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2017 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Villanova (59) Big East 31-3 1619 *1
2 < 4 Gonzaga (6) West Coast 32-1 1520 *2
3 < 1 Kansas Big 12 28-4 1479 *3
4 < 7 Arizona Pac-12 30-4 1427 4
5 < 8 Kentucky SEC 29-5 1276 5
6 < 6 North Carolina ACC 27-7 1256 8
7 < 14 Duke ACC 27-8 1251 7
8 < 3 UCLA Pac-12 29-4 1208 6
9 < 5 Oregon Pac-12 29-5 1196 9
10 < 10 Louisville ACC 24-8 983 10
11 < 12 SMU American 30-4 953 13
12 < 9 Baylor Big 12 25-7 861 11
13 < 11 West Virginia Big 12 26-8 844 12
14 < 22 Notre Dame ACC 25-9 684 14
15 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 25-7 654 15
16 < 16 Florida State ACC 25-8 570 18
17 < 23 Iowa State Big 12 23-10 562 20
18 < 15 Cincinnati American 29-5 522 16
19 < 20 Wichita State Missouri Valley 30-4 438 19
20 < 17 Florida SEC 24-8 390 17
21 < 18 Butler Big East 23-8 361 24
22 < 19 Saint Mary's West Coast 28-4 305 21
23 < NR Michigan Big Ten 24-11 254 RV
24 < 21 Virginia ACC 22-10 240 23
25 < 24 Wisconsin Big Ten 25-9 153 22
RV < NR Middle Tennessee Conference USA 30-4 37 25
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 24-9 20 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 24-9 13 NR
RV < NR Creighton Big East 25-9 11 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 18-14 8 NR
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 20-12 8 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 28-6 5 NR
RV < NR Princeton Ivy 23-6 5 NR
RV < NR Vermont America East 29-5 4 RV
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 22-10 3 NR
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 21-11 2 NR
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 25-9 1 RV
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 23-11 1 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 26-8 1 NR
NR < NR California Pac-12 21-12 0 RV
NR < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 24-7 0 RV
NR < 25 Maryland Big Ten 24-8 0 RV
NR < NR South Carolina SEC 22-10 0 RV
NR < NR UNC Wilmington Colonial 29-5 0 RV
NR < NR USC Pac-12 24-9 0 RV
NR < NR Xavier Big East 21-13 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 12.8 4984
Big 12 4 11.3 3746
Pac-12 3 7.0 3831
Big Ten 3 21.0 1061
Big East 2 11.0 1980
West Coast 2 12.0 1825
SEC 2 12.5 1666
American 2 14.5 1475
Missouri Valley 1 19.0 438

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.