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January 19, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (63) SEC 17-0 1623 *1
2 < 2 Virginia (2) ACC 17-0 1562 *2
3 < 3 Gonzaga West Coast 18-1 1467 3
4 < 5 Villanova Big East 17-1 1429 4
5 < 4 Duke ACC 15-2 1345 6
6 < 7 Wisconsin Big Ten 16-2 1282 5
7 < 10 Arizona Pac-12 16-2 1228 7
8 < 12 Notre Dame ACC 17-2 1055 9
9 < 11 Iowa State Big 12 13-3 1004 12
10 < 6 Louisville ACC 15-3 1003 10
11 < 9 Kansas Big 12 14-3 943 14
12 < 8 Utah Pac-12 14-3 940 11
13 < 14 Maryland Big Ten 17-2 937 8
14 < 13 Wichita State Missouri Valley 16-2 857 13
15 < 15 North Carolina ACC 14-4 803 15
16 < 17 VCU Atlantic 10 15-3 670 16
17 < 20 Texas Big 12 13-4 554 18
18 < 16 West Virginia Big 12 15-3 501 17
19 < 18 Oklahoma Big 12 12-5 445 20
20 < 23 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 16-2 387 19
21 < 22 Baylor Big 12 13-4 260 21
22 < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 15-2 241 22
23 < NR Indiana Big Ten 14-4 93 23
24 < 21 Seton Hall Big East 13-4 91 24
25 < NR Iowa Big Ten 13-5 85 RV
RV < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 12-5 47 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 12-5 41 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 14-4 34 RV
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 12-5 33 RV
RV < NR Stanford Pac-12 13-4 31 25
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 15-3 18 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 14-5 17 RV
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 17-2 16 RV
RV < 19 Arkansas SEC 13-4 15 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 11-5 13 NR
RV < NR Butler Big East 13-6 11 RV
RV < NR SMU American 14-4 11 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 12-6 8 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 13-4 6 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 15-2 5 RV
RV < 25 Wyoming Mountain West 16-3 4 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 14-5 3 RV
RV < NR Louisiana Tech Conference USA 14-4 2 NR
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 11-5 2 NR
RV < NR George Washington Atlantic 10 14-4 1 NR
RV < NR St. John's Big East 12-5 1 RV
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 13-4 1 NR
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 11-7 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 11-6 0 RV
NR < NR NC State ACC 13-6 0 RV
NR < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 14-3 0 RV
NR < NR Valparaiso Horizon 17-3 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 15.8 3707
ACC 5 8.0 5768
Big Ten 4 16.8 2397
Pac-12 2 9.5 2168
Big East 2 14.0 1520
Missouri Valley 2 17.0 1244
Atlantic 10 2 19.0 911
SEC 1 1.0 1623
West Coast 1 3.0 1467

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.