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Men's Basketball

January 23, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 3	Purdue (39)	Big Ten	19-1	1527	*1
2	< 4	Alabama (23)	SEC	17-2	1511	*2
3	< 1	Houston	American	18-2	1333	3
4	< 9	Tennessee	SEC	16-3	1298	4
5	< 13	Kansas State	Big 12	17-2	1254	5
6	< 11	Arizona	Pac-12	17-3	1195	8
7	< 10	Virginia	ACC	15-3	1160	6
8	< 5	UCLA	Pac-12	17-3	1155	7
9	< 2	Kansas	Big 12	16-3	1117	9
10	< 7	Texas	Big 12	16-3	980	10
11	< 14	TCU	Big 12	15-4	875	11
12	< 12	Iowa State	Big 12	14-4	817	13
13	< 8	Xavier	Big East	16-4	807	12
14	< 6	Gonzaga	West Coast	17-4	784	14
15	< 16	Auburn	SEC	16-3	699	16
16	< 20	Marquette	Big East	16-5	600	15
17	< 21	Baylor	Big 12	14-5	497	17
18	< 18	Charleston	Colonial	21-1	445	18
19	< 15	Connecticut	Big East	16-5	372	20
20	< 17	Miami (FL)	ACC	15-4	328	19
21	< 24	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	19-1	271	24
22	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	18-4	254	22
23	< 22	Providence	Big East	15-5	194	21
24	< 19	Clemson	ACC	16-4	169	23
25	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	18-2	156	RV
RV	< NR	Duke	ACC		102	25
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten		61	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West		57	RV
RV	< 23	Rutgers	Big Ten		31	RV
RV	< NR	Kent State	MAC		24	RV
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		12	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		10	RV
RV	< 25	Arkansas	SEC		9	NR
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		9	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		9	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri	SEC		8	RV
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		6	RV
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		4	RV
RV	< NR	Kentucky	SEC		3	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		2	NR
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10		2	NR
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		1	NR
RV	< NR	Oral Roberts	Summit		1	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		1	RV
NR	< NR	Seattle	WAC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		0	RV
NR	< NR	UC Santa Barbara	Big West		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	10.7	5540
Big East	4	17.8	1973
SEC	3	7.0	3508
ACC	3	17.0	1657
Pac-12	2	7.0	2350
West Coast	2	18.0	1038
Big Ten	1	1.0	1527
American	1	3.0	1333
Colonial	1	18.0	445
Conference USA	1	21.0	271
Mountain West	1	25.0	156

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