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Men's Basketball

February 12, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Connecticut (45)	Big East	22-2	1509	*1
2	< 2	Purdue (16)	Big Ten	22-2	1480	*2
3	< 5	Houston	Big 12	21-3	1386	3
4	< 7	Marquette	Big East	18-5	1273	4
5	< 8	Arizona	Pac-12	19-5	1241	6
6	< 4	Kansas	Big 12	19-5	1227	7
7	< 3	North Carolina	ACC	19-5	1216	5
8	< 6	Tennessee	SEC	17-6	1033	9
9	< 9	Duke	ACC	18-5	1025	8
10	< 14	Iowa State	Big 12	18-5	969	10
11	< 15	South Carolina	SEC	21-3	921	11
12	< 13	Baylor	Big 12	17-6	811	13
13	< 12	Auburn	SEC	19-5	799	12
14	< 10	Illinois	Big Ten	17-6	728	14
15	< 16	Alabama	SEC	17-7	618	15
16	< 18	Dayton	Atlantic 10	19-4	425	18
17	< 19	Creighton	Big East	17-7	410	16
18	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	20-6	296	19
19	< 21	BYU	Big 12	17-6	294	17
20	< 11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16-8	249	21
21	< NR	Virginia	ACC	19-5	218	23
22	< 17	Kentucky	SEC	16-7	217	20
23	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	22-3	209	24
24	< 20	Florida Atlantic	American	19-5	206	RV
25	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	18-6	178	21
RV	< 22	Utah State	Mountain West		160	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West		145	25
RV	< 23	Texas Tech	Big 12		111	RV
RV	< 24	San Diego State	Mountain West		84	RV
RV	< NR	Washington State	Pac-12		82	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC		57	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		57	RV
RV	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast		50	RV
RV	< 25	New Mexico	Mountain West		27	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		19	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		17	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		16	RV
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		13	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi	SEC		12	NR
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		10	RV
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12		9	NR
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		8	NR
RV	< NR	South Florida	American		7	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	RV
RV	< NR	UNC Wilmington	Coastal		1	NR
NR	< NR	Appalachian State	Sun Belt		0	RV
NR	< NR	James Madison	Sun Belt		0	RV
NR	< NR	Richmond	Atlantic 10		0	RV
NR	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		0	RV
NR	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	12.5	4865
SEC	5	13.8	3588
Big East	3	7.3	3192
Big Ten	3	12.0	2457
ACC	3	12.3	2459
Pac-12	1	5.0	1241
Atlantic 10	1	16.0	425
West Coast	1	18.0	296
Missouri Valley	1	23.0	209
American	1	24.0	206

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