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2020 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 5 Michigan State (60) Big Ten 0-0 1619
2 < 7 Kentucky (2) SEC 0-0 1497
3 < 17 Kansas (3) Big 12 0-0 1457
4 < 1 Duke ACC 0-0 1399
5 < NR Louisville ACC 0-0 1386
6 < NR Florida SEC 0-0 1313
7 < NR Maryland Big Ten 0-0 1134
8 < 4 Gonzaga West Coast 0-0 1096
9 < 3 North Carolina ACC 0-0 1060
10 < 23 Villanova Big East 0-0 1048
11 < 2 Virginia ACC 0-0 1007
12 < NR Seton Hall Big East 0-0 863
13 < 9 Texas Tech Big 12 0-0 837
14 < NR Memphis American 0-0 773
15 < NR Oregon Pac-12 0-0 742
16 < NR Baylor Big 12 0-0 523
17 < 25 Utah State Mountain West 0-0 491
18 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 407
19 < NR Xavier Big East 0-0 356
20 < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 0-0 330
21 < NR Arizona Pac-12 0-0 265
22 < 12 LSU SEC 0-0 234
23 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 0-0 230
24 < 14 Auburn SEC 0-0 210
25 < NR VCU Atlantic 10 0-0 193
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 0-0 164
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 0-0 152
RV < 6 Tennessee SEC 0-0 78
RV < NR Marquette Big East 0-0 68
RV < 10 Florida State ACC 0-0 36
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 0-0 34
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 0-0 24
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 14
RV < NR Missouri SEC 0-0 13
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 12
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 0-0 11
RV < 11 Houston American 0-0 11
RV < 22 Cincinnati American 0-0 8
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 0-0 7
RV < NR Creighton Big East 0-0 4
RV < NR NC State ACC 0-0 3
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 0-0 3
RV < NR Alabama SEC 0-0 2
RV < NR Liberty Atlantic Sun 0-0 2
RV < 8 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 2
RV < NR USC Pac-12 0-0 2
RV < NR Vermont America East 0-0 2
RV < NR Colgate Patriot 0-0 1
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 0-0 1
RV < NR Providence Big East 0-0 1
NR < 15 Buffalo MAC 0-0 0
NR < 24 Iowa State Big 12 0-0 0
NR < 18 Kansas State Big 12 0-0 0
NR < 20 Nevada Mountain West 0-0 0
NR < 16 Virginia Tech ACC 0-0 0
NR < 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 0
NR < 19 Wofford Southern 0-0 0

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 4 7.3 4852
Big Ten 4 12.3 3390
SEC 4 13.5 3254
Big 12 3 10.7 2817
Big East 3 13.7 2267
West Coast 2 14.0 1426
Pac-12 2 18.0 1007
American 1 14.0 773
Mountain West 1 17.0 491
Atlantic 10 1 25.0 193

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.