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December 11, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Arizona (62) Pac-12 8-0 1574 *1
2 < 2 Kansas Big 12 9-1 1461 *2
3 < 4 Purdue Big Ten 9-1 1424 4
4 < 3 Houston (1) Big 12 10-0 1416 *3
5 < 5 Connecticut Big East 9-1 1344 5
6 < 6 Baylor Big 12 9-0 1239 6
7 < 8 Marquette Big East 8-2 1221 7
8 < 10 Creighton Big East 8-1 1073 8
9 < 9 North Carolina ACC 7-2 992 9
10 < 7 Gonzaga West Coast 7-2 860 13
11 < 19 Oklahoma Big 12 9-0 848 12
12 < 17 Tennessee SEC 6-3 835 10
13 < 24 Clemson ACC 9-0 746 11
14 < 16 Kentucky SEC 7-2 677 15
15 < 11 Florida Atlantic American 7-2 622 14
16 < 20 Illinois Big Ten 7-2 589 16
17 < 13 Colorado State Mountain West 9-1 522 18
18 < 14 BYU Big 12 8-1 503 17
19 < 12 Texas Big 12 7-2 451 22
20 < 18 James Madison Sun Belt 9-0 441 20
21 < 22 Duke ACC 6-3 315 19
22 < NR Virginia ACC 8-1 300 21
23 < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 7-3 213 23
24 < 15 Miami (FL) ACC 7-2 156 24
25 < NR Northwestern Big Ten 7-1 147 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 116 RV
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 86 25
RV < 21 Texas A&M SEC 58 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 57 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 56 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 43 RV
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 25 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 20 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 9 RV
RV < NR Providence Big East 7 NR
RV < 25 San Diego State Mountain West 7 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 6 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 5 NR
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 3 NR
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 2 RV
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 2 NR
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 1 NR
RV < NR Grand Canyon WAC 1 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 1 NR
RV < NR Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 1 NR
NR < NR Cincinnati Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Drake Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < NR Indiana Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Princeton Ivy 0 RV
NR < NR USC Pac-12 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 10.0 5918
ACC 5 17.8 2509
Big Ten 4 16.8 2373
Big East 3 6.7 3638
SEC 2 13.0 1512
Pac-12 1 1.0 1574
West Coast 1 10.0 860
American 1 15.0 622
Mountain West 1 17.0 522
Sun Belt 1 20.0 441

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.