AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Mar 18

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Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Kansas	Big 12	28-3	1,623(63)	_	Share Copy link
2	-	Gonzaga	West Coast	31-2	1,547(1)	_	Share Copy link
3	-	Dayton	Atlantic 10	29-2	1,505(1)	_	Share Copy link
4	-	Florida State	ACC	26-5	1,381	_	Share Copy link
5	-	Baylor	Big 12	26-4	1,337	_	Share Copy link
6	-	San Diego State	Mountain West	30-2	1,279	_	Share Copy link
7	-	Creighton	Big East	24-7	1,154	_	Share Copy link
8	-	Kentucky	SEC	25-6	1,118	_	Share Copy link
9	-	Michigan State	Big Ten	22-9	1,023	_	Share Copy link
10	1	Villanova	Big East	24-7	1,011	_	Share Copy link
11	1	Duke	ACC	25-6	990	_	Share Copy link
12	-	Maryland	Big Ten	24-7	924	_	Share Copy link
13	-	Oregon	Pac-12	24-7	892	_	Share Copy link
14	1	Louisville	ACC	24-7	768	_	Share Copy link
15	1	Seton Hall	Big East	21-9	727	_	Share Copy link
16	1	Virginia	ACC	23-7	586	_	Share Copy link
17	1	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21-10	539	_	Share Copy link
18	4	Brigham Young	West Coast	24-8	537	_	Share Copy link
19	-	Ohio State	Big Ten	21-10	459	_	Share Copy link
20	-	Auburn	SEC	25-6	453	_	Share Copy link
21	-	Illinois	Big Ten	21-10	263	_	Share Copy link
22	-	Houston	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	23-8	179	_	Share Copy link
23	1	Butler	Big East	22-9	165	_	Share Copy link
24	2	West Virginia	Big 12	21-10	159	_	Share Copy link
25	-	Iowa	Big Ten	20-11	109	_	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Stephen F Austin 78, ETSU 66, Providence 63, Michigan 62, Utah St. 36, Saint Mary's (Cal) 33, Penn St. 21, Arizona 7, Rutgers 6, Richmond 6, Southern Cal 4, New Mexico St. 4, Texas Tech 3, UCLA 2, Vermont 2, Purdue 1, Belmont 1, Liberty 1, Utah 1.

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Find Your Team

TEAM	CONF	OVR
Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference (AAC) (13-5)	20-10
West Virginia	Big 12 (9-9)	21-10
Ohio State	Big Ten (11-9)	21-10
Marshall	Conference USA (10-8)	17-15
Ohio	Mid-American Conference (8-10)	17-15

Poll Methodology

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes noted in parentheses, are determined by a points system. A team receives 25 points for a first-place vote, 24 points for a second-place vote and so on through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

History of the Poll

The Associated Press college basketball poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. The original poll had 20 teams, with Saint Louis the first school to hold the No. 1 ranking. From the 1961-62 season through 1967-68 only 10 teams were ranked. It expanded again to 20 teams from 1968-69 through 1988-89. The Top 25 began the next season, and it has stayed at that number ever since. The AP's final poll is released after the field for the NCAA Tournament is selected.

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