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January 8, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 3 Villanova (52) Big East 14-1 1611 *1
2 < 6 West Virginia (12) Big 12 14-1 1559 *2
3 < 8 Virginia (1) ACC 14-1 1438 3
4 < 1 Michigan State Big Ten 15-2 1390 4
5 < 13 Purdue Big Ten 15-2 1225 7
5 < 9 Wichita State American 13-2 1225 5
7 < 2 Duke ACC 13-2 1222 6
8 < 18 Texas Tech Big 12 14-1 1174 8
9 < 7 Oklahoma Big 12 12-2 1152 9
10 < 5 Xavier Big East 15-2 1050 10
11 < 4 Arizona State Pac-12 13-2 1036 11
12 < 10 Kansas Big 12 12-3 888 12
13 < 21 Seton Hall Big East 14-2 759 15
14 < 19 Cincinnati American 14-2 739 13
15 < 19 Gonzaga West Coast 14-3 676 14
16 < 16 TCU Big 12 13-2 621 16
17 < 14 Arizona Pac-12 12-4 537 21
18 < 15 Miami (FL) ACC 13-2 502 19
19 < 25 Clemson ACC 14-1 465 17
20 < 12 North Carolina ACC 12-4 423 18
21 < 17 Kentucky SEC 12-3 314 20
22 < NR Auburn SEC 14-1 243 24
23 < 24 Florida State ACC 12-3 202 RV
24 < 23 Tennessee SEC 10-4 198 23
25 < NR Creighton Big East 13-3 160 22
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 13-3 121 25
RV < NR Florida SEC 11-4 85 RV
RV < 11 Texas A&M SEC 11-4 62 RV
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 13-4 29 RV
RV < NR Rhode Island Atlantic 10 11-3 7 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 14-3 5 RV
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 11-4 2 RV
RV < NR Nevada Mountain West 15-3 2 RV
RV < 22 Arkansas SEC 11-4 1 RV
RV < NR Georgia SEC 11-3 1 NR
RV < NR New Mexico State WAC 13-3 1 RV
NR < NR Boise State Mountain West 13-3 0 RV
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 13-2 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 15-2 0 RV
NR < NR UCLA Pac-12 12-4 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 6 15.0 4252
Big 12 5 9.4 5394
Big East 4 12.3 3580
SEC 3 22.3 755
Big Ten 2 4.5 2615
American 2 9.5 1964
Pac-12 2 14.0 1573
West Coast 1 15.0 676

MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/20/2003 poll (286 polls)
- Purdue makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2/22/2010 poll (147 polls), and first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/14/2015 poll (41 polls)
- Texas Tech makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 1996 poll (407 polls)
- Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2016 poll (28 polls)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2/8/2010 poll (149 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Miami (FL)'s Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Michigan State's Top 5, Top 10, and Top 25 streaks reach 10
- Xavier's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Cincinnati reaches 420 appearances (#12)
- TCU ties two others for #105
- Villanova reaches 360 appearances and ties Marquette for #18
- Virginia ties Arkansas for #32

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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