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December 29, 2008 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	North Carolina (72)	ACC	12-0	1800
2	<	2	Connecticut	Big East	11-0	1719
3	<	3	Pittsburgh		12-0	1641
4	<	4	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-0	1600
5	<	5	Duke	ACC	10-1	1511
6	<	6	Wake Forest	ACC	11-0	1351
7	<	8	Notre Dame		9-2	1231
8	<	9	Texas	Big 12	10-2	1193
9	<	10	Purdue	Big Ten	11-2	1160
10	<	11	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-2	1058
11	<	12	Georgetown	Big East	9-1	1015
12	<	13	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2	991
13	<	17	Syracuse	Big East	12-1	863
14	<	16	Tennessee	SEC	8-2	854
15	<	18	Villanova		11-1	691
16	<	7	Gonzaga		8-3	608
17	<	20	Arizona State	Pac-10	10-1	602
18	<	19	Louisville		8-2	588
19	<	21	Baylor	Big 12	10-1	580
20	<	22	Clemson	ACC	12-0	563
21	<	23	Minnesota	Big Ten	12-0	351
22	<	14	Xavier		9-2	327
23	<	24	Michigan	Big Ten	9-2	237
24	<	15	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1	219
25	<	NR	Butler		10-1	166

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