Final Regular Season AP Men's Top 25 Poll for College Basketball's 2000–2001 Season
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Taken before start of NCAA tournament.
The sportswriters & broadcasters poll: first place votes in parentheses; records through Monday, March 12, 2001; total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.); record in NCAA tourney and team lost to; head coach (career years and record including 2001 postseason), and preseason ranking. Teams in bold type went on to reach NCAA Final Four.
| Mar. 12 Record |
Points | NCAA Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke (45) | 29-4 | 1701 | 6-0 | Mike Krzyzewski (26 yrs: 606-223) | 2 |
| 2 | Stanford (23) | 28-2 | 1674 | 3-1 (Maryland) | Mike Montgomery (23 yrs: 473-223) | 4 |
| 3 | Michigan St. | 24-4 | 1537 | 4-1 (Arizona) | Tom Izzo (6 yrs: 148-53) | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois | 24-7 | 1450 | 3-1 (Arizona) | Bill Self (8 yrs: 157-88) | 8 |
| 5 | Arizona (1) | 23-7 | 1439 | 5-1 (Duke) | Lute Olson (28 yrs: 639-225) | 1 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 25-6 | 1357 | 1-1 (Penn St.) | Matt Doherty (2 yrs: 48-22) | 6 |
| 7 | Boston College | 26-4 | 1264 | 1-1 (USC) | Al Skinner (13 yrs: 197-187) | NR |
| 8 | Florida | 23-6 | 1236 | 1-1 (Temple) | Billy Donovan (7 yrs: 137-76) | 11 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 22-9 | 1133 | 2-1 (USC) | Tubby Smith (10 yrs: 234-95) | 12 |
| 10 | Iowa St. | 25-5 | 1113 | 0-1 (Hampton) | Larry Eustachy (11 yrs: 231-111) | 25 |
| 11 | Maryland | 21-10 | 1065 | 4-1 (Duke) | Gary Williams (23 yrs: 449-267) | 5 |
| 12 | Kansas | 24-6 | 903 | 2-1 (Illinois) | Roy Williams (13 yrs: 355-89) | 7 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 26-6 | 885 | 0-1 (Indiana St.) | Kelvin Sampson (18 yrs: 332-217) | 22 |
| 14 | Mississippi | 25-7 | 853 | 2-1 (Arizona) | Rod Barnes (3 yrs: 66-35) | NR |
| 15 | UCLA | 21-8 | 753 | 2-1 (Duke) | Steve Lavin (5 yrs: 111-47) | 17 |
| 16 | Virginia | 20-8 | 706 | 0-1 (Gonzaga) | Pete Gillen (16 yrs: 327-165) | 24 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 24-8 | 605 | 1-1 (Kansas) | Jim Boeheim (25 yrs: 591-208) | NR |
| 18 | Texas | 25-8 | 547 | 0-1 (Temple) | Rick Barnes (14 yrs: 270-165) | NR |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 19-9 | 305 | 1-1 (Mississippi) | Mike Brey (6 yrs: 119-62) | 15 |
| 20 | Indiana | 21-12 | 282 | 0-1 (Kent St.) | Mike Davis (1 yr: 21-13) | NR |
| 21 | Georgetown | 23-7 | 263 | 2-1 (Maryland) | Craig Esherick (3 yrs: 52-33) | NR |
| 22 | St. Joseph's | 25-6 | 206 | 1-1 (Stanford) | Phil Martelli (6 yrs: 107-78) | NR |
| 23 | Wake Forest | 19-10 | 178 | 0-1 (Butler) | Dave Odom (15 yrs: 278-174) | 20 |
| 24 | Iowa | 22-11 | 163 | 1-1 (Kentucky) | Steve Alford (10 yrs: 193-105) | NR |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 18-10 | 145 | 0-1 (Georgia St.) | Dick Bennett (25 yrs: 455-266) & Brad Soderberg (1 yr: 16-10) |
19 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Ohio State (20-10) 116 pts; 27. Cincinnati (23-9) 62; 28. Arkansas (20-10) 61; 29. Gonzaga (24-6) 59; 30. Fresno St. (25-6) 51; 31. Tennessee (22-10) 44; 32. Georgia State (28-4) and Providence (21-9) 43; 34. Alabama (22-10) 37, 35. USC (21-9) 21; 36. Creighton (24-7) 18; 37. Charlotte (21-10) 16; 38. Hofstra (26-4) 15; 39. Georgia Tech (17-12) 12; 40. Temple (21-12) 11; 41. Penn State (19-11) and Western Kentucky (24-6) 8; 43. BYU (24-8), Oklahoma (26-6), Utah St. (19-11) and Southern Utah (25-5) 6; 47. Butler (23-7), Seton Hall (16-14)and Xavier (21-7) 3; 50. California (20-10) 2; 51. Hawaii (17-13), Holy Cross (22-7), Kent State (23-9), Richmond (21-6) and Southern Mississippi (22-8) 1.
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