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January 22, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Villanova (63)	Big East	18-1	1623	*1
2	<	2	Virginia (1)	ACC	18-1	1537	2
3	<	3	Purdue (1)	Big Ten	19-2	1499	*3
4	<	5	Duke	ACC	17-2	1439	4
5	<	10	Kansas	Big 12	16-3	1338	5
6	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten	17-3	1243	6
7	<	6	West Virginia	Big 12	16-3	1217	7
8	<	11	Xavier	Big East	18-3	1180	8
9	<	12	Cincinnati	American	17-2	1087	8
10	<	15	North Carolina	ACC	16-4	1014	10
11	<	14	Arizona	Pac-12	16-4	974	12
12	<	4	Oklahoma	Big 12	14-4	917	11
13	<	22	Ohio State	Big Ten	17-4	787	13
14	<	8	Texas Tech	Big 12	15-4	763	14
15	<	13	Gonzaga	West Coast	17-4	610	15
16	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	19-2	571	18
17	<	7	Wichita State	American	15-4	547	16
18	<	20	Clemson	ACC	16-3	474	17
19	<	17	Auburn	SEC	17-2	470	19
20	<	NR	Florida	SEC	14-5	366	22
21	<	16	Arizona State	Pac-12	15-4	353	20
22	<	21	Tennessee	SEC	13-5	260	21
23	<	NR	Nevada	Mountain West	18-3	190	RV
24	<	NR	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	15-3	189	23
25	<	23	Michigan	Big Ten	17-5	123	25
RV	<	25	Miami (FL)	ACC	14-4	83	24
RV	<	NR	Louisville	ACC	15-4	81	RV
RV	<	24	TCU	Big 12	14-5	45	RV
RV	<	18	Kentucky	SEC	14-5	38	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	14-5	35	RV
RV	<	19	Seton Hall	Big East	15-5	25	RV
RV	<	NR	Creighton	Big East	15-5	20	RV
RV	<	NR	Florida State	ACC	14-5	14	RV
RV	<	NR	Houston	American	15-4	5	NR
RV	<	NR	New Mexico State	WAC	17-3	4	RV
RV	<	NR	Boise State	Mountain West	16-4	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Providence	Big East	14-6	2	RV
NR	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	13-6	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Louisiana	Sun Belt	17-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	14-5	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	4	8.5	4464
Big 12	4	9.5	4235
Big Ten	4	11.8	3652
SEC	3	20.3	1096
Big East	2	4.5	2803
American	2	13.0	1634
West Coast	2	15.5	1181
Pac-12	2	16.0	1327
Mountain West	1	23.0	190
Atlantic 10	1	24.0	189

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