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Men's Basketball

January 4, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Kansas (44)	Big 12	12-1	1598	*2
2	< 3	Oklahoma (21)	Big 12	12-0	1574	*1
3	< 4	Maryland	Big Ten	13-1	1459	3
4	< 5	Virginia	ACC	12-1	1409	4
5	< 1	Michigan State	Big Ten	14-1	1400	*5
6	< 7	North Carolina	ACC	13-2	1275	7
7	< 8	Arizona	Pac-12	13-1	1126	6
8	< 12	Providence	Big East	14-1	1108	9
9	< 10	Kentucky	SEC	11-2	1039	8
10	< 6	Xavier	Big East	13-1	1001	12
11	< 16	Villanova	Big East	12-2	979	13
12	< 13	Miami (FL)	ACC	12-1	921	11
13	< 11	Iowa State	Big 12	11-2	844	14
14	< 15	Duke	ACC	12-2	830	10
15	< 17	SMU	American	13-0	731	NR
16	< 18	Louisville	ACC	12-2	568	16
17	< 19	West Virginia	Big 12	12-1	558	15
18	< 9	Butler	Big East	11-3	516	19
19	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	11-3	456	23
20	< 14	Purdue	Big Ten	13-2	450	18
21	< 20	Texas A&M	SEC	11-2	420	17
22	< 24	South Carolina	SEC	13-0	286	20
23	< NR	Connecticut	American	10-3	107	24
24	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	12-1	103	21
25	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	11-2	100	RV
RV	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-3	61	22
RV	< NR	California	Pac-12	12-3	54	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12	11-1	40	RV
RV	< NR	George Washington	Atlantic 10	12-2	38	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	13-1	23	RV
RV	< 23	Baylor	Big 12	10-3	22	25
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12	12-3	4	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon State	Pac-12	10-2	4	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East	12-2	4	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	11-2	3	NR
RV	< 21	Utah	Pac-12	11-4	3	RV
RV	< NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-5	3	NR
RV	< 22	Cincinnati	American	11-4	2	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	12-3	2	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	12-3	2	NR
RV	< NR	Akron	MAC	11-2	1	NR
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12	11-3	1	RV
NR	< NR	Houston	American	12-2	0	RV
NR	< 25	UCLA	Pac-12	9-6	0	NR
NR	< NR	USC	Pac-12	12-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-5	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	12.7	5106
Big 12	4	8.3	4574
Big Ten	4	11.8	3765
Big East	4	11.8	3604
SEC	3	17.3	1745
American	2	19.0	838
Pac-12	1	7.0	1126
Atlantic 10	1	25.0	100

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