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February 20, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Kentucky (63)	SEC	26-1	1623	*1
2	<	2	Syracuse (2)	Big East	27-1	1559	2
3	<	3	Missouri	Big 12	25-2	1498	3
4	<	4	Kansas	Big 12	22-5	1377	5
5	<	5	Duke	ACC	23-4	1359	4
6	<	7	Michigan State	Big Ten	22-5	1317	6
7	<	8	North Carolina	ACC	23-4	1261	7
8	<	6	Ohio State	Big Ten	22-5	1139	9
9	<	10	Georgetown	Big East	20-5	1085	8
10	<	12	Marquette	Big East	22-5	1013	10
11	<	17	Michigan	Big Ten	20-7	869	13
12	<	14	Florida	SEC	21-6	860	11
13	<	9	Baylor	Big 12	22-5	859	14
14	<	16	Murray State	Ohio Valley	26-1	765	12
15	<	20	Florida State	ACC	19-7	620	16
16	<	15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	20-7	615	15
17	<	19	Louisville	Big East	21-6	495	17
18	<	NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	22-4	469	21
19	<	24	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	24-4	467	19
20	<	23	Notre Dame	Big East	19-8	457	18
21	<	11	UNLV	Mountain West	22-6	325	20
22	<	NR	Temple	Atlantic 10	21-5	281	22
23	<	18	Indiana	Big Ten	20-7	246	24
24	<	13	San Diego State	Mountain West	20-6	176	25
25	<	22	Virginia	ACC	20-6	153	RV
RV	<	NR	Creighton	Missouri Valley	23-5	76	RV
RV	<	24	Gonzaga	West Coast	21-5	47	RV
RV	<	NR	BYU	West Coast	23-6	29	NR
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	22-5	25	RV
RV	<	NR	Drexel	Colonial	23-5	13	RV
RV	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	23-3	12	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-8	12	RV
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-12	22-6	11	RV
RV	<	21	Saint Mary's	West Coast	23-5	7	23
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State	Big West	19-7	4	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Colonial	23-6	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	19-8	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	18-8	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	24-4	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	19-8	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nevada	WAC	22-5	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Weber State	Big Sky	22-4	0	RV

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