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2010 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 14 Kansas (55) Big 12 0-0 1612 1
2 < 8 Michigan State (5) Big Ten 0-0 1515 2
3 < NR Texas (1) Big 12 0-0 1397 3
4 < NR Kentucky (3) SEC 0-0 1372 5
5 < 11 Villanova 0-0 1347 6
6 < 2 North Carolina (1) ACC 0-0 1320 4
7 < 17 Purdue Big Ten 0-0 1284 7
8 < NR West Virginia 0-0 1115 9
9 < 6 Duke ACC 0-0 1064 8
10 < NR Tennessee SEC 0-0 897 11
11 < 22 Butler 0-0 864 10
12 < 5 Connecticut Big East 0-0 844 14
13 < NR California Pac-10 0-0 800 12
14 < 15 Washington Pac-10 0-0 776 13
15 < NR Michigan Big Ten 0-0 578 15
16 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 465 17
17 < 7 Oklahoma Big 12 0-0 410 16
18 < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 393 19
19 < 1 Louisville 0-0 335 23
20 < NR Georgetown Big East 0-0 326 21
21 < NR Dayton 0-0 318 22
22 < NR Georgia Tech ACC 0-0 301 20
23 < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 282 RV
24 < 24 Clemson ACC 0-0 217 24
25 < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 172 18
RV < NR Maryland ACC 0-0 171 RV
RV < NR Siena 0-0 112 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame 0-0 107 RV
RV < 16 Florida State ACC 0-0 92 RV
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 0-0 90 RV
RV < 13 Syracuse Big East 0-0 83 NR
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0-0 65 RV
RV < 18 UCLA Pac-10 0-0 63 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 0-0 53 RV
RV < 12 Wake Forest ACC 0-0 50 RV
RV < 20 Xavier 0-0 42 RV
RV < 10 Gonzaga 0-0 37 RV
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 0-0 28 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 0-0 24 RV
RV < NR BYU 0-0 21 RV
RV < NR Northern Iowa 0-0 16 RV
RV < NR Tulsa 0-0 16 RV
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 0-0 15 RV
RV < NR Texas A&M Big 12 0-0 10 RV
RV < 9 Missouri Big 12 0-0 8 RV
RV < NR Boston College ACC 0-0 6 RV
RV < 4 Pittsburgh 0-0 4 RV
RV < NR Utah State 0-0 2 RV
RV < NR VCU 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR Western Kentucky 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR Holy Cross 0-0 1 NR
RV < NR Old Dominion 0-0 1 NR
NR < NR Cornell Ivy 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Creighton 0-0 0 RV
NR < 3 Memphis 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR San Diego State 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Southern Illinois 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR UNLV 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR USC Pac-10 0-0 0 RV

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.