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Men's Basketball

December 18, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 3	Purdue (48)	Big Ten	10-1	1534	1
2	< 2	Kansas (6)	Big 12	10-1	1457	2
3	< 4	Houston (8)	Big 12	11-0	1394	3
4	< 1	Arizona	Pac-12	8-1	1372	4
5	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	10-1	1367	5
6	< 7	Marquette	Big East	9-2	1235	6
7	< 11	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-0	1062	8
8	< 12	Tennessee	SEC	8-3	983	7
9	< 14	Kentucky	SEC	8-2	981	9
10	< 6	Baylor	Big 12	9-1	896	10
11	< 9	North Carolina	ACC	7-3	773	13
12	< 8	Creighton	Big East	9-2	734	14
13	< 16	Illinois	Big Ten	8-2	727	11
14	< 15	Florida Atlantic	American	9-2	716	12
15	< 10	Gonzaga	West Coast	8-3	642	16
16	< 17	Colorado State	Mountain West	10-1	588	17
17	< 18	BYU	Big 12	10-1	569	15
18	< 13	Clemson	ACC	9-1	501	18
19	< 19	Texas	Big 12	8-2	449	22
20	< 20	James Madison	Sun Belt	10-0	442	21
21	< 21	Duke	ACC	7-3	311	19
22	< 22	Virginia	ACC	9-1	287	20
23	< NR	Memphis	American	8-2	274	23
24	< 23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-3	269	24
25	< NR	Mississippi	SEC	10-0	180	25
RV	< 24	Miami (FL)	ACC		97	RV
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		87	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		84	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		37	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		24	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		12	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		10	RV
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		10	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		9	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego	West Coast		8	RV
RV	< 25	Northwestern	Big Ten		5	NR
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East		5	NR
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		3	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		3	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		3	RV
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		2	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		2	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10		2	NR
RV	< NR	Washington	Pac-12		2	NR
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		1	NR
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		1	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	9.7	5827
ACC	4	18.0	1872
Big East	3	7.7	3336
Big Ten	3	12.7	2530
SEC	3	14.0	2144
American	2	18.5	990
Pac-12	1	4.0	1372
West Coast	1	15.0	642
Mountain West	1	16.0	588
Sun Belt	1	20.0	442

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