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December 22, 2014 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (65)	SEC	12-0	1625	*1
2	< 2	Duke	ACC	10-0	1548	*2
3	< 3	Arizona	Pac-12	12-0	1502	*3
4	< 4	Louisville	ACC	10-0	1344	4
5	< 6	Virginia	ACC	11-0	1336	5
6	< 5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-1	1322	6
7	< 7	Villanova	Big East	11-0	1214	7
8	< 8	Gonzaga	West Coast	11-1	1170	8
9	< 9	Texas	Big 12	10-1	1149	9
10	< 10	Kansas	Big 12	9-1	1096	10
11	< 11	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-1	966	11
12	< 13	Iowa State	Big 12	9-1	821	12
13	< 16	Washington	Pac-12	10-0	798	13
14	< 14	Utah	Pac-12	8-2	796	14
15	< 17	Maryland	Big Ten	11-1	678	15
16	< 21	Notre Dame	ACC	11-1	536	16
17	< 20	St. John's	Big East	9-1	517	19
18	< 22	West Virginia	Big 12	10-1	464	17
19	< 15	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-3	436	20
20	< 24	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	414	21
21	< 12	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2	411	18
22	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	9-1	203	22
23	< NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	10-1	162	24
24	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	11-0	144	25
25	< NR	TCU	Big 12	11-0	120	RV
RV	< NR	Georgetown	Big East	7-3	85	RV
RV	< 19	San Diego State	Mountain West	8-3	72	23
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	8-3	70	RV
RV	< NR	California	Pac-12	10-1	32	RV
RV	< 18	Miami (FL)	ACC	9-2	27	RV
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	8-2	22	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	9-2	11	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC	8-2	7	RV
RV	< NR	Old Dominion	Conference USA	9-1	7	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC	7-4	4	RV
RV	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten	11-1	4	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-2	3	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East	9-2	3	RV
RV	< 23	Butler	Big East	8-3	2	RV
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-2	2	RV
RV	< NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10	9-1	1	NR
RV	< NR	Valparaiso	Horizon	12-2	1	NR
NR	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	9-3	0	RV
NR	< 25	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	6-3	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	7	16.4	4289
ACC	5	9.4	5178
Pac-12	3	10.0	3096
Big Ten	3	14.0	2411
Big East	2	12.0	1731
Missouri Valley	2	17.0	1128
SEC	1	1.0	1625
West Coast	1	8.0	1170
Mountain West	1	24.0	144

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