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January 9, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Syracuse (60)	Big East	17-0	1618	*1
2	<	2	Kentucky (5)	SEC	15-1	1558	*2
3	<	3	North Carolina	ACC	14-2	1476	3
4	<	4	Baylor	Big 12	15-0	1436	4
5	<	6	Ohio State	Big Ten	15-2	1347	5
6	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	14-2	1263	7
7	<	12	Indiana	Big Ten	15-1	1217	8
8	<	5	Duke	ACC	13-2	1186	6
9	<	7	Missouri	Big 12	14-1	1096	9
10	<	14	Kansas	Big 12	12-3	1005	10
11	<	9	Georgetown	Big East	13-2	990	11
12	<	17	UNLV		16-2	852	12
13	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten	13-3	715	13
14	<	11	Louisville		13-3	704	15
15	<	19	Murray State		16-0	628	14
16	<	21	Virginia	ACC	14-1	607	17
17	<	8	Connecticut	Big East	12-3	535	16
18	<	23	Kansas State	Big 12	12-2	482	18
19	<	13	Florida	SEC	12-4	463	19
20	<	15	Mississippi State	SEC	13-3	362	20
21	<	25	Gonzaga		13-2	347	23
22	<	24	San Diego State		13-2	313	22
23	<	NR	Creighton		13-2	236	21
24	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	14-2	205	RV
25	<	20	Marquette		12-4	170	24
RV	<	18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-5	97	RV
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	12-3	40	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	11-4	37	RV
RV	<	NR	West Virginia		12-4	33	RV
RV	<	NR	New Mexico		14-2	28	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's		14-2	18	RV
RV	<	22	Harvard	Ivy	13-2	16	25
RV	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	14-3	14	RV
RV	<	NR	Arkansas	SEC	12-3	11	NR
RV	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-12	13-3	9	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis		13-3	7	NR
RV	<	NR	Dayton		12-4	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	12-3	1	RV
RV	<	NR	Wagner		12-3	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee		15-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nevada		12-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Southern Miss		15-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Wichita State		12-3	0	RV

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