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December 17, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Duke (62) ACC 9-0 1622 *1
2 < 3 Michigan (3) Big Ten 11-0 1543 *2
3 < 4 Syracuse Big East 9-0 1465 3
4 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 8-0 1371 5
5 < 6 Louisville Big East 9-1 1362 4
6 < 1 Indiana Big Ten 9-1 1321 6
7 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 8-1 1249 7
8 < 5 Florida SEC 7-1 1163 9
9 < 9 Kansas Big 12 8-1 1110 8
10 < 10 Illinois Big Ten 12-0 1044 10
11 < 11 Cincinnati Big East 10-0 967 11
12 < 12 Missouri SEC 8-1 886 12
13 < 13 Minnesota Big Ten 11-1 730 16
14 < 14 Gonzaga West Coast 10-1 710 14
15 < 15 Georgetown Big East 9-1 579 21
16 < 17 New Mexico Mountain West 11-0 548 17
17 < 16 Creighton Missouri Valley 10-1 530 13
18 < 18 San Diego State Mountain West 8-1 493 15
19 < NR Butler Atlantic 10 8-2 361 25
20 < 19 Michigan State Big Ten 9-2 343 19
21 < 20 UNLV Mountain West 8-1 315 18
22 < 22 Notre Dame Big East 9-1 291 22
23 < 21 North Carolina ACC 8-2 256 19
24 < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 8-1 244 24
25 < 25 NC State ACC 7-2 198 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 9-1 176 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh Big East 10-1 158 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 7-3 41 23
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 10-0 14 RV
RV < NR Marquette Big East 7-2 8 NR
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 7-3 7 RV
RV < 23 Wichita State Missouri Valley 9-1 6 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 7-2 4 RV
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 8-1 4 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 6-1 3 NR
RV < NR Maryland ACC 9-1 2 NR
RV < NR Bucknell Patriot 9-1 1 NR
NR < NR Oklahoma Big 12 7-2 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 9.7 6230
Big East 5 11.2 4664
ACC 3 16.3 2076
Mountain West 3 18.3 1356
SEC 2 10.0 2049
Big 12 2 16.5 1354
Pac-12 1 4.0 1371
West Coast 1 14.0 710
Missouri Valley 1 17.0 530
Atlantic 10 1 19.0 361

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.