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Men's Basketball

December 2, 2013 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Michigan State (63)	Big Ten	7-0	1623	*1
2	< 4	Arizona (2)	Pac-12	7-0	1547	*2
3	< 3	Kentucky	SEC	7-1	1473	4
4	< 8	Syracuse	ACC	7-0	1375	5
5	< 7	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1340	3
6	< 2	Kansas	Big 12	6-1	1240	7
7	< 9	Louisville	American	6-1	1139	6
8	< 10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-0	1094	9
9	< 5	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-1	1070	11
10	< 6	Duke	ACC	6-2	1021	8
11	< 12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8-0	911	10
12	< 13	Connecticut	American	7-0	836	14
13	< 14	Oregon	Pac-12	7-0	801	13
14	< NR	Villanova	Big East	7-0	785	19
15	< 15	Florida	SEC	6-1	758	12
16	< 21	Memphis	American	5-1	748	15
17	< 17	Iowa State	Big 12	5-0	623	18
18	< 19	UCLA	Pac-12	7-0	548	17
19	< 11	Gonzaga	West Coast	7-1	380	15
20	< 18	Baylor	Big 12	7-1	377	20
21	< 24	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	6-0	274	22
22	< 22	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2	223	21
23	< 23	Iowa	Big Ten	7-1	171	24
24	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-1	150	RV
25	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	6-1	90	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1	74	23
RV	< NR	Virginia	ACC	7-1	73	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-1	71	RV
RV	< 16	North Carolina	ACC	4-2	62	25
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC	5-2	40	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West	6-0	36	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-0	36	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	6-2	30	RV
RV	< NR	Charlotte	Conference USA	6-1	20	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12	7-1	17	RV
RV	< 20	Creighton	Big East	5-2	17	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri	SEC	7-0	16	RV
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	7-1	10	NR
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	7-0	10	NR
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	American	6-0	8	NR
RV	< NR	Mississippi	SEC	6-0	3	NR
RV	< NR	George Washington	Atlantic 10	6-1	2	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	6-0	2	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East	5-3	1	NR
NR	< 25	Marquette	Big East	5-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Notre Dame	ACC	5-1	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	5	11.8	4451
Big 12	4	13.0	3310
Pac-12	3	11.0	2896
American	3	11.7	2723
ACC	2	7.0	2396
SEC	2	9.0	2231
Atlantic 10	2	23.0	364
Missouri Valley	1	11.0	911
Big East	1	14.0	785
West Coast	1	19.0	380
Mountain West	1	24.0	150

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