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December 18, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Villanova (45) Big East 11-0 1602 *1
2 < 2 Michigan State (15) Big Ten 10-1 1560 *2
3 < 5 Arizona State (5) Pac-12 10-0 1429 4
4 < 4 Duke ACC 11-1 1390 3
5 < 7 North Carolina ACC 10-1 1332 4
6 < 6 Miami (FL) ACC 9-0 1308 7
7 < 8 Kentucky SEC 9-1 1231 6
8 < 9 Texas A&M SEC 9-1 1156 9
9 < 10 Xavier Big East 10-1 1073 8
10 < 11 West Virginia Big 12 9-1 1040 10
11 < 3 Wichita State American 8-2 851 11
12 < 12 Gonzaga West Coast 9-2 831 15
13 < 16 Virginia ACC 9-1 796 14
14 < 13 Kansas Big 12 8-2 791 13
15 < 14 TCU Big 12 10-0 789 12
16 < 17 Purdue Big Ten 11-2 706 16
17 < NR Oklahoma Big 12 8-1 691 17
18 < 23 Arizona Pac-12 8-3 396 19
18 < 21 Baylor Big 12 9-2 396 18
20 < 25 Cincinnati American 9-2 314 22
21 < 20 Tennessee SEC 7-2 308 20
21 < 24 Texas Tech Big 12 9-1 308 21
23 < 15 Seton Hall Big East 9-2 223 22
24 < 19 Florida State ACC 9-1 164 25
25 < NR Creighton Big East 8-2 144 24
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 8-2 83 RV
RV < 18 Notre Dame ACC 8-3 73 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 9-1 35 RV
RV < NR Louisville ACC 8-2 28 RV
RV < NR Texas Big 12 7-3 21 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 9-2 13 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 9-3 9 NR
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 8-2 9 RV
RV < NR Alabama SEC 7-3 5 RV
RV < NR SMU American 8-3 5 NR
RV < NR Auburn SEC 9-1 4 NR
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 9-2 3 RV
RV < 22 Florida SEC 6-4 2 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 6-3 2 RV
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 9-1 2 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 10-3 1 RV
RV < NR Towson Colonial 10-1 1 NR
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 10-1 0 RV
NR < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 10-2 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 9-1 0 RV
NR < NR Missouri SEC 9-2 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 9-2 0 RV
NR < NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 10-1 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 15.8 4015
ACC 5 10.4 4990
Big East 4 14.5 3042
SEC 3 12.0 2695
Big Ten 2 9.0 2266
Pac-12 2 10.5 1825
American 2 15.5 1165
West Coast 1 12.0 831

MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2016 poll (25 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Florida's Top 25 streak ends at 18
- Kentucky's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Notre Dame's Top 25 streak ends at 11
- Villanova's Top 25 streak reaches 80

Total Appearances:
- Arizona State ties Dayton for #75
- Florida State ties BYU for #60
- Kentucky reaches 870 appearances (#2)
- Miami (FL) ties two others for #82
- Texas Tech ties Saint Mary's for #102
- West Virginia reaches 220 appearances (#42)
- Xavier reaches 160 appearances (#49)

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.

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