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Men's Basketball

December 11, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Arizona (62)	Pac-12	8-0	1574	*1
2	< 2	Kansas	Big 12	9-1	1461	*2
3	< 4	Purdue	Big Ten	9-1	1424	4
4	< 3	Houston (1)	Big 12	10-0	1416	*3
5	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	9-1	1344	5
6	< 6	Baylor	Big 12	9-0	1239	6
7	< 8	Marquette	Big East	8-2	1221	7
8	< 10	Creighton	Big East	8-1	1073	8
9	< 9	North Carolina	ACC	7-2	992	9
10	< 7	Gonzaga	West Coast	7-2	860	13
11	< 19	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-0	848	12
12	< 17	Tennessee	SEC	6-3	835	10
13	< 24	Clemson	ACC	9-0	746	11
14	< 16	Kentucky	SEC	7-2	677	15
15	< 11	Florida Atlantic	American	7-2	622	14
16	< 20	Illinois	Big Ten	7-2	589	16
17	< 13	Colorado State	Mountain West	9-1	522	18
18	< 14	BYU	Big 12	8-1	503	17
19	< 12	Texas	Big 12	7-2	451	22
20	< 18	James Madison	Sun Belt	9-0	441	20
21	< 22	Duke	ACC	6-3	315	19
22	< NR	Virginia	ACC	8-1	300	21
23	< 23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-3	213	23
24	< 15	Miami (FL)	ACC	7-2	156	24
25	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-1	147	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		116	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi	SEC		86	25
RV	< 21	Texas A&M	SEC		58	RV
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		57	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		56	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		43	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		25	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		20	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		9	RV
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East		7	NR
RV	< 25	San Diego State	Mountain West		7	RV
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		6	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		5	NR
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		3	NR
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		2	RV
RV	< NR	Washington	Pac-12		2	NR
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		1	NR
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		1	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		1	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10		1	NR
NR	< NR	Cincinnati	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		0	RV
NR	< NR	USC	Pac-12		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	10.0	5918
ACC	5	17.8	2509
Big Ten	4	16.8	2373
Big East	3	6.7	3638
SEC	2	13.0	1512
Pac-12	1	1.0	1574
West Coast	1	10.0	860
American	1	15.0	622
Mountain West	1	17.0	522
Sun Belt	1	20.0	441

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