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March 4, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Houston (52) Big 12 26-3 1539 1
2 < 3 Connecticut (6) Big East 26-3 1462 2
3 < 2 Purdue (4) Big Ten 26-3 1459 3
4 < 4 Tennessee SEC 23-6 1364 4
5 < 6 Arizona Pac-12 23-6 1252 5
6 < 8 Iowa State Big 12 23-6 1212 6
7 < 9 North Carolina ACC 23-6 1201 7
8 < 5 Marquette Big East 22-7 1056 9
9 < 10 Duke ACC 23-6 1051 8
10 < 12 Creighton Big East 22-8 983 10
11 < 15 Baylor Big 12 21-8 901 11
12 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 22-7 834 12
13 < 11 Auburn SEC 22-7 746 14
14 < 7 Kansas Big 12 21-8 723 15
15 < 16 Kentucky SEC 21-8 711 13
16 < 14 Alabama SEC 20-9 592 17
17 < 18 South Carolina SEC 24-5 579 16
18 < 19 Washington State Pac-12 23-7 484 20
19 < 23 Gonzaga West Coast 24-6 396 18
20 < NR BYU Big 12 21-8 343 23
21 < 20 San Diego State Mountain West 22-7 338 19
22 < 22 Utah State Mountain West 24-5 285 22
23 < 17 Saint Mary's West Coast 24-7 268 21
24 < 25 South Florida American 22-5 154 24
25 < 21 Dayton Atlantic 10 22-6 50 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 42 RV
RV < 24 Florida SEC 39 25
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 26 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 10 NR
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 10 RV
RV < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 9 RV
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 6 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 5 NR
RV < NR Florida Atlantic American 4 NR
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 4 RV
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 3 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 2 NR
RV < NR McNeese Southland 2 NR
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR Villanova Big East 2 NR
RV < NR Richmond Atlantic 10 1 NR
NR < NR Clemson ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR TCU Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 10.4 4718
SEC 5 13.0 3992
Big East 3 6.7 3501
Big Ten 2 7.5 2293
ACC 2 8.0 2252
Pac-12 2 11.5 1736
West Coast 2 21.0 664
Mountain West 2 21.5 623
American 1 24.0 154
Atlantic 10 1 25.0 50

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.