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January 12, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (63) SEC 15-0 1623 *1
2 < 3 Virginia (2) ACC 15-0 1561 *2
3 < 6 Gonzaga West Coast 16-1 1446 3
4 < 2 Duke ACC 14-1 1432 4
5 < 8 Villanova Big East 15-1 1358 5
6 < 5 Louisville ACC 14-2 1264 7
7 < 4 Wisconsin Big Ten 15-2 1200 6
8 < 9 Utah Pac-12 13-2 1185 8
9 < 12 Kansas Big 12 13-2 1100 10
10 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 14-2 1037 9
11 < 17 Iowa State Big 12 12-2 922 13
12 < 13 Notre Dame ACC 15-2 903 12
13 < 15 Wichita State Missouri Valley 14-2 832 14
14 < 11 Maryland Big Ten 15-2 801 11
15 < 18 North Carolina ACC 12-4 719 16
16 < 14 West Virginia Big 12 14-2 627 15
17 < 20 VCU Atlantic 10 13-3 578 17
18 < 16 Oklahoma Big 12 11-4 485 18
19 < 23 Arkansas SEC 13-2 431 19
20 < 10 Texas Big 12 12-4 345 20
21 < 19 Seton Hall Big East 13-3 298 21
22 < 21 Baylor Big 12 12-3 278 23
23 < NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 14-2 212 22
24 < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 12-3 132 24
25 < NR Wyoming Mountain West 15-2 71 RV
RV < 22 Ohio State Big Ten 13-4 70 25
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 12-5 67 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 13-2 55 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 13-4 17 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 12-4 15 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 12-3 12 RV
RV < 24 St. John's Big East 11-4 10 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 12-3 7 RV
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 10-5 7 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 12-5 6 RV
RV < NR Green Bay Horizon 14-3 3 NR
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 12-4 3 RV
RV < NR Butler Big East 12-5 2 NR
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 12-4 2 NR
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 12-4 2 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 13-3 2 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 15-2 1 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 11-3 1 NR
RV < NR Hofstra Colonial 13-4 1 NR
RV < 25 Old Dominion Conference USA 13-2 1 RV
RV < NR SMU American 12-4 1 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 10-5 0 RV
NR < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 11-3 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 13-3 0 RV
NR < NR Stanford Pac-12 11-4 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 7 17.1 3889
ACC 5 7.8 5879
Pac-12 2 9.0 2222
SEC 2 10.0 2054
Big Ten 2 10.5 2001
Big East 2 13.0 1656
Missouri Valley 2 18.0 1044
West Coast 1 3.0 1446
Atlantic 10 1 17.0 578
Mountain West 1 25.0 71

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.