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December 18, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 3 Purdue (48) Big Ten 10-1 1534 1
2 < 2 Kansas (6) Big 12 10-1 1457 2
3 < 4 Houston (8) Big 12 11-0 1394 3
4 < 1 Arizona Pac-12 8-1 1372 4
5 < 5 Connecticut Big East 10-1 1367 5
6 < 7 Marquette Big East 9-2 1235 6
7 < 11 Oklahoma Big 12 10-0 1062 8
8 < 12 Tennessee SEC 8-3 983 7
9 < 14 Kentucky SEC 8-2 981 9
10 < 6 Baylor Big 12 9-1 896 10
11 < 9 North Carolina ACC 7-3 773 13
12 < 8 Creighton Big East 9-2 734 14
13 < 16 Illinois Big Ten 8-2 727 11
14 < 15 Florida Atlantic American 9-2 716 12
15 < 10 Gonzaga West Coast 8-3 642 16
16 < 17 Colorado State Mountain West 10-1 588 17
17 < 18 BYU Big 12 10-1 569 15
18 < 13 Clemson ACC 9-1 501 18
19 < 19 Texas Big 12 8-2 449 22
20 < 20 James Madison Sun Belt 10-0 442 21
21 < 21 Duke ACC 7-3 311 19
22 < 22 Virginia ACC 9-1 287 20
23 < NR Memphis American 8-2 274 23
24 < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 8-3 269 24
25 < NR Mississippi SEC 10-0 180 25
RV < 24 Miami (FL) ACC 97 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 87 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 84 RV
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 37 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 24 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 12 RV
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 10 RV
RV < NR TCU Big 12 10 RV
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 9 RV
RV < NR San Diego West Coast 8 RV
RV < 25 Northwestern Big Ten 5 NR
RV < NR Providence Big East 5 NR
RV < NR Alabama SEC 3 RV
RV < NR Dayton Atlantic 10 3 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 3 RV
RV < NR Grand Canyon WAC 2 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 2 RV
RV < NR Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 2 NR
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 2 NR
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 1 NR
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 1 RV
NR < NR Indiana State Missouri Valley 0 RV
NR < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Princeton Ivy 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 9.7 5827
ACC 4 18.0 1872
Big East 3 7.7 3336
Big Ten 3 12.7 2530
SEC 3 14.0 2144
American 2 18.5 990
Pac-12 1 4.0 1372
West Coast 1 15.0 642
Mountain West 1 16.0 588
Sun Belt 1 20.0 442

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.