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March 6, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (59) Big 12 28-3 1619 *1
2 < 2 Villanova (2) Big East 28-3 1517 *2
3 < 3 UCLA (3) Pac-12 28-3 1487 *3
4 < 4 Gonzaga (1) West Coast 30-1 1430 *4
5 < 6 Oregon Pac-12 27-4 1364 5
6 < 5 North Carolina ACC 26-6 1291 6
7 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 27-4 1252 7
8 < 9 Kentucky SEC 26-5 1182 8
9 < 11 Baylor Big 12 25-6 1084 10
10 < 8 Louisville ACC 24-7 1047 9
11 < 10 West Virginia Big 12 24-7 958 11
12 < 14 SMU American 27-4 849 15
13 < 16 Purdue Big Ten 25-6 839 12
14 < 17 Duke ACC 23-8 667 14
15 < 18 Cincinnati American 27-4 634 18
16 < 15 Florida State ACC 24-7 631 17
17 < 12 Florida SEC 24-7 617 13
18 < 13 Butler Big East 23-7 538 20
19 < 20 Saint Mary's West Coast 27-3 456 18
20 < 21 Wichita State Missouri Valley 30-4 401 22
21 < 23 Virginia ACC 21-9 400 21
22 < 19 Notre Dame ACC 23-8 394 16
23 < 24 Iowa State Big 12 20-10 147 24
24 < 22 Wisconsin Big Ten 23-8 139 23
25 < NR Maryland Big Ten 24-7 47 RV
RV < NR Middle Tennessee Conference USA 27-4 28 25
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 20-11 23 RV
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 23-8 22 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 20-11 16 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 24-6 11 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 20-10 9 NR
RV < NR USC Pac-12 23-8 6 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 20-11 5 NR
RV < NR Vermont America East 27-5 3 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 23-8 2 RV
RV < 25 Miami (FL) ACC 20-10 2 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 24-7 2 NR
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 18-12 2 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 23-8 1 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 18-13 1 NR
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 21-6 1 NR
RV < NR UNC Wilmington Colonial 28-5 1 RV
NR < NR California Pac-12 19-11 0 RV
NR < NR Monmouth Metro Atlantic 27-6 0 RV
NR < NR Nevada Mountain West 25-6 0 RV
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 21-10 0 RV
NR < NR South Carolina SEC 22-9 0 RV
NR < NR Vanderbilt SEC 17-14 0 RV
NR < NR Virginia Tech ACC 21-9 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 14.8 4430
Big 12 4 11.0 3808
Pac-12 3 5.0 4103
Big Ten 3 20.7 1025
Big East 2 10.0 2055
West Coast 2 11.5 1886
SEC 2 12.5 1799
American 2 13.5 1483
Missouri Valley 1 20.0 401

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.