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February 14, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Gonzaga (56) West Coast 21-2 1496 *1
2 < 1 Auburn (4) SEC 23-2 1413 *2
3 < 4 Arizona Pac-12 22-2 1370 4
4 < 5 Kentucky SEC 21-4 1350 3
5 < 3 Purdue Big Ten 22-4 1163 7
6 < 8 Kansas Big 12 20-4 1151 6
7 < 10 Baylor Big 12 21-4 1148 8
8 < 11 Providence Big East 21-2 1093 9
9 < 7 Duke ACC 21-4 1073 5
10 < 15 Villanova Big East 19-6 911 10
11 < 9 Texas Tech Big 12 19-6 858 11
12 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 18-6 778 12
13 < 12 UCLA Pac-12 17-5 711 14
14 < 6 Houston American 20-4 700 15
15 < 14 Wisconsin Big Ten 19-5 631 16
16 < 19 Tennessee SEC 18-6 595 13
17 < 21 USC Pac-12 21-4 554 17
18 < 16 Ohio State Big Ten 15-6 503 18
19 < 17 Michigan State Big Ten 18-6 485 19
20 < 20 Texas Big 12 18-7 410 20
21 < 23 Murray State Ohio Valley 24-2 290 21
22 < NR Wyoming Mountain West 21-3 190 22
23 < NR Arkansas SEC 19-6 158 24
24 < 24 Connecticut Big East 17-7 112 24
25 < NR Alabama SEC 16-9 80 RV
RV < 18 Marquette Big East 77 NR
RV < 25 Xavier Big East 51 RV
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 29 RV
RV < 22 Saint Mary's West Coast 22 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 18 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 17 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 17 RV
RV < NR SMU American 14 RV
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 10 RV
RV < NR Virginia ACC 4 NR
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 3 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 3 RV
RV < NR South Dakota State Summit 3 NR
RV < NR Toledo MAC 3 NR
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 2 NR
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 2 RV
RV < NR Vermont America East 1 NR
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 1 RV
NR < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < NR Missouri State Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < NR North Carolina ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 0 RV
NR < NR TCU Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 13.8 3560
SEC 5 14.0 3596
Big 12 4 11.0 3567
Pac-12 3 11.0 2635
Big East 3 14.0 2116
West Coast 1 1.0 1496
ACC 1 9.0 1073
American 1 14.0 700
Ohio Valley 1 21.0 290
Mountain West 1 22.0 190

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.