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December 23, 2019 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Gonzaga (54)	West Coast	13-1	1608	*1
2	< 5	Ohio State (9)	Big Ten	11-1	1520	*2
3	< 3	Louisville (1)	ACC	11-1	1460	*4
4	< 4	Duke (1)	ACC	10-1	1429	3
5	< 1	Kansas	Big 12	9-2	1388	5
6	< 8	Oregon	Pac-12	10-2	1286	7
7	< 10	Baylor	Big 12	9-1	1207	6
8	< 12	Auburn	SEC	11-0	1107	8
9	< 11	Memphis	American	10-1	1040	10
10	< 18	Villanova	Big East	9-2	950	9
11	< 14	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	889	15
12	< 17	Butler	Big East	11-1	853	11
13	< 7	Maryland	Big Ten	10-2	785	12
14	< 15	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-3	775	16
15	< 20	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-0	763	14
16	< 9	Virginia	ACC	9-2	595	13
17	< 19	Florida State	ACC	10-2	583	17
18	< 13	Dayton	Atlantic 10	9-2	541	18
19	< 6	Kentucky	SEC	8-3	411	19
20	< 23	Penn State	Big Ten	10-2	332	21
21	< 22	Washington	Pac-12	9-2	326	20
22	< 25	West Virginia	Big 12	10-1	229	23
23	< 24	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-3	178	22
24	< 16	Arizona	Pac-12	10-3	153	24
25	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	9-3	125	RV
RV	< NR	Wichita State	American		112	25
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		79	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		68	RV
RV	< NR	DePaul	Big East		54	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		45	RV
RV	< NR	Liberty	Atlantic Sun		40	RV
RV	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		36	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		29	RV
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East		28	RV
RV	< 21	Tennessee	SEC		24	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley		23	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		12	RV
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten		11	RV
RV	< NR	Georgetown	Big East		9	NR
RV	< NR	Stanford	Pac-12		7	RV
RV	< NR	BYU	West Coast		4	NR
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		4	NR
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		3	NR
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		2	RV
RV	< NR	East Tennessee State	Southern		1	NR
RV	< NR	Yale	Ivy		1	NR
NR	< NR	Arkansas	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	14.2	4426
ACC	4	10.0	4067
Big 12	4	14.3	3002
Pac-12	3	17.0	1765
Big East	2	11.0	1803
SEC	2	13.5	1518
West Coast	1	1.0	1608
American	1	9.0	1040
Mountain West	1	15.0	763
Atlantic 10	1	18.0	541

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