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February 2, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Arizona (59)	Big 12	22-0	1475	*1
2	<	3	Michigan	Big Ten	20-1	1388	2
3	<	2	Connecticut	Big East	21-1	1367	3
4	<	4	Duke	ACC	20-1	1314	4
5	<	9	Illinois	Big Ten	19-3	1172	6
6	<	6	Gonzaga	West Coast	22-1	1167	5
7	<	8	Iowa State	Big 12	20-2	1130	7
8	<	10	Houston	Big 12	19-2	1067	8
9	<	5	Nebraska	Big Ten	20-2	1036	9
10	<	7	Michigan State	Big Ten	19-3	950	10
11	<	14	Kansas	Big 12	16-5	847	11
12	<	12	Purdue	Big Ten	18-4	697	12
13	<	11	Texas Tech	Big 12	16-5	638	13
14	<	16	North Carolina	ACC	17-4	633	18
15	<	18	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-3	627	15
16	<	13	BYU	Big 12	17-4	622	14
17	<	19	Florida	SEC	16-6	618	16
18	<	17	Virginia	ACC	18-3	578	17
19	<	21	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	21-1	353	20
20	<	22	Clemson	ACC	18-4	284	19
21	<	15	Arkansas	SEC	16-6	276	21
22	<	25	St. John's	Big East	16-5	199	22
23	<	24	Miami (OH)	MAC	22-0	170	24
24	<	20	Louisville	ACC	15-6	148	23
25	<	NR	Tennessee	SEC	15-6	134	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	SEC		83	25
RV	<	23	Alabama	SEC		48	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		39	RV
RV	<	NR	UCF	Big 12		39	RV
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC		28	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		15	RV
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		9	RV
RV	<	NR	Auburn	SEC		8	NR
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		6	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		4	NR
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		3	RV
RV	<	NR	George Mason	Atlantic 10		1	NR
RV	<	NR	Santa Clara	West Coast		1	NR
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	9.3	5779
Big Ten	5	7.6	5243
ACC	5	16.0	2957
SEC	4	19.5	1655
Big East	2	12.5	1566
West Coast	1	6.0	1167
Atlantic 10	1	19.0	353
MAC	1	23.0	170

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.