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December 4, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Arizona (59) Pac-12 7-0 1571 *1
2 < 5 Kansas (1) Big 12 7-1 1460 *3
3 < 6 Houston (3) Big 12 8-0 1432 *2
4 < 1 Purdue Big Ten 7-1 1407 4
5 < 4 Connecticut Big East 7-1 1340 5
6 < 9 Baylor Big 12 8-0 1234 6
7 < 11 Gonzaga West Coast 6-1 1146 8
8 < 3 Marquette Big East 6-2 1134 7
9 < 17 North Carolina ACC 7-1 1004 10
10 < 15 Creighton Big East 7-1 921 11
11 < 13 Florida Atlantic American 7-1 901 9
12 < 16 Texas Big 12 6-1 763 16
13 < 20 Colorado State Mountain West 8-0 755 12
14 < 19 BYU Big 12 7-0 732 13
15 < 8 Miami (FL) ACC 6-1 638 15
16 < 12 Kentucky SEC 6-2 544 17
17 < 10 Tennessee SEC 4-3 509 13
18 < 22 James Madison Sun Belt 8-0 381 24
19 < 25 Oklahoma Big 12 7-0 355 22
20 < 24 Illinois Big Ten 6-1 322 18
21 < 14 Texas A&M SEC 6-2 306 19
22 < 7 Duke ACC 5-3 296 21
23 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6-2 245 RV
24 < NR Clemson ACC 7-0 227 20
25 < NR San Diego State Mountain West 7-1 168 RV
RV < NR Virginia ACC 148 23
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 122 25
RV < NR TCU Big 12 87 RV
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 77 RV
RV < 23 Alabama SEC 50 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 46 RV
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 35 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 23 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati Big 12 21 RV
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 15 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 14 NR
RV < NR Providence Big East 13 NR
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 9 NR
RV < 18 Villanova Big East 8 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 5 NR
RV < NR Memphis American 5 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 4 RV
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 2 NR
NR < NR Auburn SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Florida State ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 0 RV
NR < 21 Mississippi State SEC 0 RV
NR < NR USC Pac-12 0 RV
NR < NR Utah Pac-12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 9.3 5976
ACC 4 17.5 2165
Big East 3 7.7 3395
Big Ten 3 15.7 1974
SEC 3 18.0 1359
Mountain West 2 19.0 923
Pac-12 1 1.0 1571
West Coast 1 7.0 1146
American 1 11.0 901
Sun Belt 1 18.0 381

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.