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2024 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Connecticut (58) Big East 37-3 1450 *1
2 < 3 Purdue Big Ten 34-5 1386 2
3 < 19 Alabama SEC 25-12 1216 4
3 < 2 Houston Big 12 32-5 1216 3
5 < 6 Tennessee SEC 27-9 1203 5
6 < 10 Illinois Big Ten 29-9 1099 7
7 < 5 North Carolina ACC 29-8 1046 6
8 < 4 Iowa State Big 12 29-8 1008 8
9 < 13 Duke ACC 27-9 980 9
10 < NR NC State ACC 26-15 927 13
11 < 8 Marquette Big East 27-10 827 11
12 < 9 Arizona Pac-12 27-9 824 12
13 < 11 Creighton Big East 25-10 800 10
14 < NR Clemson ACC 24-12 748 15
15 < 18 Gonzaga West Coast 27-8 683 16
16 < 14 Baylor Big 12 24-11 536 14
17 < 24 San Diego State Mountain West 26-11 504 18
18 < 7 Auburn SEC 27-8 465 17
19 < 17 Kansas Big 12 23-11 268 21
20 < 12 Kentucky SEC 23-10 244 19
21 < 15 Saint Mary's West Coast 26-8 206 22
22 < 20 Utah State Mountain West 28-7 183 20
23 < 25 Washington State Pac-12 25-10 140 24
24 < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 25-8 119 RV
25 < 16 South Carolina SEC 26-8 110 23
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 87 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 77 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 75 RV
RV < 21 BYU Big 12 73 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 62 RV
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 57 RV
RV < NR Grand Canyon WAC 37 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 36 RV
RV < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 27 RV
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 23 RV
RV < 22 Texas Tech Big 12 19 25
RV < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 18 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 13 NR
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 12 RV
RV < NR Duquesne Atlantic 10 9 NR
RV < NR Yale Ivy 7 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 6 NR
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 6 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 5 NR
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 5 NR
RV < NR Florida SEC 4 RV
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 1 RV
RV < NR Oakland Horizon 1 RV
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 14.2 3238
ACC 4 10.0 3701
Big 12 4 11.5 3028
Big East 3 8.3 3077
Big Ten 2 4.0 2485
Pac-12 2 17.5 964
West Coast 2 18.0 889
Mountain West 2 19.5 687
Atlantic 10 1 24.0 119

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.