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2015 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (65) SEC 34-0 1625 *1
2 < 4 Villanova Big East 32-2 1522 2
3 < 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 31-3 1460 3
4 < 2 Duke ACC 29-4 1406 5
5 < 5 Arizona Pac-12 31-3 1405 4
6 < 3 Virginia ACC 29-3 1333 6
7 < 7 Gonzaga West Coast 32-2 1229 7
8 < 11 Notre Dame ACC 29-5 1178 8
9 < 13 Iowa State Big 12 25-8 1043 10
10 < 9 Kansas Big 12 26-8 995 11
11 < 10 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 30-3 979 9
12 < 8 Maryland Big Ten 27-6 935 12
13 < 15 Oklahoma Big 12 22-10 740 15
14 < 12 Wichita State Missouri Valley 28-4 737 13
15 < 19 North Carolina ACC 24-11 703 14
16 < 16 Baylor Big 12 24-9 680 17
17 < 14 Louisville ACC 24-8 614 16
18 < 20 SMU American 27-6 485 19
19 < 17 Utah Pac-12 24-8 455 18
20 < 18 West Virginia Big 12 23-9 398 21
21 < 21 Arkansas SEC 26-8 373 20
22 < 23 Georgetown Big East 21-10 177 24
23 < NR Michigan State Big Ten 23-11 159 22
24 < 22 Butler Big East 22-10 142 23
25 < NR VCU Atlantic 10 26-9 109 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 25-9 91 25
RV < NR Providence Big East 22-11 62 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 21-13 18 RV
RV < 24 Davidson Atlantic 10 24-7 16 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 23-10 12 RV
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 29-4 12 RV
RV < NR Wyoming Mountain West 25-9 6 RV
RV < 25 Boise State Mountain West 25-8 5 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 22-10 5 NR
RV < NR BYU West Coast 25-9 3 RV
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 28-5 3 RV
RV < NR Harvard Ivy 22-7 2 NR
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 27-5 2 RV
RV < NR Wofford Southern 28-6 2 NR
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 27-6 1 NR
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 25-8 1 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 21-11 1 NR
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 21-12 1 RV
NR < NR San Diego State Mountain West 26-8 0 RV
NR < NR Texas Big 12 20-13 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 10.0 5234
Big 12 5 13.6 3856
Big Ten 3 12.7 2554
Big East 3 16.0 1841
SEC 2 11.0 1998
Pac-12 2 12.0 1860
Missouri Valley 2 12.5 1716
West Coast 1 7.0 1229
American 1 18.0 485
Atlantic 10 1 25.0 109

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.