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2024 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 4 Kansas (46) Big 12 0-0 1548 *1
2 < 12 Duke (11) ACC 0-0 1466 *3
3 < 3 Purdue (3) Big Ten 0-0 1436 *2
4 < NR Michigan State (1) Big Ten 0-0 1346 4
5 < 6 Marquette Big East 0-0 1283 7
6 < 10 Connecticut (2) Big East 0-0 1243 *5
7 < 2 Houston Big 12 0-0 1117 6
8 < NR Creighton Big East 0-0 1099 8
9 < 20 Tennessee SEC 0-0 1032 10
10 < 25 Florida Atlantic American 0-0 1011 9
11 < 9 Gonzaga West Coast 0-0 830 12
12 < 8 Arizona Pac-12 0-0 776 11
13 < 16 Miami (FL) ACC 0-0 750 13
14 < NR Arkansas SEC 0-0 685 14
15 < 17 Texas A&M SEC 0-0 597 19
16 < NR Kentucky SEC 0-0 530 16
17 < 18 San Diego State Mountain West 0-0 529 15
18 < 5 Texas Big 12 0-0 493 18
19 < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 474 21
20 < 11 Baylor Big 12 0-0 431 17
21 < NR USC Pac-12 0-0 427 22
22 < NR Villanova Big East 0-0 395 20
23 < 19 Saint Mary's West Coast 0-0 335 23
24 < 1 Alabama SEC 0-0 163 24
25 < NR Illinois Big Ten 0-0 104 RV
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 53 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 49 RV
RV < NR St. John's Big East 47 RV
RV < 7 UCLA Pac-12 47 25
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 34 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 27 RV
RV < 14 Virginia ACC 27 RV
RV < 22 TCU Big 12 24 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 20 RV
RV < 15 Kansas State Big 12 13 RV
RV < 13 Xavier Big East 8 RV
RV < 24 Memphis American 7 RV
RV < 23 Missouri SEC 6 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 4 RV
RV < 21 Indiana Big Ten 3 RV
RV < NR Charleston Coastal 2 NR
RV < NR Florida SEC 2 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 1 NR
RV < NR New Mexico Mountain West 1 NR
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 0 RV
NR < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Oregon Pac-12 0 RV
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 0 RV
NR < NR Yale Ivy 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 15.6 3007
Big East 4 10.3 4020
Big 12 4 11.5 3589
Big Ten 3 10.7 2886
ACC 3 11.3 2690
Pac-12 2 16.5 1203
West Coast 2 17.0 1165
American 1 10.0 1011
Mountain West 1 17.0 529

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.