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December 28, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (52) Big 12 11-0 1607 1
2 < 2 Texas (11) Big 12 11-0 1556 2
3 < 3 Kentucky (1) SEC 13-0 1476 3
4 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 11-0 1407 4
5 < 5 Syracuse (1) Big East 12-0 1398 5
6 < 6 West Virginia 10-0 1309 6
7 < 7 Duke ACC 9-1 1241 7
8 < 8 Villanova 11-1 1177 8
9 < 10 North Carolina ACC 9-3 1033 9
10 < 11 Connecticut Big East 9-2 1002 10
11 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 9-3 910 11
12 < 12 Kansas State Big 12 11-1 892 12
13 < 14 Georgetown Big East 9-1 813 13
14 < 16 Tennessee SEC 9-2 664 14
15 < 17 Ohio State Big Ten 10-2 605 15
16 < 15 Mississippi SEC 10-2 544 21
17 < 22 Washington Pac-10 9-2 490 16
18 < 21 Temple 9-2 403 19
19 < 13 New Mexico 12-1 352 17
20 < 23 Texas Tech Big 12 10-1 334 24
21 < 24 Clemson ACC 11-2 300 18
22 < NR Florida State ACC 11-2 252 25
23 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 10-2 180 RV
24 < NR UAB 11-1 178 RV
25 < NR Northwestern Big Ten 10-1 144 RV
RV < 25 Gonzaga 129 22
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 102 20
RV < NR Dayton 94 RV
RV < 19 Texas A&M Big 12 91 RV
RV < 18 Florida SEC 76 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 60 NR
RV < NR BYU 55 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 37 RV
RV < NR Wichita State 35 RV
RV < NR USC Pac-10 27 RV
RV < NR UNLV 26 RV
RV < 20 Butler 19 23
RV < NR Memphis 16 NR
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 13 NR
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 12 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 10 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 7 NR
RV < NR California Pac-10 7 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 7 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 7 RV
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 5 RV
RV < NR Missouri State 5 NR
RV < NR Northern Iowa 5 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island 5 NR
RV < NR William & Mary 5 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 2 NR
RV < NR Army 1 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-10 0 NR
NR < NR Charlotte 0 NR
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Louisville 0 NR
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Old Dominion 0 NR
NR < NR Richmond 0 NR
NR < NR Saint Mary's 0 NR
NR < NR Washington State Pac-10 0 NR

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.