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2012 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (61) SEC 32-2 1621 *1
2 < 2 Syracuse (1) Big East 31-2 1545 2
3 < 5 Missouri (2) Big 12 30-4 1459 *3
4 < 4 North Carolina (1) ACC 29-5 1403 5
5 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten 27-7 1386 4
6 < 3 Kansas Big 12 27-6 1330 6
7 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 27-7 1229 7
8 < 6 Duke ACC 27-6 1158 8
9 < 12 Baylor Big 12 27-7 1064 10
10 < 17 Florida State ACC 24-9 972 12
11 < 9 Marquette 25-7 912 11
12 < 11 Murray State 30-1 871 9
13 < 10 Michigan Big Ten 24-9 808 14
14 < 14 Wisconsin Big Ten 24-9 766 13
15 < 13 Georgetown Big East 23-8 726 15
16 < 15 Indiana Big Ten 25-8 576 17
17 < NR Louisville 26-9 558 18
18 < 16 Wichita State 27-5 517 19
19 < 19 Creighton 28-5 373 20
20 < NR Vanderbilt SEC 24-10 334 24
21 < NR New Mexico 27-6 318 22
22 < 18 San Diego State 26-7 223 23
23 < 20 UNLV 26-8 201 25
24 < NR Saint Mary's 27-5 187 16
25 < 22 Florida SEC 23-10 146 21
RV < 21 Temple 24-7 103 RV
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 24-10 89 RV
RV < 23 Notre Dame 22-11 85 RV
RV < NR Memphis 26-8 59 RV
RV < 24 Gonzaga 25-6 47 RV
RV < 25 Iowa State Big 12 22-10 13 RV
RV < NR VCU 28-6 12 RV
RV < NR Drexel 27-6 11 NR
RV < NR Virginia ACC 22-9 9 RV
RV < NR Long Beach State 25-8 5 RV
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 26-4 4 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 21-10 3 RV
RV < NR St. Bonaventure 20-11 1 NR
NR < NR Montana 25-6 0 RV
NR < NR NC State ACC 22-12 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Louis 25-7 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.