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January 19, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Arizona (61)	Big 12	18-0	1525	*1
2	<	3	Connecticut	Big East	18-1	1419	3
3	<	4	Michigan	Big Ten	16-1	1377	2
4	<	5	Purdue	Big Ten	17-1	1318	4
5	<	6	Duke	ACC	17-1	1296	5
6	<	7	Houston	Big 12	17-1	1217	6
7	<	8	Nebraska	Big Ten	18-0	1207	7
8	<	9	Gonzaga	West Coast	19-1	1103	8
9	<	2	Iowa State	Big 12	16-2	1001	9
10	<	12	Michigan State	Big Ten	16-2	998	10
11	<	13	Illinois	Big Ten	15-3	893	11
12	<	15	Texas Tech	Big 12	14-4	805	12
13	<	11	BYU	Big 12	16-2	791	13
14	<	16	Virginia	ACC	16-2	713	15
15	<	10	Vanderbilt	SEC	16-2	656	14
16	<	19	Florida	SEC	13-5	651	16
17	<	18	Alabama	SEC	13-5	571	17
18	<	22	Clemson	ACC	16-3	449	18
19	<	NR	Kansas	Big 12	13-5	305	19
20	<	17	Arkansas	SEC	13-5	298	20
21	<	21	Georgia	SEC	15-3	263	22
22	<	14	North Carolina	ACC	14-4	220	24
23	<	20	Louisville	ACC	13-5	195	21
24	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	17-1	187	23
25	<	NR	Miami (OH)	MAC	19-0	99	RV
RV	<	NR	St. John's	Big East		64	25
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		64	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		30	RV
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC		27	RV
RV	<	24	Tennessee	SEC		20	RV
RV	<	23	Utah State	Mountain West		15	RV
RV	<	NR	UCF	Big 12		14	RV
RV	<	NR	George Mason	Atlantic 10		10	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		10	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		5	RV
RV	<	NR	SMU	ACC		3	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		3	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	SEC		2	RV
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		1	NR
NR	<	25	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	10.0	5644
Big Ten	5	7.0	5793
ACC	5	16.4	2873
SEC	5	17.8	2439
Big East	1	2.0	1419
West Coast	1	8.0	1103
Atlantic 10	1	24.0	187
MAC	1	25.0	99

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.