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Men's Basketball

January 9, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Houston (34)	American	16-1	1457	1
2	< 3	Kansas (22)	Big 12	14-1	1440	2
3	< 1	Purdue (4)	Big Ten	15-1	1386	3
4	< 7	Alabama	SEC	13-2	1288	4
5	< 8	Tennessee	SEC	13-2	1231	5
6	< 4	Connecticut	Big East	15-2	1206	7
7	< 10	UCLA	Pac-12	14-2	1108	6
8	< 9	Gonzaga	West Coast	14-3	1070	8
9	< 5	Arizona	Pac-12	14-2	1049	9
10	< 6	Texas	Big 12	13-2	940	10
11	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	14-1	818	13
12	< 18	Xavier	Big East	13-3	793	11
13	< 11	Virginia	ACC	11-3	712	12
14	< 25	Iowa State	Big 12	12-2	697	14
15	< 13	Arkansas	SEC	12-3	613	16
16	< 12	Miami (FL)	ACC	13-2	604	15
17	< 17	TCU	Big 12	13-2	553	17
18	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-3	448	18
19	< NR	Providence	Big East	14-3	358	19
20	< 20	Missouri	SEC	13-2	317	20
21	< 22	Auburn	SEC	12-3	256	22
22	< 23	Charleston	Colonial	16-1	246	24
23	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-3	222	25
24	< 16	Duke	ACC	12-4	221	21
25	< NR	Marquette	Big East	13-4	131	23
RV	< 19	Baylor	Big 12		93	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC		43	RV
RV	< NR	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA		33	RV
RV	< 15	Indiana	Big Ten		30	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		24	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast		24	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		21	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		13	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		13	RV
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		13	RV
RV	< 24	Ohio State	Big Ten		9	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		4	NR
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		4	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		4	RV
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		3	RV
RV	< 21	New Mexico	Mountain West		2	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC		2	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		1	RV
NR	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		0	NR
NR	< NR	Iowa	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	< NR	Kentucky	SEC		0	NR
NR	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		0	NR
NR	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12		0	NR

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	5	10.8	4448
SEC	5	13.0	3705
Big East	4	15.5	2488
ACC	3	17.7	1537
Pac-12	2	8.0	2157
Big Ten	2	10.5	1834
American	1	1.0	1457
West Coast	1	8.0	1070
Colonial	1	22.0	246
Mountain West	1	23.0	222

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