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March 2, 2026 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (55)	ACC	27-2	1471	1
2	<	2	Arizona (4)	Big 12	27-2	1392	*2
3	<	3	Michigan	Big Ten	27-2	1385	3
4	<	6	Connecticut	Big East	27-3	1275	4
5	<	7	Florida	SEC	23-6	1234	5
6	<	4	Iowa State	Big 12	24-5	1118	7
7	<	5	Houston	Big 12	24-5	1094	6
8	<	13	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-5	1055	8
9	<	12	Nebraska	Big Ten	25-4	1002	9
10	<	16	Texas Tech	Big 12	22-7	855	10
11	<	10	Illinois	Big Ten	22-7	838	11
12	<	9	Gonzaga	West Coast	28-3	752	12
13	<	11	Virginia	ACC	25-4	731	13
14	<	14	Kansas	Big 12	21-8	722	15
15	<	8	Purdue	Big Ten	22-7	712	14
16	<	17	Alabama	SEC	22-7	657	*16
17	<	18	North Carolina	ACC	23-6	554	18
18	<	15	St. John's	Big East	23-6	547	17
19	<	21	Miami (OH)	MAC	29-0	360	20
20	<	20	Arkansas	SEC	21-8	333	19
21	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27-4	304	21
22	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	23-6	153	23
23	<	22	Tennessee	SEC	20-9	118	25
24	<	25	Vanderbilt	SEC	22-7	117	22
25	<	23	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	26-3	103	24
RV	<	19	BYU	Big 12		74	RV
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC		47	RV
RV	<	24	Louisville	ACC		47	RV
RV	<	NR	Missouri	SEC		40	RV
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		27	RV
RV	<	NR	Clemson	ACC		16	RV
RV	<	NR	Utah State	Mountain West		10	RV
RV	<	NR	High Point	Big South		7	NR
RV	<	NR	UCF	Big 12		7	RV
RV	<	NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		5	NR
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East		4	RV
RV	<	NR	Navy	Patriot		3	NR
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		2	NR
RV	<	NR	TCU	Big 12		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		1	NR
RV	<	NR	Santa Clara	West Coast		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	5	7.8	5181
Big Ten	5	9.2	4992
SEC	5	17.6	2459
ACC	4	13.3	2909
Big East	2	11.0	1822
West Coast	2	16.5	1056
MAC	1	19.0	360
Atlantic 10	1	25.0	103

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.