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November 26, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Indiana (47) Big Ten 6-0 1606 *1
2 < 5 Duke (18) ACC 6-0 1554 *2
3 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 5-0 1421 3
4 < 3 Ohio State Big Ten 4-0 1416 4
5 < 2 Louisville 5-1 1347 6
6 < 6 Syracuse Big East 4-0 1323 5
7 < 7 Florida SEC 5-0 1227 7
8 < 8 Kentucky SEC 4-1 1180 8
9 < 10 Arizona Pac-12 3-0 1076 9
10 < 12 Kansas Big 12 4-1 937 10
11 < 14 Creighton 6-0 926 11
12 < 17 Gonzaga 6-0 854 12
13 < 15 Michigan State Big Ten 5-1 818 14
14 < 9 North Carolina ACC 5-1 718 13
15 < 20 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-0 668 17
16 < 13 Missouri SEC 5-1 665 15
17 < 22 Cincinnati Big East 6-0 571 16
18 < 16 NC State ACC 4-1 553 18
19 < 23 Colorado Pac-12 5-0 478 19
20 < NR Georgetown Big East 4-1 257 25
21 < NR Minnesota Big Ten 6-1 197 RV
22 < NR Illinois Big Ten 7-0 185 22
23 < 25 San Diego State 4-1 182 21
24 < 18 UNLV 3-1 175 20
25 < NR New Mexico 6-0 141 23
RV < NR Alabama SEC 5-0 108 RV
RV < NR Wichita State 6-0 99 RV
RV < 21 Connecticut Big East 5-1 93 RV
RV < 11 UCLA Pac-12 4-2 85 24
RV < NR Pittsburgh 5-1 55 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 5-1 44 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame 5-1 42 RV
RV < 19 Memphis 3-2 23 RV
RV < NR Butler 3-2 20 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 4-2 16 RV
RV < NR California Pac-12 6-0 12 RV
RV < NR Florida State ACC 4-1 10 RV
RV < NR Saint Joseph's 3-1 9 RV
RV < NR Ohio 5-0 8 RV
RV < NR Marquette 4-1 7 RV
RV < NR Murray State 4-1 5 RV
RV < NR Temple 3-0 5 NR
RV < 24 Baylor Big 12 4-2 4 RV
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 3-1 3 RV
RV < NR Colorado State 4-0 1 RV
RV < NR VCU 3-3 1 RV
NR < NR Davidson 3-3 0 RV
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 5-1 0 RV
NR < NR Maryland ACC 4-1 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 5-0 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's 4-2 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Big 12 3-2 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 10.7 5643
SEC 3 10.3 3072
ACC 3 11.3 2825
Big East 3 14.3 2151
Big 12 2 12.5 1605
Pac-12 2 14.0 1554

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.