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Men's Basketball

January 22, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Connecticut (44)	Big East	17-2	1508	*1
2	< 2	Purdue (17)	Big Ten	17-2	1472	*2
3	< 4	North Carolina	ACC	15-3	1391	3
4	< 5	Houston	Big 12	16-2	1309	4
5	< 6	Tennessee	SEC	14-4	1237	5
6	< 8	Kentucky	SEC	14-3	1205	6
7	< 3	Kansas	Big 12	15-3	1157	8
8	< 13	Auburn	SEC	16-2	1094	6
9	< 12	Arizona	Pac-12	14-4	1060	9
10	< 14	Illinois	Big Ten	14-4	862	11
11	< 15	Oklahoma	Big 12	15-3	849	13
12	< 7	Duke	ACC	13-4	832	12
13	< 11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	14-4	801	10
14	< 17	Marquette	Big East	13-5	747	15
15	< 9	Baylor	Big 12	14-4	645	14
16	< 21	Dayton	Atlantic 10	15-2	546	17
17	< 18	Creighton	Big East	14-5	505	16
18	< 16	Utah State	Mountain West	17-2	381	20
19	< 10	Memphis	American	15-4	329	22
20	< 25	Texas Tech	Big 12	15-3	304	21
21	< 20	BYU	Big 12	14-4	294	19
22	< 23	Florida Atlantic	American	15-4	290	24
23	< 24	Iowa State	Big 12	14-4	253	18
24	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	15-3	214	23
25	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	16-3	177	25
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		84	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		64	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		39	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		30	RV
RV	< 19	TCU	Big 12		27	RV
RV	< 22	Mississippi	SEC		25	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		21	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		20	RV
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12		16	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		9	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		6	NR
RV	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast		6	RV
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		5	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		2	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		1	NR
RV	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley		1	RV
RV	< NR	McNeese	Southland		1	NR
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		1	NR
RV	< NR	Samford	Southern		1	NR
RV	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		1	NR
NR	< NR	Clemson	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	James Madison	Sun Belt		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	7	14.4	4811
SEC	3	6.3	3536
Big Ten	3	8.3	3135
Big East	3	10.7	2760
Mountain West	3	22.3	772
ACC	2	7.5	2223
American	2	20.5	619
Pac-12	1	9.0	1060
Atlantic 10	1	16.0	546

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