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January 7, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (37)	ACC	12-1	1535	*2
2	<	2	Michigan (9)	Big Ten	15-0	1499	*4
3	<	3	Tennessee (13)	SEC	12-1	1481	*3
4	<	4	Virginia (5)	ACC	13-0	1471	*1
5	<	7	Gonzaga	West Coast	14-2	1319	6
6	<	8	Michigan State	Big Ten	13-2	1291	5
7	<	5	Kansas	Big 12	12-2	1159	9
8	<	11	Texas Tech	Big 12	13-1	1109	8
9	<	10	Virginia Tech	ACC	13-1	1093	7
10	<	6	Nevada	Mountain West	14-1	920	11
11	<	12	Auburn	SEC	11-2	919	10
12	<	15	North Carolina	ACC	11-3	889	12
13	<	9	Florida State	ACC	12-2	879	13
14	<	17	Mississippi State	SEC	12-1	683	14
15	<	18	NC State	ACC	13-1	674	16
16	<	14	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-2	620	17
17	<	19	Houston	American	15-0	565	15
18	<	13	Kentucky	SEC	10-3	520	18
19	<	20	Buffalo	MAC	13-1	434	20
20	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	12-2	344	21
21	<	16	Marquette	Big East	12-3	340	19
22	<	21	Indiana	Big Ten	12-3	245	24
23	<	23	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-2	243	22
24	<	NR	St. John's	Big East	14-1	221	23
25	<	NR	TCU	Big 12	12-1	99	RV
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Big East	11-4	56	RV
RV	<	22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-4	45	RV
RV	<	25	Iowa	Big Ten	12-3	40	25
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	12-2	23	RV
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	9-5	20	NR
RV	<	24	Nebraska	Big Ten	11-4	15	RV
RV	<	NR	Maryland	Big Ten	12-3	14	NR
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	11-4	14	RV
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	10-3	7	NR
RV	<	NR	UCF	American	12-2	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Louisville	ACC	10-4	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Texas	Big 12	10-4	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	10-4	1	RV
RV	<	NR	Florida	SEC	8-5	1	NR
RV	<	NR	North Texas	Conference USA	15-1	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Furman	Southern	14-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	10-4	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	9.0	6541
Big 12	5	16.6	2954
Big Ten	4	11.5	3655
SEC	4	11.5	3603
Big East	2	22.5	561
West Coast	1	5.0	1319
Mountain West	1	10.0	920
American	1	17.0	565
MAC	1	19.0	434

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