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January 2, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Syracuse (60)	Big East	15-0	1618	*1
2	<	3	Kentucky (5)	SEC	13-1	1554	*2
3	<	5	North Carolina	ACC	13-2	1451	4
4	<	6	Baylor	Big 12	13-0	1389	5
5	<	7	Duke	ACC	12-1	1354	3
6	<	2	Ohio State	Big Ten	13-2	1277	7
7	<	8	Missouri	Big 12	13-0	1255	6
8	<	9	Connecticut	Big East	12-1	1199	8
9	<	12	Georgetown	Big East	12-1	1072	9
10	<	16	Michigan State	Big Ten	13-2	992	11
11	<	4	Louisville		12-2	977	10
12	<	13	Indiana	Big Ten	13-1	974	12
13	<	10	Florida	SEC	11-3	753	14
14	<	17	Kansas	Big 12	10-3	663	15
15	<	15	Mississippi State	SEC	13-2	644	16
16	<	18	Michigan	Big Ten	12-2	641	13
17	<	19	UNLV		15-2	611	17
18	<	11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-3	506	19
19	<	20	Murray State		14-0	454	18
20	<	14	Marquette		12-2	447	20
21	<	23	Virginia	ACC	12-1	292	23
22	<	24	Harvard	Ivy	12-1	269	21
23	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	229	22
24	<	25	San Diego State		12-2	196	25
25	<	NR	Gonzaga		11-2	121	RV
RV	<	21	Creighton		11-2	86	24
RV	<	NR	Ohio		12-2	28	NR
RV	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-12	12-2	12	RV
RV	<	22	Pittsburgh		11-4	8	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	10-4	8	RV
RV	<	NR	Xavier		9-4	8	NR
RV	<	NR	Cincinnati	Big East	11-3	6	NR
RV	<	NR	New Mexico		12-2	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	12-3	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis		12-2	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-3	4	NR
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's		13-2	3	RV
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-12	12-3	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	12-2	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	10-3	1	RV
RV	<	NR	Wagner		10-3	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	12-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee		13-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Southern Miss		13-2	0	RV

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