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Men's Basketball

December 19, 2022 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (40)	Big Ten	11-0	1502	*1
2	< 3	Connecticut (21)	Big East	12-0	1482	*2
3	< 5	Houston	American	11-1	1374	3
4	< 8	Kansas	Big 12	10-1	1290	*4
5	< 9	Arizona	Pac-12	10-1	1269	5
6	< 2	Virginia	ACC	8-1	1195	6
7	< 7	Texas	Big 12	9-1	1064	7
8	< 6	Tennessee	SEC	9-2	1024	11
9	< 4	Alabama	SEC	9-2	1021	10
10	< 10	Arkansas	SEC	10-1	1004	8
11	< 15	Gonzaga	West Coast	9-3	895	12
12	< 11	Baylor	Big 12	8-2	873	13
13	< 16	UCLA	Pac-12	10-2	871	9
14	< 12	Duke	ACC	10-2	819	14
15	< 17	Mississippi State	SEC	11-0	623	15
16	< 18	Illinois	Big Ten	8-3	528	16
17	< 22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-2	432	18
18	< 14	Indiana	Big Ten	8-3	408	21
19	< 13	Kentucky	SEC	7-3	370	16
20	< 21	TCU	Big 12	9-1	358	19
21	< 24	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-1	297	20
22	< 25	Miami (FL)	ACC	11-1	208	22
23	< 19	Auburn	SEC	9-2	118	24
24	< NR	Marquette	Big East	9-3	116	25
25	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	11-1	98	RV
RV	< 20	Maryland	Big Ten		78	23
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		74	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier	Big East		71	RV
RV	< NR	Charleston	Colonial		68	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West		64	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		59	RV
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		36	RV
RV	< 23	Ohio State	Big Ten		33	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12		26	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		21	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		16	RV
RV	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		10	RV
RV	< NR	Utah State	Mountain West		10	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12		7	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		5	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		1	RV
NR	< NR	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	14.0	4160
Big 12	4	10.8	3585
Big Ten	4	13.0	2870
ACC	4	15.8	2519
Pac-12	3	14.3	2238
Big East	2	13.0	1598
American	1	3.0	1374
West Coast	1	11.0	895

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