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December 5, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Houston (37)	American	8-0	1502	*1
2	< 2	Texas (14)	Big 12	6-0	1473	*2
3	< 3	Virginia (3)	ACC	7-0	1416	3
4	< 5	Purdue (8)	Big Ten	8-0	1411	*4
5	< 8	Connecticut	Big East	9-0	1295	5
6	< 9	Kansas	Big 12	8-1	1131	6
7	< 13	Tennessee	SEC	7-1	1046	7
8	< 11	Alabama	SEC	7-1	1029	10
9	< 11	Arkansas	SEC	7-1	1021	8
10	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	7-1	1013	9
11	< 15	Auburn	SEC	8-0	853	14
12	< 6	Baylor	Big 12	6-2	841	12
13	< 22	Maryland	Big Ten	8-0	811	13
14	< 10	Indiana	Big Ten	7-1	759	11
15	< 17	Duke	ACC	8-2	745	15
16	< 19	Kentucky	SEC	6-2	596	16
17	< 16	Illinois	Big Ten	6-2	554	17
18	< 14	Gonzaga	West Coast	5-3	517	18
19	< 21	UCLA	Pac-12	7-2	479	18
20	< 23	Iowa State	Big 12	7-1	376	20
21	< 7	Creighton	Big East	6-3	346	21
22	< 24	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-2	265	22
23	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC	8-0	187	RV
24	< NR	TCU	Big 12	6-1	113	25
25	< 25	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2	81	23
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		70	24
RV	< NR	Charleston	Colonial		54	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		29	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		27	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12		20	NR
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		16	NR
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		16	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV	Mountain West		14	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		10	RV
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		8	RV
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East		7	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		6	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		3	RV
RV	< 20	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		3	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri	SEC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		1	RV
RV	< 18	North Carolina	ACC		1	RV
NR	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	12.3	4732
Big 12	5	12.8	3934
Big Ten	5	14.6	3616
ACC	2	9.0	2161
Big East	2	13.0	1641
Pac-12	2	14.5	1492
American	1	1.0	1502
West Coast	1	18.0	517
Mountain West	1	22.0	265

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