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March 17, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (49)	ACC	31-3	1463	1
2	<	2	Houston (6)	Big 12	30-4	1394	2
3	<	4	Florida (2)	SEC	30-4	1370	3
4	<	3	Auburn (2)	SEC	28-5	1291	4
5	<	6	St. John's	Big East	30-4	1225	5
6	<	8	Tennessee	SEC	27-7	1174	6
7	<	5	Alabama	SEC	25-8	1120	8
8	<	7	Michigan State	Big Ten	27-6	1080	7
9	<	9	Texas Tech	Big 12	25-8	926	9
10	<	13	Louisville	ACC	27-7	809	11
11	<	11	Maryland	Big Ten	25-8	764	12
12	<	10	Clemson	ACC	27-6	746	13
13	<	18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26-9	732	10
14	<	22	Michigan	Big Ten	25-9	681	15
15	<	12	Iowa State	Big 12	24-9	641	14
16	<	16	Memphis	American	29-5	636	16
17	<	17	BYU	Big 12	24-9	563	17
18	<	15	Kentucky	SEC	22-11	511	21
19	<	14	Texas A&M	SEC	22-10	457	18
20	<	19	Saint Mary's	West Coast	28-5	306	19
21	<	NR	Arizona	Big 12	22-12	253	20
22	<	20	Purdue	Big Ten	22-11	227	22
23	<	21	Missouri	SEC	22-11	159	24
24	<	NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	25-8	151	23
25	<	23	Oregon	Big Ten	24-9	115	RV
RV	<	NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		107	RV
RV	<	25	Marquette	Big East		69	25
RV	<	NR	UC San Diego	Big West		57	RV
RV	<	24	Illinois	Big Ten		55	RV
RV	<	NR	Creighton	Big East		28	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		28	RV
RV	<	NR	Mississippi	SEC		13	RV
RV	<	NR	Colorado State	Mountain West		4	RV
RV	<	NR	Connecticut	Big East		4	RV
RV	<	NR	McNeese	Southland		4	NR
RV	<	NR	Akron	MAC		3	NR
RV	<	NR	High Point	Big South		3	NR
RV	<	NR	Kansas	Big 12		3	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Big Ten		3	RV
NR	<	NR	Baylor	Big 12		0	RV
NR	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	7	11.4	6082
Big Ten	6	15.5	3599
Big 12	5	12.8	3777
ACC	3	7.7	3018
West Coast	2	22.0	457
Big East	1	5.0	1225
American	1	16.0	636

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.