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2019 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 5 Duke (58) ACC 29-5 1592 *1
2 < 2 Virginia (5) ACC 29-3 1497 *2
3 < 3 North Carolina ACC 27-6 1453 4
4 < 1 Gonzaga (1) West Coast 30-3 1398 *3
5 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten 28-6 1382 6
6 < 8 Tennessee SEC 29-5 1270 *5
7 < 4 Kentucky SEC 27-6 1232 7
8 < 10 Michigan Big Ten 28-6 1146 8
9 < 7 Texas Tech Big 12 26-6 1033 10
10 < 12 Florida State ACC 27-7 1017 11
11 < 11 Houston American 31-3 933 9
12 < 9 LSU SEC 26-6 886 12
13 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 23-9 727 13
14 < 22 Auburn SEC 26-9 665 18
15 < 18 Buffalo MAC 31-3 608 16
16 < 16 Virginia Tech ACC 24-8 595 15
17 < 17 Kansas Big 12 25-9 590 17
18 < 15 Kansas State Big 12 25-8 529 14
19 < 20 Wofford Southern 29-4 385 19
20 < 14 Nevada Mountain West 29-4 361 20
21 < 19 Wisconsin Big Ten 23-10 339 21
22 < 24 Cincinnati American 28-6 335 24
23 < 25 Villanova Big East 25-9 306 22
24 < NR Iowa State Big 12 23-11 245 23
25 < NR Utah State Mountain West 28-6 73 25
RV < 23 Marquette Big East 24-9 63 25
RV < 21 Maryland Big Ten 22-10 55 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 23-10 35 RV
RV < NR Murray State Ohio Valley 27-4 12 RV
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 30-4 11 NR
RV < NR UCF American 23-8 9 RV
RV < NR Louisville ACC 20-13 8 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 25-7 4 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 20-13 3 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 26-8 2 NR
RV < NR Liberty Atlantic Sun 28-6 1 RV
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 22-10 0 RV
NR < NR Florida SEC 19-15 0 RV
NR < NR Oregon Pac-12 23-12 0 RV
NR < NR UC Irvine Big West 30-5 0 RV
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 26-8 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 5 6.4 6154
SEC 4 9.8 4053
Big Ten 4 11.8 3594
Big 12 4 17.0 2397
American 2 16.5 1268
Mountain West 2 22.5 434
West Coast 1 4.0 1398
MAC 1 15.0 608
Southern 1 19.0 385
Big East 1 23.0 306

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.