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March 3, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Auburn (61)	SEC	27-2	1525	*1
2	<	2	Duke	ACC	26-3	1458	*2
3	<	4	Houston	Big 12	25-4	1396	3
4	<	5	Tennessee	SEC	24-5	1326	4
5	<	3	Florida	SEC	25-4	1247	5
6	<	7	St. John's	Big East	26-4	1179	6
7	<	6	Alabama	SEC	23-6	1176	8
8	<	8	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-5	1165	7
9	<	10	Texas Tech	Big 12	22-7	947	9
10	<	9	Iowa State	Big 12	22-7	918	10
11	<	13	Clemson	ACC	24-5	905	11
12	<	11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-7	815	12
13	<	16	Maryland	Big Ten	22-7	628	14
14	<	19	Louisville	ACC	23-6	606	13
15	<	14	Missouri	SEC	21-8	603	19
16	<	18	Memphis	American	24-5	560	16
17	<	15	Michigan	Big Ten	22-7	494	15
18	<	20	Purdue	Big Ten	20-9	454	18
19	<	17	Kentucky	SEC	19-10	417	24
20	<	21	Marquette	Big East	22-7	409	20
21	<	23	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27-4	399	17
22	<	12	Texas A&M	SEC	20-9	364	21
23	<	25	BYU	Big 12	21-8	287	22
24	<	22	Arizona	Big 12	19-10	162	23
25	<	24	Mississippi State	SEC	20-9	87	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		85	25
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC		78	RV
RV	<	NR	Oregon	Big Ten		37	RV
RV	<	NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		18	RV
RV	<	NR	UC San Diego	Big West		17	RV
RV	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten		16	RV
RV	<	NR	Mississippi	SEC		13	RV
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga	West Coast		8	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Big Ten		8	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas	Big 12		5	NR
RV	<	NR	Connecticut	Big East		4	RV
RV	<	NR	High Point	Big South		4	NR
RV	<	NR	Creighton	Big East		2	RV
RV	<	NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Akron	MAC		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Boise State	Mountain West		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	8	12.3	6745
Big Ten	5	13.6	3556
Big 12	5	13.8	3710
ACC	3	9.0	2969
Big East	2	13.0	1588
American	1	16.0	560
West Coast	1	21.0	399

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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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