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Men's Basketball

January 28, 2013 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 2	Michigan (51)	Big Ten	19-1	1611	*2
2	< 3	Kansas (13)	Big 12	18-1	1572	*1
3	< 7	Indiana	Big Ten	18-2	1457	3
4	< 8	Florida (1)	SEC	16-2	1420	*4
5	< 1	Duke	ACC	17-2	1328	5
6	< 3	Syracuse	Big East	18-2	1322	6
7	< 10	Gonzaga	West Coast	19-2	1177	7
8	< 6	Arizona	Pac-12	17-2	1160	8
9	< 9	Butler	Atlantic 10	17-3	1023	10
10	< 16	Oregon	Pac-12	18-2	969	12
11	< 14	Ohio State	Big Ten	15-4	945	11
12	< 5	Louisville	Big East	16-4	905	13
13	< 13	Michigan State	Big Ten	17-4	897	9
14	< 25	Miami (FL)	ACC	15-3	894	15
15	< 20	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	19-2	621	14
16	< 23	Mississippi	SEC	17-2	473	16
17	< 22	Missouri	SEC	15-4	464	18
18	< 11	Kansas State	Big 12	15-4	463	21
19	< 18	NC State	ACC	16-4	431	19
20	< 15	New Mexico	Mountain West	17-3	333	22
21	< 17	Creighton	Missouri Valley	18-3	312	17
22	< NR	San Diego State	Mountain West	16-4	302	20
23	< 12	Minnesota	Big Ten	15-5	281	24
24	< 21	Cincinnati	Big East	16-4	220	23
25	< NR	Marquette	Big East	14-4	216	25
RV	< NR	Georgetown	Big East	14-4	121	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV	Mountain West	16-4	56	RV
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	14-6	45	RV
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	16-5	34	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	16-4	14	RV
RV	< 24	Notre Dame	Big East	16-4	12	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh	Big East	17-4	10	RV
RV	< NR	Louisiana Tech	WAC	18-3	8	RV
RV	< NR	Villanova	Big East	13-7	6	NR
RV	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	14-5	5	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	14-5	4	NR
RV	< NR	Memphis	Conference USA	16-3	4	NR
RV	< 19	VCU	Atlantic 10	16-5	4	RV
RV	< NR	La Salle	Atlantic 10	14-5	3	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	17-4	2	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	16-4	1	RV
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	18-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	13-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Southern Miss	Conference USA	17-4	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	5	10.2	5191
Big East	4	16.8	2663
SEC	3	12.3	2357
ACC	3	12.7	2653
Pac-12	2	9.0	2129
Big 12	2	10.0	2035
Missouri Valley	2	18.0	933
Mountain West	2	21.0	635
West Coast	1	7.0	1177
Atlantic 10	1	9.0	1023

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