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Men's Basketball

December 5, 2011 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (47)	SEC	8-0	1606	*1
2	< 2	Ohio State (18)	Big Ten	8-0	1575	*2
3	< 4	Syracuse	Big East	8-0	1491	*3
4	< 5	North Carolina	ACC	6-2	1328	6
5	< 6	Louisville		7-0	1325	4
6	< 7	Baylor	Big 12	7-0	1283	7
7	< 3	Duke	ACC	7-1	1264	5
8	< 11	Xavier		6-0	1133	8
9	< 8	Connecticut	Big East	7-1	1120	9
10	< 13	Missouri	Big 12	7-0	1009	10
11	< 16	Marquette		7-0	982	11
12	< 10	Florida	SEC	5-2	923	12
13	< 15	Kansas	Big 12	5-2	833	13
14	< 9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	665	16
15	< 17	Pittsburgh		7-1	660	14
16	< 12	Alabama	SEC	7-1	635	15
17	< 21	Mississippi State	SEC	8-1	493	18
18	< NR	Georgetown	Big East	7-1	491	21
19	< NR	Creighton		7-0	352	17
20	< 14	Michigan	Big Ten	6-2	312	19
21	< 22	Memphis		4-2	216	20
22	< 25	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-1	199	25
23	< 19	Gonzaga		5-1	197	22
24	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	8-0	193	22
25	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	8-0	191	24
RV	< 18	UNLV		8-1	188	RV
RV	< 20	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-3	141	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2	135	RV
RV	< NR	San Diego State		8-2	50	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia	ACC	7-1	26	RV
RV	< 23	Saint Louis		7-1	25	RV
RV	< NR	Stanford	Pac-12	8-1	23	RV
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten	7-2	12	RV
RV	< 24	California	Pac-12	6-2	11	RV
RV	< NR	Cleveland State		8-1	9	RV
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC	5-3	7	NR
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	5-0	6	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona	Pac-12	6-2	5	RV
RV	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	8-0	4	RV
RV	< NR	Murray State		9-0	2	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa		7-1	2	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-1	2	NR
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara		4-2	1	NR
NR	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	5-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	George Mason		6-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-1	0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's		5-1	0	RV
NR	< NR	Tulane		9-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington	Pac-12	4-2	0	RV

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