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February 21, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Gonzaga (61)	West Coast	23-2	1525	*1
2	< 3	Arizona	Pac-12	24-2	1461	2
3	< 2	Auburn	SEC	24-3	1313	4
4	< 5	Purdue	Big Ten	24-4	1299	7
5	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	22-4	1297	5
6	< 4	Kentucky	SEC	22-5	1248	3
7	< 9	Duke	ACC	23-4	1146	6
8	< 10	Villanova	Big East	21-6	1071	8
9	< 11	Texas Tech	Big 12	21-6	1066	9
10	< 7	Baylor	Big 12	22-5	984	11
11	< 8	Providence	Big East	22-3	910	10
12	< 13	UCLA	Pac-12	19-5	802	13
13	< 15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21-5	735	12
14	< 14	Houston	American	22-4	734	15
15	< 12	Illinois	Big Ten	19-7	666	14
16	< 17	USC	Pac-12	23-4	586	16
17	< 16	Tennessee	SEC	19-7	580	17
18	< 23	Arkansas	SEC	21-6	502	18
19	< 21	Murray State	Ohio Valley	26-2	371	21
20	< 20	Texas	Big 12	19-8	349	22
21	< 24	Connecticut	Big East	19-7	340	20
22	< 18	Ohio State	Big Ten	16-7	320	19
23	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	22-6	148	23
24	< 25	Alabama	SEC	17-10	63	25
25	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten	18-8	59	RV
RV	< 19	Michigan State	Big Ten		58	24
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		35	RV
RV	< 22	Wyoming	Mountain West		24	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		22	RV
RV	< NR	Davidson	Atlantic 10		19	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		14	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		13	NR
RV	< NR	South Dakota State	Summit		13	NR
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East		12	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		11	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West		10	RV
RV	< NR	Belmont	Ohio Valley		5	NR
RV	< NR	Notre Dame	ACC		4	RV
RV	< NR	SMU	American		3	RV
RV	< NR	North Texas	Conference USA		2	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		2	NR
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		1	RV
RV	< NR	Vermont	America East		1	NR
RV	< NR	Wagner	Northeast		1	NR
NR	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	San Francisco	West Coast		0	RV
NR	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	13.6	3706
Big Ten	5	15.8	3079
Big 12	4	11.0	3696
Pac-12	3	10.0	2849
Big East	3	13.3	2321
West Coast	2	12.0	1673
ACC	1	7.0	1146
American	1	14.0	734
Ohio Valley	1	19.0	371

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