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2010 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (65) Big 12 32-2 1625 *1
2 < 2 Kentucky SEC 32-2 1559 2
3 < 4 Duke ACC 29-5 1427 3
4 < 3 Syracuse Big East 28-4 1412 4
5 < 5 Ohio State Big Ten 27-7 1377 6
6 < 7 West Virginia 27-6 1365 5
7 < 9 Kansas State Big 12 26-7 1209 7
8 < 8 New Mexico 29-4 1043 10
9 < 10 Villanova 24-7 961 9
10 < 6 Purdue Big Ten 27-5 915 11
11 < 12 Butler 28-4 903 8
12 < 17 Temple 29-5 843 13
13 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 24-8 836 12
14 < 22 Georgetown Big East 23-10 788 15
15 < 15 Tennessee SEC 25-8 616 14
16 < 13 Wisconsin Big Ten 23-8 603 19
17 < 14 BYU 29-5 600 16
18 < 16 Pittsburgh 24-8 566 16
19 < 21 Baylor Big 12 25-7 550 21
20 < 19 Maryland ACC 23-8 394 20
21 < 20 Vanderbilt SEC 24-8 382 22
22 < 18 Gonzaga 26-6 359 18
23 < 23 Texas A&M Big 12 23-9 290 23
24 < NR Richmond 26-8 141 RV
25 < 24 Xavier 24-8 106 RV
RV < NR Northern Iowa 68 24
RV < 25 UTEP 58 25
RV < NR Notre Dame 39 NR
RV < NR Marquette 33 RV
RV < NR San Diego State 18 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's 15 RV
RV < NR Cornell Ivy 6 RV
RV < NR UNLV 5 NR
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 4 RV
RV < NR Utah State 3 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 3 NR
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 1 NR
RV < NR Murray State 1 NR
RV < NR Texas Big 12 1 RV
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0 NR
NR < NR Old Dominion 0 NR
NR < NR Siena 0 NR
NR < NR Washington 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.