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March 18, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Connecticut (61) Big East 31-3 1549 *1
2 < 1 Houston (1) Big 12 30-4 1460 2
3 < 3 Purdue Big Ten 29-4 1436 3
4 < 7 Iowa State Big 12 27-7 1342 4
5 < 4 North Carolina ACC 27-7 1325 5
6 < 5 Tennessee SEC 24-8 1158 6
7 < 12 Auburn SEC 27-7 1096 7
8 < 10 Marquette Big East 25-9 1082 8
9 < 6 Arizona Pac-12 25-8 1080 9
10 < 13 Illinois Big Ten 26-8 1040 10
11 < 8 Creighton Big East 23-9 920 11
12 < 9 Kentucky SEC 23-9 866 12
13 < 11 Duke ACC 24-8 834 14
14 < 14 Baylor Big 12 23-10 806 13
15 < 21 Saint Mary's West Coast 26-7 568 15
16 < 15 South Carolina SEC 26-7 527 17
17 < 16 Kansas Big 12 22-10 445 20
18 < 17 Gonzaga West Coast 25-7 413 16
19 < 19 Alabama SEC 21-11 380 18
20 < 18 Utah State Mountain West 27-6 346 19
21 < 20 BYU Big 12 23-10 310 21
22 < 25 Texas Tech Big 12 23-10 205 22
23 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 22-13 175 24
24 < NR San Diego State Mountain West 24-10 158 25
25 < 22 Washington State Pac-12 24-9 138 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 134 RV
RV < NR Florida SEC 120 23
RV < 23 Nevada Mountain West 51 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 36 RV
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 31 RV
RV < 24 Dayton Atlantic 10 27 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 26 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 12 NR
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 10 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 7 NR
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 6 RV
RV < NR McNeese Southland 6 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 5 NR
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 5 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 3 NR
RV < NR South Florida American 3 NR
RV < NR Florida Atlantic American 2 NR
NR < NR Grand Canyon WAC 0 RV
NR < NR Michigan State Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 13.3 4568
SEC 5 12.0 4027
Big East 3 6.7 3551
Big Ten 3 12.0 2651
ACC 2 9.0 2159
West Coast 2 16.5 981
Pac-12 2 17.0 1218
Mountain West 2 22.0 504

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.