Temple 26-5 552 17
18 < 18 Gonzaga 26-5 534 14
19 < 22 Maryland ACC 23-7 499 19
20 < 13 Vanderbilt SEC 23-7 480 23
21 < 21 Baylor Big 12 24-6 474 20
22 < 19 Georgetown Big East 20-9 277 22
23 < 23 Texas A&M Big 12 22-8 271 24
24 < 25 Xavier 23-7 136 RV
25 < 24 UTEP 24-5 134 21
RV < NR Northern Iowa 48 25
RV < NR Richmond 41 RV
RV < NR Utah State 12 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 12 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 10 RV
RV < NR Marquette 6 NR
RV < NR Notre Dame 6 NR
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 3 RV
RV < NR Louisville 3 NR
RV < NR California Pac-10 2 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 1 RV
RV < NR Siena 1 NR
NR < NR Memphis 0 RV
NR < NR Old Dominion 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's 0 RV
NR < NR UNLV 0 RV

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.