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February 9, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Arizona (59)	Big 12	23-0	1475	*1
2	<	2	Michigan	Big Ten	22-1	1416	*2
3	<	8	Houston	Big 12	21-2	1275	3
4	<	4	Duke	ACC	21-2	1254	6
5	<	7	Iowa State	Big 12	21-2	1247	4
6	<	3	Connecticut	Big East	22-2	1227	5
7	<	9	Nebraska	Big Ten	21-2	1091	8
8	<	5	Illinois	Big Ten	20-4	1060	7
9	<	11	Kansas	Big 12	18-5	966	9
10	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	20-4	929	10
11	<	14	North Carolina	ACC	19-4	863	13
12	<	6	Gonzaga	West Coast	23-2	803	11
13	<	12	Purdue	Big Ten	19-4	785	12
14	<	17	Florida	SEC	17-6	718	14
15	<	18	Virginia	ACC	20-3	642	15
16	<	13	Texas Tech	Big 12	17-6	549	16
17	<	22	St. John's	Big East	18-5	524	17
18	<	19	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	23-1	422	19
19	<	15	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-4	375	20
20	<	20	Clemson	ACC	20-4	354	18
21	<	21	Arkansas	SEC	17-6	304	21
22	<	16	BYU	Big 12	17-6	198	22
23	<	23	Miami (OH)	MAC	24-0	195	24
24	<	24	Louisville	ACC	17-6	182	23
25	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC	17-7	80	RV
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC		72	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		69	25
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		31	RV
RV	<	25	Tennessee	SEC		26	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		17	RV
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		15	RV
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		6	RV
RV	<	NR	Auburn	SEC		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Santa Clara	West Coast		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Texas A&M	SEC		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	9.3	5710
Big Ten	5	8.0	5281
ACC	5	14.8	3295
SEC	4	19.8	1477
Big East	2	11.5	1751
West Coast	1	12.0	803
Atlantic 10	1	18.0	422
MAC	1	23.0	195

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.