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Men's Basketball

December 27, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Baylor (61)	Big 12	11-0	1525	*1
2	< 2	Duke	ACC	11-1	1448	2
3	< 3	Purdue	Big Ten	11-1	1371	3
4	< 4	Gonzaga	West Coast	10-2	1335	4
5	< 5	UCLA	Pac-12	8-1	1296	5
6	< 7	Kansas	Big 12	9-1	1233	6
7	< 8	USC	Pac-12	12-0	994	9
8	< 9	Iowa State	Big 12	12-0	985	8
9	< 6	Arizona	Pac-12	11-1	973	7
10	< 11	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	901	10
11	< 12	Auburn	SEC	11-1	826	11
12	< 13	Houston	American	11-2	801	14
13	< 14	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2	787	12
14	< 19	Tennessee	SEC	9-2	729	15
15	< 15	Seton Hall	Big East	9-1	716	13
16	< 17	LSU	SEC	12-0	609	16
17	< 16	Texas	Big 12	9-2	567	18
18	< 20	Kentucky	SEC	9-2	459	17
19	< 10	Alabama	SEC	9-3	426	19
20	< 21	Colorado State	Mountain West	10-0	366	20
21	< 22	Providence	Big East	11-1	315	21
22	< 23	Villanova	Big East	8-4	312	22
23	< 18	Xavier	Big East	11-2	237	24
24	< 24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-2	207	23
25	< 25	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-2	121	25
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		72	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12		62	RV
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		52	RV
RV	< NR	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley		39	RV
RV	< NR	Connecticut	Big East		34	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		5	NR
RV	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		4	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		4	RV
RV	< NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		2	NR
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		2	NR
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		1	NR
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		1	NR
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten		1	RV
NR	< NR	Arkansas	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Florida	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	5	11.4	4431
SEC	5	15.6	3049
Big Ten	4	12.5	3266
Big East	4	20.3	1580
Pac-12	3	7.0	3263
ACC	1	2.0	1448
West Coast	1	4.0	1335
American	1	12.0	801
Mountain West	1	20.0	366

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