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February 6, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Kentucky (63) SEC 23-1 1623 *1
2 < 2 Syracuse (2) Big East 23-1 1553 2
3 < 3 Ohio State Big Ten 20-3 1493 3
4 < 4 Missouri Big 12 21-2 1415 4
5 < 5 North Carolina ACC 20-3 1352 5
6 < 6 Baylor Big 12 21-2 1318 6
7 < 8 Kansas Big 12 18-5 1170 10
8 < 12 Florida SEC 19-4 1066 7
9 < 10 Murray State Ohio Valley 23-0 1055 7
10 < 7 Duke ACC 19-4 1037 9
11 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten 18-5 1032 12
12 < 14 Georgetown Big East 18-4 919 11
13 < 17 San Diego State Mountain West 20-3 728 14
14 < 11 UNLV Mountain West 21-4 702 16
15 < 21 Florida State ACC 16-6 694 17
16 < 18 Saint Mary's West Coast 22-2 635 13
17 < 13 Creighton Missouri Valley 21-3 600 15
18 < 15 Marquette Big East 19-5 469 19
19 < 16 Virginia ACC 18-4 448 20
20 < 22 Mississippi State SEC 18-5 401 18
21 < 19 Wisconsin Big Ten 18-6 384 22
22 < 23 Michigan Big Ten 17-7 253 25
23 < 20 Indiana Big Ten 18-6 227 23
24 < NR Louisville Big East 18-5 112 23
25 < NR Harvard Ivy 20-2 105 21
RV < NR Notre Dame Big East 15-8 83 RV
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 17-6 71 RV
RV < NR Southern Miss Conference USA 20-3 51 RV
RV < NR Temple Atlantic 10 17-5 41 RV
RV < 24 Gonzaga West Coast 18-4 35 RV
RV < NR Wichita State Missouri Valley 20-4 31 RV
RV < NR Long Beach State Big West 17-6 6 RV
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 19-4 5 RV
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 16-6 3 NR
RV < NR Cleveland State Horizon 20-4 2 RV
RV < NR Iona Metro Atlantic 19-5 2 NR
RV < 25 Vanderbilt SEC 16-7 2 RV
RV < NR BYU West Coast 20-6 1 NR
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 14-7 1 NR
NR < NR California Pac-12 18-6 0 RV
NR < NR Connecticut Big East 15-7 0 RV
NR < NR Drexel Colonial 19-5 0 RV
NR < NR Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 21-4 0 RV
NR < NR Nevada WAC 19-4 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Louis Atlantic 10 18-5 0 RV
NR < NR VCU Colonial 20-5 0 RV

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.