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Men's Basketball

January 2, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (60)	Big Ten	13-0	1524	*1
2	< 3	Houston	American	14-1	1417	*2
3	< 4	Kansas	Big 12	12-1	1351	3
4	< 2	Connecticut (1)	Big East	14-1	1342	5
5	< 5	Arizona	Pac-12	13-1	1334	4
6	< 6	Texas	Big 12	12-1	1185	6
7	< 8	Alabama	SEC	11-2	1132	7
8	< 7	Tennessee	SEC	11-2	1114	9
9	< 10	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-3	1003	10
10	< 11	UCLA	Pac-12	13-2	993	8
11	< 13	Virginia	ACC	10-2	926	11
12	< 14	Miami (FL)	ACC	13-1	814	12
13	< 9	Arkansas	SEC	11-2	717	13
14	< 15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-2	639	15
15	< 16	Indiana	Big Ten	10-3	558	19
16	< 17	Duke	ACC	11-3	554	14
17	< 18	TCU	Big 12	12-1	545	17
18	< 22	Xavier	Big East	12-3	531	18
19	< 12	Baylor	Big 12	10-3	520	16
20	< NR	Missouri	SEC	12-1	329	21
21	< 22	New Mexico	Mountain West	14-0	290	22
22	< 20	Auburn	SEC	11-2	287	20
23	< NR	Charleston	Colonial	14-1	116	RV
24	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-3	114	23
25	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	10-2	94	25
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		83	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		72	RV
RV	< 21	Mississippi State	SEC		62	RV
RV	< 19	Kentucky	SEC		53	25
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		41	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		21	24
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East		20	RV
RV	< NR	Providence	Big East		14	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		7	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		6	NR
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	RV
RV	< 24	West Virginia	Big 12		5	RV
RV	< NR	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA		3	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		3	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		1	NR
NR	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	< 25	North Carolina	ACC		0	NR
NR	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		0	NR
NR	< NR	UAB	Conference USA		0	NR

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	14.0	3579
Big 12	5	14.0	3695
Big Ten	4	13.5	2835
ACC	3	13.0	2294
Pac-12	2	7.5	2327
Big East	2	11.0	1873
American	1	2.0	1417
West Coast	1	9.0	1003
Mountain West	1	21.0	290
Colonial	1	23.0	116

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