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Men's Basketball

January 18, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Gonzaga (62)	West Coast	14-0	1598	*1
2	< 2	Baylor (2)	Big 12	12-0	1538	*2
3	< 3	Villanova	Big East	8-1	1445	3
4	< 5	Iowa	Big Ten	12-2	1420	4
5	< 4	Texas	Big 12	11-2	1289	5
6	< 10	Tennessee	SEC	10-1	1242	6
7	< 7	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1	1197	7
8	< 11	Houston	American	11-1	1155	8
9	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	10-3	1072	9
10	< 9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-3	939	10
11	< 8	Creighton	Big East	10-3	833	11
12	< 15	Texas Tech	Big 12	11-4	792	13
13	< 18	Virginia	ACC	9-2	778	12
14	< 13	West Virginia	Big 12	9-4	732	15
15	< 21	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-3	631	18
16	< 20	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-2	536	14
17	< 23	Minnesota	Big Ten	11-4	507	17
18	< NR	Alabama	SEC	11-3	487	16
19	< 17	Missouri	SEC	8-2	462	19
20	< 12	Clemson	ACC	9-2	354	22
21	< 22	Oregon	Pac-12	9-2	235	21
22	< 14	Illinois	Big Ten	9-5	232	24
23	< 25	Connecticut	American	7-1	209	RV
24	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	11-2	195	20
25	< 24	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	7-1	172	RV
RV	< 16	Louisville	ACC		155	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		148	23
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		119	RV
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC		112	25
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12		74	RV
RV	< 19	Duke	ACC		43	RV
RV	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		42	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		20	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		15	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		7	RV
RV	< NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley		5	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	RV
RV	< NR	Winthrop	Big South		3	NR
RV	< NR	Toledo	MAC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten		1	NR
RV	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		1	NR
NR	< NR	Richmond	Atlantic 10		0	RV
NR	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		0	RV
NR	< NR	Tulsa	American		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	12.5	4926
Big 12	5	8.4	5423
SEC	3	14.3	2191
ACC	3	16.3	1668
Big East	2	7.0	2278
American	2	15.5	1364
Pac-12	2	22.5	430
West Coast	1	1.0	1598
Atlantic 10	1	25.0	172

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