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2021 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 Gonzaga (28) West Coast 0-0 1541
2 < 5 Baylor (24) Big 12 0-0 1540
3 < 10 Villanova (11) Big East 0-0 1501
4 < 16 Virginia (1) ACC 0-0 1364
5 < 25 Iowa Big Ten 0-0 1273
6 < 1 Kansas Big 12 0-0 1221
7 < 17 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 1150
8 < 21 Illinois Big Ten 0-0 1105
9 < 11 Duke ACC 0-0 1073
10 < 8 Kentucky SEC 0-0 1038
11 < 7 Creighton Big East 0-0 922
12 < NR Tennessee SEC 0-0 919
13 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 0-0 820
14 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 0-0 790
15 < 24 West Virginia Big 12 0-0 651
16 < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 465
17 < 22 Houston American 0-0 438
18 < NR Arizona State Pac-12 0-0 402
19 < NR Texas Big 12 0-0 380
20 < 13 Oregon Pac-12 0-0 375
21 < 4 Florida State ACC 0-0 351
22 < NR UCLA Pac-12 0-0 336
23 < 19 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 270
24 < NR Rutgers Big Ten 0-0 190
25 < NR Michigan Big Ten 0-0 160
RV < NR LSU SEC 0-0 146
RV < NR Florida SEC 0-0 69
RV < NR Memphis American 0-0 69
RV < NR Alabama SEC 0-0 50
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 0-0 48
RV < 14 Louisville ACC 0-0 41
RV < NR Richmond Atlantic 10 0-0 40
RV < NR Stanford Pac-12 0-0 14
RV < NR Providence Big East 0-0 9
RV < 20 Auburn SEC 0-0 8
RV < NR Saint Louis Atlantic 10 0-0 8
RV < NR Connecticut American 0-0 6
RV < 6 San Diego State Mountain West 0-0 6
RV < 18 BYU West Coast 0-0 4
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 0-0 3
RV < 15 Seton Hall Big East 0-0 2
RV < NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 0-0 1
RV < NR UNC Greensboro Southern 0-0 1
NR < 23 Butler Big East 0-0 0
NR < 3 Dayton Atlantic 10 0-0 0
NR < 12 Maryland Big Ten 0-0 0

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 7 15.0 4968
Big 12 5 11.2 4582
ACC 4 12.5 3253
Pac-12 3 20.0 1113
Big East 2 7.0 2423
SEC 2 11.0 1957
West Coast 1 1.0 1541
American 1 17.0 438

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.