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February 21, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (61) West Coast 23-2 1525 *1
2 < 3 Arizona Pac-12 24-2 1461 2
3 < 2 Auburn SEC 24-3 1313 4
4 < 5 Purdue Big Ten 24-4 1299 7
5 < 6 Kansas Big 12 22-4 1297 5
6 < 4 Kentucky SEC 22-5 1248 3
7 < 9 Duke ACC 23-4 1146 6
8 < 10 Villanova Big East 21-6 1071 8
9 < 11 Texas Tech Big 12 21-6 1066 9
10 < 7 Baylor Big 12 22-5 984 11
11 < 8 Providence Big East 22-3 910 10
12 < 13 UCLA Pac-12 19-5 802 13
13 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 21-5 735 12
14 < 14 Houston American 22-4 734 15
15 < 12 Illinois Big Ten 19-7 666 14
16 < 17 USC Pac-12 23-4 586 16
17 < 16 Tennessee SEC 19-7 580 17
18 < 23 Arkansas SEC 21-6 502 18
19 < 21 Murray State Ohio Valley 26-2 371 21
20 < 20 Texas Big 12 19-8 349 22
21 < 24 Connecticut Big East 19-7 340 20
22 < 18 Ohio State Big Ten 16-7 320 19
23 < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 22-6 148 23
24 < 25 Alabama SEC 17-10 63 25
25 < NR Iowa Big Ten 18-8 59 RV
RV < 19 Michigan State Big Ten 58 24
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 35 RV
RV < 22 Wyoming Mountain West 24 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 22 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 19 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 14 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 13 NR
RV < NR South Dakota State Summit 13 NR
RV < NR Marquette Big East 12 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 11 RV
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 10 RV
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 5 NR
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 4 RV
RV < NR SMU American 3 RV
RV < NR North Texas Conference USA 2 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 2 NR
RV < NR Creighton Big East 1 RV
RV < NR Vermont America East 1 NR
RV < NR Wagner Northeast 1 NR
NR < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0 RV
NR < NR San Francisco West Coast 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 13.6 3706
Big Ten 5 15.8 3079
Big 12 4 11.0 3696
Pac-12 3 10.0 2849
Big East 3 13.3 2321
West Coast 2 12.0 1673
ACC 1 7.0 1146
American 1 14.0 734
Ohio Valley 1 19.0 371

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.