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December 21, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (55) Big 12 10-0 1611 1
2 < 2 Texas (7) Big 12 10-0 1543 2
3 < 3 Kentucky (1) SEC 11-0 1477 3
4 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 10-0 1422 4
5 < 5 Syracuse (2) Big East 11-0 1397 5
6 < 6 West Virginia 8-0 1290 6
7 < 7 Duke ACC 9-1 1249 7
8 < 8 Villanova 10-1 1175 8
9 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 9-2 1046 9
10 < 10 North Carolina ACC 8-3 959 10
11 < 14 Connecticut Big East 7-2 950 11
12 < 17 Kansas State Big 12 10-1 810 15
13 < 19 New Mexico 12-0 707 12
14 < 11 Georgetown Big East 8-1 676 13
15 < 20 Mississippi SEC 10-1 624 21
16 < 9 Tennessee SEC 8-2 616 14
17 < 18 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 562 17
18 < 13 Florida SEC 8-2 519 18
19 < 23 Texas A&M Big 12 9-2 320 RV
20 < 21 Butler 8-3 315 16
21 < NR Temple 9-2 244 25
22 < 24 Washington Pac-10 7-2 194 19
23 < 16 Texas Tech Big 12 9-1 192 RV
24 < NR Clemson ACC 10-2 151 23
25 < 15 Gonzaga 8-3 146 24
RV < NR Florida State ACC 127 RV
RV < NR UNLV 126 20
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 96 RV
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 89 RV
RV < 22 Georgia Tech ACC 76 22
RV < NR St. John's Big East 53 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 50 RV
RV < NR Missouri State 45 RV
RV < NR Dayton 39 RV
RV < NR Charlotte 29 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 29 RV
RV < NR UAB 29 NR
RV < NR Saint Mary's 21 RV
RV < NR BYU 20 RV
RV < NR Wichita State 18 NR
RV < NR Memphis 16 NR
RV < NR Tulsa 12 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 11 NR
RV < 25 Cincinnati Big East 9 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 8 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 6 NR
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 4 RV
RV < NR California Pac-10 3 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 3 RV
RV < NR William & Mary 3 RV
RV < NR Richmond 2 RV
RV < NR Western Carolina 2 RV
RV < NR Army 1 NR
RV < NR Northern Iowa 1 RV
RV < NR Pittsburgh 1 NR
RV < NR Rhode Island 1 NR
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Louisville 0 RV
NR < NR Old Dominion 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.