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January 31, 2011 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Ohio State (65)	Big Ten	22-0	1625	*1
2	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	20-1	1519	2
3	< 7	Texas	Big 12	18-3	1500	3
4	< 2	Pittsburgh		20-2	1433	4
5	< 3	Duke	ACC	19-2	1284	5
6	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	17-3	1275	7
7	< 4	San Diego State		21-1	1218	6
8	< 9	BYU		20-2	1159	9
9	< 15	Notre Dame		17-4	1116	8
10	< 14	Kentucky	SEC	16-4	1037	11
11	< 12	Purdue	Big Ten	18-4	922	10
12	< 8	Villanova		17-4	860	12
13	< 21	Georgetown	Big East	16-5	806	14
14	< 11	Missouri	Big 12	17-4	790	15
15	< 23	Louisville		17-4	740	13
16	< 13	Texas A&M	Big 12	17-3	660	16
17	< 9	Syracuse	Big East	18-4	598	17
18	< 16	Minnesota	Big Ten	16-5	487	20
19	< 17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	15-5	387	18
20	< 18	Washington	Pac-12	15-5	384	19
21	< NR	Arizona	Pac-12	18-4	358	22
22	< NR	Utah State		20-2	176	21
23	< 19	North Carolina	ACC	15-5	124	RV
23	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	15-5	124	24
25	< NR	West Virginia		14-6	109	RV
RV	< NR	Xavier		15-5	92	RV
RV	< 24	Florida	SEC	16-5	80	23
RV	< 20	Illinois	Big Ten	14-7	49	24
RV	< 22	Florida State	ACC	15-6	43	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	18-4	31	NR
RV	< NR	VCU		18-5	24	RV
RV	< NR	Marquette		14-8	23	RV
RV	< NR	Duquesne		15-5	15	RV
RV	< NR	Temple		15-5	15	RV
RV	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten	12-8	14	NR
RV	< NR	Coastal Carolina		20-2	8	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV		16-5	7	RV
RV	< 25	Saint Mary's		18-4	6	RV
RV	< NR	Wichita State		18-4	6	RV
RV	< NR	Tennessee	SEC	14-7	4	RV
RV	< NR	Belmont		20-4	3	NR
RV	< NR	Cleveland State		20-3	3	RV
RV	< NR	Northern Iowa		17-6	3	RV
RV	< NR	Colorado State		15-6	2	NR
RV	< NR	Nebraska	Big Ten	15-5	2	RV
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	15-3	1	NR
RV	< NR	Old Dominion		17-5	1	NR
RV	< NR	St. John's	Big East	12-8	1	NR
RV	< NR	Washington State	Pac-12	15-6	1	NR
NR	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	14-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Missouri State		17-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	UTEP		17-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Valparaiso		16-6	0	RV

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