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Men's Basketball

January 15, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 4	Connecticut (39)	Big East	15-2	1542	*1
2	< 1	Purdue (20)	Big Ten	15-2	1506	*2
3	< 3	Kansas (3)	Big 12	14-2	1426	4
4	< 7	North Carolina (1)	ACC	13-3	1407	3
5	< 2	Houston	Big 12	14-2	1236	5
6	< 5	Tennessee	SEC	12-4	1147	7
7	< 11	Duke	ACC	13-3	1130	6
8	< 6	Kentucky	SEC	12-3	1123	10
9	< 14	Baylor	Big 12	14-2	1055	9
10	< 13	Memphis	American	15-2	987	12
11	< 15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13-3	948	8
12	< 8	Arizona	Pac-12	12-4	918	13
13	< 16	Auburn	SEC	14-2	905	11
14	< 10	Illinois	Big Ten	12-4	660	14
15	< 9	Oklahoma	Big 12	13-3	633	16
16	< 20	Utah State	Mountain West	16-1	538	17
17	< 11	Marquette	Big East	11-5	516	18
18	< 22	Creighton	Big East	13-4	433	15
19	< NR	TCU	Big 12	13-3	293	22
20	< 18	BYU	Big 12	13-3	270	19
21	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	13-2	261	23
22	< NR	Mississippi	SEC	15-1	236	21
23	< 24	Florida Atlantic	American	13-4	221	RV
24	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	13-3	195	20
25	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12	14-2	191	25
RV	< 17	Colorado State	Mountain West		169	RV
RV	< 19	San Diego State	Mountain West		153	NR
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		89	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		60	RV
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		49	RV
RV	< 21	Clemson	ACC		38	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		22	NR
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		22	RV
RV	< 25	Texas	Big 12		20	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12		17	RV
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		15	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		14	RV
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		8	RV
RV	< 23	Gonzaga	West Coast		5	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		5	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		3	NR
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		3	NR
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		2	NR
RV	< NR	Villanova	Big East		2	RV
RV	< NR	James Madison	Sun Belt		1	RV
RV	< NR	McNeese	Southland		1	NR
NR	< NR	Florida	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Florida State	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	8	15.0	5299
SEC	4	12.3	3411
Big Ten	3	9.0	3114
Big East	3	12.0	2491
ACC	2	5.5	2537
American	2	16.5	1208
Pac-12	1	12.0	918
Mountain West	1	16.0	538
Atlantic 10	1	21.0	261

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