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2018 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Virginia (65) ACC 31-2 1625 --
2 < 2 Villanova Big East 30-4 1554 --
3 < 3 Xavier Big East 28-5 1383 --
4 < 9 Kansas Big 12 27-7 1379 --
5 < 4 Michigan State Big Ten 29-4 1304 --
6 < 8 Cincinnati American 30-4 1230 --
7 < 7 Michigan Big Ten 28-7 1213 --
8 < 6 Gonzaga West Coast 30-4 1199 --
9 < 5 Duke ACC 26-7 1179 --
10 < 12 North Carolina ACC 25-10 1100 --
11 < 10 Purdue Big Ten 28-6 1047 --
12 < 15 Arizona Pac-12 27-7 918 --
13 < 13 Tennessee SEC 25-8 771 --
14 < 14 Texas Tech Big 12 24-9 716 --
15 < 18 West Virginia Big 12 24-10 663 --
16 < 11 Wichita State American 25-7 604 --
17 < 17 Ohio State Big Ten 24-8 600 --
18 < NR Kentucky SEC 24-10 528 --
19 < 16 Auburn SEC 25-7 501 --
20 < 19 Clemson ACC 23-9 439 --
21 < 21 Houston American 26-7 430 --
22 < 24 Miami (FL) ACC 22-9 134 --
23 < 23 Florida SEC 20-12 102 --
24 < 22 Nevada Mountain West 27-7 93 --
25 < 20 Saint Mary's West Coast 28-5 71 --
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 23-11 69 --
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 28-5 68 --
RV < 25 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 25-7 66 --
RV < NR TCU Big 12 21-11 40 --
RV < NR Providence Big East 21-13 22 --
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 28-5 15 --
RV < NR Butler Big East 20-13 9 --
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 25-7 8 --
RV < NR USC Pac-12 23-11 7 --
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 22-11 6 --
RV < NR Buffalo MAC 26-8 5 --
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 21-11 5 --
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 21-11 5 --
RV < NR Creighton Big East 21-11 4 --
RV < NR South Dakota State Summit 28-6 3 --
RV < NR Middle Tennessee Conference USA 24-7 2 --
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 26-5 2 --
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 22-10 2 --
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 21-11 2 --
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 21-11 1 --
RV < NR Missouri SEC 20-12 1 --

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 12.4 4477
Big Ten 4 10.0 4164
SEC 4 18.3 1902
Big 12 3 11.0 2758
American 3 14.3 2264
Big East 2 2.5 2937
West Coast 2 16.5 1270
Pac-12 1 12.0 918
Mountain West 1 24.0 93

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.