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March 11, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (41) West Coast 29-2 1572 *1
2 < 2 Virginia (23) ACC 28-2 1559 *2
3 < 3 North Carolina ACC 26-5 1474 3
4 < 6 Kentucky SEC 26-5 1373 4
5 < 4 Duke ACC 26-5 1298 5
6 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 25-6 1226 7
7 < 8 Texas Tech Big 12 26-5 1211 6
8 < 5 Tennessee SEC 27-4 1200 8
9 < 10 LSU SEC 26-5 1089 9
10 < 7 Michigan Big Ten 26-5 1041 11
11 < 12 Houston American 29-2 963 10
12 < 14 Florida State ACC 25-6 856 13
13 < 11 Purdue Big Ten 23-8 831 12
14 < 17 Nevada Mountain West 28-3 684 17
15 < 18 Kansas State Big 12 24-7 680 14
16 < 15 Virginia Tech ACC 23-7 625 15
17 < 13 Kansas Big 12 23-8 602 18
18 < 19 Buffalo MAC 28-3 539 16
19 < 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 22-9 466 19
20 < 22 Wofford Southern 28-4 387 20
21 < 24 Maryland Big Ten 22-9 319 21
22 < NR Auburn SEC 22-9 268 24
23 < 16 Marquette Big East 23-8 109 22
24 < 20 Cincinnati American 25-6 108 23
25 < 23 Villanova Big East 22-9 80 25
RV < 25 UCF American 23-7 62 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 25-6 53 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 22-9 37 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 25-6 34 RV
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 27-4 16 NR
RV < NR Louisville ACC 19-12 11 RV
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 27-4 11 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 20-11 8 RV
RV < NR Temple American 23-8 4 NR
RV < NR Clemson ACC 19-12 3 NR
RV < NR Liberty Atlantic Sun 28-6 1 RV
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 21-9 0 RV
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 19-12 0 RV
NR < NR Hofstra Colonial 26-6 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 18-12 0 RV
NR < NR UC Irvine Big West 27-5 0 RV
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 24-7 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 7.6 5812
Big Ten 5 13.8 3883
SEC 4 10.8 3930
Big 12 3 13.0 2493
American 2 17.5 1071
Big East 2 24.0 189
West Coast 1 1.0 1572
Mountain West 1 14.0 684
MAC 1 18.0 539
Southern 1 20.0 387

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.