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March 9, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (65) SEC 31-0 1625 *1
2 < 3 Duke ACC 28-3 1544 2
3 < 2 Virginia ACC 28-2 1454 4
4 < 4 Villanova Big East 29-2 1444 3
5 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 28-3 1360 6
6 < 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 28-3 1344 5
7 < 7 Gonzaga West Coast 30-2 1229 7
8 < 10 Maryland Big Ten 26-5 1103 8
9 < 9 Kansas Big 12 24-7 1040 10
10 < 11 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 30-3 1037 11
11 < 12 Notre Dame ACC 26-5 1026 9
12 < 8 Wichita State Missouri Valley 28-4 797 12
13 < 17 Iowa State Big 12 22-8 786 15
14 < 16 Louisville ACC 24-7 780 13
15 < 15 Oklahoma Big 12 21-9 772 14
16 < 14 Baylor Big 12 23-8 701 16
17 < 13 Utah Pac-12 23-7 587 17
18 < 20 West Virginia Big 12 23-8 525 18
19 < 19 North Carolina ACC 21-10 406 19
20 < 22 SMU American 24-6 339 21
21 < 18 Arkansas SEC 24-7 300 20
22 < 21 Butler Big East 22-9 287 22
23 < NR Georgetown Big East 20-9 223 23
24 < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 23-6 99 24
25 < NR Boise State Mountain West 24-7 82 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 23-8 69 RV
RV < 24 Providence Big East 21-10 63 RV
RV < 23 Ohio State Big Ten 22-9 40 RV
RV < NR BYU West Coast 24-8 18 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 21-10 15 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 22-9 8 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 21-10 7 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 21-10 6 NR
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 24-7 3 25
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 27-4 2 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 23-7 1 RV
RV < NR North Florida Atlantic Sun 23-11 1 NR
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 20-11 1 RV
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 27-5 1 RV
NR < 25 Murray State Ohio Valley 27-5 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Big 12 19-12 0 RV
NR < NR Texas A&M SEC 20-10 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 9.8 5210
Big 12 5 14.2 3824
Big East 3 16.3 1954
Big Ten 2 7.0 2447
SEC 2 11.0 1925
Missouri Valley 2 11.0 1834
Pac-12 2 11.0 1947
West Coast 1 7.0 1229
American 1 20.0 339
Atlantic 10 1 24.0 99
Mountain West 1 25.0 82

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.