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2022 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (54) West Coast 26-3 1518 *1
2 < 2 Arizona (7) Pac-12 31-3 1470 *2
3 < 6 Kansas Big 12 28-6 1388 3
4 < 3 Baylor Big 12 26-6 1286 4
5 < 9 Tennessee SEC 26-7 1235 8
6 < 8 Villanova Big East 26-7 1211 5
7 < 5 Kentucky SEC 26-7 1178 6
8 < 4 Auburn SEC 27-5 1144 7
9 < 7 Duke ACC 28-6 986 10
10 < 9 Purdue Big Ten 27-7 958 9
11 < 13 UCLA Pac-12 25-7 823 12
12 < 14 Texas Tech Big 12 25-9 819 11
13 < 11 Providence Big East 25-5 723 13
14 < 12 Wisconsin Big Ten 24-7 685 14
15 < 18 Houston American 29-5 665 15
16 < 24 Iowa Big Ten 26-9 661 19
17 < 15 Arkansas SEC 25-8 578 18
18 < 17 Saint Mary's West Coast 25-7 508 16
19 < 16 Illinois Big Ten 22-9 457 16
20 < 19 Murray State Ohio Valley 30-2 425 20
21 < 20 Connecticut Big East 23-9 353 21
22 < 21 USC Pac-12 26-7 170 22
23 < NR Boise State Mountain West 27-7 165 23
24 < 23 Colorado State Mountain West 25-5 82 RV
25 < 22 Texas Big 12 21-11 72 25
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 63 24
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 33 RV
RV < NR South Dakota State Summit 33 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 25 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 18 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 18 RV
RV < 25 North Carolina ACC 16 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 14 RV
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 13 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 9 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 4 RV
RV < NR Vermont America East 3 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 2 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 2 RV
RV < NR Longwood Big South 1 NR
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 1 RV
RV < NR Yale Ivy 1 NR
NR < NR Akron MAC 0 RV
NR < NR Marquette Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 4 9.3 4135
Big 12 4 11.0 3565
Big Ten 4 14.8 2761
Pac-12 3 11.7 2463
Big East 3 13.3 2287
West Coast 2 9.5 2026
Mountain West 2 23.5 247
ACC 1 9.0 986
American 1 15.0 665
Ohio Valley 1 20.0 425

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.