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January 12, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Arizona (60)	Big 12	16-0	1524	*1
2	<	3	Iowa State (1)	Big 12	16-0	1448	*2
3	<	4	Connecticut	Big East	16-1	1358	4
4	<	2	Michigan	Big Ten	14-1	1300	*3
5	<	5	Purdue	Big Ten	15-1	1253	5
6	<	6	Duke	ACC	15-1	1237	6
7	<	7	Houston	Big 12	15-1	1130	7
8	<	10	Nebraska	Big Ten	16-0	1056	10
9	<	8	Gonzaga	West Coast	17-1	1050	9
10	<	11	Vanderbilt	SEC	16-0	1035	8
11	<	9	BYU	Big 12	15-1	1013	11
12	<	12	Michigan State	Big Ten	14-2	865	12
13	<	16	Illinois	Big Ten	13-3	778	13
14	<	17	North Carolina	ACC	14-2	659	15
15	<	14	Texas Tech	Big 12	12-4	609	14
16	<	23	Virginia	ACC	14-2	515	16
17	<	15	Arkansas	SEC	12-4	492	17
18	<	13	Alabama	SEC	11-5	470	18
19	<	NR	Florida	SEC	11-5	349	20
20	<	20	Louisville	ACC	12-4	336	19
21	<	18	Georgia	SEC	14-2	227	22
22	<	NR	Clemson	ACC	14-3	218	21
23	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West	14-1	161	24
24	<	21	Tennessee	SEC	11-5	140	RV
25	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	14-2	136	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		92	RV
RV	<	22	Kansas	Big 12		60	25
RV	<	19	Iowa	Big Ten		58	23
RV	<	NR	Miami (OH)	MAC		49	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		40	RV
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		37	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		30	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	SEC		23	RV
RV	<	25	UCF	Big 12		18	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		17	RV
RV	<	24	SMU	ACC		15	RV
RV	<	NR	Auburn	SEC		14	NR
RV	<	NR	George Mason	Atlantic 10		8	NR
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		3	NR
RV	<	NR	St. John's	Big East		1	RV
RV	<	NR	USC	Big Ten		1	RV
NR	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		0	NR

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	18.2	2713
Big 12	5	7.2	5724
Big Ten	5	8.4	5252
ACC	5	15.6	2965
Big East	2	14.0	1494
West Coast	1	9.0	1050
Mountain West	1	23.0	161

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.