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December 24, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	2	Duke (35)	ACC	11-1	1529	*2
2	<	4	Michigan (9)	Big Ten	12-0	1472	*4
3	<	3	Tennessee (12)	SEC	10-1	1471	*3
4	<	5	Virginia (4)	ACC	11-0	1427	*1
5	<	1	Kansas (4)	Big 12	10-1	1386	*5
6	<	6	Nevada	Mountain West	12-0	1316	6
7	<	8	Gonzaga	West Coast	11-2	1199	8
8	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	1146	7
9	<	11	Florida State	ACC	11-1	1061	9
10	<	13	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-1	924	10
11	<	12	Texas Tech	Big 12	10-1	845	13
12	<	7	Auburn	SEC	10-2	770	11
13	<	15	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-1	737	11
14	<	9	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	678	14
15	<	16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-2	673	16
16	<	19	Kentucky	SEC	9-2	664	15
17	<	18	Arizona State	Pac-12	9-2	626	17
18	<	20	Marquette	Big East	10-2	538	20
19	<	17	Mississippi State	SEC	11-1	518	17
20	<	NR	NC State	ACC	11-1	292	24
21	<	14	Buffalo	MAC	11-1	279	22
22	<	21	Houston	American	12-0	274	19
23	<	22	Indiana	Big Ten	11-2	247	25
24	<	23	Iowa	Big Ten	10-2	178	21
25	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-1	163	RV
RV	<	25	Nebraska	Big Ten	10-2	160	23
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	9-2	69	RV
RV	<	NR	St. John's	Big East	12-0	67	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East	9-4	44	RV
RV	<	NR	Cincinnati	American	11-2	11	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	10-2	11	RV
RV	<	NR	TCU	Big 12	10-1	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	9-3	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Louisville	ACC	9-3	4	RV
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	7-5	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley	9-1	2	RV
RV	<	24	Furman	Southern	12-1	2	RV
RV	<	NR	NJIT	Atlantic Sun	11-2	1	NR
RV	<	NR	Penn	Ivy	10-2	1	RV
RV	<	NR	San Francisco	West Coast	12-1	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Maryland	Big Ten	9-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	North Texas	Conference USA	12-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	UCF	American	10-2	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	9.7	5911
Big Ten	6	14.2	4453
SEC	4	12.5	3423
Big 12	3	13.7	2394
Mountain West	1	6.0	1316
West Coast	1	7.0	1199
Pac-12	1	17.0	626
Big East	1	18.0	538
MAC	1	21.0	279
American	1	22.0	274

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