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2020 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kansas (63) Big 12 28-3 1623 *1
2 < 2 Gonzaga (1) West Coast 31-2 1547 *2
3 < 3 Dayton (1) Atlantic 10 29-2 1505 3
4 < 4 Florida State ACC 26-5 1381 5
5 < 5 Baylor Big 12 26-4 1337 4
6 < 6 San Diego State Mountain West 30-2 1279 6
7 < 7 Creighton Big East 24-7 1154 9
8 < 8 Kentucky SEC 25-6 1118 7
9 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 22-9 1023 12
10 < 11 Villanova Big East 24-7 1011 9
11 < 10 Duke ACC 25-6 990 8
12 < 12 Maryland Big Ten 24-7 924 11
13 < 13 Oregon Pac-12 24-7 892 14
14 < 15 Louisville ACC 24-7 768 13
15 < 16 Seton Hall Big East 21-9 727 15
16 < 17 Virginia ACC 23-7 586 17
17 < 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 21-10 539 19
18 < 14 BYU West Coast 24-8 537 16
19 < 19 Ohio State Big Ten 21-10 459 18
20 < 20 Auburn SEC 25-6 453 20
21 < 21 Illinois Big Ten 21-10 263 22
22 < 22 Houston American 23-8 179 23
23 < 24 Butler Big East 22-9 165 21
24 < 22 West Virginia Big 12 21-10 159 24
25 < 25 Iowa Big Ten 20-11 109 25
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 78 RV
RV < NR East Tennessee State Southern 66 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 63 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 62 RV
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 36 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 33 RV
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 21 RV
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 7 RV
RV < NR Richmond Atlantic 10 6 NR
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 6 RV
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 4 NR
RV < NR USC Pac-12 4 RV
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 3 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 2 RV
RV < NR Vermont America East 2 NR
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 1 NR
RV < NR Liberty Atlantic Sun 1 RV
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 1 NR
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 1 NR
NR < NR Colorado Pac-12 0 RV
NR < NR LSU SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 17.2 3317
ACC 4 11.3 3725
Big East 4 13.8 3057
Big 12 3 10.0 3119
West Coast 2 10.0 2084
SEC 2 14.0 1571
Atlantic 10 1 3.0 1505
Mountain West 1 6.0 1279
Pac-12 1 13.0 892
American 1 22.0 179

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.