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2015 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (65)	SEC	34-0	1625	*1
2	< 4	Villanova	Big East	32-2	1522	2
3	< 6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	31-3	1460	3
4	< 2	Duke	ACC	29-4	1406	5
5	< 5	Arizona	Pac-12	31-3	1405	4
6	< 3	Virginia	ACC	29-3	1333	6
7	< 7	Gonzaga	West Coast	32-2	1229	7
8	< 11	Notre Dame	ACC	29-5	1178	8
9	< 13	Iowa State	Big 12	25-8	1043	10
10	< 9	Kansas	Big 12	26-8	995	11
11	< 10	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	30-3	979	9
12	< 8	Maryland	Big Ten	27-6	935	12
13	< 15	Oklahoma	Big 12	22-10	740	15
14	< 12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	28-4	737	13
15	< 19	North Carolina	ACC	24-11	703	14
16	< 16	Baylor	Big 12	24-9	680	17
17	< 14	Louisville	ACC	24-8	614	16
18	< 20	SMU	American	27-6	485	19
19	< 17	Utah	Pac-12	24-8	455	18
20	< 18	West Virginia	Big 12	23-9	398	21
21	< 21	Arkansas	SEC	26-8	373	20
22	< 23	Georgetown	Big East	21-10	177	24
23	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	23-11	159	22
24	< 22	Butler	Big East	22-10	142	23
25	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	26-9	109	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12	25-9	91	25
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East	22-11	62	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East	21-13	18	RV
RV	< 24	Davidson	Atlantic 10	24-7	16	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	23-10	12	RV
RV	< NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	29-4	12	RV
RV	< NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	25-9	6	RV
RV	< 25	Boise State	Mountain West	25-8	5	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC	22-10	5	NR
RV	< NR	BYU	West Coast	25-9	3	RV
RV	< NR	Valparaiso	Horizon	28-5	3	RV
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	22-7	2	NR
RV	< NR	Murray State	Ohio Valley	27-5	2	RV
RV	< NR	Wofford	Southern	28-6	2	NR
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	27-6	1	NR
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	25-8	1	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	21-11	1	NR
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten	21-12	1	RV
NR	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	26-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Texas	Big 12	20-13	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	5	10.0	5234
Big 12	5	13.6	3856
Big Ten	3	12.7	2554
Big East	3	16.0	1841
SEC	2	11.0	1998
Pac-12	2	12.0	1860
Missouri Valley	2	12.5	1716
West Coast	1	7.0	1229
American	1	18.0	485
Atlantic 10	1	25.0	109

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