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2014 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Florida (50) SEC 32-2 1610 *1
2 < 2 Wichita State (15) Missouri Valley 34-0 1571 *2
3 < 6 Virginia ACC 28-6 1430 4
4 < 4 Arizona Pac-12 30-4 1422 5
5 < 5 Louisville American 29-5 1412 3
6 < 3 Villanova Big East 28-4 1231 7
7 < 8 Michigan Big Ten 25-8 1162 8
8 < 7 Duke ACC 26-8 1121 6
9 < 16 Iowa State Big 12 26-7 1055 9
10 < 10 Kansas Big 12 24-9 1045 10
11 < 22 Michigan State Big Ten 26-8 950 13
12 < 12 Wisconsin Big Ten 26-7 892 15
13 < 8 San Diego State Mountain West 29-4 890 11
14 < 11 Syracuse ACC 27-5 757 12
15 < 13 Cincinnati American 27-6 720 14
16 < 14 Creighton Big East 26-7 658 16
17 < 20 New Mexico Mountain West 27-6 623 17
18 < 21 Connecticut American 26-8 503 19
19 < 15 North Carolina ACC 23-9 424 18
20 < NR UCLA Pac-12 26-8 413 23
21 < 17 Oklahoma Big 12 23-9 265 20
22 < 24 Ohio State Big Ten 25-9 167 24
23 < NR Baylor Big 12 24-11 148 RV
24 < 23 VCU Atlantic 10 26-8 140 25
25 < 18 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 26-6 131 21
RV < 19 Memphis American 23-9 101 RV
RV < NR Gonzaga West Coast 28-6 83 RV
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 24-10 77 22
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 31-2 46 RV
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 26-4 30 RV
RV < NR Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 24-9 14 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 23-10 13 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 23-9 8 NR
RV < NR Providence Big East 23-11 6 RV
RV < NR Massachusetts Atlantic 10 24-8 3 NR
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 21-12 2 NR
RV < NR North Carolina Central Mid-Eastern Athletic 28-5 1 NR
RV < NR Western Michigan MAC 23-9 1 NR
NR < NR George Washington Atlantic 10 24-8 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 20-12 0 RV
NR < NR Nebraska Big Ten 19-12 0 RV
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 25-9 0 RV
NR < 25 SMU American 23-9 0 RV
NR < NR Southern Miss Conference USA 27-6 0 RV
NR < NR Tulsa Conference USA 21-12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 4 11.0 3732
Big Ten 4 13.0 3171
Big 12 4 15.8 2513
American 3 12.7 2635
Big East 2 11.0 1889
Pac-12 2 12.0 1835
Mountain West 2 15.0 1513
Atlantic 10 2 24.5 271
SEC 1 1.0 1610
Missouri Valley 1 2.0 1571

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.