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December 7, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (62) Big 12 7-0 1621 1
2 < 2 Texas (1) Big 12 6-0 1514 2
3 < 3 Villanova (1) 8-0 1460 3
4 < 5 Kentucky SEC 8-0 1417 4
5 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 7-0 1409 5
6 < 7 West Virginia 5-0 1272 7
7 < 8 Syracuse (1) Big East 8-0 1270 6
8 < 6 Duke ACC 7-1 1058 8
9 < 11 Tennessee SEC 6-1 1047 9
10 < 13 Florida SEC 8-0 1024 11
11 < 10 North Carolina ACC 7-2 985 10
12 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 6-2 876 14
13 < 15 Ohio State Big Ten 7-1 806 15
14 < 14 Connecticut Big East 6-1 787 12
15 < 16 Georgetown Big East 6-0 723 13
16 < 19 Texas A&M Big 12 7-1 512 18
17 < 12 Washington Pac-10 6-1 495 16
18 < 24 UNLV 7-0 429 17
19 < 22 Cincinnati Big East 5-1 334 19
20 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6-1 298 23
21 < 17 Gonzaga 6-2 279 22
22 < 23 Butler 6-2 221 20
23 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 8-0 219 RV
24 < NR Georgia Tech ACC 6-1 171 21
25 < NR Mississippi SEC 7-1 127 RV
RV < NR Memphis 99 RV
RV < 18 Clemson ACC 96 24
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 74 24
RV < 21 Florida State ACC 59 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 59 RV
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 48 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 46 NR
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 41 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame 37 RV
RV < NR New Mexico 35 RV
RV < NR Charlotte 18 RV
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 18 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 17 RV
RV < NR Richmond 17 RV
RV < 20 Louisville 15 RV
RV < NR Missouri State 14 NR
RV < NR St. John's Big East 14 RV
RV < NR BYU 13 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh 11 NR
RV < NR Dayton 8 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 6 RV
RV < NR California Pac-10 5 RV
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 5 NR
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 3 NR
RV < NR Illinois State 3 NR
RV < NR NC State ACC 3 NR
RV < NR Tulsa 3 RV
RV < NR William & Mary 2 RV
RV < NR Northern Iowa 1 NR
RV < NR UAB 1 NR
NR < 25 Portland 0 NR
NR < NR Saint Mary's 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Washington State Pac-10 0 RV

Notes

  • 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.