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December 12, 2011 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	3	Syracuse (51)	Big East	10-0	1607	*1
2	<	2	Ohio State (7)	Big Ten	8-1	1478	*2
3	<	1	Kentucky (4)	SEC	8-1	1468	3
4	<	5	Louisville (2)	Big East	9-0	1374	4
5	<	4	North Carolina (1)	ACC	8-2	1373	6
6	<	6	Baylor	Big 12	7-0	1284	7
7	<	7	Duke	ACC	9-1	1273	5
8	<	8	Xavier	Atlantic 10	8-0	1122	9
9	<	9	Connecticut	Big East	8-1	1087	10
10	<	10	Missouri	Big 12	9-0	1030	8
11	<	11	Marquette	Big East	9-0	988	11
12	<	13	Kansas	Big 12	7-2	945	12
13	<	12	Florida	SEC	7-2	891	13
14	<	14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-2	728	15
15	<	15	Pittsburgh	Big East	9-1	696	14
16	<	18	Georgetown	Big East	8-1	602	17
17	<	17	Mississippi State	SEC	9-1	574	16
18	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten	9-0	462	20
19	<	24	Illinois	Big Ten	10-0	375	19
20	<	20	Michigan	Big Ten	7-2	354	18
21	<	NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-2	310	23
22	<	22	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-1	270	22
23	<	16	Alabama	SEC	8-2	204	21
24	<	NR	Murray State	Ohio Valley	10-0	93	RV
25	<	19	Creighton	Missouri Valley	7-1	88	24
25	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-3	88	25
RV	<	25	Harvard	Ivy	9-1	73	RV
RV	<	NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-2	59	RV
RV	<	NR	Virginia	ACC	8-1	57	RV
RV	<	NR	UNLV	Mountain West	9-2	41	RV
RV	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-12	8-1	39	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	9-1	26	RV
RV	<	23	Gonzaga	West Coast	5-2	25	RV
RV	<	21	Memphis	Conference USA	5-3	13	RV
RV	<	NR	Cleveland State	Horizon	10-1	7	NR
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	9-1	7	RV
RV	<	NR	Arizona	Pac-12	7-3	5	NR
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-12	8-2	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State	Big West	4-5	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-1	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	7-2	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	7-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	5-1	0	RV

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