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2024 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 4	Kansas (46)	Big 12	0-0	1548	*1
2	< 12	Duke (11)	ACC	0-0	1466	*3
3	< 3	Purdue (3)	Big Ten	0-0	1436	*2
4	< NR	Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	0-0	1346	4
5	< 6	Marquette	Big East	0-0	1283	7
6	< 10	Connecticut (2)	Big East	0-0	1243	*5
7	< 2	Houston	Big 12	0-0	1117	6
8	< NR	Creighton	Big East	0-0	1099	8
9	< 20	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	1032	10
10	< 25	Florida Atlantic	American	0-0	1011	9
11	< 9	Gonzaga	West Coast	0-0	830	12
12	< 8	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	776	11
13	< 16	Miami (FL)	ACC	0-0	750	13
14	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	685	14
15	< 17	Texas A&M	SEC	0-0	597	19
16	< NR	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	530	16
17	< 18	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-0	529	15
18	< 5	Texas	Big 12	0-0	493	18
19	< NR	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	474	21
20	< 11	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	431	17
21	< NR	USC	Pac-12	0-0	427	22
22	< NR	Villanova	Big East	0-0	395	20
23	< 19	Saint Mary's	West Coast	0-0	335	23
24	< 1	Alabama	SEC	0-0	163	24
25	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	104	RV
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		53	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		49	RV
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		47	RV
RV	< 7	UCLA	Pac-12		47	25
RV	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten		34	RV
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		27	RV
RV	< 14	Virginia	ACC		27	RV
RV	< 22	TCU	Big 12		24	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		20	RV
RV	< 15	Kansas State	Big 12		13	RV
RV	< 13	Xavier	Big East		8	RV
RV	< 24	Memphis	American		7	RV
RV	< 23	Missouri	SEC		6	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		4	RV
RV	< 21	Indiana	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	Charleston	Coastal		2	NR
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		1	NR
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		1	NR
NR	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington	Pac-12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Yale	Ivy		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	15.6	3007
Big East	4	10.3	4020
Big 12	4	11.5	3589
Big Ten	3	10.7	2886
ACC	3	11.3	2690
Pac-12	2	16.5	1203
West Coast	2	17.0	1165
American	1	10.0	1011
Mountain West	1	17.0	529

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