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February 16, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (65) SEC 25-0 1625 *1
2 < 2 Virginia ACC 23-1 1524 3
3 < 3 Gonzaga West Coast 26-1 1475 *2
4 < 4 Duke ACC 22-3 1449 5
5 < 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 23-2 1387 4
6 < 6 Villanova Big East 23-2 1302 6
7 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 22-3 1213 7
8 < 8 Kansas Big 12 21-4 1195 8
9 < 11 Utah Pac-12 20-4 1051 9
10 < 10 Notre Dame ACC 22-4 1038 10
11 < 13 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 24-2 955 11
12 < 9 Louisville ACC 20-5 882 12
13 < 15 Wichita State Missouri Valley 23-3 862 13
14 < 14 Iowa State Big 12 18-6 761 14
15 < 12 North Carolina ACC 18-7 658 16
16 < 19 Maryland Big Ten 21-5 640 15
17 < 17 Oklahoma Big 12 17-8 554 17
18 < 24 Arkansas SEC 20-5 476 17
19 < 18 Butler Big East 18-7 456 19
20 < 16 Baylor Big 12 18-7 364 20
21 < 25 SMU American 21-5 299 21
22 < 21 Oklahoma State Big 12 17-8 240 24
23 < 21 West Virginia Big 12 19-6 154 22
24 < 23 Ohio State Big Ten 19-7 139 23
25 < 20 VCU Atlantic 10 19-6 109 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 17-8 70 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 20-6 64 25
RV < NR Providence Big East 18-8 44 RV
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 23-4 38 RV
RV < NR Temple American 19-7 28 NR
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 16-8 23 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 17-8 17 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 19-5 10 RV
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 17-7 8 RV
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 24-4 8 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 18-8 7 RV
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 18-7 0 RV
NR < NR Colorado State Mountain West 21-5 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 15-10 0 RV
NR < NR LSU SEC 18-7 0 RV
NR < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 17-6 0 RV
NR < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 20-4 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 17.3 3268
ACC 5 8.6 5551
Big Ten 3 15.0 2166
Pac-12 2 8.0 2264
SEC 2 9.5 2101
Missouri Valley 2 12.0 1817
Big East 2 12.5 1758
West Coast 1 3.0 1475
American 1 21.0 299
Atlantic 10 1 25.0 109

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.