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January 14, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Duke (36) ACC 14-1 1558 *2
2 < 2 Michigan (9) Big Ten 17-0 1497 *4
3 < 3 Tennessee (13) SEC 14-1 1482 *3
4 < 4 Virginia (6) ACC 15-0 1473 *1
5 < 5 Gonzaga West Coast 16-2 1315 5
6 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten 15-2 1292 6
7 < 7 Kansas Big 12 14-2 1188 8
8 < 8 Texas Tech Big 12 15-1 1157 9
9 < 9 Virginia Tech ACC 14-1 1091 7
10 < 10 Nevada Mountain West 16-1 1015 10
11 < 13 Florida State ACC 13-3 918 11
12 < 18 Kentucky SEC 12-3 790 14
13 < 12 North Carolina ACC 12-4 678 15
14 < 11 Auburn SEC 12-3 669 12
15 < 21 Marquette Big East 14-3 668 13
16 < 19 Buffalo MAC 15-1 625 17
17 < 15 NC State ACC 14-2 586 16
18 < NR Mississippi SEC 13-2 501 20
19 < NR Maryland Big Ten 14-3 412 22
20 < 23 Oklahoma Big 12 13-3 394 19
21 < 17 Houston American 16-1 387 17
22 < NR Villanova Big East 13-4 300 21
23 < NR Iowa Big Ten 14-3 172 24
24 < 14 Mississippi State SEC 12-3 154 23
25 < 22 Indiana Big Ten 12-4 116 25
RV < NR Louisville ACC 11-5 112 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 13-4 36 RV
RV < 16 Ohio State Big Ten 12-4 34 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 11-5 31 RV
RV < 20 Iowa State Big 12 12-4 20 RV
RV < NR UCF American 13-2 17 RV
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 10-6 16 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 12-4 14 RV
RV < 24 St. John's Big East 14-3 12 RV
RV < 25 TCU Big 12 12-3 12 RV
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 13-2 9 NR
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 13-4 8 RV
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 12-4 8 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 12-3 7 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 12-5 6 NR
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 8-7 6 NR
RV < NR Temple American 13-3 5 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 13-3 3 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati American 14-3 2 NR
RV < NR Wofford Southern 14-4 2 NR
RV < NR Florida SEC 9-6 1 NR
RV < NR Hofstra Colonial 15-3 1 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 11-5 0 RV
NR < NR Furman Southern 15-3 0 RV
NR < NR North Texas Conference USA 16-2 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 9.2 6304
SEC 5 14.2 3596
Big Ten 5 15.0 3489
Big 12 3 11.7 2739
Big East 2 18.5 968
West Coast 1 5.0 1315
Mountain West 1 10.0 1015
MAC 1 16.0 625
American 1 21.0 387

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.