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February 20, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Houston (48) American 25-2 1534 *1
2 < 1 Alabama (7) SEC 23-4 1448 *2
3 < 5 Kansas (7) Big 12 22-5 1409 4
4 < 4 UCLA Pac-12 23-4 1363 *3
5 < 3 Purdue Big Ten 24-4 1294 5
6 < 7 Virginia ACC 21-4 1228 *6
7 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 24-4 1213 7
8 < 6 Texas Big 12 21-6 1083 8
9 < 9 Baylor Big 12 20-7 1013 10
10 < 11 Marquette Big East 21-6 968 9
11 < 10 Tennessee SEC 20-7 887 13
12 < 13 Gonzaga West Coast 23-5 856 12
13 < 15 Miami (FL) ACC 22-5 833 11
14 < 12 Kansas State Big 12 20-7 666 16
15 < 17 Saint Mary's West Coast 24-5 650 14
16 < 16 Xavier Big East 20-7 563 15
17 < 14 Indiana Big Ten 19-8 539 17
18 < 20 Connecticut Big East 20-7 440 23
19 < 18 Creighton Big East 18-9 361 19
20 < 24 Providence Big East 20-7 350 18
21 < NR Northwestern Big Ten 20-7 349 22
22 < 21 San Diego State Mountain West 21-5 336 20
23 < 19 Iowa State Big 12 17-9 309 21
24 < 22 TCU Big 12 18-9 162 RV
25 < NR Texas A&M SEC 20-7 125 25
RV < 23 NC State ACC 54 24
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 34 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 14 RV
RV < NR Oral Roberts Summit 14 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 12 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 12 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 6 NR
RV < 25 Florida Atlantic Conference USA 6 RV
RV < NR Charleston Colonial 4 NR
RV < NR Duke ACC 3 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 3 NR
RV < NR Southern Miss Sun Belt 3 NR
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR Kent State MAC 2 NR
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 1 NR
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 1 RV
NR < NR Auburn SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Rutgers Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 13.5 4642
Big East 5 16.6 2682
SEC 3 12.7 2460
Big Ten 3 14.3 2182
Pac-12 2 5.5 2576
ACC 2 9.5 2061
West Coast 2 13.5 1506
American 1 1.0 1534
Mountain West 1 22.0 336

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.