Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll, a day after they were named the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. No. 2 Arizona received the other seven first-place votes, with Michigan, Florida and Houston rounding out the top five.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Record Pts Prv
1. Duke (50) 32-2 1418 1
2. Arizona (7) 32-2 1372 2
3. Michigan 31-3 1310 3
4. Florida 26-7 1221 4
5. Houston 28-6 1214 5
6. Iowa St. 27-7 1096 7
7. UConn 29-5 1032 6
8. Purdue 27-8 912 18
9. Virginia 29-5 903 10
10. St. John's 28-6 860 13
11. Michigan St. 25-7 833 8
12. Gonzaga 30-3 829 12
13. Illinois 24-8 801 9
14. Arkansas 26-8 750 17
15. Nebraska 26-6 689 11
16. Vanderbilt 26-8 538 22
17. Kansas 23-10 503 14
18. Alabama 23-9 438 15
19. Wisconsin 24-10 392 23
20. Texas Tech 22-10 376 16
21. North Carolina 24-8 293 19
22. Saint Mary's 27-5 113 21
23. Louisville 23-10 112 24
23. Tennessee 22-11 112 25
25. Miami 25-8 110 -
Others receiving votes: Miami (Ohio) 100, BYU 62, UCLA 38, Utah St. 28, TCU 17, High Point 14, VCU 12, Clemson 9, Ohio St. 5, Kentucky 4, Saint Louis 3, Akron 3, Santa Clara 2, McNeese St. 1.