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December 31, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (35)	ACC	11-1	1530	*1
2	<	2	Michigan (9)	Big Ten	13-0	1478	*4
3	<	3	Tennessee (12)	SEC	11-1	1469	*3
4	<	4	Virginia (4)	ACC	11-0	1428	*2
5	<	5	Kansas (4)	Big 12	11-1	1378	6
6	<	6	Nevada	Mountain West	13-0	1317	5
7	<	7	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-2	1200	8
8	<	8	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-2	1146	7
9	<	9	Florida State	ACC	11-1	1063	9
10	<	10	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-1	934	10
11	<	11	Texas Tech	Big 12	11-1	893	11
12	<	12	Auburn	SEC	11-2	820	13
13	<	16	Kentucky	SEC	10-2	799	14
14	<	13	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-1	769	12
15	<	14	North Carolina	ACC	9-3	744	15
16	<	18	Marquette	Big East	11-2	595	18
17	<	19	Mississippi State	SEC	12-1	572	16
18	<	20	NC State	ACC	12-1	424	19
19	<	22	Houston	American	13-0	368	17
20	<	21	Buffalo	MAC	12-1	353	20
21	<	23	Indiana	Big Ten	11-2	330	22
22	<	15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-3	250	23
23	<	25	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-1	244	25
24	<	NR	Nebraska	Big Ten	11-2	204	23
25	<	24	Iowa	Big Ten	11-2	182	20
RV	<	17	Arizona State	Pac-12	9-3	116	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	10-2	61	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East	9-4	43	RV
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	10-3	24	RV
RV	<	NR	TCU	Big 12	11-1	20	RV
RV	<	NR	Cincinnati	American	11-2	14	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	10-2	10	RV
RV	<	NR	Florida	SEC	8-4	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	8-5	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Toledo	MAC	12-1	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Louisville	ACC	9-4	3	NR
RV	<	NR	North Texas	Conference USA	13-1	1	RV
RV	<	NR	St. John's	Big East	12-1	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Furman	Southern	12-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	UCF	American	10-2	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	7	16.6	4359
ACC	6	9.5	6123
SEC	4	11.3	3660
Big 12	3	13.0	2515
Mountain West	1	6.0	1317
West Coast	1	7.0	1200
Big East	1	16.0	595
American	1	19.0	368
MAC	1	20.0	353

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