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Men's Basketball

December 25, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (46)	Big Ten	11-1	1486	*1
2	< 2	Kansas (5)	Big 12	11-1	1424	*2
3	< 3	Houston (9)	Big 12	12-0	1408	*3
4	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	9-2	1191	4
5	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	11-2	1150	5
6	< 8	Tennessee	SEC	9-3	1124	7
7	< 14	Florida Atlantic	American	10-2	1089	6
8	< 9	Kentucky	SEC	9-2	1074	10
9	< 11	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	954	11
10	< 6	Marquette	Big East	10-3	928	8
11	< 13	Illinois	Big Ten	9-2	902	9
12	< 7	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-1	778	13
13	< 15	Gonzaga	West Coast	9-3	577	16
14	< 17	BYU	Big 12	11-1	575	12
15	< 16	Colorado State	Mountain West	11-1	573	14
16	< 21	Duke	ACC	8-3	551	15
17	< 10	Baylor	Big 12	10-2	532	19
18	< 18	Clemson	ACC	10-1	513	17
19	< 23	Memphis	American	10-2	493	18
20	< 20	James Madison	Sun Belt	12-0	417	21
21	< 19	Texas	Big 12	9-2	342	24
22	< 12	Creighton	Big East	9-3	340	20
23	< 24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-3	287	23
24	< 25	Mississippi	SEC	12-0	243	22
25	< NR	Providence	Big East	11-2	128	25
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		121	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		64	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		51	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		45	RV
RV	< 22	Virginia	ACC		40	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		21	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		13	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		10	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		9	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		8	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		8	NR
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		6	RV
RV	< NR	Villanova	Big East		6	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		5	NR
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10		4	NR
RV	< NR	Grand Canyon	WAC		3	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC		2	NR
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		2	NR
RV	< NR	South Carolina	SEC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy		1	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	TCU	Big 12		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	11.5	5059
Big East	4	15.5	2546
Big Ten	3	11.7	2675
SEC	3	12.7	2441
ACC	3	14.3	2018
American	2	13.0	1582
Pac-12	1	4.0	1191
West Coast	1	13.0	577
Mountain West	1	15.0	573
Sun Belt	1	20.0	417

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