AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Jan 21 2019

Rank	Trend	Team	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	2	Tennessee	16-1	1,575(48)	vs Alabama W 71-68	Share Copy link
2	1	Duke	15-2	1,520(11)	vs Virginia W 72-70	Share Copy link
3	1	Virginia	16-1	1,451(3)	@ Duke L 72-70	Share Copy link
4	1	Gonzaga	18-2	1,374	@ Portland W 89-66	Share Copy link
5	3	Michigan	17-1	1,363	@ Wisconsin L 64-54	Share Copy link
6	-	Michigan State	16-2	1,355(2)	@ Nebraska W 70-64	Share Copy link
7	3	Nevada	18-1	1,143	vs Air Force W 67-52	Share Copy link
8	4	Kentucky	14-3	1,087	@ Auburn W 82-80	Share Copy link
9	2	Kansas	15-3	1,060	@ West Virginia L 65-64	Share Copy link
10	1	Virginia Tech	15-2	1,007	vs Wake Forest W 87-71	Share Copy link
11	2	North Carolina	14-4	895	@ Miami (FL) W 85-76	Share Copy link
12	3	Marquette	16-3	861	vs Providence W 79-68	Share Copy link
13	6	Maryland	16-3	751	@ Ohio State W 75-61	Share Copy link
14	6	Texas Tech	15-3	743	@ Baylor L 73-62	Share Copy link
14	2	Buffalo	17-1	743	vs Eastern Michigan W 77-65	Share Copy link
16	2	Auburn	13-4	627	vs Kentucky L 82-80	Share Copy link
17	4	Houston	18-1	544	@ South Florida W 69-60	Share Copy link
18	4	Villanova	14-4	450	vs Xavier W 85-75	Share Copy link
19	4	Iowa	16-3	332	vs Illinois W 95-71	Share Copy link
20	2	Mississippi	14-3	291	vs Arkansas W 84-67	Share Copy link
21	4	North Carolina State	15-3	282	@ Notre Dame W 77-73	Share Copy link
22	2	Mississippi State	14-3	266	@ Vanderbilt W 71-55	Share Copy link
23	-	Louisville	13-5	230	@ Georgia Tech W 79-51	Share Copy link
24	-	Iowa State	14-4	156	vs Oklahoma State W 72-59	Share Copy link
25	-	LSU	14-3	154	vs South Carolina W 89-67	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Florida St. 139, Purdue 111, Kansas St 91, Nebraska 66, Wisconsin 64, Oklahoma 16, Syracuse 13, Washington 11, Murray St. 9, Cincinnati 6, Wofford 5, Saint Louis 3, San Francisco 2, Florida 2, TCU 1, Hofstra 1.

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Find Your Team

TEAM	CONF	OVR
Baylor	Big 12 (11-7)	23-11
Purdue	Big Ten (15-5)	29-6
UCLA	Pac-12 (18-2)	31-6
Alabama	SEC (16-2)	31-6
Gonzaga	West Coast (14-2)	31-6

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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