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Men's Basketball

January 30, 2023 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Purdue (62)	Big Ten	21-1	1550	1
2	< 4	Tennessee	SEC	18-3	1443	2
3	< 3	Houston	American	20-2	1415	3
4	< 2	Alabama	SEC	18-3	1312	5
5	< 6	Arizona	Pac-12	19-3	1310	7
6	< 7	Virginia	ACC	16-3	1258	4
7	< 5	Kansas State	Big 12	18-3	1190	6
8	< 9	Kansas	Big 12	17-4	1034	8
9	< 8	UCLA	Pac-12	17-4	993	9
10	< 10	Texas	Big 12	17-4	939	9
11	< 17	Baylor	Big 12	16-5	905	11
12	< 14	Gonzaga	West Coast	18-4	837	14
13	< 12	Iowa State	Big 12	15-5	832	13
14	< 16	Marquette	Big East	17-5	769	12
15	< 11	TCU	Big 12	16-5	752	16
16	< 13	Xavier	Big East	17-5	689	15
17	< 23	Providence	Big East	17-5	438	17
18	< 22	Saint Mary's	West Coast	19-4	419	18
19	< 21	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	21-1	392	20
20	< 24	Clemson	ACC	18-4	340	19
21	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	15-6	250	22
22	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	17-4	170	RV
23	< 20	Miami (FL)	ACC	16-5	146	21
24	< 19	Connecticut	Big East	16-6	131	23
25	< 15	Auburn	SEC	16-5	117	23
RV	< NR	Missouri	SEC		74	RV
RV	< 18	Charleston	Colonial		68	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		56	25
RV	< NR	Creighton	Big East		51	RV
RV	< 25	New Mexico	Mountain West		47	RV
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC		47	RV
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		39	RV
RV	< NR	Boise State	Mountain West		31	RV
RV	< NR	Duke	ACC		24	RV
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten		17	RV
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	SEC		16	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		13	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	American		10	NR
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC		9	NR
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	ACC		9	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West		2	NR
RV	< NR	Oral Roberts	Summit		2	NR
RV	< NR	West Virginia	Big 12		2	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10		1	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12		1	RV
NR	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Temple	American		0	RV
NR	< NR	UC Santa Barbara	Big West		0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big 12	6	10.7	5652
Big East	4	17.8	2027
SEC	3	10.3	2872
ACC	3	16.3	1744
Pac-12	2	7.0	2303
Big Ten	2	11.0	1800
West Coast	2	15.0	1256
American	1	3.0	1415
Conference USA	1	19.0	392
Mountain West	1	22.0	170

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