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February 26, 2024 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Houston (53)	Big 12	24-3	1540	*1
2	< 3	Purdue (4)	Big Ten	25-3	1460	*3
3	< 1	Connecticut (5)	Big East	25-3	1459	*2
4	< 5	Tennessee	SEC	21-6	1338	4
5	< 7	Marquette	Big East	21-6	1243	5
6	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	21-6	1188	7
7	< 9	Kansas	Big 12	21-6	1156	9
8	< 6	Iowa State	Big 12	21-6	1155	6
9	< 10	North Carolina	ACC	21-6	1130	8
10	< 8	Duke	ACC	21-6	976	10
11	< 14	Auburn	SEC	21-6	862	11
12	< 15	Creighton	Big East	20-8	738	12
13	< 12	Illinois	Big Ten	20-7	726	16
14	< 13	Alabama	SEC	19-8	695	13
15	< 11	Baylor	Big 12	19-8	689	14
16	< 17	Kentucky	SEC	19-8	649	15
17	< 18	Saint Mary's	West Coast	23-6	646	17
18	< 20	South Carolina	SEC	22-5	471	18
19	< 21	Washington State	Pac-12	21-7	361	21
20	< 19	San Diego State	Mountain West	21-7	305	19
21	< 16	Dayton	Atlantic 10	21-5	261	20
22	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West	22-5	207	23
23	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	22-6	184	22
24	< 24	Florida	SEC	19-8	140	24
25	< NR	South Florida	American	21-5	127	25
RV	< 25	BYU	Big 12		92	RV
RV	< 23	Texas Tech	Big 12		65	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC		45	RV
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12		45	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		44	RV
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		42	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		25	RV
RV	< 22	Colorado State	Mountain West		20	NR
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12		17	NR
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		10	NR
RV	< NR	Florida Atlantic	American		8	NR
RV	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12		7	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		5	NR
RV	< NR	Washington	Pac-12		4	NR
RV	< NR	Appalachian State	Sun Belt		3	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		1	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana State	Missouri Valley		1	RV
RV	< NR	Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10		1	RV
RV	< NR	McNeese	Southland		1	NR
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		1	RV
NR	< NR	James Madison	Sun Belt		0	RV
NR	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV
NR	< NR	Virginia	ACC		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	14.5	4155
Big 12	4	7.8	4540
Big East	3	6.7	3440
Big Ten	2	7.5	2186
ACC	2	9.5	2106
Pac-12	2	12.5	1549
West Coast	2	20.0	830
Mountain West	2	21.0	512
Atlantic 10	1	21.0	261
American	1	25.0	127

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