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December 25, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Villanova (43) Big East 12-0 1600 --
2 < 2 Michigan State (16) Big Ten 12-1 1560 --
3 < 3 Arizona State (6) Pac-12 12-0 1481 --
4 < 4 Duke ACC 12-1 1435 --
5 < 8 Texas A&M SEC 11-1 1309 --
6 < 9 Xavier Big East 12-1 1242 --
7 < 10 West Virginia Big 12 11-1 1226 --
8 < 11 Wichita State American 10-2 992 --
9 < 13 Virginia ACC 11-1 969 --
10 < 15 TCU Big 12 12-0 923 --
11 < 14 Kansas Big 12 10-2 920 --
12 < 17 Oklahoma Big 12 10-1 901 --
13 < 5 North Carolina ACC 11-2 891 --
14 < 16 Purdue Big Ten 12-2 839 --
15 < 6 Miami (FL) ACC 10-1 827 --
16 < 7 Kentucky SEC 9-2 735 --
17 < 18 Arizona Pac-12 10-3 511 --
18 < 18 Baylor Big 12 10-2 437 --
19 < 21 Tennessee SEC 9-2 405 --
20 < 12 Gonzaga West Coast 10-3 382 --
21 < 20 Cincinnati American 11-2 377 --
22 < 21 Texas Tech Big 12 11-1 351 --
23 < 23 Seton Hall Big East 11-2 227 --
24 < 24 Florida State ACC 11-1 169 --
25 < 25 Creighton Big East 10-2 143 --
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 9-2 85 --
RV < NR Clemson ACC 11-1 55 --
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 10-3 40 --
RV < NR Louisville ACC 10-2 26 --
RV < NR Texas Big 12 9-3 21 --
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 9-3 12 --
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 10-2 8 --
RV < NR Auburn SEC 11-1 5 --
RV < NR SMU American 10-3 5 --
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 10-2 5 --
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 11-3 4 --
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 7-3 2 --
RV < NR Florida SEC 8-4 1 --
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 11-3 1 --
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 11-3 1 --
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 11-3 1 --
RV < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 11-2 1 --
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 13.3 4758
ACC 5 13.0 4291
Big East 4 13.8 3212
SEC 3 13.3 2449
Big Ten 2 8.0 2399
Pac-12 2 10.0 1992
American 2 14.5 1369
West Coast 1 20.0 382

MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- TCU makes first ever appearance in the Top 10
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/25/2016 poll (33 polls)
- Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/30/2017 poll (13 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Kentucky's Top 10 streak ends at 10

Total Appearances:
- Florida State reaches 130 appearances (#60)
- Michigan State reaches 420 appearances (#11)
- Seton Hall ties La Salle for #73
- TCU ties two others for #107

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.

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