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January 15, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 4 Connecticut (39) Big East 15-2 1542 *1
2 < 1 Purdue (20) Big Ten 15-2 1506 *2
3 < 3 Kansas (3) Big 12 14-2 1426 4
4 < 7 North Carolina (1) ACC 13-3 1407 3
5 < 2 Houston Big 12 14-2 1236 5
6 < 5 Tennessee SEC 12-4 1147 7
7 < 11 Duke ACC 13-3 1130 6
8 < 6 Kentucky SEC 12-3 1123 10
9 < 14 Baylor Big 12 14-2 1055 9
10 < 13 Memphis American 15-2 987 12
11 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 13-3 948 8
12 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 12-4 918 13
13 < 16 Auburn SEC 14-2 905 11
14 < 10 Illinois Big Ten 12-4 660 14
15 < 9 Oklahoma Big 12 13-3 633 16
16 < 20 Utah State Mountain West 16-1 538 17
17 < 11 Marquette Big East 11-5 516 18
18 < 22 Creighton Big East 13-4 433 15
19 < NR TCU Big 12 13-3 293 22
20 < 18 BYU Big 12 13-3 270 19
21 < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 13-2 261 23
22 < NR Mississippi SEC 15-1 236 21
23 < 24 Florida Atlantic American 13-4 221 RV
24 < NR Iowa State Big 12 13-3 195 20
25 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 14-2 191 25
RV < 17 Colorado State Mountain West 169 RV
RV < 19 San Diego State Mountain West 153 NR
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 89 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 60 RV
RV < NR Grand Canyon WAC 49 RV
RV < 21 Clemson ACC 38 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 22 NR
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 22 RV
RV < 25 Texas Big 12 20 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 17 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 15 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 14 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 8 RV
RV < 23 Gonzaga West Coast 5 RV
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 5 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 3 NR
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 3 NR
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 2 NR
RV < NR Villanova Big East 2 RV
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 1 RV
RV < NR McNeese Southland 1 NR
NR < NR Florida SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Florida State ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 8 15.0 5299
SEC 4 12.3 3411
Big Ten 3 9.0 3114
Big East 3 12.0 2491
ACC 2 5.5 2537
American 2 16.5 1208
Pac-12 1 12.0 918
Mountain West 1 16.0 538
Atlantic 10 1 21.0 261

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.