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December 2, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (35) Big 12 7-0 1499 *1
2 < 4 Auburn (26) SEC 7-0 1490 *2
3 < 7 Tennessee SEC 7-0 1351 3
4 < 8 Kentucky SEC 7-0 1267 6
5 < 10 Marquette Big East 8-0 1246 4
6 < 5 Iowa State Big 12 5-1 1225 5
7 < 3 Gonzaga West Coast 7-1 1181 8
8 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 7-1 1058 7
9 < 11 Duke ACC 5-2 941 9
10 < 9 Alabama SEC 6-2 939 12
11 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 8-0 903 11
12 < NR Oregon Big Ten 8-0 806 10
13 < 18 Florida SEC 8-0 782 13
14 < 16 Cincinnati Big 12 6-0 774 14
15 < 17 Baylor Big 12 5-2 567 16
16 < NR Memphis American 6-1 500 15
17 < 6 Houston Big 12 4-3 402 18
18 < NR Pittsburgh ACC 7-1 374 19
19 < NR Illinois Big Ten 6-1 351 17
20 < 12 North Carolina ACC 4-3 292 22
21 < NR Oklahoma SEC 7-0 266 21
22 < 20 Texas A&M SEC 6-2 207 24
23 < 23 Mississippi SEC 6-1 165 20
24 < NR San Diego State Mountain West 4-2 143 RV
25 < 2 Connecticut Big East 5-3 123 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 108 25
RV < 19 Arkansas SEC 104 RV
RV < NR Texas SEC 97 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 95 23
RV < NR Arizona State Big 12 89 RV
RV < 14 Indiana Big Ten 72 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 58 RV
RV < 22 Xavier Big East 33 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 28 RV
RV < NR Louisville ACC 27 NR
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 26 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 25 RV
RV < NR BYU Big 12 24 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 24 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 22 RV
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 22 RV
RV < 25 Mississippi State SEC 20 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 19 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 13 RV
RV < NR UCLA Big Ten 13 RV
RV < 21 Creighton Big East 12 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 11 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 10 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 7 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Atlantic 10 4 NR
RV < NR DePaul Big East 3 NR
RV < NR Florida State ACC 3 NR
RV < NR Columbia Ivy 2 NR
RV < NR UC Irvine Big West 2 RV
NR < 24 Arizona Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Nevada Mountain West 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 12.3 6467
Big 12 5 10.6 4467
Big Ten 4 12.5 3118
ACC 3 15.7 1607
Big East 2 15.0 1369
West Coast 1 7.0 1181
American 1 16.0 500
Mountain West 1 24.0 143

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.