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January 28, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Tennessee (48) SEC 18-1 1575 *1
2 < 2 Duke (12) ACC 17-2 1527 *2
3 < 3 Virginia (4) ACC 18-1 1473 3
4 < 4 Gonzaga West Coast 19-2 1382 4
5 < 5 Michigan Big Ten 19-1 1381 5
6 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten 18-3 1235 8
7 < 8 Kentucky SEC 16-3 1226 6
8 < 7 Nevada Mountain West 19-1 1158 7
9 < 11 North Carolina ACC 15-4 1065 10
10 < 12 Marquette Big East 18-3 973 9
11 < 9 Kansas Big 12 16-4 972 12
12 < 10 Virginia Tech ACC 16-3 858 11
13 < 17 Houston American 20-1 795 13
14 < 18 Villanova Big East 16-4 734 14
15 < 23 Louisville ACC 15-5 658 16
16 < 14 Texas Tech Big 12 16-4 561 15
17 < NR Purdue Big Ten 14-6 532 18
18 < 14 Buffalo MAC 18-2 468 17
19 < 25 LSU SEC 16-3 435 19
20 < 24 Iowa State Big 12 15-5 327 20
21 < 13 Maryland Big Ten 16-5 280 24
22 < 22 Mississippi State SEC 15-4 236 21
23 < 21 NC State ACC 16-4 203 22
24 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 14-6 179 23
25 < NR Florida State ACC 15-5 141 RV
RV < 16 Auburn SEC 13-6 85 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati American 18-3 76 RV
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 16-4 75 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 15-5 73 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 15-5 41 RV
RV < 19 Iowa Big Ten 16-5 28 25
RV < NR Wofford Southern 17-4 10 RV
RV < NR Hofstra Colonial 19-3 9 RV
RV < 20 Mississippi SEC 14-5 7 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 15-4 7 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 13-7 6 NR
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 15-5 5 NR
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 14-6 3 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 15-5 1 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 14-6 0 RV
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 13-6 0 RV
NR < NR Furman Southern 16-5 0 RV
NR < NR North Texas Conference USA 18-3 0 RV
NR < NR Texas State Sun Belt 17-4 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 7 12.7 5925
Big Ten 5 14.6 3607
SEC 4 12.3 3472
Big 12 3 15.7 1860
Big East 2 12.0 1707
West Coast 1 4.0 1382
Mountain West 1 8.0 1158
American 1 13.0 795
MAC 1 18.0 468

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.