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January 10, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Baylor (61)	Big 12	15-0	1525	*1
2	<	4	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-2	1440	2
3	<	5	UCLA	Pac-12	10-1	1376	3
4	<	9	Auburn	SEC	14-1	1193	4
5	<	7	USC	Pac-12	13-0	1152	7
6	<	8	Arizona	Pac-12	12-1	1144	6
7	<	3	Purdue	Big Ten	13-2	1139	5
8	<	2	Duke	ACC	12-2	1130	8
9	<	6	Kansas	Big 12	12-2	1031	10
10	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	13-2	1011	9
11	<	12	Houston	American	14-2	949	11
12	<	21	LSU	SEC	14-1	889	12
13	<	23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13-2	784	13
14	<	19	Villanova	Big East	11-4	682	14
15	<	11	Iowa State	Big 12	13-2	648	16
16	<	13	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-3	510	15
17	<	22	Xavier	Big East	12-2	453	21
18	<	16	Kentucky	SEC	12-3	438	17
19	<	25	Texas Tech	Big 12	11-3	373	19
20	<	24	Seton Hall	Big East	11-3	342	18
21	<	14	Texas	Big 12	12-3	282	22
22	<	18	Tennessee	SEC	10-4	277	23
23	<	16	Providence	Big East	14-2	250	20
24	<	15	Alabama	SEC	11-4	237	25
25	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	11-3	208	24
RV	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 12		122	RV
RV	<	NR	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley		96	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		65	RV
RV	<	NR	West Virginia	Big 12		20	RV
RV	<	NR	Connecticut	Big East		17	RV
RV	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten		12	RV
RV	<	20	Colorado State	Mountain West		10	RV
RV	<	NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		9	NR
RV	<	NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		5	RV
RV	<	NR	BYU	West Coast		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		2	NR
RV	<	NR	San Francisco	West Coast		2	NR
NR	<	NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	5	13.0	3859
Big Ten	5	14.2	3652
SEC	5	16.0	3034
Big East	4	18.5	1727
Pac-12	3	4.7	3672
West Coast	1	2.0	1440
ACC	1	8.0	1130
American	1	11.0	949

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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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