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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' PollTaken after NCAA Tournament. Voted on by a panel of 31 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked. | | | | | Before NCAAs |
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| 1 | Michigan State (31) | 32-7 | 775 | 26-7 | 1 | | 2 | Florida | 29-8 | 735 | 24-7 | 11 | | 3 | Iowa State | 32-5 | 657 | 29-4 | 7 | | 4 | Duke | 29-5 | 656 | 27-4 | 1 | | 5 | Stanford | 27-4 | 594 | 26-3 | 3 | | 6 | Oklahoma State | 27-7 | 529 | 24-6 | 15 | | 7 | Cincinnati | 29-4 | 520 | 28-3 | 6 | | 8 | Arizona | 27-7 | 497 | 26-6 | 4 | | 9 | Tulsa | 32-5 | 446 | 29-4 | 19 | | 10 | Temple | 27-6 | 431 | 26-5 | 5 | | 11 | North Carolina | 22-14 | 400 | 18-13 | NR | | 12 | Syracuse | 26-6 | 387 | 24-5 | 14 | | 13 | LSU | 28-6 | 378 | 26-5 | 9 | | 14 | Tennessee | 26-7 | 362 | 24-6 | 10 | | 15 | Purdue | 24-10 | 347 | 21-9 | 24 | | 16 | Wisconsin | 22-14 | 339 | 18-13 | NR | | 17 | Ohio State | 23-7 | 301 | 22-6 | 8 | | 18 | St. John's | 25-8 | 235 | 24-7 | 12 | | 19 | Oklahoma | 27-7 | 227 | 26-6 | 13 | | 20 | Miami-FL | 23-11 | 201 | 21-10 | 25 | | 21 | Texas | 24-9 | 178 | 23-8 | 18 | | 22 | Kentucky | 23-10 | 160 | 22-9 | 20 | | 23 | UCLA | 21-12 | 117 | 19-11 | NR | | 24 | Gonzaga | 26-9 | 110 | 24-8 | NR | | 25 | Maryland | 25-10 | 101 | 24-9 | 16 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Connecticut (25-10, 94 pts); 27. Seton Hall (22-10, 81); 28. Auburn (25-10, 63); 29. Indiana (20-9, 36); 30. Kansas (24-10, 32); 31. Illinois (22-10, 29); 32. Pepperdine (25-9, 12); 33. Dayton (22-9, 8); 34. Wake Forest (22-14, 7); 35. Fresno State (24-10, 6); 36. Oregon (22-8, 5); 37. Butler (23-8) and Utah (23-9, 4); 39. DePaul (21-12) and Vanderbilt (19-11, 3); 41. Arkansas (19-15, 2); 42. Ball State (22-9), Louisiana-Lafayette (25-9) and Utah State (28-6, 1).
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