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Men's Basketball

February 14, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Gonzaga (56)	West Coast	21-2	1496	*1
2	< 1	Auburn (4)	SEC	23-2	1413	*2
3	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	22-2	1370	4
4	< 5	Kentucky	SEC	21-4	1350	3
5	< 3	Purdue	Big Ten	22-4	1163	7
6	< 8	Kansas	Big 12	20-4	1151	6
7	< 10	Baylor	Big 12	21-4	1148	8
8	< 11	Providence	Big East	21-2	1093	9
9	< 7	Duke	ACC	21-4	1073	5
10	< 15	Villanova	Big East	19-6	911	10
11	< 9	Texas Tech	Big 12	19-6	858	11
12	< 13	Illinois	Big Ten	18-6	778	12
13	< 12	UCLA	Pac-12	17-5	711	14
14	< 6	Houston	American	20-4	700	15
15	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19-5	631	16
16	< 19	Tennessee	SEC	18-6	595	13
17	< 21	USC	Pac-12	21-4	554	17
18	< 16	Ohio State	Big Ten	15-6	503	18
19	< 17	Michigan State	Big Ten	18-6	485	19
20	< 20	Texas	Big 12	18-7	410	20
21	< 23	Murray State	Ohio Valley	24-2	290	21
22	< NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	21-3	190	22
23	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	19-6	158	24
24	< 24	Connecticut	Big East	17-7	112	24
25	< NR	Alabama	SEC	16-9	80	RV
RV	< 18	Marquette	Big East		77	NR
RV	< 25	Xavier	Big East		51	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West		29	RV
RV	< 22	Saint Mary's	West Coast		22	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		18	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		17	RV
RV	< NR	Notre Dame	ACC		17	RV
RV	< NR	SMU	American		14	RV
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		10	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia	ACC		4	NR
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		3	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		3	RV
RV	< NR	South Dakota State	Summit		3	NR
RV	< NR	Toledo	MAC		3	NR
RV	< NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley		2	NR
RV	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		2	RV
RV	< NR	Vermont	America East		1	NR
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		1	RV
NR	< NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		0	RV
NR	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< NR	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	Missouri State	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV
NR	< NR	TCU	Big 12		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	5	13.8	3560
SEC	5	14.0	3596
Big 12	4	11.0	3567
Pac-12	3	11.0	2635
Big East	3	14.0	2116
West Coast	1	1.0	1496
ACC	1	9.0	1073
American	1	14.0	700
Ohio Valley	1	21.0	290
Mountain West	1	22.0	190

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