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January 15, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Villanova (63) Big East 16-1 1623 *1
2 < 3 Virginia (1) ACC 16-1 1527 2
3 < 5 Purdue (1) Big Ten 17-2 1411 *3
4 < 9 Oklahoma Big 12 14-2 1371 6
5 < 7 Duke ACC 15-2 1319 5
6 < 2 West Virginia Big 12 15-2 1304 7
7 < 5 Wichita State American 15-2 1283 4
8 < 8 Texas Tech Big 12 15-2 1276 8
9 < 4 Michigan State Big Ten 16-3 1062 9
10 < 12 Kansas Big 12 14-3 1032 10
11 < 10 Xavier Big East 16-3 928 12
12 < 14 Cincinnati American 15-2 858 11
13 < 15 Gonzaga West Coast 16-3 829 13
14 < 17 Arizona Pac-12 14-4 723 17
15 < 20 North Carolina ACC 14-4 666 14
16 < 11 Arizona State Pac-12 14-3 639 14
17 < 22 Auburn SEC 16-1 523 20
18 < 21 Kentucky SEC 14-3 487 16
19 < 13 Seton Hall Big East 15-3 455 19
20 < 19 Clemson ACC 15-2 444 18
21 < 24 Tennessee SEC 12-4 358 21
22 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 15-4 276 22
23 < NR Michigan Big Ten 15-4 233 24
24 < 16 TCU Big 12 13-4 196 25
25 < 18 Miami (FL) ACC 13-3 143 23
RV < 25 Creighton Big East 14-4 56 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 13-3 39 RV
RV < 23 Florida State ACC 13-4 25 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 16-3 23 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 17-2 19 RV
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 15-3 4 RV
RV < NR Louisville ACC 13-4 2 NR
RV < NR Florida SEC 12-5 1 RV
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 11-6 0 RV
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 15-3 0 RV
NR < NR Louisiana Sun Belt 15-3 0 RV
NR < NR Middle Tennessee Conference USA 13-4 0 RV
NR < NR Notre Dame ACC 13-5 0 RV
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 12-5 0 RV
NR < NR UCLA Pac-12 13-5 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 10.4 5179
ACC 5 13.4 4099
Big Ten 4 14.3 2982
Big East 3 10.3 3006
SEC 3 18.7 1368
American 2 9.5 2141
Pac-12 2 15.0 1362
West Coast 1 13.0 829

MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- Ohio State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 3/2/2015 poll (50 polls)
- Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2/22/2016 poll (32 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 25 streak reaches 30
- Michigan State's Top 5 streak ends at 10
- Villanova's Top 5 streak reaches 10, Top 10 streak reaches 40

Total Appearances:
- Clemson ties two others for #62
- Michigan reaches 380 appearances, tied with Ohio State for #15
- Ohio State reaches 380 appearances, tied with Michigan for #15
- Oklahoma reaches 360 appearances and ties Marquette for #19
- Seton Hall ties Boston College for #72
- TCU ties Utah State for #104
- Tennessee ties Wisconsin for #37
- Wichita State ties New Mexico for #54

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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