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December 31, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Duke (63) ACC 12-0 1623 *1
2 < 2 Michigan (2) Big Ten 13-0 1547 *2
3 < 3 Arizona Pac-12 12-0 1474 3
4 < 4 Louisville Big East 12-1 1434 4
5 < 5 Indiana Big Ten 12-1 1378 5
6 < 6 Kansas Big 12 11-1 1313 6
7 < 9 Syracuse Big East 11-1 1197 7
8 < 10 Ohio State Big Ten 10-2 1079 8
9 < 11 Minnesota Big Ten 12-1 978 13
10 < 13 Gonzaga West Coast 12-1 946 10
11 < 12 Illinois Big Ten 13-1 929 14
12 < 7 Missouri SEC 10-2 912 12
13 < 14 Florida SEC 9-2 810 9
14 < 8 Cincinnati Big East 12-1 761 15
15 < 15 Georgetown Big East 10-1 718 16
16 < 16 Creighton Missouri Valley 12-1 629 11
17 < 18 Butler Atlantic 10 10-2 591 20
18 < 19 Michigan State Big Ten 11-2 447 18
19 < 17 San Diego State Mountain West 11-2 437 17
20 < NR New Mexico Mountain West 13-1 389 23
21 < 21 Notre Dame Big East 12-1 361 19
22 < 22 Oklahoma State Big 12 10-1 333 21
23 < 23 NC State ACC 10-2 270 25
24 < 24 Pittsburgh Big East 12-1 219 22
25 < 25 Kansas State Big 12 10-2 149 RV
RV < 20 UNLV Mountain West 11-2 52 24
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 10-3 38 RV
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 12-0 28 RV
RV < NR Temple Atlantic 10 9-2 21 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 10-3 15 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 8-4 13 RV
RV < NR Wichita State Missouri Valley 12-1 11 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 10-2 9 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 10-3 6 RV
RV < NR Maryland ACC 11-1 5 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 10-2 3 NR
NR < NR Bucknell Patriot 12-2 0 RV
NR < NR Colorado Pac-12 10-2 0 RV
NR < NR Colorado State Mountain West 11-2 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 8.8 6358
Big East 6 14.2 4690
Big 12 3 17.7 1795
ACC 2 12.0 1893
SEC 2 12.5 1722
Mountain West 2 19.5 826
Pac-12 1 3.0 1474
West Coast 1 10.0 946
Missouri Valley 1 16.0 629
Atlantic 10 1 17.0 591

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.