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February 26, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Houston (53) Big 12 24-3 1540 *1
2 < 3 Purdue (4) Big Ten 25-3 1460 *3
3 < 1 Connecticut (5) Big East 25-3 1459 *2
4 < 5 Tennessee SEC 21-6 1338 4
5 < 7 Marquette Big East 21-6 1243 5
6 < 4 Arizona Pac-12 21-6 1188 7
7 < 9 Kansas Big 12 21-6 1156 9
8 < 6 Iowa State Big 12 21-6 1155 6
9 < 10 North Carolina ACC 21-6 1130 8
10 < 8 Duke ACC 21-6 976 10
11 < 14 Auburn SEC 21-6 862 11
12 < 15 Creighton Big East 20-8 738 12
13 < 12 Illinois Big Ten 20-7 726 16
14 < 13 Alabama SEC 19-8 695 13
15 < 11 Baylor Big 12 19-8 689 14
16 < 17 Kentucky SEC 19-8 649 15
17 < 18 Saint Mary's West Coast 23-6 646 17
18 < 20 South Carolina SEC 22-5 471 18
19 < 21 Washington State Pac-12 21-7 361 21
20 < 19 San Diego State Mountain West 21-7 305 19
21 < 16 Dayton Atlantic 10 21-5 261 20
22 < NR Utah State Mountain West 22-5 207 23
23 < NR Gonzaga West Coast 22-6 184 22
24 < 24 Florida SEC 19-8 140 24
25 < NR South Florida American 21-5 127 25
RV < 25 BYU Big 12 92 RV
RV < 23 Texas Tech Big 12 65 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 45 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 45 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 44 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 42 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 25 RV
RV < 22 Colorado State Mountain West 20 NR
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 17 NR
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 10 NR
RV < NR Florida Atlantic American 8 NR
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 7 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 5 NR
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 4 NR
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 3 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 1 RV
RV < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 1 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Atlantic 10 1 RV
RV < NR McNeese Southland 1 NR
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 1 RV
NR < NR James Madison Sun Belt 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Virginia ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 14.5 4155
Big 12 4 7.8 4540
Big East 3 6.7 3440
Big Ten 2 7.5 2186
ACC 2 9.5 2106
Pac-12 2 12.5 1549
West Coast 2 20.0 830
Mountain West 2 21.0 512
Atlantic 10 1 21.0 261
American 1 25.0 127

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.