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2012 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 7 North Carolina (62) ACC 0-0 1620 *1
2 < 11 Kentucky SEC 0-0 1501 *2
3 < 1 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 0-0 1482 3
4 < 9 Connecticut (2) Big East 0-0 1433 4
5 < 12 Syracuse Big East 0-0 1338 5
6 < 3 Duke ACC 0-0 1301 6
7 < 25 Vanderbilt SEC 0-0 1120 7
8 < 15 Florida SEC 0-0 1086 10
9 < 14 Louisville 0-0 1055 8
10 < 4 Pittsburgh 0-0 1027 11
11 < NR Memphis 0-0 997 9
12 < NR Baylor Big 12 0-0 892 12
13 < 2 Kansas Big 12 0-0 755 13
14 < 20 Xavier 0-0 747 15
15 < 16 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 720 14
16 < 17 Arizona Pac-12 0-0 616 16
17 < NR UCLA Pac-12 0-0 404 20
18 < NR Michigan Big Ten 0-0 401 18
19 < NR Alabama SEC 0-0 395 17
20 < 24 Texas A&M Big 12 0-0 357 19
21 < NR Cincinnati Big East 0-0 353 22
22 < NR Marquette 0-0 335 21
23 < NR Gonzaga 0-0 283 23
24 < NR California Pac-12 0-0 230 24
25 < NR Missouri Big 12 0-0 139 25
RV < NR Florida State ACC 0-0 131 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 0-0 128 RV
RV < NR Temple 0-0 69 RV
RV < 23 Washington Pac-12 0-0 44 RV
RV < NR New Mexico 0-0 33 RV
RV < NR Butler 0-0 25 RV
RV < 8 Texas Big 12 0-0 21 RV
RV < NR Villanova 0-0 14 RV
RV < NR Creighton 0-0 12 RV
RV < 13 Purdue Big Ten 0-0 10 RV
RV < NR Belmont 0-0 8 NR
RV < NR Drexel 0-0 8 RV
RV < NR UNLV 0-0 7 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's 0-0 6 RV
RV < NR George Mason 0-0 5 RV
RV < 22 West Virginia 0-0 4 RV
RV < NR Long Beach State 0-0 3 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0-0 3 NR
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR Marshall 0-0 1 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 1 NR
RV < 6 San Diego State 0-0 1 NR
NR < NR BYU 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Notre Dame 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR St. John's Big East 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR VCU 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Virginia ACC 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.