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December 31, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (63)	ACC	12-0	1623	*1
2	<	2	Michigan (2)	Big Ten	13-0	1547	*2
3	<	3	Arizona	Pac-12	12-0	1474	3
4	<	4	Louisville	Big East	12-1	1434	4
5	<	5	Indiana	Big Ten	12-1	1378	5
6	<	6	Kansas	Big 12	11-1	1313	6
7	<	9	Syracuse	Big East	11-1	1197	7
8	<	10	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	1079	8
9	<	11	Minnesota	Big Ten	12-1	978	13
10	<	13	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-1	946	10
11	<	12	Illinois	Big Ten	13-1	929	14
12	<	7	Missouri	SEC	10-2	912	12
13	<	14	Florida	SEC	9-2	810	9
14	<	8	Cincinnati	Big East	12-1	761	15
15	<	15	Georgetown	Big East	10-1	718	16
16	<	16	Creighton	Missouri Valley	12-1	629	11
17	<	18	Butler	Atlantic 10	10-2	591	20
18	<	19	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-2	447	18
19	<	17	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-2	437	17
20	<	NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	13-1	389	23
21	<	21	Notre Dame	Big East	12-1	361	19
22	<	22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-1	333	21
23	<	23	NC State	ACC	10-2	270	25
24	<	24	Pittsburgh	Big East	12-1	219	22
25	<	25	Kansas State	Big 12	10-2	149	RV
RV	<	20	UNLV	Mountain West	11-2	52	24
RV	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC	10-3	38	RV
RV	<	NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	12-0	28	RV
RV	<	NR	Temple	Atlantic 10	9-2	21	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	10-3	15	RV
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC	8-4	13	RV
RV	<	NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	12-1	11	RV
RV	<	NR	Connecticut	Big East	10-2	9	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-12	10-3	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Maryland	ACC	11-1	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Oregon	Pac-12	10-2	3	NR
NR	<	NR	Bucknell	Patriot	12-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Colorado	Pac-12	10-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	11-2	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	8.8	6358
Big East	6	14.2	4690
Big 12	3	17.7	1795
ACC	2	12.0	1893
SEC	2	12.5	1722
Mountain West	2	19.5	826
Pac-12	1	3.0	1474
West Coast	1	10.0	946
Missouri Valley	1	16.0	629
Atlantic 10	1	17.0	591

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