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December 15, 2014 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (65) SEC 11-0 1625 *1
2 < 2 Duke ACC 8-0 1545 *2
3 < 3 Arizona Pac-12 10-0 1505 *3
4 < 4 Louisville ACC 9-0 1349 4
5 < 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 10-1 1331 6
6 < 6 Virginia ACC 9-0 1294 5
7 < 7 Villanova Big East 10-0 1215 7
8 < 9 Gonzaga West Coast 9-1 1175 8
9 < 8 Texas Big 12 8-1 1154 9
10 < 10 Kansas Big 12 8-1 1102 10
11 < 11 Wichita State Missouri Valley 7-1 959 11
12 < 12 Ohio State Big Ten 8-1 838 12
13 < 14 Iowa State Big 12 8-1 772 13
14 < 13 Utah Pac-12 7-2 670 14
15 < 16 Oklahoma Big 12 6-2 647 15
16 < 17 Washington Pac-12 8-0 598 16
17 < 19 Maryland Big Ten 10-1 512 18
18 < 20 Miami (FL) ACC 9-1 426 19
19 < 18 San Diego State Mountain West 7-2 424 17
20 < 24 St. John's Big East 8-1 353 23
21 < 25 Notre Dame ACC 10-1 351 21
22 < 22 West Virginia Big 12 9-1 333 20
23 < 15 Butler Big East 8-2 259 25
24 < 21 North Carolina ACC 6-3 122 24
25 < NR Michigan State Big Ten 7-3 116 22
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 8-1 97 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 10-0 80 RV
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 10-0 75 RV
RV < 23 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 9-1 65 RV
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 6-3 41 RV
RV < NR California Pac-12 9-1 37 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 7-2 19 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 8-1 14 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 6-3 6 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 7-2 4 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 8-1 4 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 7-1 4 RV
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 10-1 3 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 8-1 1 NR
NR < NR Florida SEC 6-4 0 RV
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 7-3 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 8-3 0 RV
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 8-2 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 6-1 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 12.5 5087
Big 12 5 13.8 4008
Big Ten 4 14.8 2797
Pac-12 3 11.0 2773
Big East 3 16.7 1827
SEC 1 1.0 1625
West Coast 1 8.0 1175
Missouri Valley 1 11.0 959
Mountain West 1 19.0 424

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.