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2011 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 3 Duke (55) ACC 0-0 1613 *1
2 < 13 Michigan State (8) Big Ten 0-0 1558 *2
3 < 7 Kansas State (2) Big 12 0-0 1414 3
4 < 5 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 1368 5
5 < 18 Pittsburgh 0-0 1310 4
6 < 9 Villanova 0-0 1198 6
7 < 1 Kansas Big 12 0-0 1172 7
8 < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 1034 9
9 < NR Florida SEC 0-0 997 11
10 < 4 Syracuse Big East 0-0 920 13
11 < 2 Kentucky SEC 0-0 917 10
12 < 22 Gonzaga 0-0 889 12
13 < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 773 16
14 < 10 Purdue Big Ten 0-0 771 8
15 < NR Missouri Big 12 0-0 700 15
16 < 19 Baylor Big 12 0-0 625 14
17 < 11 Butler 0-0 607 18
18 < NR Washington Pac-12 0-0 572 17
19 < NR Memphis 0-0 551 19
20 < 14 Georgetown Big East 0-0 363 21
21 < NR Virginia Tech ACC 0-0 288 23
22 < 12 Temple 0-0 265 22
23 < 15 Tennessee SEC 0-0 252 20
24 < 17 BYU 0-0 198 RV
25 < NR San Diego State 0-0 158 RV
RV < 16 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 126 24
RV < NR Texas Big 12 0-0 107 25
RV < NR Georgia SEC 0-0 67 RV
RV < 6 West Virginia 0-0 65 RV
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 55 RV
RV < NR Florida State ACC 0-0 28 RV
RV < NR Wichita State 0-0 28 RV
RV < NR UNLV 0-0 21 RV
RV < 24 Richmond 0-0 17 RV
RV < NR Murray State 0-0 15 RV
RV < 21 Vanderbilt SEC 0-0 14 RV
RV < NR NC State ACC 0-0 10 RV
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 0-0 8 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 0-0 8 NR
RV < NR Colorado Big 12 0-0 7 NR
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 7 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 0-0 5 RV
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0-0 4 NR
RV < NR Ohio 0-0 4 NR
RV < NR Utah State 0-0 4 RV
RV < 25 Xavier 0-0 4 RV
RV < NR Dayton 0-0 3 RV
RV < NR Old Dominion 0-0 2 NR
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 0-0 1 NR
RV < 8 New Mexico 0-0 1 RV
RV < NR Wofford 0-0 1 NR
NR < NR California Pac-12 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Cornell Ivy 0-0 0 NR
NR < NR Louisville 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Marquette 0-0 0 RV
NR < 20 Maryland ACC 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Northern Iowa 0-0 0 NR
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0-0 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's 0-0 0 RV
NR < 23 Texas A&M Big 12 0-0 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.