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December 26, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (40)	Big Ten	12-0	1478	*1
2	< 2	Connecticut (20)	Big East	13-0	1459	*2
3	< 3	Houston	American	12-1	1351	3
4	< 4	Kansas	Big 12	11-1	1299	4
5	< 5	Arizona	Pac-12	12-1	1274	5
6	< 7	Texas	Big 12	10-1	1144	6
7	< 8	Tennessee	SEC	10-2	1068	10
8	< 9	Alabama	SEC	10-2	1067	9
9	< 10	Arkansas	SEC	11-1	1017	7
10	< 11	Gonzaga	West Coast	10-3	940	11
11	< 13	UCLA	Pac-12	11-2	906	8
12	< 12	Baylor	Big 12	9-2	888	13
13	< 6	Virginia	ACC	8-2	861	12
14	< 22	Miami (FL)	ACC	12-1	658	16
15	< 17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-2	570	15
16	< 18	Indiana	Big Ten	10-3	513	18
17	< 14	Duke	ACC	10-3	500	14
18	< 20	TCU	Big 12	10-1	480	19
19	< 19	Kentucky	SEC	8-3	439	17
20	< 23	Auburn	SEC	10-2	237	23
21	< 15	Mississippi State	SEC	11-1	215	20
22	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	12-0	147	RV
22	< NR	Xavier	Big East	10-3	147	25
24	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12	10-2	126	24
25	< NR	North Carolina	ACC	9-4	112	RV
RV	< NR	Charleston	Colonial		102	RV
RV	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten		87	21
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		74	RV
RV	< 16	Illinois	Big Ten		65	22
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		59	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri	SEC		57	RV
RV	< 21	Virginia Tech	ACC		57	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		39	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		19	RV
RV	< 24	Marquette	Big East		12	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		10	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East		6	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		5	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12		4	RV
RV	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		1	NR
NR	< 25	Arizona State	Pac-12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA		0	RV
NR	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		0	RV
NR	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	14.0	4043
Big 12	5	12.8	3937
ACC	4	17.3	2131
Big Ten	3	10.7	2561
Pac-12	2	8.0	2180
Big East	2	12.0	1606
American	1	3.0	1351
West Coast	1	10.0	940
Mountain West	1	22.0	147

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