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February 8, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 3 Villanova (32) Big East 20-3 1566 *1
2 < 4 Maryland (13) Big Ten 21-3 1499 *2
3 < 1 Oklahoma (7) Big 12 19-3 1472 *3
4 < 5 Iowa (11) Big Ten 19-4 1471 *5
5 < 6 Xavier Big East 21-2 1382 4
6 < 7 Kansas (1) Big 12 19-4 1311 *6
7 < 9 Virginia (1) ACC 19-4 1223 7
8 < 10 Michigan State Big Ten 20-4 1144 *9
9 < 2 North Carolina ACC 19-4 1136 *8
10 < 14 West Virginia Big 12 19-4 1082 10
11 < 16 Oregon Pac-12 20-4 905 12
12 < 17 Miami (FL) ACC 18-4 826 11
13 < 19 Louisville ACC 19-4 819 RV
14 < 13 Iowa State Big 12 17-6 781 15
15 < 8 Texas A&M SEC 18-5 663 13
16 < 12 SMU American 20-2 593 NR
17 < 23 Arizona Pac-12 19-5 497 14
18 < 18 Purdue Big Ten 19-5 456 16
19 < 24 Dayton Atlantic 10 19-3 413 17
20 < 11 Providence Big East 18-6 349 17
21 < 15 Baylor Big 12 17-6 333 19
22 < 20 Kentucky SEC 17-6 228 21
23 < NR USC Pac-12 18-5 225 23
24 < NR Texas Big 12 16-7 199 25
25 < 21 Wichita State Missouri Valley 17-6 132 24
RV < 25 South Carolina SEC 20-3 128 20
RV < 22 Indiana Big Ten 19-5 91 22
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 16-7 75 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 18-6 22 NR
RV < NR Duke ACC 17-6 14 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 17-6 14 RV
RV < NR Gonzaga West Coast 19-5 10 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 15-8 10 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 17-6 10 RV
RV < NR Valparaiso Horizon 20-4 9 RV
RV < NR Stony Brook America East 19-4 8 RV
RV < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 19-3 6 RV
RV < NR Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 19-4 5 RV
RV < NR UNC Wilmington Colonial 18-5 4 NR
RV < NR Hawaii Big West 18-3 3 NR
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 17-7 3 RV
RV < NR Chattanooga Southern 21-3 2 NR
RV < NR Connecticut American 17-6 2 NR
RV < NR George Washington Atlantic 10 18-5 2 NR
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 17-7 1 NR
RV < NR Monmouth Metro Atlantic 19-5 1 RV
NR < NR California Pac-12 15-8 0 RV
NR < NR Clemson ACC 14-9 0 RV
NR < NR Little Rock Sun Belt 21-2 0 RV
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 17-5 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 13.0 5178
Big Ten 4 8.0 4570
ACC 4 10.3 4004
Big East 3 8.7 3297
Pac-12 3 17.0 1627
SEC 2 18.5 891
American 1 16.0 593
Atlantic 10 1 19.0 413
Missouri Valley 1 25.0 132

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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