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March 17, 2025 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Duke (49) ACC 31-3 1463 1
2 < 2 Houston (6) Big 12 30-4 1394 2
3 < 4 Florida (2) SEC 30-4 1370 3
4 < 3 Auburn (2) SEC 28-5 1291 4
5 < 6 St. John's Big East 30-4 1225 5
6 < 8 Tennessee SEC 27-7 1174 6
7 < 5 Alabama SEC 25-8 1120 8
8 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 27-6 1080 7
9 < 9 Texas Tech Big 12 25-8 926 9
10 < 13 Louisville ACC 27-7 809 11
11 < 11 Maryland Big Ten 25-8 764 12
12 < 10 Clemson ACC 27-6 746 13
13 < 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 26-9 732 10
14 < 22 Michigan Big Ten 25-9 681 15
15 < 12 Iowa State Big 12 24-9 641 14
16 < 16 Memphis American 29-5 636 16
17 < 17 BYU Big 12 24-9 563 17
18 < 15 Kentucky SEC 22-11 511 21
19 < 14 Texas A&M SEC 22-10 457 18
20 < 19 Saint Mary's West Coast 28-5 306 19
21 < NR Arizona Big 12 22-12 253 20
22 < 20 Purdue Big Ten 22-11 227 22
23 < 21 Missouri SEC 22-11 159 24
24 < NR Gonzaga West Coast 25-8 151 23
25 < 23 Oregon Big Ten 24-9 115 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 107 RV
RV < 25 Marquette Big East 69 25
RV < NR UC San Diego Big West 57 RV
RV < 24 Illinois Big Ten 55 RV
RV < NR Creighton Big East 28 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 28 RV
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 13 RV
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 4 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 4 RV
RV < NR McNeese Southland 4 NR
RV < NR Akron MAC 3 NR
RV < NR High Point Big South 3 NR
RV < NR Kansas Big 12 3 RV
RV < NR UCLA Big Ten 3 RV
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR North Carolina ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Vanderbilt SEC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 11.4 6082
Big Ten 6 15.5 3599
Big 12 5 12.8 3777
ACC 3 7.7 3018
West Coast 2 22.0 457
Big East 1 5.0 1225
American 1 16.0 636

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.