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December 7, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (54) West Coast 3-0 1518 *1
2 < 2 Baylor (7) Big 12 3-0 1470 *2
3 < 3 Iowa Big Ten 3-0 1385 *3
4 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten 5-0 1296 4
5 < 7 Kansas Big 12 4-1 1195 5
6 < 5 Illinois Big Ten 3-1 1104 9
7 < 10 Houston American 4-0 1090 8
8 < 9 Creighton Big East 3-0 1068 7
9 < 12 Villanova Big East 4-1 1033 6
10 < 6 Duke ACC 2-1 954 11
11 < 11 West Virginia Big 12 4-1 918 10
12 < 13 Tennessee SEC 0-0 767 16
13 < 17 Texas Big 12 4-1 750 12
13 < 4 Wisconsin Big Ten 3-1 750 13
15 < 16 Virginia Tech ACC 4-0 688 15
16 < 14 North Carolina ACC 3-1 547 14
17 < 17 Texas Tech Big 12 4-1 541 17
18 < 15 Virginia ACC 3-1 474 18
19 < 19 Richmond Atlantic 10 2-0 419 19
20 < 22 Florida State ACC 1-0 350 21
21 < 24 Rutgers Big Ten 3-0 293 22
22 < 23 Ohio State Big Ten 3-0 287 20
23 < 25 Arizona State Pac-12 3-1 218 23
24 < NR San Diego State Mountain West 4-0 123 RV
25 < NR Louisville ACC 4-0 122 24
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 107 RV
RV < NR Saint Louis Atlantic 10 94 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 90 25
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 40 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 26 RV
RV < 21 Oregon Pac-12 26 RV
RV < NR Marquette Big East 22 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 19 RV
RV < NR Connecticut American 12 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 9 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 7 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 5 RV
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 3 NR
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 2 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 1 RV
RV < NR SMU American 1 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 1 RV
NR < NR Abilene Christian Southland 0 RV
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Drake Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < 20 Kentucky SEC 0 RV
NR < NR LSU SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Memphis American 0 RV
NR < NR NC State ACC 0 RV
NR < NR North Dakota Summit 0 RV
NR < NR Western Kentucky Conference USA 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 11.5 5115
ACC 6 17.3 3135
Big 12 5 9.6 4874
Big East 2 8.5 2101
West Coast 1 1.0 1518
American 1 7.0 1090
SEC 1 12.0 767
Atlantic 10 1 19.0 419
Pac-12 1 23.0 218
Mountain West 1 24.0 123

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.