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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 BREAKDOWN
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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