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December 24, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Duke (63) ACC 11-0 1623 *1
2 < 2 Michigan (2) Big Ten 12-0 1551 *2
3 < 4 Arizona Pac-12 11-0 1463 3
4 < 5 Louisville Big East 11-1 1422 3
5 < 6 Indiana Big Ten 11-1 1383 5
6 < 9 Kansas Big 12 10-1 1309 6
7 < 12 Missouri SEC 10-1 1157 9
8 < 11 Cincinnati Big East 12-0 1144 8
9 < 3 Syracuse Big East 10-1 1140 7
10 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 965 10
11 < 13 Minnesota Big Ten 12-1 878 14
12 < 10 Illinois Big Ten 12-1 875 15
13 < 14 Gonzaga West Coast 11-1 824 13
14 < 8 Florida SEC 8-2 772 11
15 < 15 Georgetown Big East 10-1 674 18
16 < 17 Creighton Missouri Valley 11-1 589 12
17 < 18 San Diego State Mountain West 11-1 557 16
18 < 19 Butler Atlantic 10 9-2 512 21
19 < 20 Michigan State Big Ten 11-2 416 19
20 < 21 UNLV Mountain West 11-1 382 17
21 < 22 Notre Dame Big East 12-1 337 20
22 < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 10-1 318 22
23 < 25 NC State ACC 9-2 264 25
24 < NR Pittsburgh Big East 12-1 189 24
25 < NR Kansas State Big 12 9-2 152 RV
RV < 16 New Mexico Mountain West 12-1 66 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 8-3 37 23
RV < NR Temple Atlantic 10 9-2 36 RV
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 12-0 28 RV
RV < 23 North Carolina ACC 9-3 16 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 9-3 16 RV
RV < NR Wichita State Missouri Valley 11-1 11 RV
RV < NR Maryland ACC 10-1 7 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 9-2 6 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 10-2 6 RV
NR < NR Colorado Pac-12 9-2 0 RV
NR < NR Colorado State Mountain West 10-2 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 9.8 6068
Big East 6 13.5 4906
Big 12 3 17.7 1779
SEC 2 10.5 1929
ACC 2 12.0 1887
Mountain West 2 18.5 939
Pac-12 1 3.0 1463
West Coast 1 13.0 824
Missouri Valley 1 16.0 589
Atlantic 10 1 18.0 512

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.