AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Dec 24 2018

Rank	Trend	Team	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	1	Duke	11-1	1,529(35)	vs Texas Tech W 69-58	Share Copy link
2	2	Michigan	12-0	1,472(9)	vs Air Force W 71-50	Share Copy link
3	-	Tennessee	10-1	1,471(12)	vs Wake Forest W 83-64	Share Copy link
4	1	Virginia	11-0	1,427(4)	vs William & Mary W 72-40	Share Copy link
5	4	Kansas	10-1	1,386(4)	@ Arizona State L 80-76	Share Copy link
6	-	Nevada	12-0	1,316	vs Akron W 68-62	Share Copy link
7	1	Gonzaga	11-2	1,199	vs Denver W 101-40	Share Copy link
8	2	Michigan State	10-2	1,146	vs Oakland W 99-69	Share Copy link
9	2	Florida State	11-1	1,061	vs Saint Louis W 81-59	Share Copy link
10	3	Virginia Tech	10-1	924	vs North Carolina A&T W 82-60	Share Copy link
11	1	Texas Tech	10-1	845	@ Duke L 69-58	Share Copy link
12	5	Auburn	10-2	770	vs Murray State W 93-88	Share Copy link
13	2	Ohio State	11-1	737	@ UCLA W 80-66	Share Copy link
14	5	North Carolina	8-3	678	vs Kentucky L 80-72	Share Copy link
15	1	Wisconsin	10-2	673	vs Grambling State W 84-53	Share Copy link
16	3	Kentucky	9-2	664	@ North Carolina W 80-72	Share Copy link
17	1	Arizona State	9-2	626	vs Kansas W 80-76	Share Copy link
18	2	Marquette	10-2	538	vs Buffalo W 103-85	Share Copy link
19	2	Mississippi State	11-1	518	vs Wright State W 67-63	Share Copy link
20	-	North Carolina State	11-1	292	vs SC Upstate W 98-71	Share Copy link
21	7	Buffalo	11-1	279	@ Marquette L 103-85	Share Copy link
22	1	Houston	12-0	274	vs Coppin State W 75-44	Share Copy link
23	1	Indiana	11-2	247	vs Jacksonville W 94-64	Share Copy link
24	1	Iowa	10-2	178	vs Savannah State W 110-64	Share Copy link
25	-	Oklahoma	11-1	163	@ Northwestern W 76-69	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Nebraska 160, Kansas St 69, St. John's 67, Villanova 44, Cincinnati 11, Iowa St. 11, TCU 6, Seton Hall 5, Louisville 4, Purdue 3, Furman 2, Belmont 2, NJIT 1, Penn 1, San Francisco 1.

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Find Your Team

TEAM	CONF	OVR
Baylor	Big 12 (14-4)	27-7
Purdue	Big Ten (14-6)	29-8
UCLA	Pac-12 (15-5)	27-8
Alabama	SEC (9-9)	19-14
Gonzaga	West Coast (13-1)	28-4

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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