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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	Big East	7-0	1325	4
6	<	7	Baylor	Big 12	7-0	1283	7
7	<	3	Duke	ACC	7-1	1264	5
8	<	11	Xavier	Atlantic 10	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	Big East	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	Big East	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	Missouri Valley	7-0	352	17
20	<	14	Michigan	Big Ten	6-2	312	19
21	<	22	Memphis	Conference USA	4-2	216	20
22	<	25	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-1	199	25
23	<	19	Gonzaga	West Coast	5-1	197	22
24	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	8-0	193	22
25	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	8-0	191	24
RV	<	18	UNLV	Mountain West	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	Mountain West	8-2	50	RV
RV	<	NR	Virginia	ACC	7-1	26	RV
RV	<	23	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	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	Horizon	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	Ohio Valley	9-0	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	7-1	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-1	2	NR
RV	<	NR	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	4-2	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Cincinnati	Big East	5-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	George Mason	Colonial	6-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	5-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Tulane	Conference USA	9-0	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Washington	Pac-12	4-2	0	RV

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