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January 4, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (56) Big 12 13-0 1614 1
2 < 2 Texas (8) Big 12 13-0 1550 2
3 < 3 Kentucky (1) SEC 15-0 1489 3
4 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 13-0 1457 4
5 < 7 Duke ACC 12-1 1348 5
6 < 8 Villanova 12-1 1279 6
7 < 5 Syracuse Big East 13-1 1173 7
8 < 6 West Virginia 11-1 1147 8
9 < 9 North Carolina ACC 11-3 1098 9
10 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 11-3 1009 11
11 < 12 Kansas State Big 12 13-1 996 10
12 < 13 Georgetown Big East 11-1 911 12
13 < 10 Connecticut Big East 10-3 760 13
14 < 16 Mississippi SEC 11-2 699 16
15 < 19 New Mexico 14-1 667 14
16 < 14 Tennessee SEC 10-2 649 15
17 < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 12-2 526 20
18 < 22 Florida State ACC 12-2 446 19
19 < NR Gonzaga 11-3 351 18
20 < NR Georgia Tech ACC 11-2 203 17
21 < 18 Temple 11-3 173 25
22 < 20 Texas Tech Big 12 12-2 166 RV
23 < NR Pittsburgh 12-2 156 RV
24 < 17 Washington Pac-10 10-3 149 22
25 < NR BYU 14-1 145 23
RV < 21 Clemson ACC 139 21
RV < NR Texas A&M Big 12 86 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 76 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 75 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 73 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 70 NR
RV < NR Rhode Island 52 RV
RV < NR USC Pac-10 46 RV
RV < NR Dayton 45 RV
RV < 15 Ohio State Big Ten 42 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 42 RV
RV < NR William & Mary 37 RV
RV < NR Northern Iowa 35 RV
RV < 24 UAB 29 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 26 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 20 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 16 RV
RV < NR California Pac-10 15 RV
RV < NR UNLV 12 RV
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 9 RV
RV < NR Butler 6 24
RV < NR VCU 5 NR
RV < NR Oregon Pac-10 4 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 3 NR
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 1 NR
NR < 25 Northwestern Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Saint Mary's 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.