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February 18, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Duke (58) ACC 23-2 1594 *1
2 < 3 Gonzaga (6) West Coast 25-2 1502 *2
3 < 4 Virginia ACC 22-2 1476 3
4 < 5 Kentucky SEC 21-4 1383 4
5 < 1 Tennessee SEC 23-2 1376 5
6 < 7 Nevada Mountain West 24-1 1240 6
7 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 23-3 1150 7
8 < 8 North Carolina ACC 20-5 1129 9
9 < 9 Houston American 25-1 1085 8
10 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 21-5 1046 11
11 < 10 Marquette Big East 21-4 987 10
12 < 14 Kansas Big 12 20-6 801 12
13 < 19 LSU SEC 21-4 773 15
14 < 15 Texas Tech Big 12 21-5 733 14
15 < 12 Purdue Big Ten 18-7 699 13
16 < 17 Florida State ACC 20-5 525 17
17 < 13 Villanova Big East 20-6 519 16
18 < 16 Louisville ACC 18-8 507 22
19 < 23 Iowa State Big 12 19-6 426 20
20 < 22 Virginia Tech ACC 20-5 408 18
21 < 21 Iowa Big Ten 20-5 389 19
22 < 20 Wisconsin Big Ten 17-8 250 23
23 < 18 Kansas State Big 12 19-6 249 21
24 < 24 Maryland Big Ten 19-7 211 25
25 < 25 Buffalo MAC 22-3 164 24
RV < NR Cincinnati American 21-4 99 25
RV < NR Wofford Southern 23-4 32 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 17-8 21 RV
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 20-5 20 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 18-7 2 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 19-7 2 RV
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 18-7 1 RV
RV < NR Yale Ivy 17-4 1 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 17-8 0 NR
NR < NR Furman Southern 22-5 0 NR
NR < NR Hofstra Colonial 22-5 0 NR
NR < NR North Texas Conference USA 20-7 0 RV
NR < NR Southern Miss Conference USA 17-9 0 NR
NR < NR Texas Big 12 15-11 0 NR
NR < NR Texas State Sun Belt 21-5 0 NR

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 11.0 5639
Big Ten 6 16.5 3745
Big 12 4 17.0 2209
SEC 3 7.3 3532
Big East 2 14.0 1506
West Coast 1 2.0 1502
Mountain West 1 6.0 1240
American 1 9.0 1085
MAC 1 25.0 164

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.