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February 25, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Gonzaga (44) West Coast 27-2 1569 *1
2 < 3 Virginia (15) ACC 24-2 1513 *2
3 < 1 Duke (3) ACC 24-3 1502 2
4 < 4 Kentucky (2) SEC 23-4 1418 *4
5 < 8 North Carolina ACC 22-5 1326 5
6 < 10 Michigan State Big Ten 23-5 1232 8
7 < 5 Tennessee SEC 24-3 1190 7
8 < 9 Houston American 26-1 1145 6
9 < 7 Michigan Big Ten 24-4 1057 10
10 < 11 Marquette Big East 23-4 1019 9
11 < 14 Texas Tech Big 12 22-5 938 11
12 < 6 Nevada Mountain West 25-2 883 13
13 < 13 LSU SEC 22-5 836 14
14 < 15 Purdue Big Ten 20-7 820 12
15 < 12 Kansas Big 12 20-7 580 16
16 < 23 Kansas State Big 12 21-6 559 15
17 < 24 Maryland Big Ten 21-7 549 20
18 < 16 Florida State ACC 21-6 501 17
19 < 22 Wisconsin Big Ten 19-8 466 18
20 < 20 Virginia Tech ACC 21-6 392 19
21 < 25 Buffalo MAC 24-3 288 23
22 < 21 Iowa Big Ten 21-6 278 21
23 < NR Cincinnati American 23-4 263 22
24 < NR Wofford Southern 24-4 112 25
25 < NR Washington Pac-12 22-5 92 25
RV < 18 Louisville ACC 18-10 90 24
RV < 17 Villanova Big East 20-8 63 RV
RV < 19 Iowa State Big 12 19-8 58 RV
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 20-7 28 RV
RV < NR Auburn SEC 18-9 16 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 18-9 10 RV
RV < NR VCU Atlantic 10 21-6 4 NR
RV < NR Old Dominion Conference USA 22-6 2 NR
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 24-4 1 NR
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 19-8 0 RV
NR < NR Florida SEC 16-11 0 RV
NR < NR Furman Southern 22-6 0 RV
NR < NR Hofstra Colonial 23-6 0 RV

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 14.5 4402
ACC 5 9.6 5234
SEC 3 8.0 3444
Big 12 3 14.0 2077
American 2 15.5 1408
West Coast 1 1.0 1569
Big East 1 10.0 1019
Mountain West 1 12.0 883
MAC 1 21.0 288
Southern 1 24.0 112
Pac-12 1 25.0 92

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.