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January 5, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Arizona (32) Big 12 14-0 1494 *2
2 < 2 Michigan (29) Big Ten 13-0 1493 *1
3 < 3 Iowa State Big 12 14-0 1390 3
4 < 4 Connecticut Big East 14-1 1343 4
5 < 5 Purdue Big Ten 13-1 1254 5
6 < 6 Duke ACC 13-1 1206 6
7 < 8 Houston Big 12 13-1 1113 7
8 < 7 Gonzaga West Coast 16-1 1101 8
9 < 10 BYU Big 12 13-1 1039 9
10 < 13 Nebraska Big Ten 14-0 998 11
11 < 11 Vanderbilt SEC 14-0 936 10
12 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 12-2 834 13
13 < 14 Alabama SEC 11-3 782 12
14 < 15 Texas Tech Big 12 11-3 676 14
15 < 18 Arkansas SEC 11-3 659 15
16 < 20 Illinois Big Ten 11-3 602 16
17 < 12 North Carolina ACC 13-2 557 17
18 < 23 Georgia SEC 13-1 378 20
19 < 25 Iowa Big Ten 12-2 340 19
20 < 16 Louisville ACC 11-3 336 18
21 < 19 Tennessee SEC 10-4 277 22
22 < 17 Kansas Big 12 10-4 208 21
23 < 21 Virginia ACC 12-2 183 23
24 < NR SMU ACC 12-2 142 25
25 < NR UCF Big 12 12-1 132 RV
RV < NR Villanova Big East 127 24
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 31 RV
RV < 24 USC Big Ten 28 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 27 RV
RV < NR Miami (OH) MAC 22 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 21 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 14 NR
RV < NR Saint Louis Atlantic 10 14 RV
RV < NR Texas SEC 12 NR
RV < 22 Florida SEC 11 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 10 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 9 RV
RV < NR California ACC 8 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 5 NR
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 4 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 3 NR
RV < NR TCU Big 12 2 NR
RV < NR UCLA Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 2 NR
NR < NR Missouri SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR St. John's Big East 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 7 11.6 6052
Big Ten 6 10.7 5521
SEC 5 15.6 3032
ACC 5 18.0 2424
Big East 1 4.0 1343
West Coast 1 8.0 1101

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.