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February 1, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Oklahoma (45)	Big 12	18-2	1605	*2
2	< 2	North Carolina (20)	ACC	19-2	1578	*1
3	< 6	Villanova	Big East	18-3	1384	4
4	< 8	Maryland	Big Ten	19-3	1366	3
5	< 3	Iowa	Big Ten	17-4	1362	7
6	< 7	Xavier	Big East	19-2	1344	5
7	< 4	Kansas	Big 12	17-4	1233	6
8	< 5	Texas A&M	SEC	18-3	1169	8
9	< 11	Virginia	ACC	17-4	1086	9
10	< 12	Michigan State	Big Ten	19-4	1018	10
11	< 10	Providence	Big East	18-4	900	11
12	< 13	SMU	American	19-1	853	NR
13	< 14	Iowa State	Big 12	16-5	851	14
14	< 9	West Virginia	Big 12	17-4	814	12
15	< 17	Baylor	Big 12	17-4	728	13
16	< 23	Oregon	Pac-12	18-4	551	17
17	< 15	Miami (FL)	ACC	16-4	537	15
18	< 21	Purdue	Big Ten	19-4	511	16
19	< 16	Louisville	ACC	17-4	478	18
20	< 20	Kentucky	SEC	16-5	429	19
21	< 22	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	16-5	323	22
22	< 19	Indiana	Big Ten	18-4	270	21
23	< 18	Arizona	Pac-12	17-5	245	20
24	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	18-3	168	24
25	< NR	South Carolina	SEC	19-2	87	23
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	18-2	63	25
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12	17-5	40	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12	17-5	33	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	16-5	33	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	17-5	21	RV
RV	< 25	Notre Dame	ACC	15-6	21	RV
RV	< NR	Valparaiso	Horizon	19-4	7	RV
RV	< 24	Duke	ACC	15-6	6	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	17-4	4	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC	14-7	3	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	18-3	1	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	16-6	1	NR
RV	< NR	Stony Brook	America East	17-4	1	NR
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12	14-7	1	RV
NR	< NR	Butler	Big East	14-7	0	RV
NR	< NR	California	Pac-12	14-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Clemson	ACC	13-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	17-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Monmouth	Metro Atlantic	17-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East	15-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	UAB	Conference USA	18-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington	Pac-12	14-7	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	5	10.0	5231
Big Ten	5	11.8	4527
ACC	4	11.8	3679
Big East	3	6.7	3628
SEC	3	17.7	1685
Pac-12	2	19.5	796
American	1	12.0	853
Missouri Valley	1	21.0	323
Atlantic 10	1	24.0	168

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