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December 21, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Michigan State (64)	Big Ten	12-0	1623	*1
2	<	2	Kansas (1)	Big 12	9-1	1537	3
3	<	3	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-0	1495	*2
4	<	6	Maryland	Big Ten	10-1	1428	4
5	<	8	Virginia	ACC	9-1	1350	5
6	<	10	Xavier	Big East	11-0	1287	6
7	<	11	North Carolina	ACC	9-2	1215	7
8	<	13	Arizona	Pac-12	11-1	1056	8
9	<	17	Butler	Big East	9-1	947	12
10	<	14	Providence	Big East	11-1	911	14
11	<	5	Iowa State	Big 12	9-1	907	9
12	<	4	Kentucky	SEC	9-2	856	11
13	<	15	Miami (FL)	ACC	9-1	851	16
14	<	9	Purdue	Big Ten	11-1	833	13
15	<	7	Duke	ACC	9-2	809	10
16	<	19	Louisville	ACC	9-1	652	15
17	<	12	Villanova	Big East	8-2	649	17
18	<	18	SMU	American	9-0	628	NR
19	<	20	West Virginia	Big 12	9-1	470	18
20	<	21	George Washington	Atlantic 10	10-1	366	20
21	<	24	Texas A&M	SEC	9-2	327	19
22	<	23	Cincinnati	American	10-2	315	21
23	<	16	Baylor	Big 12	8-2	141	22
24	<	NR	Utah	Pac-12	9-2	107	RV
25	<	NR	South Carolina	SEC	10-0	87	23
RV	<	22	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	49	RV
RV	<	25	Connecticut	American	7-3	46	RV
RV	<	NR	Oregon	Pac-12	9-2	34	RV
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	8-3	33	24
RV	<	NR	Colorado	Pac-12	10-1	27	RV
RV	<	NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	8-2	17	RV
RV	<	NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	9-1	16	RV
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	7-3	15	RV
RV	<	NR	Little Rock	Sun Belt	10-0	14	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	7-3	8	25
RV	<	NR	Monmouth	Metro Atlantic	8-3	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten	8-3	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Florida	SEC	7-3	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas	Big 12	8-3	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	10-1	2	NR
NR	<	NR	California	Pac-12	9-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten	9-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Notre Dame	ACC	7-3	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	5	11.2	4877
Big 12	5	11.6	4550
Big East	4	10.5	3794
Big Ten	3	6.3	3884
SEC	3	19.3	1270
Pac-12	2	16.0	1163
American	2	20.0	943
Atlantic 10	1	20.0	366

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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.
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