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2016 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (63) Big 12 30-4 1623 *1
2 < 2 Michigan State (2) Big Ten 29-5 1552 *2
3 < 7 North Carolina ACC 28-6 1488 3
4 < 4 Virginia ACC 26-7 1384 5
5 < 8 Oregon Pac-12 28-6 1371 4
6 < 3 Villanova Big East 29-5 1283 6
7 < 6 Oklahoma Big 12 25-7 1215 7
8 < 9 West Virginia Big 12 26-8 1193 8
9 < 5 Xavier Big East 27-5 1127 9
10 < 11 Kentucky SEC 26-8 920 13
10 < 16 Miami (FL) ACC 25-7 920 11
12 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 26-8 873 10
13 < 12 Utah Pac-12 26-8 870 14
14 < 10 Indiana Big Ten 25-7 828 12
15 < 17 Texas A&M SEC 26-8 682 15
16 < 14 Louisville ACC 23-8 585 NR
17 < 15 Arizona Pac-12 25-8 559 16
18 < 18 Maryland Big Ten 25-8 489 17
19 < 19 Duke ACC 23-10 383 20
20 < NR Seton Hall Big East 25-8 374 21
21 < 22 Baylor Big 12 22-11 347 18
22 < 21 Iowa State Big 12 21-11 317 19
23 < 24 California Pac-12 23-10 270 23
24 < 25 SMU American 25-5 84 NR
25 < 20 Iowa Big Ten 21-10 82 24
RV < 23 Texas Big 12 20-12 69 22
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 21-11 61 RV
RV < NR Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 27-7 60 25
RV < NR Connecticut American 24-10 34 RV
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 27-5 12 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 25-7 11 RV
RV < NR Wichita State Missouri Valley 24-8 9 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 20-12 9 RV
RV < NR Gonzaga West Coast 26-7 8 RV
RV < NR Little Rock Sun Belt 29-4 5 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 23-10 4 RV
RV < NR Butler Big East 21-10 3 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati American 22-10 3 RV
RV < NR Monmouth Metro Atlantic 27-7 3 NR
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 27-5 3 RV
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 26-6 3 NR
RV < NR Yale Ivy 22-6 3 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 22-12 2 NR
RV < NR Stony Brook America East 26-6 2 NR
RV < NR Akron MAC 26-8 1 NR
RV < NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 22-12 1 RV
NR < NR Fresno State Mountain West 25-9 0 RV
NR < NR VCU Atlantic 10 24-10 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 10.4 4760
Big 12 5 11.8 4695
Big Ten 5 14.2 3824
Pac-12 4 14.5 3070
Big East 3 11.7 2784
SEC 2 12.5 1602
American 1 24.0 84

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.