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Men's Basketball

December 7, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kansas (62)	Big 12	7-0	1621	1
2	< 2	Texas (1)	Big 12	6-0	1514	2
3	< 3	Villanova (1)		8-0	1460	3
4	< 5	Kentucky	SEC	8-0	1417	4
5	< 4	Purdue	Big Ten	7-0	1409	5
6	< 7	West Virginia		5-0	1272	7
7	< 8	Syracuse (1)	Big East	8-0	1270	6
8	< 6	Duke	ACC	7-1	1058	8
9	< 11	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	1047	9
10	< 13	Florida	SEC	8-0	1024	11
11	< 10	North Carolina	ACC	7-2	985	10
12	< 9	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2	876	14
13	< 15	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	806	15
14	< 14	Connecticut	Big East	6-1	787	12
15	< 16	Georgetown	Big East	6-0	723	13
16	< 19	Texas A&M	Big 12	7-1	512	18
17	< 12	Washington	Pac-10	6-1	495	16
18	< 24	UNLV		7-0	429	17
19	< 22	Cincinnati	Big East	5-1	334	19
20	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-1	298	23
21	< 17	Gonzaga		6-2	279	22
22	< 23	Butler		6-2	221	20
23	< NR	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-0	219	RV
24	< NR	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-1	171	21
25	< NR	Mississippi	SEC	7-1	127	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis			99	RV
RV	< 18	Clemson	ACC		96	24
RV	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC		74	24
RV	< 21	Florida State	ACC		59	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12		59	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		48	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		46	NR
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		41	RV
RV	< NR	Notre Dame			37	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico			35	RV
RV	< NR	Charlotte			18	RV
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		18	RV
RV	< NR	Baylor	Big 12		17	RV
RV	< NR	Richmond			17	RV
RV	< 20	Louisville			15	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri State			14	NR
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		14	RV
RV	< NR	BYU			13	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh			11	NR
RV	< NR	Dayton			8	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East		6	RV
RV	< NR	California	Pac-10		5	RV
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten		5	NR
RV	< NR	Cornell	Ivy		3	NR
RV	< NR	Illinois State			3	NR
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		3	NR
RV	< NR	Tulsa			3	RV
RV	< NR	William & Mary			2	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa			1	NR
RV	< NR	UAB			1	NR
NR	< 25	Portland			0	NR
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's			0	RV
NR	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington State	Pac-10		0	RV

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