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February 27, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Kentucky (63)	SEC	28-1	1623	*1
2	<	2	Syracuse (2)	Big East	29-1	1562	2
3	<	4	Kansas	Big 12	24-5	1459	4
4	<	5	Duke	ACC	25-4	1409	3
5	<	6	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-5	1372	5
6	<	7	North Carolina	ACC	25-4	1314	6
7	<	3	Missouri	Big 12	25-4	1253	8
8	<	10	Marquette	Big East	24-5	1150	7
9	<	13	Baylor	Big 12	24-5	1055	10
10	<	8	Ohio State	Big Ten	23-6	1036	11
11	<	9	Georgetown	Big East	21-6	906	12
12	<	14	Murray State	Ohio Valley	28-1	885	9
13	<	11	Michigan	Big Ten	21-8	766	16
14	<	16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21-8	764	15
15	<	19	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	26-4	754	14
16	<	12	Florida	SEC	22-7	638	13
17	<	21	UNLV	Mountain West	24-6	531	17
18	<	23	Indiana	Big Ten	22-7	444	20
19	<	17	Louisville	Big East	22-7	426	18
20	<	20	Notre Dame	Big East	20-9	357	19
21	<	24	San Diego State	Mountain West	22-6	304	23
22	<	15	Florida State	ACC	19-9	252	22
23	<	22	Temple	Atlantic 10	22-6	158	25
24	<	25	Virginia	ACC	21-7	142	RV
25	<	NR	Creighton	Missouri Valley	25-5	140	24
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	23-5	115	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	21-8	80	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	25-5	62	21
RV	<	18	New Mexico	Mountain West	22-6	60	RV
RV	<	NR	Drexel	Colonial	25-5	41	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	20-9	23	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Colonial	25-6	9	RV
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State	Big West	21-7	8	RV
RV	<	NR	BYU	West Coast	24-7	6	NR
RV	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	24-4	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Memphis	Conference USA	21-8	5	RV
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-12	23-7	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	19-10	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	19-9	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Southern Miss	Conference USA	23-6	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	19-9	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	25-5	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	19-10	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nevada	WAC	23-5	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Washington	Pac-12	20-8	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Weber State	Big Sky	23-4	0	RV

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