NCAA Men's Basketball

The AP Top 25 Poll

You are here

Home » The AP Top 25 Poll
(###) Number of first place votes
1
Gonzaga (46)
West Coast
Record: 22-0
PV Rank
3
Points
1,594
2
Baylor (6)
Big 12
Record: 20-1
5
1,504
3
Kansas (9)
Big 12
Record: 19-2
2
1,503
4
Villanova (4)
Big East
Record: 20-2
1
1,479
5
Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 20-2
7
1,387
6
Louisville
ACC
Record: 18-4
13
1,237
7
West Virginia
Big 12
Record: 17-4
18
1,101
8
Kentucky
SEC
Record: 17-4
4
1,083
9
Virginia
ACC
Record: 16-4
12
1,061
10
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Record: 18-3
15
1,058
11
UCLA
Pac-12
Record: 19-3
8
993
12
North Carolina
ACC
Record: 19-4
9
965
13
Oregon
Pac-12
Record: 19-3
10
863
14
Cincinnati
American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Record: 19-2
19
756
15
Florida State
ACC
Record: 18-4
6
727
16
Butler
Big East
Record: 18-4
11
717
17
Maryland
Big Ten
Record: 19-2
22
518
18
Saint Mary's (Cal.)
West Coast
Record: 19-2
21
409
19
South Carolina
SEC
Record: 17-4
23
384
20
Notre Dame
ACC
Record: 17-5
14
363
21
Duke
ACC
Record: 16-5
17
339
22
Creighton
Big East
Record: 19-3
16
307
23
Purdue
Big Ten
Record: 17-5
20
264
24
Florida
SEC
Record: 16-5
25
213
25
Northwestern
Big Ten
Record: 18-4
-
106

Others receiving votes: SMU 69, Xavier 67, Southern Cal 29, Wichita State 8, Akron 5, Middle Tennessee 5, VCU 3, Illinois State 2, New Mexico State 2, Virginia Tech 2, Iowa State 1, Utah 1

Week 13

Poll released: Jan 30

By Week

PreseasonWeek 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17Week 18Week 19Week 20Final

By Voter

B.J. Rains Ben Steele Bob Holt Brant Wilkerson-New Brian Holland Brian McInnis Bruce Pascoe Carlos Silva Cecil Hurt Chris Murray Craig Meyer Damien Sordelett Dave Borges Dave Matter Dave Preston David Cloninger Dick Vitale Donna Ditota Drew Hill Edgar Thompson Elton Alexander Geoff Grammer Graham Couch James Crepea Jeff Call Jerry Carino Jesse Newell Joe Juliano Joey Knight John Bednarowski John Bohnenkamp John Feinstein John Werner Jon Nyatawa Jon Rothstein Jon Wilner Josh Vitale Kayla Anderson Ken Weinman Kevin McNamara Lauren Brownlow Luke DeCock Marcus Fuller Mark Berman Mark Cooper Matt McCoy Norm Wood Paul Klee Richard Croome Rick Bozich Scott Gleeson Scott Mansch Scott Richey Scott Wolf Seth Davis Shannon Ryan Sheldon Mickles Steve Hewitt T.J. Werre Terry Hutchens Terry Toohey Theo Lawson Thuc Nhi Nguyen Tom Bragg Zach Osterman

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.