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2009 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 5 Louisville (45) 28-5 1740
2 < 1 North Carolina (11) ACC 28-4 1654
3 < 4 Memphis (11) 31-3 1621
4 < 2 Pittsburgh (3) 28-4 1585
5 < 3 Connecticut (1) Big East 27-4 1519
6 < 9 Duke ACC 28-6 1444
7 < 6 Oklahoma Big 12 27-5 1281
8 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 26-6 1257
9 < 14 Missouri Big 12 28-6 1131
10 < 12 Gonzaga 26-5 1060
11 < 10 Villanova 26-7 1049
12 < 8 Wake Forest ACC 24-6 997
13 < 18 Syracuse Big East 26-9 903
14 < 11 Kansas Big 12 25-7 874
15 < 13 Washington Pac-10 25-8 751
16 < 22 Florida State ACC 25-9 667
17 < 24 Purdue Big Ten 25-9 643
18 < 15 UCLA Pac-10 25-8 491
19 < 23 Arizona State Pac-10 24-9 381
20 < 19 Xavier 25-7 351
21 < 20 LSU SEC 26-7 292
22 < 16 Butler 26-5 284
23 < 21 Marquette 24-9 277
24 < 17 Clemson ACC 23-8 264
25 < NR Utah 24-9 150

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.