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January 20, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Auburn (62) SEC 17-1 1550 *1
2 < 3 Duke ACC 16-2 1485 2
3 < 2 Iowa State Big 12 15-2 1397 *4
4 < 4 Alabama SEC 15-3 1338 3
5 < 5 Florida SEC 16-2 1262 6
6 < 6 Tennessee SEC 16-2 1170 7
7 < 10 Houston Big 12 14-3 1151 5
8 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 16-2 1109 8
9 < 8 Kentucky SEC 14-4 1057 9
10 < 7 Marquette Big East 15-3 950 10
11 < 17 Purdue Big Ten 15-4 906 12
12 < 9 Kansas Big 12 13-4 902 11
13 < 11 Texas A&M SEC 14-4 794 13
14 < 15 Mississippi State SEC 15-3 731 14
15 < 13 Oregon Big Ten 15-3 638 15
16 < 21 Mississippi SEC 15-3 564 16
17 < 19 Illinois Big Ten 13-5 526 17
18 < 24 Wisconsin Big Ten 15-3 437 19
19 < 14 Connecticut Big East 13-5 365 18
20 < NR St. John's Big East 16-3 320 21
21 < 20 Michigan Big Ten 14-4 305 20
22 < NR Missouri SEC 15-3 275 24
23 < NR West Virginia Big 12 13-4 240 23
24 < 18 Memphis American 14-4 232 22
25 < NR Louisville ACC 14-5 125 RV
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 104 25
RV < 22 Utah State Mountain West 38 RV
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 35 RV
RV < 16 Gonzaga West Coast 34 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 30 RV
RV < 23 Georgia SEC 30 RV
RV < NR Arizona Big 12 21 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 12 RV
RV < 25 Baylor Big 12 4 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati Big 12 4 NR
RV < NR UC Irvine Big West 3 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 2 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 2 NR
RV < NR Bradley Missouri Valley 1 NR
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 1 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma SEC 0 RV
NR < NR UCLA Big Ten 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 9 10.0 8741
Big Ten 6 15.0 3921
Big 12 4 11.3 3690
Big East 3 16.3 1635
ACC 2 13.5 1610
American 1 24.0 232

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.