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Men's Basketball

November 27, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Purdue (60)	Big Ten	6-0	1572	*1
2	< 3	Arizona (1)	Pac-12	6-0	1467	2
3	< 4	Marquette	Big East	5-1	1418	3
4	< 5	Connecticut (2)	Big East	6-0	1411	4
5	< 1	Kansas	Big 12	5-1	1312	6
6	< 6	Houston	Big 12	7-0	1289	5
7	< 9	Duke	ACC	5-1	1194	7
8	< 10	Miami (FL)	ACC	5-0	1031	8
9	< 13	Baylor	Big 12	6-0	1030	9
10	< 7	Tennessee	SEC	4-2	967	11
11	< 11	Gonzaga	West Coast	4-1	964	10
12	< 16	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	727	12
13	< 19	Florida Atlantic	American	5-1	664	17
14	< 12	Texas A&M	SEC	6-1	646	13
15	< 8	Creighton	Big East	5-1	613	14
16	< 15	Texas	Big 12	5-1	571	18
17	< 14	North Carolina	ACC	5-1	567	16
18	< NR	Villanova	Big East	6-1	534	15
19	< NR	BYU	Big 12	6-0	416	19
20	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-0	330	21
21	< 25	Mississippi State	SEC	6-0	309	22
22	< 22	James Madison	Sun Belt	6-0	303	23
23	< 17	Alabama	SEC	5-1	259	20
24	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	5-1	134	24
25	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-0	120	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		108	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		102	RV
RV	< 18	Colorado	Pac-12		70	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		67	RV
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		66	RV
RV	< 21	Michigan State	Big Ten		57	25
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		46	RV
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12		24	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		14	RV
RV	< 20	Arkansas	SEC		10	RV
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC		8	NR
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		8	RV
RV	< NR	Liberty	Conference USA		7	RV
RV	< 23	USC	Pac-12		7	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC		6	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		6	RV
RV	< 24	Virginia	ACC		6	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi	SEC		5	NR
RV	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten		4	NR
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big 12		2	RV
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		2	NR
RV	< NR	Bradley	Missouri Valley		1	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		1	NR

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	13.3	4738
SEC	5	16.0	2908
Big East	4	10.0	3976
ACC	3	10.7	2792
Big Ten	2	12.5	1706
Pac-12	1	2.0	1467
West Coast	1	11.0	964
American	1	13.0	664
Mountain West	1	20.0	330
Sun Belt	1	22.0	303

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