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January 2, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Purdue (60) Big Ten 13-0 1524 *1
2 < 3 Houston American 14-1 1417 *2
3 < 4 Kansas Big 12 12-1 1351 3
4 < 2 Connecticut (1) Big East 14-1 1342 5
5 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 13-1 1334 4
6 < 6 Texas Big 12 12-1 1185 6
7 < 8 Alabama SEC 11-2 1132 7
8 < 7 Tennessee SEC 11-2 1114 9
9 < 10 Gonzaga West Coast 12-3 1003 10
10 < 11 UCLA Pac-12 13-2 993 8
11 < 13 Virginia ACC 10-2 926 11
12 < 14 Miami (FL) ACC 13-1 814 12
13 < 9 Arkansas SEC 11-2 717 13
14 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 10-2 639 15
15 < 16 Indiana Big Ten 10-3 558 19
16 < 17 Duke ACC 11-3 554 14
17 < 18 TCU Big 12 12-1 545 17
18 < 22 Xavier Big East 12-3 531 18
19 < 12 Baylor Big 12 10-3 520 16
20 < NR Missouri SEC 12-1 329 21
21 < 22 New Mexico Mountain West 14-0 290 22
22 < 20 Auburn SEC 11-2 287 20
23 < NR Charleston Colonial 14-1 116 RV
24 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 10-3 114 23
25 < NR Iowa State Big 12 10-2 94 25
RV < NR LSU SEC 83 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 72 RV
RV < 21 Mississippi State SEC 62 RV
RV < 19 Kentucky SEC 53 25
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 41 RV
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 21 24
RV < NR Marquette Big East 20 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 14 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 7 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 6 NR
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 5 RV
RV < 24 West Virginia Big 12 5 RV
RV < NR Florida Atlantic Conference USA 3 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 3 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 1 NR
NR < NR Maryland Big Ten 0 NR
NR < 25 North Carolina ACC 0 NR
NR < NR Penn State Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 0 NR
NR < NR UAB Conference USA 0 NR

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 14.0 3579
Big 12 5 14.0 3695
Big Ten 4 13.5 2835
ACC 3 13.0 2294
Pac-12 2 7.5 2327
Big East 2 11.0 1873
American 1 2.0 1417
West Coast 1 9.0 1003
Mountain West 1 21.0 290
Colonial 1 23.0 116

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.