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December 16, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Tennessee (50) SEC 10-0 1537 *1
2 < 2 Auburn (12) SEC 9-1 1483 *2
3 < 3 Iowa State Big 12 9-1 1416 3
4 < 5 Kentucky SEC 10-1 1325 4
5 < 4 Duke ACC 8-2 1324 5
6 < 7 Alabama SEC 8-2 1210 7
7 < 9 Florida SEC 10-0 1169 6
8 < 10 Kansas Big 12 8-2 1056 8
9 < 6 Marquette Big East 9-2 926 9
10 < 12 Oregon Big Ten 10-1 903 10
11 < 18 Connecticut Big East 8-3 808 13
12 < 17 Texas A&M SEC 9-2 758 11
13 < 8 Gonzaga West Coast 7-3 737 14
14 < 13 Oklahoma SEC 10-0 732 15
15 < 15 Houston Big 12 6-3 582 12
16 < 11 Purdue Big Ten 8-3 498 17
17 < 19 Mississippi SEC 9-1 459 16
18 < 24 UCLA Big Ten 9-1 436 18
19 < 22 Cincinnati Big 12 8-1 325 20
20 < 21 Michigan State Big Ten 8-2 322 19
21 < NR Memphis American 8-2 287 22
22 < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 9-2 281 24
23 < 23 San Diego State Mountain West 7-2 250 23
24 < 14 Michigan Big Ten 8-2 209 21
25 < 16 Clemson ACC 9-2 175 RV
RV < 25 Mississippi State SEC 158 25
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 151 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 120 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 115 RV
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 70 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 52 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 50 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 48 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 28 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 24 RV
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 19 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 18 RV
RV < 20 Wisconsin Big Ten 18 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 16 NR
RV < NR Arizona State Big 12 14 NR
RV < NR Creighton Big East 12 RV
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 9 RV
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 8 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 7 NR
RV < NR Texas SEC 3 NR
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 2 NR
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 7.9 8673
Big Ten 5 17.6 2368
Big 12 4 11.3 3379
Big East 2 10.0 1734
ACC 2 15.0 1499
West Coast 1 13.0 737
American 1 21.0 287
Atlantic 10 1 22.0 281
Mountain West 1 23.0 250

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.