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March 11, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Houston (52) Big 12 28-3 1540 *1
2 < 2 Connecticut (6) Big East 28-3 1471 2
3 < 3 Purdue (4) Big Ten 28-3 1453 *3
4 < 7 North Carolina ACC 25-6 1361 4
5 < 4 Tennessee SEC 24-7 1291 5
6 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 24-7 1125 7
7 < 6 Iowa State Big 12 24-7 1120 8
8 < 10 Creighton Big East 23-8 1094 6
9 < 15 Kentucky SEC 23-8 1018 9
10 < 8 Marquette Big East 23-8 1011 10
11 < 9 Duke ACC 24-7 976 11
12 < 13 Auburn SEC 24-7 914 12
13 < 12 Illinois Big Ten 23-8 802 14
14 < 11 Baylor Big 12 22-9 786 13
15 < 17 South Carolina SEC 25-6 567 16
16 < 14 Kansas Big 12 22-9 558 17
17 < 19 Gonzaga West Coast 24-6 511 15
18 < 22 Utah State Mountain West 26-5 486 18
19 < 16 Alabama SEC 21-10 432 19
20 < 20 BYU Big 12 22-9 381 21
21 < 23 Saint Mary's West Coast 24-7 306 20
22 < 18 Washington State Pac-12 23-8 239 25
23 < NR Nevada Mountain West 26-6 223 22
24 < 25 Dayton Atlantic 10 24-6 155 24
25 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 22-9 149 23
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 46 RV
RV < 24 South Florida American 27 RV
RV < 21 San Diego State Mountain West 21 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 16 RV
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 14 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 14 NR
RV < NR Florida Atlantic American 11 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 8 RV
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 7 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 6 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 4 NR
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 2 RV
RV < NR McNeese Southland 2 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 1 NR
RV < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 1 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 1 NR
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 13.8 4534
SEC 5 12.0 4222
Big East 3 6.7 3576
ACC 2 7.5 2337
Big Ten 2 8.0 2255
Pac-12 2 14.0 1364
West Coast 2 19.0 817
Mountain West 2 20.5 709
Atlantic 10 1 24.0 155

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.