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Men's Basketball

November 12, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Indiana (46)	Big Ten	1-0	1598	*1
2	< 2	Louisville (18)		1-0	1572	*2
3	< 3	Kentucky (1)	SEC	1-0	1438	*3
4	< 4	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1339	4
5	< 5	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1327	5
6	< 6	NC State	ACC	1-0	1278	6
7	< 7	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	1222	7
8	< 9	Syracuse	Big East	1-0	1163	8
9	< 8	Duke	ACC	1-0	1109	9
10	< 10	Florida	SEC	1-0	1007	10
11	< 11	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	944	11
12	< 12	Arizona	Pac-12	1-0	882	12
13	< 13	UCLA	Pac-12	1-0	746	14
14	< 15	Missouri	SEC	1-0	716	15
15	< 16	Creighton		1-0	678	13
16	< 19	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	578	17
17	< 17	Memphis		0-0	570	16
18	< 18	UNLV		0-0	538	18
19	< 21	Gonzaga		1-0	437	19
20	< 22	Notre Dame		1-0	343	21
21	< 14	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1	325	22
22	< 23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	324	20
23	< NR	Connecticut	Big East	1-0	262	RV
24	< 24	Cincinnati	Big East	1-0	152	24
25	< 20	San Diego State		0-1	128	23
RV	< NR	VCU		1-0	75	RV
RV	< NR	Murray State		1-0	64	RV
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	58	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh		1-0	36	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Louis		1-0	32	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Joseph's		0-0	30	RV
RV	< NR	Butler		1-0	22	NR
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12	1-0	20	25
RV	< NR	Marquette		1-0	18	RV
RV	< NR	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	18	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	12	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	1-0	9	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's		1-0	8	RV
RV	< 25	Florida State	ACC	0-1	7	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico		0-0	7	RV
RV	< NR	West Virginia		0-0	7	NR
RV	< NR	Ohio		1-0	6	RV
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC	2-0	5	NR
RV	< NR	Davidson		1-0	4	NR
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa		1-0	4	NR
RV	< NR	Stanford	Pac-12	1-0	4	RV
RV	< NR	Bucknell		1-0	1	RV
RV	< NR	Georgetown	Big East	1-0	1	NR
RV	< NR	Maryland	ACC	0-1	1	RV
NR	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12	1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Colorado State		1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Georgia	SEC	1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee		1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Santa Clara		1-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	South Alabama		1-0	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	5	10.6	4913
ACC	3	8.7	3331
SEC	3	9.0	3161
Big East	3	18.3	1577
Big 12	2	11.5	1800
Pac-12	2	12.5	1628

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