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March 9, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (56)	ACC	29-2	1519	*1
2	<	2	Arizona (4)	Big 12	29-2	1439	*2
3	<	3	Michigan (1)	Big Ten	29-2	1434	3
4	<	5	Florida	SEC	25-6	1337	4
5	<	7	Houston	Big 12	26-5	1241	5
6	<	4	Connecticut	Big East	27-4	1178	6
7	<	6	Iowa State	Big 12	25-6	1137	7
8	<	8	Michigan State	Big Ten	25-6	1083	8
9	<	11	Illinois	Big Ten	24-7	1037	9
10	<	13	Virginia	ACC	27-4	953	11
11	<	9	Nebraska	Big Ten	26-5	939	10
12	<	12	Gonzaga	West Coast	28-3	846	12
13	<	18	St. John's	Big East	25-6	733	13
14	<	14	Kansas	Big 12	22-9	608	16
15	<	16	Alabama	SEC	23-8	602	15
16	<	10	Texas Tech	Big 12	22-9	554	14
17	<	20	Arkansas	SEC	23-8	532	17
18	<	15	Purdue	Big Ten	23-8	529	18
19	<	17	North Carolina	ACC	24-7	488	19
20	<	19	Miami (OH)	MAC	31-0	420	20
21	<	21	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27-4	325	21
22	<	24	Vanderbilt	SEC	24-7	323	22
23	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-9	201	23
24	<	NR	Louisville	ACC	22-9	140	24
25	<	23	Tennessee	SEC	21-10	72	RV
RV	<	22	Miami (FL)	ACC		60	25
RV	<	NR	TCU	Big 12		19	NR
RV	<	NR	BYU	Big 12		18	RV
RV	<	25	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		12	RV
RV	<	NR	High Point	Big South		11	NR
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		10	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		10	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		3	NR
RV	<	NR	Missouri	SEC		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Akron	MAC		1	NR

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	12.0	5223
Big 12	5	8.8	4979
SEC	5	16.6	2866
ACC	4	13.5	3100
Big East	2	9.5	1911
West Coast	2	16.5	1171
MAC	1	20.0	420

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.