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December 22, 2014 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (65) SEC 12-0 1625 *1
2 < 2 Duke ACC 10-0 1548 *2
3 < 3 Arizona Pac-12 12-0 1502 *3
4 < 4 Louisville ACC 10-0 1344 4
5 < 6 Virginia ACC 11-0 1336 5
6 < 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 10-1 1322 6
7 < 7 Villanova Big East 11-0 1214 7
8 < 8 Gonzaga West Coast 11-1 1170 8
9 < 9 Texas Big 12 10-1 1149 9
10 < 10 Kansas Big 12 9-1 1096 10
11 < 11 Wichita State Missouri Valley 8-1 966 11
12 < 13 Iowa State Big 12 9-1 821 12
13 < 16 Washington Pac-12 10-0 798 13
14 < 14 Utah Pac-12 8-2 796 14
15 < 17 Maryland Big Ten 11-1 678 15
16 < 21 Notre Dame ACC 11-1 536 16
17 < 20 St. John's Big East 9-1 517 19
18 < 22 West Virginia Big 12 10-1 464 17
19 < 15 Oklahoma Big 12 7-3 436 20
20 < 24 North Carolina ACC 8-3 414 21
21 < 12 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 411 18
22 < NR Baylor Big 12 9-1 203 22
23 < NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 10-1 162 24
24 < NR Colorado State Mountain West 11-0 144 25
25 < NR TCU Big 12 11-0 120 RV
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 7-3 85 RV
RV < 19 San Diego State Mountain West 8-3 72 23
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 8-3 70 RV
RV < NR California Pac-12 10-1 32 RV
RV < 18 Miami (FL) ACC 9-2 27 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 8-2 22 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 9-2 11 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 8-2 7 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 9-1 7 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 7-4 4 RV
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 11-1 4 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 9-2 3 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 9-2 3 RV
RV < 23 Butler Big East 8-3 2 RV
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 9-2 2 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 9-1 1 NR
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 12-2 1 NR
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 9-3 0 RV
NR < 25 Michigan State Big Ten 8-4 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 6-3 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 7 16.4 4289
ACC 5 9.4 5178
Pac-12 3 10.0 3096
Big Ten 3 14.0 2411
Big East 2 12.0 1731
Missouri Valley 2 17.0 1128
SEC 1 1.0 1625
West Coast 1 8.0 1170
Mountain West 1 24.0 144

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.