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December 26, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Purdue (40) Big Ten 12-0 1478 *1
2 < 2 Connecticut (20) Big East 13-0 1459 *2
3 < 3 Houston American 12-1 1351 3
4 < 4 Kansas Big 12 11-1 1299 4
5 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 12-1 1274 5
6 < 7 Texas Big 12 10-1 1144 6
7 < 8 Tennessee SEC 10-2 1068 10
8 < 9 Alabama SEC 10-2 1067 9
9 < 10 Arkansas SEC 11-1 1017 7
10 < 11 Gonzaga West Coast 10-3 940 11
11 < 13 UCLA Pac-12 11-2 906 8
12 < 12 Baylor Big 12 9-2 888 13
13 < 6 Virginia ACC 8-2 861 12
14 < 22 Miami (FL) ACC 12-1 658 16
15 < 17 Wisconsin Big Ten 9-2 570 15
16 < 18 Indiana Big Ten 10-3 513 18
17 < 14 Duke ACC 10-3 500 14
18 < 20 TCU Big 12 10-1 480 19
19 < 19 Kentucky SEC 8-3 439 17
20 < 23 Auburn SEC 10-2 237 23
21 < 15 Mississippi State SEC 11-1 215 20
22 < NR New Mexico Mountain West 12-0 147 RV
22 < NR Xavier Big East 10-3 147 25
24 < NR West Virginia Big 12 10-2 126 24
25 < NR North Carolina ACC 9-4 112 RV
RV < NR Charleston Colonial 102 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 87 21
RV < NR Memphis American 74 RV
RV < 16 Illinois Big Ten 65 22
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 59 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 57 RV
RV < 21 Virginia Tech ACC 57 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 39 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 19 RV
RV < 24 Marquette Big East 12 RV
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 10 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 6 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 5 RV
RV < NR USC Pac-12 4 RV
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 1 NR
NR < 25 Arizona State Pac-12 0 RV
NR < NR Florida Atlantic Conference USA 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Rutgers Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 0 RV
NR < NR Utah State Mountain West 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 14.0 4043
Big 12 5 12.8 3937
ACC 4 17.3 2131
Big Ten 3 10.7 2561
Pac-12 2 8.0 2180
Big East 2 12.0 1606
American 1 3.0 1351
West Coast 1 10.0 940
Mountain West 1 22.0 147

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.