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2023 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< NR	North Carolina (47)	ACC	0-0	1532	*1
2	< 1	Gonzaga (12)	West Coast	0-0	1479	*2
3	< 15	Houston (1)	American	0-0	1404	*3
4	< 7	Kentucky (2)	SEC	0-0	1364	*4
5	< 4	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	1200	6
5	< 3	Kansas	Big 12	0-0	1200	5
7	< 9	Duke	ACC	0-0	1168	8
8	< 11	UCLA	Pac-12	0-0	1093	7
9	< NR	Creighton	Big East	0-0	1060	9
10	< 17	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	1026	10
11	< 5	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	880	11
12	< 25	Texas	Big 12	0-0	844	12
13	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	745	14
14	< NR	TCU	Big 12	0-0	735	16
15	< 8	Auburn	SEC	0-0	623	15
16	< 6	Villanova	Big East	0-0	578	17
17	< 2	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	543	13
18	< NR	Virginia	ACC	0-0	462	18
19	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-0	394	20
20	< NR	Alabama	SEC	0-0	281	19
21	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12	0-0	260	21
22	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	229	22
23	< 19	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	215	23
24	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	0-0	170	25
25	< 12	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-0	122	24
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		112	RV
RV	< 21	Connecticut	Big East		101	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		66	RV
RV	< 10	Purdue	Big Ten		56	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		36	NR
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		35	RV
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC		32	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		29	RV
RV	< NR	Wyoming	Mountain West		25	RV
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		23	RV
RV	< 16	Iowa	Big Ten		13	RV
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		4	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		3	RV
RV	< 22	USC	Pac-12		3	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		1	NR
RV	< NR	Notre Dame	ACC		1	NR
RV	< NR	Toledo	MAC		1	RV
RV	< NR	UAB	Conference USA		1	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		1	RV
NR	< 23	Boise State	Mountain West		0	RV
NR	< 24	Colorado State	Mountain West		0	RV
NR	< NR	Drake	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		0	RV
NR	< 20	Murray State	Missouri Valley		0	RV
NR	< 13	Providence	Big East		0	RV
NR	< 18	Saint Mary's	West Coast		0	RV
NR	< NR	Syracuse	ACC		0	RV
NR	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	12.0	4174
Big 12	5	12.2	4101
ACC	3	8.7	3162
Pac-12	3	15.3	1896
Big Ten	3	19.3	1189
Big East	2	12.5	1638
West Coast	1	2.0	1479
American	1	3.0	1404
Mountain West	1	19.0	394
Atlantic 10	1	24.0	170

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