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February 2, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (65)	SEC	21-0	1625	*1
2	< 3	Gonzaga	West Coast	22-1	1503	*2
3	< 2	Virginia	ACC	19-1	1470	3
4	< 4	Duke	ACC	18-3	1416	5
5	< 5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19-2	1381	4
6	< 6	Arizona	Pac-12	20-2	1338	6
7	< 7	Villanova	Big East	19-2	1209	7
8	< 9	Kansas	Big 12	18-3	1177	9
9	< 10	Louisville	ACC	18-3	1114	8
10	< 8	Notre Dame	ACC	20-3	1072	10
11	< 15	Iowa State	Big 12	16-4	892	14
12	< 13	North Carolina	ACC	17-5	861	13
13	< 11	Utah	Pac-12	17-4	824	11
14	< 18	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	20-2	792	15
15	< 17	West Virginia	Big 12	18-3	779	12
16	< 12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	19-3	678	17
17	< 16	Maryland	Big Ten	18-4	508	16
18	< 14	VCU	Atlantic 10	17-4	479	18
19	< 20	Baylor	Big 12	16-5	420	19
20	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	17-5	358	20
21	< 24	Oklahoma	Big 12	14-7	312	21
22	< 25	Butler	Big East	16-6	250	22
23	< NR	SMU	American	18-4	221	23
24	< 21	Georgetown	Big East	15-6	162	24
25	< 19	Texas	Big 12	14-7	106	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC	15-5	40	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East	15-6	22	RV
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	16-5	21	RV
RV	< 22	Indiana	Big Ten	16-6	18	25
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	17-5	18	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	19-3	11	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	17-4	9	RV
RV	< NR	Tulsa	American	16-5	8	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East	14-8	8	NR
RV	< NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	18-3	5	RV
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East	16-6	3	RV
RV	< NR	Stanford	Pac-12	15-6	3	RV
RV	< NR	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	17-5	2	NR
RV	< NR	Murray State	Ohio Valley	19-4	2	NR
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	14-7	2	NR
RV	< NR	Temple	American	15-7	2	NR
RV	< NR	Georgia	SEC	14-6	1	NR
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	15-7	1	RV
RV	< NR	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	15-5	1	NR
RV	< NR	Valparaiso	Horizon	20-4	1	RV
NR	< 23	Miami (FL)	ACC	14-7	0	NR
NR	< NR	TCU	Big 12	14-7	0	RV
NR	< NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	18-4	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	16.5	3686
ACC	5	7.6	5933
Big Ten	3	14.0	2247
Big East	3	17.7	1621
Pac-12	2	9.5	2162
Missouri Valley	2	15.0	1470
SEC	1	1.0	1625
West Coast	1	2.0	1503
Atlantic 10	1	18.0	479
American	1	23.0	221

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