Final Rankings for NCAA Men college basketball before the real big March Madness Tournament started...

AP Top 25 Poll - Week 20

Poll Released: Mar 18

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Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	4	Duke	ACC	29-5	1,592(58)	_	Share
2	-	Virginia	ACC	29-3	1,497(5)	_	Share
3	-	North Carolina	ACC	27-6	1,453	_	Share
4	3	Gonzaga	West Coast	30-3	1,398(1)	_	Share
5	1	Michigan State	Big Ten	28-6	1,382	_	Share
6	2	Tennessee	SEC	29-5	1,270	_	Share
7	3	Kentucky	SEC	27-6	1,232	_	Share
8	2	Michigan	Big Ten	28-6	1,146	_	Share
9	2	Texas Tech	Big 12	26-6	1,033	_	Share
10	2	Florida State	ACC	27-7	1,017	_	Share
11	-	Houston	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	31-3	933	_	Share
12	3	LSU	SEC	26-6	886	_	Share
13	-	Purdue	Big Ten	23-9	727	_	Share
14	8	Auburn	SEC	26-9	665	_	Share
15	3	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	31-3	608	_	Share
16	-	Virginia Tech	ACC	24-8	595	_	Share
17	-	Kansas	Big 12	25-9	590	_	Share
18	3	Kansas State	Big 12	25-8	529	_	Share
19	1	Wofford	Southern	29-4	385	_	Share
20	6	Nevada	Mountain West	29-4	361	_	Share
21	2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23-10	339	_	Share
22	2	Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	28-6	335	_	Share
23	2	Villanova	Big East	25-9	306	_	Share
24	-	Iowa State	Big 12	23-11	245	_	Share
25	-	Utah State	Mountain West	28-6	73	_	Share

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Marquette 63, Maryland 55, Mississippi St. 35, Murray St. 12, New Mexico St. 11, UCF 9, Louisville 8, VCU 4, Seton Hall 3, Old Dominion 2, Liberty 1.

TEAM	CONF	OVR
Duke	ACC (14-4)	29-5
Virginia	ACC (16-2)	29-3
Michigan	Big Ten (15-5)	28-6
Tennessee	SEC (15-3)	29-5
Gonzaga	West Coast (16-0)	30-3

Men's Basketball Coaches Poll

HOW THE POLL WORKS

The USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools. The panel is chosen in consultation with the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The members represent each of the 32 Division I conferences that receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.

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BIGGEST MOVERS

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Red Raiders

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10th

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TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 19

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Duke	29-5	744	25	5	4	1/5
2	Virginia	29-3	701	1	2	–	1/5
3	Gonzaga	30-3	667	3	1	-2	1/9
4	North Carolina	27-6	666	0	3	-1	3/15
5	Tennessee	29-5	636	1	8	3	1/8
6	Michigan State	28-6	598	0	7	1	5/12
7	Kentucky	27-6	565	0	4	-3	2/18
8	Michigan	28-6	538	0	11	3	4/18
9	Houston	31-3	494	0	10	1	6/NR
10	Texas Tech	26-6	454	0	6	-4	6/NR
11	Florida State	27-7	453	0	13	2	9/NR
12	Louisiana State	26-6	370	0	9	-3	9/NR
13	Purdue	23-9	356	0	12	-1	9/NR
14	Kansas State	25-8	297	0	14	–	10/NR
15	Virginia Tech	24-8	285	0	15	–	7/19
16	Buffalo	31-3	278	0	16	–	14/NR
17	Kansas	25-9	273	0	18	1	1/18
18	Auburn	26-9	213	0	24	6	7/NR
19	Wofford	29-4	191	0	20	1	19/NR
20	Nevada	29-4	182	0	17	-3	5/20
21	Wisconsin	23-10	170	0	19	-2	16/NR
22	Villanova	25-9	151	0	25	3	8/NR
23	Iowa State	23-11	141	0	NR	11	16/NR
24	Cincinnati	28-6	134	0	23	-1	19/NR
25	Utah State	28-6	48	0	NR	4	25/NR
25	Marquette	24-9	48	0	22	-3	9/NR

*Hi/Low Rankings

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Schools Dropped Out

No. 21 Maryland.

Others Receiving Votes

Maryland 31; Mississippi State 24; Seton Hall 7; Arizona State 6; Murray State 6; VCU 5; Washington 4; Louisville 3; Central Florida 3; Oregon 2; UC Irvine 2; Liberty 2; Florida 2.

List of Voters

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2018-19 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Tad Boyle, Colorado; Todd Bozeman, Morgan State; Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn; Tim Cluess, Iona; Jon Coffman, Fort Wayne; Bryce Drew, Vanderbilt; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Fran Dunphy, Temple; Bill Evans, Idaho State; John Gallagher, Hartford; Steve Hawkins, Western Michigan; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Danny Kaspar, Texas State; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Matt McMahon, Murray State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Pilipovich, Air Force; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Kareem Richardson, Missouri-Kansas City; Doc Sadler, Southern Mississippi; Tubby Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Mike Young, Wofford.