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December 9, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 3 Tennessee (58) SEC 8-0 1544 *1
2 < 2 Auburn (3) SEC 8-1 1438 *2
3 < 6 Iowa State (1) Big 12 7-1 1424 3
4 < 9 Duke ACC 7-2 1295 6
5 < 4 Kentucky SEC 8-1 1284 5
6 < 5 Marquette Big East 9-1 1274 4
7 < 10 Alabama SEC 7-2 1126 8
8 < 7 Gonzaga West Coast 7-2 1082 9
9 < 13 Florida SEC 9-0 1030 7
10 < 1 Kansas Big 12 7-2 940 10
11 < 8 Purdue Big Ten 8-2 840 11
12 < 12 Oregon Big Ten 9-1 784 12
13 < 21 Oklahoma SEC 9-0 567 17
14 < NR Michigan Big Ten 8-1 522 14
15 < 17 Houston Big 12 5-3 514 13
16 < NR Clemson ACC 9-1 491 16
17 < 22 Texas A&M SEC 8-2 415 18
18 < 25 Connecticut Big East 7-3 394 20
19 < 23 Mississippi SEC 8-1 379 15
20 < 11 Wisconsin Big Ten 8-2 307 22
21 < NR Michigan State Big Ten 8-2 292 19
22 < 14 Cincinnati Big 12 7-1 288 23
23 < 24 San Diego State Mountain West 6-2 276 24
24 < NR UCLA Big Ten 8-1 229 21
25 < NR Mississippi State SEC 8-1 179 RV
RV < 15 Baylor Big 12 150 25
RV < NR Arizona State Big 12 143 RV
RV < 16 Memphis American 123 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 119 RV
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 90 RV
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 89 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 67 RV
RV < 18 Pittsburgh ACC 62 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 57 RV
RV < 19 Illinois Big Ten 47 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 43 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 39 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 38 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 32 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 30 NR
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 30 RV
RV < 20 North Carolina ACC 24 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 21 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 20 RV
RV < NR Texas SEC 8 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 3 NR
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Atlantic 10 1 RV
NR < NR LSU SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR UC Irvine Big West 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 9 10.9 7962
Big Ten 6 17.0 2974
Big 12 4 12.5 3166
ACC 2 10.0 1786
Big East 2 12.0 1668
West Coast 1 8.0 1082
Mountain West 1 23.0 276

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.