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December 10, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Indiana (44) Big Ten 9-0 1580 *1
2 < 2 Duke (20) ACC 9-0 1551 *2
3 < 3 Michigan Big Ten 9-0 1444 3
4 < 4 Syracuse Big East 8-0 1378 4
5 < 6 Florida SEC 7-0 1319 5
6 < 5 Louisville Big East 8-1 1303 6
7 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 6-1 1211 7
8 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 7-0 1178 8
9 < 9 Kansas Big 12 7-1 1087 9
10 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 10-0 991 10
11 < 11 Cincinnati Big East 9-0 944 12
12 < 12 Missouri SEC 8-1 877 11
13 < 14 Minnesota Big Ten 10-1 714 16
14 < 10 Gonzaga West Coast 9-1 699 14
15 < 15 Georgetown Big East 7-1 577 21
16 < 16 Creighton Missouri Valley 9-1 525 13
17 < 18 New Mexico Mountain West 10-0 512 20
18 < 17 San Diego State Mountain West 7-1 491 15
19 < 19 Michigan State Big Ten 8-2 328 19
20 < 21 UNLV Mountain West 7-1 305 17
21 < 20 North Carolina ACC 7-2 298 18
22 < 22 Notre Dame Big East 8-1 283 24
23 < 24 Wichita State Missouri Valley 9-0 280 RV
24 < 23 Oklahoma State Big 12 7-1 251 23
25 < 25 NC State ACC 6-2 213 25
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 8-1 177 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh Big East 9-1 177 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 6-3 44 22
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 10-0 15 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 7-2 10 RV
RV < NR Marquette Big East 6-2 8 NR
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 6-3 6 RV
RV < NR Butler Atlantic 10 7-2 5 RV
RV < NR Maryland ACC 8-1 5 NR
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 7-1 4 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 6-2 3 NR
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 5-1 3 NR
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 7-1 3 NR
RV < NR LSU SEC 5-0 1 NR
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 6-1 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 8.8 6268
Big East 5 11.6 4485
ACC 3 16.0 2062
Mountain West 3 18.3 1308
SEC 2 8.5 2196
Big 12 2 16.5 1338
Missouri Valley 2 19.5 805
Pac-12 1 8.0 1178
West Coast 1 14.0 699

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.