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Men's Basketball

January 1, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	Purdue (49)	Big Ten	12-1	1561
2	< 2	Kansas (5)	Big 12	12-1	1497
3	< 3	Houston (9)	Big 12	13-0	1477
4	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	11-2	1302
5	< 6	Tennessee	SEC	9-3	1234
6	< 8	Kentucky	SEC	10-2	1196
7	< 10	Marquette	Big East	11-3	1137
8	< 9	North Carolina	ACC	9-3	1088
9	< 11	Illinois	Big Ten	10-2	980
10	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	10-3	975
11	< 12	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-1	898
12	< 14	BYU	Big 12	12-1	723
13	< 15	Colorado State	Mountain West	12-1	694
14	< 16	Duke	ACC	9-3	662
15	< 19	Memphis	American	11-2	631
16	< 18	Clemson	ACC	11-1	630
17	< 7	Florida Atlantic	American	10-3	603
18	< 17	Baylor	Big 12	10-2	589
19	< 20	James Madison	Sun Belt	13-0	469
20	< 21	Texas	Big 12	10-2	374
21	< 23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-3	355
22	< 24	Mississippi	SEC	13-0	329
23	< 25	Providence	Big East	11-2	198
24	< 13	Gonzaga	West Coast	9-4	173
25	< NR	Auburn	SEC	10-2	168
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		113
RV	< 22	Creighton	Big East		106
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		86
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		82
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		41
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		22
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		15
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		13
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		13
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		8
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		6
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		5
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		5
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		4
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		4
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		3
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		3
RV	< NR	Villanova	Big East		3

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	11.0	5558
SEC	4	14.5	2927
Big Ten	3	10.3	2896
Big East	3	11.3	2637
ACC	3	12.7	2380
American	2	16.0	1234
Pac-12	1	10.0	975
Mountain West	1	13.0	694
Sun Belt	1	19.0	469
West Coast	1	24.0	173

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