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February 4, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Tennessee (48) SEC 20-1 1579 *1
2 < 2 Duke (12) ACC 19-2 1532 2
3 < 3 Virginia (4) ACC 20-1 1478 3
4 < 4 Gonzaga West Coast 21-2 1423 4
5 < 7 Kentucky SEC 18-3 1310 5
6 < 8 Nevada Mountain West 21-1 1228 6
7 < 5 Michigan Big Ten 20-2 1217 7
8 < 9 North Carolina ACC 17-4 1167 8
9 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten 18-4 1051 11
10 < 10 Marquette Big East 19-3 1029 9
11 < 12 Virginia Tech ACC 18-3 948 10
12 < 13 Houston American 21-1 838 12
13 < 11 Kansas Big 12 17-5 809 14
14 < 14 Villanova Big East 18-4 801 13
15 < 17 Purdue Big Ten 16-6 697 15
16 < 15 Louisville ACC 16-6 561 17
17 < 20 Iowa State Big 12 17-5 545 16
18 < 16 Texas Tech Big 12 17-5 482 18
19 < 24 Wisconsin Big Ten 16-6 462 19
20 < NR Iowa Big Ten 17-5 242 20
21 < 19 LSU SEC 17-4 205 22
22 < 25 Florida State ACC 16-5 180 24
23 < 18 Buffalo MAC 19-3 153 25
24 < 21 Maryland Big Ten 17-6 144 RV
25 < NR Cincinnati American 19-3 142 23
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 18-4 135 RV
RV < 22 Mississippi State SEC 16-5 133 21
RV < NR Auburn SEC 15-6 128 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 16-5 114 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 15-6 44 RV
RV < NR Wofford Southern 19-4 15 RV
RV < NR Lipscomb Atlantic Sun 18-4 5 NR
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 16-6 3 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 15-6 0 RV
NR < NR Furman Southern 18-5 0 RV
NR < NR Hofstra Colonial 19-4 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 14-7 0 RV
NR < 23 NC State ACC 16-6 0 RV
NR < NR North Texas Conference USA 19-4 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Big 12 12-10 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 10.3 5866
Big Ten 6 15.7 3813
SEC 3 9.0 3094
Big 12 3 16.0 1836
Big East 2 12.0 1830
American 2 18.5 980
West Coast 1 4.0 1423
Mountain West 1 6.0 1228
MAC 1 23.0 153

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.