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March 4, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (42) West Coast 29-2 1578 *1
2 < 2 Virginia (21) ACC 26-2 1553 *2
3 < 5 North Carolina ACC 24-5 1428 3
4 < 3 Duke (1) ACC 25-4 1399 4
5 < 7 Tennessee SEC 26-3 1366 5
6 < 4 Kentucky SEC 24-5 1274 6
7 < 9 Michigan Big Ten 26-4 1216 7
8 < 11 Texas Tech Big 12 24-5 1100 8
9 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten 23-6 1039 11
10 < 13 LSU SEC 24-5 1005 10
11 < 14 Purdue Big Ten 22-7 999 9
12 < 8 Houston American 27-2 895 12
13 < 15 Kansas Big 12 22-7 798 14
14 < 18 Florida State ACC 23-6 702 13
15 < 20 Virginia Tech ACC 22-6 668 16
16 < 10 Marquette Big East 23-6 626 15
17 < 12 Nevada Mountain West 26-3 579 18
18 < 16 Kansas State Big 12 22-7 499 17
19 < 21 Buffalo MAC 26-3 437 20
20 < 23 Cincinnati American 25-4 408 19
21 < 19 Wisconsin Big Ten 20-9 322 21
22 < 24 Wofford Southern 26-4 269 22
23 < NR Villanova Big East 22-8 214 23
24 < 17 Maryland Big Ten 21-9 207 24
25 < NR UCF American 22-6 48 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 20-9 43 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 21-8 25 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 20-9 21 25
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 24-6 17 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 23-6 14 RV
RV < 25 Washington Pac-12 23-6 14 RV
RV < NR Louisville ACC 19-11 12 RV
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 26-4 8 NR
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 19-10 7 RV
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 25-4 7 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 23-6 3 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 20-9 0 RV
NR < NR Florida SEC 17-12 0 RV
NR < NR Hofstra Colonial 25-6 0 RV
NR < 22 Iowa Big Ten 21-8 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Big 12 16-13 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 7.6 5750
Big Ten 5 14.4 3783
SEC 3 7.0 3645
Big 12 3 13.0 2397
American 3 19.0 1351
Big East 2 19.5 840
West Coast 1 1.0 1578
Mountain West 1 17.0 579
MAC 1 19.0 437
Southern 1 22.0 269

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.