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January 6, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Tennessee (45) SEC 14-0 1484 *1
2 < 2 Auburn (15) SEC 13-1 1453 *2
3 < 3 Iowa State Big 12 12-1 1369 3
4 < 4 Duke ACC 12-2 1309 4
5 < 5 Alabama SEC 12-2 1260 5
6 < 10 Kentucky SEC 12-2 1154 7
7 < 8 Marquette Big East 13-2 1134 6
8 < 6 Florida SEC 13-1 1045 8
9 < 11 Connecticut Big East 12-3 964 10
10 < 13 Texas A&M SEC 12-2 924 9
11 < 7 Kansas Big 12 10-3 809 12
12 < 14 Houston Big 12 10-3 768 11
13 < 22 Illinois Big Ten 11-3 693 15
14 < 17 Mississippi State SEC 13-1 690 13
15 < 9 Oregon Big Ten 13-2 624 17
16 < 18 Michigan State Big Ten 12-2 616 14
17 < 12 Oklahoma SEC 13-1 553 16
18 < 19 Gonzaga West Coast 12-4 469 18
19 < 21 Memphis American 12-3 384 20
20 < 20 Purdue Big Ten 11-4 374 19
21 < NR West Virginia Big 12 11-2 277 23
22 < 15 UCLA Big Ten 11-3 234 21
23 < 24 Mississippi SEC 12-2 219 22
24 < NR Michigan Big Ten 11-3 160 24
25 < NR Utah State Mountain West 14-1 119 25
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 91 RV
RV < 23 Arkansas SEC 62 RV
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 62 RV
RV < 25 Baylor Big 12 32 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 31 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 27 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 26 RV
RV < 16 Cincinnati Big 12 22 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 19 RV
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 6 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 6 RV
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 6 NR
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 6 RV
RV < NR Missouri SEC 5 NR
RV < NR Arizona Big 12 3 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 1 NR
RV < NR Georgetown Big East 1 NR
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 1 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 1 NR
NR < NR UC San Diego Big West 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 9 9.6 8782
Big Ten 6 18.3 2701
Big 12 4 11.8 3223
Big East 2 8.0 2098
ACC 1 4.0 1309
West Coast 1 18.0 469
American 1 19.0 384
Mountain West 1 25.0 119

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.