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February 22, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Gonzaga (60)	West Coast	22-0	1596	*1
2	< 2	Baylor (4)	Big 12	17-0	1540	*2
3	< 3	Michigan	Big Ten	16-1	1472	*3
4	< 4	Ohio State	Big Ten	18-5	1370	5
5	< 5	Illinois	Big Ten	16-5	1356	4
6	< 8	Alabama	SEC	18-5	1196	7
7	< 9	Oklahoma	Big 12	14-5	1150	8
8	< 10	Villanova	Big East	14-3	1132	6
9	< 11	Iowa	Big Ten	17-6	1088	12
10	< 13	West Virginia	Big 12	15-6	1014	13
11	< 16	Florida State	ACC	13-3	967	9
12	< 6	Houston	American	18-3	921	10
13	< 14	Creighton	Big East	16-5	836	11
14	< 12	Texas	Big 12	13-6	730	16
15	< 7	Virginia	ACC	15-5	690	14
16	< 18	Virginia Tech	ACC	14-4	545	15
17	< 23	Kansas	Big 12	17-7	532	19
18	< 15	Texas Tech	Big 12	14-7	477	17
19	< 17	USC	Pac-12	18-4	423	18
20	< 24	Arkansas	SEC	17-5	346	20
21	< 22	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley	19-4	288	22
22	< 25	San Diego State	Mountain West	17-4	222	25
23	< 21	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16-8	200	24
24	< 20	Missouri	SEC	14-6	149	RV
25	< 19	Tennessee	SEC	15-6	145	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		92	21
RV	< NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley		80	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12		53	23
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten		53	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		32	RV
RV	< NR	BYU	West Coast		19	RV
RV	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		19	RV
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12		17	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC		13	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12		8	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		6	RV
RV	< NR	Wichita State	American		6	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		5	RV
RV	< NR	Toledo	MAC		4	NR
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara	Big West		2	NR
RV	< NR	Western Kentucky	Conference USA		2	NR
RV	< NR	Winthrop	Big South		2	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		2	NR
NR	< NR	Connecticut	American		0	RV
NR	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	11.3	5443
Big Ten	5	8.8	5486
SEC	4	18.8	1836
ACC	3	14.0	2202
Big East	2	10.5	1968
West Coast	1	1.0	1596
American	1	12.0	921
Pac-12	1	19.0	423
Missouri Valley	1	21.0	288
Mountain West	1	22.0	222

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