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December 12, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 4	Purdue (27)	Big Ten	10-0	1508	*1
2	< 3	Virginia (19)	ACC	8-0	1476	*2
3	< 5	Connecticut (15)	Big East	11-0	1466	*3
4	< 8	Alabama	SEC	8-1	1326	5
5	< 1	Houston	American	9-1	1224	4
6	< 7	Tennessee (1)	SEC	9-1	1189	7
7	< 2	Texas	Big 12	7-1	1173	8
8	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	9-1	1165	6
9	< 10	Arizona	Pac-12	8-1	1096	9
10	< 9	Arkansas	SEC	9-1	1029	10
11	< 12	Baylor	Big 12	7-2	881	11
12	< 15	Duke	ACC	10-2	840	12
13	< 16	Kentucky	SEC	7-2	688	13
14	< 14	Indiana	Big Ten	8-2	622	16
15	< 18	Gonzaga	West Coast	7-3	621	15
16	< 19	UCLA	Pac-12	8-2	606	14
17	< 23	Mississippi State	SEC	9-0	501	20
18	< 17	Illinois	Big Ten	7-3	487	19
19	< 11	Auburn	SEC	8-1	453	18
20	< 13	Maryland	Big Ten	8-2	414	17
21	< 24	TCU	Big 12	8-1	270	22
22	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-2	255	23
23	< 25	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-2	209	21
24	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-1	109	23
25	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	10-1	100	25
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		74	RV
RV	< NR	Charleston	Colonial		64	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12		39	RV
RV	< 20	Iowa State	Big 12		39	RV
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East		39	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV	Mountain West		27	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		26	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		25	RV
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		20	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		15	RV
RV	< 22	San Diego State	Mountain West		14	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		14	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		12	RV
RV	< NR	Utah	Pac-12		12	NR
RV	< 21	Creighton	Big East		11	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	RV
RV	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		4	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		2	RV
NR	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	11.5	5186
Big Ten	6	16.3	3495
Big 12	4	11.8	3489
ACC	4	15.8	2525
Pac-12	2	12.5	1702
Big East	1	3.0	1466
American	1	5.0	1224
West Coast	1	15.0	621

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