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January 27, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Baylor (44)	Big 12	17-1	1578	*1
2	< 2	Gonzaga (19)	West Coast	21-1	1552	*2
3	< 3	Kansas (1)	Big 12	16-3	1434	3
4	< 4	San Diego State	Mountain West	21-0	1408	4
5	< 5	Florida State	ACC	17-2	1318	6
6	< 6	Louisville	ACC	17-3	1277	5
7	< 7	Dayton	Atlantic 10	18-2	1163	7
8	< 9	Villanova	Big East	16-3	1110	10
9	< 8	Duke	ACC	16-3	1084	8
10	< 10	Seton Hall	Big East	15-4	1055	9
11	< 12	Oregon	Pac-12	17-4	926	12
12	< 14	West Virginia	Big 12	16-3	874	11
13	< 15	Kentucky	SEC	15-4	839	13
14	< 11	Michigan State	Big Ten	15-5	751	14
15	< 17	Maryland	Big Ten	16-4	650	15
16	< 13	Butler	Big East	16-4	631	17
17	< 16	Auburn	SEC	17-2	619	16
18	< 19	Iowa	Big Ten	14-5	545	18
19	< 21	Illinois	Big Ten	15-5	483	19
20	< 23	Colorado	Pac-12	16-4	314	21
21	< 25	Houston	American	16-4	296	20
22	< NR	LSU	SEC	15-4	260	24
23	< NR	Wichita State	American	17-3	161	22
24	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten	14-5	114	23
25	< 24	Rutgers	Big Ten	15-5	102	25
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		59	RV
RV	< 22	Arizona	Pac-12		55	RV
RV	< 18	Texas Tech	Big 12		33	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		16	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		15	RV
RV	< NR	East Tennessee State	Southern		14	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley		13	RV
RV	< 20	Memphis	American		11	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12		9	RV
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten		6	NR
RV	< NR	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10		6	NR
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		4	NR
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC		3	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		3	RV
RV	< NR	SMU	American		3	NR
RV	< NR	Tulsa	American		3	RV
RV	< NR	Akron	MAC		1	NR
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy		1	NR
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		1	NR
NR	< NR	Marquette	Big East		0	RV
NR	< NR	Stanford	Pac-12		0	NR
NR	< NR	Yale	Ivy		0	NR

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	19.2	2645
Big 12	3	5.3	3886
ACC	3	6.7	3679
Big East	3	11.3	2796
SEC	3	17.3	1718
Pac-12	2	15.5	1240
American	2	22.0	457
West Coast	1	2.0	1552
Mountain West	1	4.0	1408
Atlantic 10	1	7.0	1163

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