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March 7, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (52) West Coast 24-3 1514 *1
2 < 2 Arizona (6) Pac-12 28-3 1435 *2
3 < 3 Baylor (3) Big 12 26-5 1402 *3
4 < 5 Auburn SEC 27-4 1331 *4
5 < 7 Kentucky SEC 25-6 1306 5
6 < 6 Kansas Big 12 25-6 1170 6
7 < 4 Duke ACC 26-5 1100 7
8 < 11 Villanova Big East 23-7 1096 8
9 < 8 Purdue Big Ten 25-6 967 9
9 < 13 Tennessee SEC 23-7 967 11
11 < 9 Providence Big East 24-4 951 10
12 < 10 Wisconsin Big Ten 24-6 857 12
13 < 17 UCLA Pac-12 23-6 737 13
14 < 12 Texas Tech Big 12 23-8 730 14
15 < 14 Arkansas SEC 24-7 687 16
16 < 20 Illinois Big Ten 22-8 612 15
17 < 19 Saint Mary's West Coast 24-6 506 17
18 < 14 Houston American 26-5 502 18
19 < 22 Murray State Ohio Valley 30-2 424 19
20 < 18 Connecticut Big East 22-8 370 20
21 < 16 USC Pac-12 25-6 279 21
22 < 21 Texas Big 12 21-10 216 22
23 < NR Colorado State Mountain West 24-4 194 24
24 < 24 Iowa Big Ten 22-9 189 23
25 < NR North Carolina ACC 23-8 56 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 49 RV
RV < NR South Dakota State Summit 32 RV
RV < NR Memphis American 26 RV
RV < NR San Diego State Mountain West 24 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 22 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 16 RV
RV < 23 Ohio State Big Ten 16 25
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 9 RV
RV < NR Seton Hall Big East 9 RV
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 8 RV
RV < 25 Alabama SEC 7 RV
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 4 RV
RV < NR Vermont America East 3 NR
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 1 NR
RV < NR Longwood Big South 1 NR
NR < NR Creighton Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Marquette Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Michigan State Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 4 8.3 4291
Big 12 4 11.3 3518
Big Ten 4 15.3 2625
Pac-12 3 12.0 2451
Big East 3 13.0 2417
West Coast 2 9.0 2020
ACC 2 16.0 1156
American 1 18.0 502
Ohio Valley 1 19.0 424
Mountain West 1 23.0 194

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.