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Men's Basketball

December 21, 2009 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kansas (55)	Big 12	10-0	1611	1
2	< 2	Texas (7)	Big 12	10-0	1543	2
3	< 3	Kentucky (1)	SEC	11-0	1477	3
4	< 4	Purdue	Big Ten	10-0	1422	4
5	< 5	Syracuse (2)	Big East	11-0	1397	5
6	< 6	West Virginia		8-0	1290	6
7	< 7	Duke	ACC	9-1	1249	7
8	< 8	Villanova		10-1	1175	8
9	< 12	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-2	1046	9
10	< 10	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	959	10
11	< 14	Connecticut	Big East	7-2	950	11
12	< 17	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	810	15
13	< 19	New Mexico		12-0	707	12
14	< 11	Georgetown	Big East	8-1	676	13
15	< 20	Mississippi	SEC	10-1	624	21
16	< 9	Tennessee	SEC	8-2	616	14
17	< 18	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2	562	17
18	< 13	Florida	SEC	8-2	519	18
19	< 23	Texas A&M	Big 12	9-2	320	RV
20	< 21	Butler		8-3	315	16
21	< NR	Temple		9-2	244	25
22	< 24	Washington	Pac-10	7-2	194	19
23	< 16	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-1	192	RV
24	< NR	Clemson	ACC	10-2	151	23
25	< 15	Gonzaga		8-3	146	24
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC		127	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV			126	20
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		96	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten		89	RV
RV	< 22	Georgia Tech	ACC		76	22
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East		53	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC		50	RV
RV	< NR	Missouri State			45	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton			39	RV
RV	< NR	Charlotte			29	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		29	RV
RV	< NR	UAB			29	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's			21	RV
RV	< NR	BYU			20	RV
RV	< NR	Wichita State			18	NR
RV	< NR	Memphis			16	NR
RV	< NR	Tulsa			12	RV
RV	< NR	NC State	ACC		11	NR
RV	< 25	Cincinnati	Big East		9	RV
RV	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC		8	RV
RV	< NR	Baylor	Big 12		6	NR
RV	< NR	Wake Forest	ACC		4	RV
RV	< NR	California	Pac-10		3	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		3	RV
RV	< NR	William & Mary			3	RV
RV	< NR	Richmond			2	RV
RV	< NR	Western Carolina			2	RV
RV	< NR	Army			1	NR
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa			1	RV
RV	< NR	Pittsburgh			1	NR
RV	< NR	Rhode Island			1	NR
NR	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten		0	RV
NR	< NR	Louisville			0	RV
NR	< NR	Old Dominion			0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington State	Pac-10		0	RV

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