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2022 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Gonzaga (54)	West Coast	26-3	1518	*1
2	< 2	Arizona (7)	Pac-12	31-3	1470	*2
3	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	28-6	1388	3
4	< 3	Baylor	Big 12	26-6	1286	4
5	< 9	Tennessee	SEC	26-7	1235	8
6	< 8	Villanova	Big East	26-7	1211	5
7	< 5	Kentucky	SEC	26-7	1178	6
8	< 4	Auburn	SEC	27-5	1144	7
9	< 7	Duke	ACC	28-6	986	10
10	< 9	Purdue	Big Ten	27-7	958	9
11	< 13	UCLA	Pac-12	25-7	823	12
12	< 14	Texas Tech	Big 12	25-9	819	11
13	< 11	Providence	Big East	25-5	723	13
14	< 12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24-7	685	14
15	< 18	Houston	American	29-5	665	15
16	< 24	Iowa	Big Ten	26-9	661	19
17	< 15	Arkansas	SEC	25-8	578	18
18	< 17	Saint Mary's	West Coast	25-7	508	16
19	< 16	Illinois	Big Ten	22-9	457	16
20	< 19	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30-2	425	20
21	< 20	Connecticut	Big East	23-9	353	21
22	< 21	USC	Pac-12	26-7	170	22
23	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West	27-7	165	23
24	< 23	Colorado State	Mountain West	25-5	82	RV
25	< 22	Texas	Big 12	21-11	72	25
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		63	24
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		33	RV
RV	< NR	South Dakota State	Summit		33	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		25	RV
RV	< NR	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley		18	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		18	RV
RV	< 25	North Carolina	ACC		16	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		14	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		13	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		9	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		4	RV
RV	< NR	Vermont	America East		3	RV
RV	< NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		2	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		2	NR
RV	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		2	RV
RV	< NR	Longwood	Big South		1	NR
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		1	RV
RV	< NR	Yale	Ivy		1	NR
NR	< NR	Akron	MAC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Marquette	Big East		0	RV
NR	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	4	9.3	4135
Big 12	4	11.0	3565
Big Ten	4	14.8	2761
Pac-12	3	11.7	2463
Big East	3	13.3	2287
West Coast	2	9.5	2026
Mountain West	2	23.5	247
ACC	1	9.0	986
American	1	15.0	665
Ohio Valley	1	20.0	425

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