AP Top 25 Poll

Rankings

Released March 17
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Duke (31-3) Atlantic Coast
-
-
1463 (49)
2
Houston (30-4) Big 12
-
-
1394 (6)
3
Florida (30-4) Southeastern
1
-
1370 (2)
4
Auburn (28-5) Southeastern
-1
-
1291 (2)
5
St. John's (30-4) Big East
1
-
1225 (0)
6
Tennessee (27-7) Southeastern
2
-
1174 (0)
7
Alabama (25-8) Southeastern
-2
-
1120 (0)
8
Michigan State (27-6) Big Ten
-1
-
1080 (0)
9
Texas Tech (25-8) Big 12
-
-
926 (0)
10
Louisville (27-7) Atlantic Coast
3
-
809 (0)
11
Maryland (25-8) Big Ten
-
-
764 (0)
12
Clemson (27-6) Atlantic Coast
-2
-
746 (0)
13
Wisconsin (26-9) Big Ten
5
-
732 (0)
14
Michigan (25-9) Big Ten
8
-
681 (0)
15
Iowa State (24-9) Big 12
-3
-
641 (0)
16
Memphis (29-5) American Athletic
-
-
636 (0)
17
BYU (24-9) Big 12
-
-
563 (0)
18
Kentucky (22-11) Southeastern
-3
-
511 (0)
19
Texas A&M (22-10) Southeastern
-5
-
457 (0)
20
Saint Mary's (28-5) West Coast
-1
-
306 (0)
21
Arizona (22-12) Big 12
-
-
253 (0)
22
Purdue (22-11) Big Ten
-2
-
227 (0)
23
Missouri (22-11) Southeastern
-2
-
159 (0)
24
Gonzaga (25-8) West Coast
-
-
151 (0)
25
Oregon (24-9) Big Ten
-2
-
115 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Drake 107, Marquette 69, UC San Diego 57, Illinois 55, VCU 28, Creighton 28, Mississippi 13, McNeese St. 4, UConn 4, Colorado St. 4, Kansas 3, High Point 3, UCLA 3, Akron 3. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

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