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March 3, 2014 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Florida (46)	SEC	27-2	1606	*1
2	< 2	Wichita State (14)	Missouri Valley	31-0	1555	*2
3	< 3	Arizona (5)	Pac-12	27-2	1514	3
4	< 6	Duke	ACC	23-6	1364	4
5	< 12	Virginia	ACC	25-5	1304	5
6	< 8	Villanova	Big East	26-3	1292	6
7	< 4	Syracuse	ACC	26-3	1240	7
8	< 5	Kansas	Big 12	22-7	1200	8
9	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24-5	1075	11
10	< 13	San Diego State	Mountain West	25-3	995	10
11	< 7	Louisville	American	24-5	959	9
12	< 16	Michigan	Big Ten	21-7	899	12
13	< 9	Creighton	Big East	23-5	892	13
14	< 19	North Carolina	ACC	22-7	755	14
15	< 11	Cincinnati	American	24-5	737	15
16	< 15	Iowa State	Big 12	22-6	613	17
17	< 10	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	25-4	539	16
18	< 23	SMU	American	23-6	427	18
19	< NR	Connecticut	American	23-6	423	19
20	< 21	Memphis	American	22-7	364	20
21	< 25	New Mexico	Mountain West	23-5	338	21
22	< 18	Michigan State	Big Ten	22-7	322	22
23	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	21-8	183	23
24	< 20	Iowa	Big Ten	20-9	94	25
25	< 17	Kentucky	SEC	21-8	92	24
RV	< 24	Texas	Big 12	21-8	70	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	22-7	58	RV
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	22-7	45	RV
RV	< NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	25-6	38	RV
RV	< NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	27-2	38	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	20-9	19	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	21-7	19	RV
RV	< 22	Ohio State	Big Ten	22-8	17	RV
RV	< NR	Green Bay	Horizon	24-5	13	NR
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	24-4	7	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	21-8	5	NR
RV	< NR	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	22-6	5	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12	20-9	2	NR
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC	22-7	2	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East	20-9	2	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina Central	Mid-Eastern Athletic	23-5	1	NR
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	19-10	1	RV
RV	< NR	Southern Miss	Conference USA	25-5	1	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
American	5	16.6	2910
ACC	4	7.5	4663
Big Ten	4	16.8	2390
Big 12	3	15.7	1996
Big East	2	9.5	2184
SEC	2	13.0	1698
Mountain West	2	15.5	1333
Missouri Valley	1	2.0	1555
Pac-12	1	3.0	1514
Atlantic 10	1	17.0	539

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