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Men's Basketball

January 4, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kansas (56)	Big 12	13-0	1614	1
2	< 2	Texas (8)	Big 12	13-0	1550	2
3	< 3	Kentucky (1)	SEC	15-0	1489	3
4	< 4	Purdue	Big Ten	13-0	1457	4
5	< 7	Duke	ACC	12-1	1348	5
6	< 8	Villanova		12-1	1279	6
7	< 5	Syracuse	Big East	13-1	1173	7
8	< 6	West Virginia		11-1	1147	8
9	< 9	North Carolina	ACC	11-3	1098	9
10	< 11	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-3	1009	11
11	< 12	Kansas State	Big 12	13-1	996	10
12	< 13	Georgetown	Big East	11-1	911	12
13	< 10	Connecticut	Big East	10-3	760	13
14	< 16	Mississippi	SEC	11-2	699	16
15	< 19	New Mexico		14-1	667	14
16	< 14	Tennessee	SEC	10-2	649	15
17	< 23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-2	526	20
18	< 22	Florida State	ACC	12-2	446	19
19	< NR	Gonzaga		11-3	351	18
20	< NR	Georgia Tech	ACC	11-2	203	17
21	< 18	Temple		11-3	173	25
22	< 20	Texas Tech	Big 12	12-2	166	RV
23	< NR	Pittsburgh		12-2	156	RV
24	< 17	Washington	Pac-10	10-3	149	22
25	< NR	BYU		14-1	145	23
RV	< 21	Clemson	ACC		139	21
RV	< NR	Texas A&M	Big 12		86	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East		76	RV
RV	< NR	Florida	SEC		75	RV
RV	< NR	Baylor	Big 12		73	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		70	NR
RV	< NR	Rhode Island			52	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-10		46	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton			45	RV
RV	< 15	Ohio State	Big Ten		42	RV
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		42	RV
RV	< NR	William & Mary			37	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa			35	RV
RV	< 24	UAB			29	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		26	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		20	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		16	RV
RV	< NR	California	Pac-10		15	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV			12	RV
RV	< NR	Cornell	Ivy		9	RV
RV	< NR	Butler			6	24
RV	< NR	VCU			5	NR
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-10		4	NR
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten		3	NR
RV	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	NR
NR	< 25	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	NR
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's			0	RV

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