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February 16, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	2	Michigan (60)	Big Ten	24-1	1524	*1
2	<	3	Houston (1)	Big 12	23-2	1402	2
3	<	4	Duke	ACC	23-2	1397	3
4	<	1	Arizona	Big 12	23-2	1358	4
5	<	6	Connecticut	Big East	24-2	1318	5
6	<	5	Iowa State	Big 12	22-3	1212	6
7	<	13	Purdue	Big Ten	21-4	1042	7
8	<	9	Kansas	Big 12	19-6	1011	12
9	<	7	Nebraska	Big Ten	22-3	982	9
10	<	8	Illinois	Big Ten	21-5	938	10
11	<	12	Gonzaga	West Coast	25-2	903	8
12	<	14	Florida	SEC	19-6	895	11
13	<	16	Texas Tech	Big 12	19-6	822	13
14	<	15	Virginia	ACC	22-3	730	14
15	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	20-5	681	15
16	<	11	North Carolina	ACC	20-5	594	20
17	<	17	St. John's	Big East	20-5	590	16
18	<	18	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	24-1	468	19
19	<	19	Vanderbilt	SEC	21-4	449	18
20	<	21	Arkansas	SEC	19-6	387	17
21	<	24	Louisville	ACC	19-6	263	21
22	<	23	Miami (OH)	MAC	25-0	238	23
23	<	22	BYU	Big 12	19-6	214	22
24	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18-7	109	25
25	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	18-7	104	RV
RV	<	20	Clemson	ACC		55	24
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		45	RV
RV	<	NR	Tennessee	SEC		36	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		29	RV
RV	<	25	Kentucky	SEC		15	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		10	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		3	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	9.3	6019
Big Ten	6	11.0	5276
ACC	4	13.5	2984
SEC	4	19.0	1835
Big East	2	11.0	1908
West Coast	1	11.0	903
Atlantic 10	1	18.0	468
MAC	1	22.0	238

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.