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Men's Basketball

January 8, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (54)	Big Ten	14-1	1566	*1
2	< 3	Houston (7)	Big 12	14-0	1486	*2
3	< 2	Kansas (2)	Big 12	13-1	1481	*3
4	< 4	Connecticut	Big East	13-2	1335	4
5	< 5	Tennessee	SEC	11-3	1291	5
6	< 6	Kentucky	SEC	11-2	1253	6
7	< 8	North Carolina	ACC	11-3	1213	7
8	< 10	Arizona	Pac-12	12-3	1107	8
9	< 11	Oklahoma	Big 12	13-1	1023	9
10	< 9	Illinois	Big Ten	11-3	924	10
11	< 14	Duke	ACC	11-3	869	11
11	< 7	Marquette	Big East	11-4	869	12
13	< 15	Memphis	American	13-2	843	13
14	< 18	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	787	14
15	< 21	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-3	663	15
16	< 25	Auburn	SEC	12-2	559	16
17	< 13	Colorado State	Mountain West	13-2	436	18
18	< 12	BYU	Big 12	12-2	426	17
19	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	13-2	386	19
20	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West	14-1	241	23
21	< 16	Clemson	ACC	11-3	219	22
22	< NR	Creighton	Big East	11-4	187	20
23	< 24	Gonzaga	West Coast	11-4	185	21
24	< 17	Florida Atlantic	American	11-4	165	25
25	< 20	Texas	Big 12	11-3	148	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		126	RV
RV	< 22	Mississippi	SEC		125	23
RV	< 19	James Madison	Sun Belt		98	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big 12		79	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		77	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		62	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		38	RV
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		35	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		34	RV
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		29	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		27	RV
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		18	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		16	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		8	NR
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		7	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		7	NR
RV	< 23	Providence	Big East		6	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12		4	NR
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		3	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		2	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		2	NR
NR	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		0	RV
NR	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Villanova	Big East		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	11.8	5351
Big Ten	3	8.7	3153
SEC	3	9.0	3103
Big East	3	12.3	2391
ACC	3	13.0	2301
Mountain West	3	18.7	1063
American	2	18.5	1008
Pac-12	1	8.0	1107
West Coast	1	23.0	185

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