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January 7, 2013 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Duke (62)	ACC	14-0	1622	*1
2	<	2	Michigan (3)	Big Ten	15-0	1553	*2
3	<	4	Louisville	Big East	13-1	1447	4
4	<	3	Arizona	Pac-12	14-0	1442	3
5	<	5	Indiana	Big Ten	13-1	1381	5
6	<	6	Kansas	Big 12	12-1	1322	6
7	<	7	Syracuse	Big East	14-1	1211	7
8	<	9	Minnesota	Big Ten	14-1	1121	10
9	<	10	Gonzaga	West Coast	15-1	1064	8
10	<	12	Missouri	SEC	11-2	1006	12
11	<	13	Florida	SEC	10-2	922	9
12	<	11	Illinois	Big Ten	14-2	881	13
13	<	16	Creighton	Missouri Valley	14-1	789	11
14	<	17	Butler	Atlantic 10	12-2	761	17
15	<	8	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-3	710	14
16	<	19	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-2	591	15
17	<	21	Notre Dame	Big East	13-1	547	16
18	<	25	Kansas State	Big 12	12-2	472	23
19	<	15	Georgetown	Big East	10-2	441	22
20	<	23	NC State	ACC	12-2	438	21
21	<	14	Cincinnati	Big East	13-2	375	20
22	<	18	Michigan State	Big Ten	12-3	267	18
23	<	NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	14-1	135	RV
24	<	NR	UNLV	Mountain West	13-2	113	19
25	<	20	New Mexico	Mountain West	13-2	102	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	12-3	94	24
RV	<	NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	13-0	87	25
RV	<	22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	64	RV
RV	<	NR	Marquette	Big East	11-3	41	RV
RV	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-12	12-3	41	RV
RV	<	NR	Maryland	ACC	13-1	29	RV
RV	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC	9-4	27	RV
RV	<	NR	Temple	Atlantic 10	10-3	13	RV
RV	<	NR	Oregon	Pac-12	12-2	11	NR
RV	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC	10-4	4	RV
RV	<	24	Pittsburgh	Big East	12-3	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	13-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	13-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	12-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Utah State	WAC	13-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Virginia	ACC	11-3	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	10.7	5913
Big East	5	13.4	4021
Mountain West	3	21.7	806
SEC	2	10.5	1928
ACC	2	10.5	2060
Big 12	2	12.0	1794
Missouri Valley	2	18.0	924
Pac-12	1	4.0	1442
West Coast	1	9.0	1064
Atlantic 10	1	14.0	761

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
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