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Men's Basketball

January 16, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Houston (34)	American	17-1	1460	*1
2	< 2	Kansas (23)	Big 12	16-1	1446	*2
3	< 3	Purdue (3)	Big Ten	16-1	1382	*3
4	< 4	Alabama	SEC	15-2	1347	*4
5	< 7	UCLA	Pac-12	16-2	1237	5
6	< 8	Gonzaga	West Coast	16-3	1178	6
7	< 10	Texas	Big 12	15-2	1122	7
8	< 12	Xavier	Big East	15-3	1047	8
9	< 5	Tennessee	SEC	14-3	1019	9
10	< 13	Virginia	ACC	13-3	926	10
11	< 9	Arizona	Pac-12	15-3	838	11
12	< 14	Iowa State	Big 12	13-3	795	12
13	< 11	Kansas State	Big 12	15-2	771	15
14	< 17	TCU	Big 12	14-3	753	13
15	< 6	Connecticut	Big East	15-4	668	14
16	< 21	Auburn	SEC	14-3	553	17
17	< 16	Miami (FL)	ACC	14-3	487	16
18	< 22	Charleston	Colonial	18-1	351	21
19	< NR	Clemson	ACC	15-3	339	19
20	< 25	Marquette	Big East	14-5	306	18
21	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	12-5	267	22
22	< 19	Providence	Big East	14-4	262	20
23	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten	13-5	131	RV
24	< NR	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	16-1	126	RV
25	< 15	Arkansas	SEC	12-5	115	25
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		111	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		106	24
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12		79	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		67	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		61	23
RV	< 23	San Diego State	Mountain West		44	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		29	RV
RV	< 24	Duke	ACC		24	RV
RV	< 18	Wisconsin	Big Ten		14	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		9	NR
RV	< NR	Kent State	MAC		8	NR
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		6	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		5	RV
RV	< 20	Missouri	SEC		3	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		2	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		2	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		1	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Kentucky	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		0	RV
NR	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Tulane	American		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	11.5	5154
SEC	4	13.5	3034
Big East	4	16.3	2283
ACC	3	15.3	1752
Pac-12	2	8.0	2075
Big Ten	2	13.0	1513
American	1	1.0	1460
West Coast	1	6.0	1178
Colonial	1	18.0	351
Conference USA	1	24.0	126

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