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2015 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < NR Kentucky (52) SEC 0-0 1604 *1
2 < 4 Arizona (5) Pac-12 0-0 1518 *2
3 < 12 Wisconsin (8) Big Ten 0-0 1483 *4
4 < 8 Duke ACC 0-0 1415 *3
5 < 10 Kansas Big 12 0-0 1346 5
6 < 19 North Carolina ACC 0-0 1274 6
7 < 1 Florida SEC 0-0 1153 7
8 < 5 Louisville ACC 0-0 1114 9
9 < 3 Virginia ACC 0-0 1090 8
10 < NR Texas Big 12 0-0 1061 10
11 < 2 Wichita State Missouri Valley 0-0 1027 11
12 < 6 Villanova Big East 0-0 885 12
13 < NR Gonzaga West Coast 0-0 840 13
14 < 9 Iowa State Big 12 0-0 781 14
15 < 24 VCU Atlantic 10 0-0 574 16
16 < 13 San Diego State Mountain West 0-0 560 17
17 < 18 Connecticut American 0-0 552 15
18 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 0-0 521 18
19 < 21 Oklahoma Big 12 0-0 426 19
20 < 22 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 340 20
21 < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0-0 309 21
22 < NR SMU American 0-0 285 22
23 < 14 Syracuse ACC 0-0 178 24
24 < 7 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 167 23
25 < NR Harvard Ivy 0-0 98 RV
25 < NR Utah Pac-12 0-0 98 RV
RV < NR Stanford Pac-12 0-0 71 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0 58 25
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 0-0 57 RV
RV < 20 UCLA Pac-12 0-0 35 RV
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 34 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 0-0 27 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 0-0 21 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 0-0 20 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 0-0 15 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 0-0 14 NR
RV < NR Louisiana Tech Conference USA 0-0 9 RV
RV < 15 Cincinnati American 0-0 8 NR
RV < NR LSU SEC 0-0 8 NR
RV < NR George Washington Atlantic 10 0-0 7 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 0-0 6 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 0-0 6 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0-0 6 NR
RV < NR Florida State ACC 0-0 5 RV
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 0-0 5 RV
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 3 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 0-0 3 NR
RV < NR BYU West Coast 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR UNLV Mountain West 0-0 2 NR
RV < 23 Baylor Big 12 0-0 1 RV
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 0-0 1 NR
RV < NR UTEP Conference USA 0-0 1 RV
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 0-0 1 NR
NR < 16 Creighton Big East 0-0 0 NR
NR < NR Massachusetts Atlantic 10 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0-0 0 RV
NR < 17 New Mexico Mountain West 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Oregon Pac-12 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Providence Big East 0-0 0 RV
NR < 25 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 0-0 0 NR
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Toledo MAC 0-0 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 10.0 5071
Big Ten 5 17.2 2820
Big 12 4 12.0 3614
SEC 2 4.0 2757
Pac-12 2 13.5 1616
American 2 19.5 837
Missouri Valley 1 11.0 1027
Big East 1 12.0 885
West Coast 1 13.0 840
Atlantic 10 1 15.0 574
Mountain West 1 16.0 560
Ivy 1 25.0 98

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.