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February 28, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Gonzaga (46)	West Coast	24-3	1504	*1
2	<	2	Arizona	Pac-12	25-3	1360	*3
3	<	10	Baylor (4)	Big 12	24-5	1342	4
4	<	7	Duke (11)	ACC	25-4	1306	*2
5	<	3	Auburn	SEC	25-4	1268	*5
6	<	5	Kansas	Big 12	23-5	1224	*7
7	<	6	Kentucky	SEC	23-6	1215	6
8	<	4	Purdue	Big Ten	24-5	1129	9
9	<	11	Providence	Big East	24-3	1021	8
10	<	13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23-5	865	10
11	<	8	Villanova	Big East	21-7	861	11
12	<	9	Texas Tech	Big 12	22-7	850	12
13	<	17	Tennessee	SEC	21-7	770	13
14	<	18	Arkansas	SEC	23-6	759	15
14	<	14	Houston	American	24-4	759	14
16	<	16	USC	Pac-12	25-4	557	16
17	<	12	UCLA	Pac-12	21-6	498	18
18	<	21	Connecticut	Big East	21-7	480	19
19	<	23	Saint Mary's	West Coast	24-6	449	20
20	<	15	Illinois	Big Ten	20-8	383	17
21	<	20	Texas	Big 12	21-8	364	21
22	<	19	Murray State	Ohio Valley	28-2	333	22
23	<	22	Ohio State	Big Ten	18-8	191	23
24	<	25	Iowa	Big Ten	20-8	99	25
25	<	24	Alabama	SEC	19-10	90	24
RV	<	NR	Boise State	Mountain West		56	RV
RV	<	NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		20	NR
RV	<	NR	Colorado State	Mountain West		19	RV
RV	<	NR	South Dakota State	Summit		12	RV
RV	<	NR	Notre Dame	ACC		9	RV
RV	<	NR	LSU	SEC		7	NR
RV	<	NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	25
RV	<	NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		5	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12		4	RV
RV	<	NR	Marquette	Big East		4	RV
RV	<	NR	North Texas	Conference USA		3	RV
RV	<	NR	Vermont	America East		2	NR
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley		1	NR
NR	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		0	RV
NR	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC		0	RV
NR	<	NR	San Francisco	West Coast		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Wake Forest	ACC		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Wyoming	Mountain West		0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	12.8	4102
Big Ten	5	17.0	2667
Big 12	4	10.5	3780
Pac-12	3	11.7	2415
Big East	3	12.7	2362
West Coast	2	10.0	1953
ACC	1	4.0	1306
American	1	14.0	759
Ohio Valley	1	22.0	333

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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