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Men's Basketball

November 21, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	North Carolina (47)	ACC	4-0	1541	*1
2	< 3	Houston (9)	American	5-0	1499	*2
3	< 6	Kansas (1)	Big 12	4-0	1396	3
4	< 11	Texas (5)	Big 12	3-0	1377	*4
5	< 16	Virginia (1)	ACC	4-0	1279	6
6	< 2	Gonzaga	West Coast	3-1	1273	5
7	< 5	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	1102	7
8	< 7	Duke	ACC	3-1	1057	10
9	< 9	Arkansas	SEC	3-0	1038	9
10	< 10	Creighton	Big East	4-0	1004	8
11	< 12	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	932	11
12	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-1	825	15
13	< 13	Auburn	SEC	4-0	737	16
14	< 14	Arizona	Pac-12	3-0	725	12
15	< 4	Kentucky	SEC	3-2	685	13
16	< 19	Illinois	Big Ten	4-1	673	14
17	< 17	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-0	601	19
18	< 18	Alabama	SEC	4-0	510	18
19	< 8	UCLA	Pac-12	3-2	506	17
20	< 25	Connecticut	Big East	5-0	298	22
21	< 23	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	275	20
22	< 22	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	238	21
23	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten	5-0	223	25
24	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten	3-0	215	23
25	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	132	24
RV	< 15	TCU	Big 12		82	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		59	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		56	RV
RV	< 20	Michigan	Big Ten		24	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		22	RV
RV	< NR	Charleston	Colonial		17	RV
RV	< NR	Toledo	MAC		16	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		10	RV
RV	< 21	Dayton	Atlantic 10		9	RV
RV	< NR	Villanova	Big East		7	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12		5	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		5	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV	Mountain West		5	NR
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		5	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12		4	NR
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		3	RV
RV	< 24	Texas A&M	SEC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		1	NR
RV	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten		1	NR
RV	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		1	NR
NR	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		0	NR
NR	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		0	NR
NR	< NR	Marquette	Big East		0	NR
NR	< NR	Memphis	American		0	NR
NR	< NR	St. John's	Big East		0	NR
NR	< NR	Tulane	American		0	NR
NR	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	18.5	3000
SEC	5	15.4	3208
Big 12	4	8.8	4150
ACC	3	4.7	3877
Big East	2	15.0	1302
Pac-12	2	16.5	1231
American	1	2.0	1499
West Coast	1	6.0	1273
Mountain West	1	17.0	601

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