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2014 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Florida (50)	SEC	32-2	1610	*1
2	< 2	Wichita State (15)	Missouri Valley	34-0	1571	*2
3	< 6	Virginia	ACC	28-6	1430	4
4	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	30-4	1422	5
5	< 5	Louisville	American	29-5	1412	3
6	< 3	Villanova	Big East	28-4	1231	7
7	< 8	Michigan	Big Ten	25-8	1162	8
8	< 7	Duke	ACC	26-8	1121	6
9	< 16	Iowa State	Big 12	26-7	1055	9
10	< 10	Kansas	Big 12	24-9	1045	10
11	< 22	Michigan State	Big Ten	26-8	950	13
12	< 12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26-7	892	15
13	< 8	San Diego State	Mountain West	29-4	890	11
14	< 11	Syracuse	ACC	27-5	757	12
15	< 13	Cincinnati	American	27-6	720	14
16	< 14	Creighton	Big East	26-7	658	16
17	< 20	New Mexico	Mountain West	27-6	623	17
18	< 21	Connecticut	American	26-8	503	19
19	< 15	North Carolina	ACC	23-9	424	18
20	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	26-8	413	23
21	< 17	Oklahoma	Big 12	23-9	265	20
22	< 24	Ohio State	Big Ten	25-9	167	24
23	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	24-11	148	RV
24	< 23	VCU	Atlantic 10	26-8	140	25
25	< 18	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	26-6	131	21
RV	< 19	Memphis	American	23-9	101	RV
RV	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	28-6	83	RV
RV	< NR	Kentucky	SEC	24-10	77	22
RV	< NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	31-2	46	RV
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	26-4	30	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	24-9	14	RV
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12	23-10	13	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12	23-9	8	NR
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East	23-11	6	RV
RV	< NR	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	24-8	3	NR
RV	< NR	Tennessee	SEC	21-12	2	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina Central	Mid-Eastern Athletic	28-5	1	NR
RV	< NR	Western Michigan	MAC	23-9	1	NR
NR	< NR	George Washington	Atlantic 10	24-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	20-12	0	RV
NR	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten	19-12	0	RV
NR	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	25-9	0	RV
NR	< 25	SMU	American	23-9	0	RV
NR	< NR	Southern Miss	Conference USA	27-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Tulsa	Conference USA	21-12	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	4	11.0	3732
Big Ten	4	13.0	3171
Big 12	4	15.8	2513
American	3	12.7	2635
Big East	2	11.0	1889
Pac-12	2	12.0	1835
Mountain West	2	15.0	1513
Atlantic 10	2	24.5	271
SEC	1	1.0	1610
Missouri Valley	1	2.0	1571

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