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February 19, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Connecticut (62) Big East 24-2 1550 *1
2 < 3 Houston Big 12 22-3 1473 2
3 < 2 Purdue Big Ten 23-3 1414 3
4 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 20-5 1373 4
5 < 8 Tennessee SEC 19-6 1230 5
6 < 10 Iowa State Big 12 20-5 1160 6
7 < 4 Marquette Big East 19-6 1144 8
8 < 9 Duke ACC 20-5 1116 7
9 < 6 Kansas Big 12 20-6 1065 10
10 < 7 North Carolina ACC 20-6 1044 9
11 < 12 Baylor Big 12 19-6 959 11
12 < 14 Illinois Big Ten 19-6 853 12
13 < 15 Alabama SEC 18-7 803 13
14 < 13 Auburn SEC 20-6 690 14
15 < 17 Creighton Big East 19-7 612 15
16 < 16 Dayton Atlantic 10 21-4 584 16
17 < 22 Kentucky SEC 18-7 540 17
18 < 18 Saint Mary's West Coast 21-6 486 18
19 < NR San Diego State Mountain West 20-6 374 19
20 < 11 South Carolina SEC 21-5 346 20
21 < NR Washington State Pac-12 20-6 215 22
22 < NR Colorado State Mountain West 20-6 171 24
23 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 18-7 135 23
24 < NR Florida SEC 18-7 124 RV
25 < 19 BYU Big 12 18-7 123 21
RV < 21 Virginia ACC 103 RV
RV < NR Gonzaga West Coast 99 RV
RV < 20 Wisconsin Big Ten 88 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 64 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 54 25
RV < NR South Florida American 45 RV
RV < 24 Florida Atlantic American 27 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 27 NR
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 22 RV
RV < NR Grand Canyon WAC 16 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 11 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 4 NR
RV < NR Clemson ACC 3 RV
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 1 NR
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 1 NR
RV < NR McNeese Southland 1 NR
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 0 RV
NR < 23 Indiana State Missouri Valley 0 NR
NR < NR James Madison Sun Belt 0 RV
NR < 25 Oklahoma Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 12.7 4915
SEC 6 15.5 3733
Big East 3 7.7 3306
Big Ten 2 7.5 2267
ACC 2 9.0 2160
Pac-12 2 12.5 1588
Mountain West 2 20.5 545
Atlantic 10 1 16.0 584
West Coast 1 18.0 486

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.