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February 27, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Houston (49) American 27-2 1531 *1
2 < 2 Alabama (5) SEC 25-4 1456 *2
3 < 3 Kansas (8) Big 12 24-5 1445 *3
4 < 4 UCLA Pac-12 25-4 1391 4
5 < 5 Purdue Big Ten 24-5 1200 5
6 < 10 Marquette Big East 23-6 1173 6
7 < 9 Baylor Big 12 21-8 1099 8
8 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 24-5 1091 9
9 < 8 Texas Big 12 22-7 1077 7
10 < 12 Gonzaga West Coast 25-5 1026 10
11 < 14 Kansas State Big 12 22-7 1002 11
12 < 11 Tennessee SEC 21-8 736 14
13 < 6 Virginia ACC 21-6 718 12
14 < 18 Connecticut Big East 22-7 714 18
15 < 17 Indiana Big Ten 20-9 697 13
16 < 13 Miami (FL) ACC 23-6 668 15
17 < 15 Saint Mary's West Coast 25-6 592 16
18 < 22 San Diego State Mountain West 23-5 552 19
19 < 16 Xavier Big East 21-8 505 17
20 < 20 Providence Big East 21-8 299 20
21 < NR Maryland Big Ten 20-9 184 24
22 < 24 TCU Big 12 19-10 173 22
23 < NR Kentucky SEC 20-9 162 RV
24 < 25 Texas A&M SEC 21-8 161 21
25 < NR Pittsburgh ACC 21-8 140 25
RV < 19 Creighton Big East 87 23
RV < NR Duke ACC 78 RV
RV < NR Oral Roberts Summit 40 RV
RV < 21 Northwestern Big Ten 39 RV
RV < NR Florida Atlantic Conference USA 25 RV
RV < 23 Iowa State Big 12 20 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 17 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 16 NR
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 7 NR
RV < NR Charleston Colonial 6 NR
RV < NR NC State ACC 6 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 5 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 4 NR
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 3 RV
RV < NR USC Pac-12 3 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 1 NR
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 1 NR
NR < NR Kent State MAC RV
NR < NR Toledo MAC RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 10.4 4796
Big East 4 14.8 2691
SEC 4 15.3 2515
Big Ten 3 13.7 2081
ACC 3 18.0 1526
Pac-12 2 6.0 2482
West Coast 2 13.5 1618
American 1 1.0 1531
Mountain West 1 18.0 552

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.