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January 18, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Texas (57) Big 12 17-0 1617 1
2 < 2 Kentucky (8) SEC 18-0 1568 2
3 < 3 Kansas Big 12 16-1 1457 3
4 < 4 Villanova 16-1 1442 4
5 < 5 Syracuse Big East 17-1 1376 5
6 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 15-3 1259 7
7 < 8 Duke ACC 15-2 1249 6
8 < 9 Tennessee SEC 14-2 1163 8
9 < 16 Pittsburgh 15-2 1015 11
10 < 13 Kansas State Big 12 15-2 989 9
11 < 10 West Virginia 13-3 922 12
12 < 11 Georgetown Big East 13-3 873 14
13 < 6 Purdue Big Ten 14-3 799 15
13 < 18 BYU 18-1 763 13
15 < 17 Gonzaga 14-3 748 10
16 < 19 Temple 15-3 581 17
17 < 24 Clemson ACC 15-3 568 16
18 < 13 Wisconsin Big Ten 14-4 542 19
19 < 20 Georgia Tech ACC 13-4 380 18
20 < NR Northern Iowa 16-1 252 22
21 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 13-5 228 25
22 < 21 Mississippi SEC 13-4 211 24
23 < NR Mississippi State SEC 15-3 189 RV
24 < 12 North Carolina ACC 12-6 161 23
25 < 22 Baylor Big 12 14-2 147 RV
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 122 RV
RV < 15 Connecticut Big East 98 21
RV < NR New Mexico 96 RV
RV < NR UAB 59 RV
RV < NR Virginia ACC 50 RV
RV < 25 Florida State ACC 41 RV
RV < NR Butler 35 20
RV < NR Texas A&M Big 12 28 RV
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 15 RV
RV < NR William & Mary 15 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 13 NR
RV < NR Rhode Island 11 RV
RV < NR Marquette 10 NR
RV < NR Missouri Big 12 8 RV
RV < NR Louisiana Tech 7 NR
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 6 NR
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-10 3 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion 3 RV
RV < NR Marshall 2 NR
RV < NR Xavier 2 RV
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 1 NR
RV < NR Siena 1 NR
NR < NR California Pac-10 0 RV
NR < NR Dayton 0 RV
NR < 23 Miami (FL) ACC 0 NR
NR < NR Michigan Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Notre Dame 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's 0 RV
NR < NR San Diego State 0 RV
NR < NR UNLV 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.