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March 6, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Houston (58) American 29-2 1522
2 < 4 UCLA (3) Pac-12 27-4 1452
3 < 3 Kansas Big 12 25-6 1368
4 < 2 Alabama SEC 26-5 1343
5 < 5 Purdue Big Ten 26-5 1274
6 < 6 Marquette Big East 25-6 1218
7 < 9 Texas Big 12 23-8 1100
8 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 25-6 1042
9 < 10 Gonzaga West Coast 26-5 1031
10 < 7 Baylor Big 12 22-9 961
11 < 14 Connecticut Big East 24-7 847
12 < 11 Kansas State Big 12 23-8 838
13 < 13 Virginia ACC 23-6 791
14 < 16 Miami (FL) ACC 24-6 761
15 < 19 Xavier Big East 23-8 641
16 < 17 Saint Mary's West Coast 25-6 587
17 < 12 Tennessee SEC 22-9 573
18 < 24 Texas A&M SEC 23-8 507
19 < 15 Indiana Big Ten 21-10 481
20 < 18 San Diego State Mountain West 24-6 370
21 < NR Duke ACC 23-8 293
22 < 22 TCU Big 12 20-11 193
23 < 23 Kentucky SEC 21-10 138
24 < NR Creighton Big East 20-11 133
25 < NR Missouri SEC 23-8 66
RV < NR Oral Roberts Summit 54
RV < NR Florida Atlantic Conference USA 53
RV < NR Utah State Mountain West 32
RV < 20 Providence Big East 26
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 23
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 16
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 15
RV < 25 Pittsburgh ACC 10
RV < NR Toledo MAC 10
RV < NR Charleston Colonial 9
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 9
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 8
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 7
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 5
RV < NR USC Pac-12 5
RV < 21 Maryland Big Ten 3
RV < NR Memphis American 3
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 3
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 2
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 1
RV < NR North Texas Conference USA 1

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 10.8 4460
SEC 5 17.4 2627
Big East 4 14.0 2839
ACC 3 16.0 1845
Pac-12 2 5.0 2494
Big Ten 2 12.0 1755
West Coast 2 12.5 1618
American 1 1.0 1522
Mountain West 1 20.0 370

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.