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December 23, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Tennessee (41)	SEC	11-0	1528	*1
2	<	2	Auburn (21)	SEC	11-1	1505	*2
3	<	3	Iowa State	Big 12	10-1	1415	3
4	<	5	Duke	ACC	10-2	1344	4
5	<	6	Alabama	SEC	10-2	1258	6
6	<	7	Florida	SEC	12-0	1239	5
7	<	8	Kansas	Big 12	9-2	1097	7
8	<	9	Marquette	Big East	11-2	1038	8
9	<	10	Oregon	Big Ten	11-1	970	9
10	<	4	Kentucky	SEC	10-2	959	10
11	<	11	Connecticut	Big East	10-3	903	14
12	<	14	Oklahoma	SEC	12-0	850	11
13	<	12	Texas A&M	SEC	10-2	811	13
14	<	13	Gonzaga	West Coast	9-3	757	15
15	<	15	Houston	Big 12	8-3	615	12
16	<	17	Mississippi	SEC	11-1	506	16
17	<	19	Cincinnati	Big 12	10-1	494	17
18	<	20	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	426	18
19	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	11-1	423	19
20	<	23	San Diego State	Mountain West	8-2	319	20
21	<	16	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	270	25
22	<	18	UCLA	Big Ten	10-2	246	21
23	<	NR	Arkansas	SEC	10-2	158	RV
24	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	8-3	135	22
25	<	NR	Baylor	Big 12	7-3	123	23
RV	<	NR	Maryland	Big Ten		119	RV
RV	<	22	Dayton	Atlantic 10		108	RV
RV	<	NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		91	RV
RV	<	NR	St. John's	Big East		90	24
RV	<	21	Memphis	American		65	RV
RV	<	24	Michigan	Big Ten		50	RV
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		45	RV
RV	<	NR	Pittsburgh	ACC		27	RV
RV	<	NR	West Virginia	Big 12		26	RV
RV	<	NR	Missouri	SEC		25	RV
RV	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		23	NR
RV	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC		20	RV
RV	<	25	Clemson	ACC		18	RV
RV	<	NR	Arizona State	Big 12		13	NR
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		9	RV
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		9	RV
RV	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten		8	NR
RV	<	NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		8	RV
RV	<	NR	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10		4	NR
RV	<	NR	Penn State	Big Ten		3	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	10	10.7	9237
Big 12	5	13.4	3744
Big Ten	5	18.8	2047
Big East	2	9.5	1941
ACC	1	4.0	1344
West Coast	1	14.0	757
Mountain West	1	20.0	319

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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.
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