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March 9, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 North Carolina (35) ACC 27-3 1734
2 < 3 Pittsburgh (33) 28-3 1731
3 < 1 Connecticut Big East 27-3 1592
4 < 5 Memphis (2) 28-3 1544
5 < 6 Louisville (1) 25-5 1513
6 < 4 Oklahoma Big 12 27-4 1399
7 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten 25-5 1349
8 < 10 Wake Forest ACC 24-5 1246
9 < 7 Duke ACC 25-6 1237
10 < 11 Villanova 25-6 1108
11 < 9 Kansas Big 12 25-6 1038
12 < 14 Gonzaga 25-5 978
13 < 16 Washington Pac-10 24-7 910
14 < 15 Missouri Big 12 25-6 779
15 < 20 UCLA Pac-10 24-7 752
16 < 22 Butler 26-4 536
17 < 18 Clemson ACC 23-7 528
18 < 25 Syracuse Big East 23-8 518
19 < 17 Xavier 24-6 465
20 < 12 LSU SEC 25-6 461
21 < 13 Marquette 23-8 453
22 < 24 Florida State ACC 23-8 333
23 < 21 Arizona State Pac-10 22-8 199
24 < 19 Purdue Big Ten 22-9 169
25 < NR BYU 24-6 158

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.