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February 7, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Auburn (48) SEC 22-1 1506 *2
2 < 2 Gonzaga (13) West Coast 19-2 1477 *1
3 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 20-3 1329 3
4 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 19-2 1300 5
5 < 5 Kentucky SEC 19-4 1288 4
6 < 6 Houston American 20-2 1205 7
7 < 9 Duke ACC 19-3 1179 6
8 < 10 Kansas Big 12 19-3 1173 8
9 < 14 Texas Tech Big 12 18-5 947 9
10 < 8 Baylor Big 12 19-4 921 10
11 < 15 Providence Big East 20-2 899 11
12 < 3 UCLA Pac-12 16-4 881 12
13 < 18 Illinois Big Ten 17-5 818 13
14 < 11 Wisconsin Big Ten 18-4 706 14
15 < 12 Villanova Big East 17-6 634 15
16 < 16 Ohio State Big Ten 14-5 628 16
17 < 13 Michigan State Big Ten 17-5 536 17
18 < 24 Marquette Big East 16-7 522 19
19 < 22 Tennessee SEC 16-6 377 18
20 < 23 Texas Big 12 17-6 294 20
21 < 19 USC Pac-12 19-4 278 21
22 < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 19-4 185 22
23 < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 22-2 178 24
24 < 17 Connecticut Big East 15-6 118 23
25 < 21 Xavier Big East 16-6 91 RV
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 82 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 74 RV
RV < 20 Iowa State Big 12 48 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 35 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 22 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 21 25
RV < NR Alabama SEC 18 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 13 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 11 RV
RV < 25 LSU SEC 11 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 7 NR
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 5 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 3 RV
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 3 RV
RV < NR Ohio MAC 2 RV
NR < NR Colorado State Mountain West 0 RV
NR < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0 RV
NR < NR New Mexico State WAC 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 0 RV
NR < NR SMU American 0 RV
NR < NR TCU Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 12.6 4017
Big East 5 18.6 2264
Big 12 4 11.8 3335
SEC 3 8.3 3171
Pac-12 3 12.3 2459
West Coast 2 12.0 1662
American 1 6.0 1205
ACC 1 7.0 1179
Ohio Valley 1 23.0 178

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.