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December 3, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Indiana (45) Big Ten 8-0 1605 *1
2 < 2 Duke (20) ACC 8-0 1577 *2
3 < 3 Michigan Big Ten 7-0 1467 3
4 < 6 Syracuse Big East 5-0 1384 4
5 < 5 Louisville 6-1 1332 6
6 < 7 Florida SEC 6-0 1324 5
7 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 5-1 1254 7
8 < 9 Arizona Pac-12 5-0 1190 8
9 < 10 Kansas Big 12 6-1 1079 9
10 < 12 Gonzaga 8-0 1054 10
11 < 17 Cincinnati Big East 7-0 919 12
12 < 16 Missouri SEC 6-1 866 11
13 < 22 Illinois Big Ten 8-0 654 14
14 < 21 Minnesota Big Ten 8-1 584 21
15 < 20 Georgetown Big East 5-1 545 23
16 < 11 Creighton 7-1 469 13
17 < 23 San Diego State 5-1 410 15
18 < 25 New Mexico 8-0 402 20
19 < 13 Michigan State Big Ten 6-2 347 17
20 < 14 North Carolina ACC 6-2 321 16
21 < 24 UNLV 5-1 285 18
22 < NR Notre Dame 7-1 278 25
23 < 15 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-1 263 22
24 < NR Wichita State 8-0 245 RV
25 < 18 NC State ACC 4-2 234 24
RV < 8 Kentucky SEC 4-3 186 19
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 7-0 170 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh 7-1 164 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 7-1 155 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 6-1 96 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 6-1 92 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 5-2 49 RV
RV < 19 Colorado Pac-12 6-1 44 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 6-1 22 RV
RV < NR Butler 5-2 18 RV
RV < NR Maryland ACC 6-1 9 NR
RV < NR Temple 5-0 9 NR
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 5-1 7 RV
RV < NR Colorado State 6-0 5 RV
RV < NR Wyoming 8-0 5 RV
RV < NR Murray State 4-1 4 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 5-0 1 NR
RV < NR Marquette 5-2 1 NR
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 6-1 0 RV
NR < NR Memphis 4-2 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 6-0 0 RV
NR < NR UCLA Pac-12 5-3 0 NR
NR < NR VCU 5-3 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 9.5 5911
Big East 3 10.0 2848
ACC 3 15.7 2132
SEC 2 9.0 2190
Big 12 2 16.0 1342
Pac-12 1 8.0 1190

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.