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January 1, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	2	Michigan State (43)	Big Ten	14-1	1600
2	<	4	Duke (21)	ACC	13-1	1556
3	<	1	Villanova (1)	Big East	13-1	1444
4	<	3	Arizona State	Pac-12	12-1	1336
5	<	6	Xavier	Big East	14-1	1325
6	<	7	West Virginia	Big 12	12-1	1304
7	<	12	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-1	1160
8	<	9	Virginia	ACC	12-1	1048
9	<	8	Wichita State	American	11-2	1026
10	<	11	Kansas	Big 12	11-2	963
11	<	5	Texas A&M	SEC	11-2	894
12	<	13	North Carolina	ACC	12-2	890
13	<	14	Purdue	Big Ten	13-2	883
14	<	17	Arizona	Pac-12	11-3	832
15	<	15	Miami (FL)	ACC	12-1	782
16	<	10	TCU	Big 12	12-1	760
17	<	16	Kentucky	SEC	11-2	742
18	<	22	Texas Tech	Big 12	12-1	483
19	<	21	Cincinnati	American	12-2	410
19	<	20	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-3	410
21	<	23	Seton Hall	Big East	13-2	353
22	<	NR	Arkansas	SEC	11-2	254
23	<	19	Tennessee	SEC	9-3	198
24	<	24	Florida State	ACC	11-2	119
25	<	NR	Clemson	ACC	12-1	104
RV	<	18	Baylor	Big 12	10-3	83
RV	<	25	Creighton	Big East	11-3	54
RV	<	NR	Notre Dame	ACC	11-3	37
RV	<	NR	Butler	Big East	12-3	23
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-12	11-3	14
RV	<	NR	Texas	Big 12	9-4	10
RV	<	NR	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	11-2	7
RV	<	NR	SMU	American	12-3	5
RV	<	NR	Auburn	SEC	12-1	4
RV	<	NR	Syracuse	ACC	12-2	4
RV	<	NR	Nevada	Mountain West	13-3	2
RV	<	NR	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	9-3	2
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	9-4	1
RV	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	12-1	1
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC	10-4	1
RV	<	NR	New Mexico State	WAC	12-3	1

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	14.3	4499
Big 12	5	11.4	4670
SEC	4	18.3	2088
Big East	3	9.7	3122
Big Ten	2	7.0	2483
Pac-12	2	9.0	2168
American	2	14.0	1436
West Coast	1	19.0	410

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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