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March 1, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	4	Syracuse (59)	Big East	27-2	1618	1
2	<	1	Kansas (6)	Big 12	27-2	1550	2
3	<	2	Kentucky	SEC	27-2	1493	3
4	<	5	Duke	ACC	25-4	1415	4
5	<	6	Kansas State	Big 12	24-4	1377	5
6	<	9	Ohio State	Big Ten	23-7	1232	7
7	<	3	Purdue	Big Ten	24-4	1169	6
8	<	10	New Mexico		27-3	1151	10
9	<	7	Villanova		23-5	1143	9
10	<	8	West Virginia		22-6	1024	8
11	<	14	Michigan State	Big Ten	22-7	960	12
12	<	15	Butler		26-4	762	11
13	<	16	Vanderbilt	SEC	22-6	741	19
14	<	13	BYU		26-4	633	15
15	<	17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21-7	625	17
16	<	19	Tennessee	SEC	21-7	615	13
17	<	12	Pittsburgh		22-7	612	18
18	<	18	Gonzaga		24-5	554	14
19	<	11	Georgetown	Big East	19-8	548	20
20	<	20	Temple		24-5	547	16
21	<	24	Baylor	Big 12	22-6	393	22
22	<	NR	Maryland	ACC	21-7	249	23
23	<	22	Texas A&M	Big 12	20-8	210	24
24	<	NR	UTEP		22-5	124	21
25	<	NR	Xavier		21-7	101	RV
RV	<	21	Texas	Big 12		94	25
RV	<	23	Richmond			44	RV
RV	<	25	Northern Iowa			32	RV
RV	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		24	RV
RV	<	NR	Marquette			21	RV
RV	<	NR	Missouri	Big 12		13	NR
RV	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten		10	NR
RV	<	NR	Utah State			9	RV
RV	<	NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		8	RV
RV	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC		7	NR
RV	<	NR	UAB			6	NR
RV	<	NR	Cornell	Ivy		5	RV
RV	<	NR	Louisville			4	NR
RV	<	NR	Notre Dame			1	NR
RV	<	NR	Old Dominion			1	NR
NR	<	NR	California	Pac-10		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Clemson	ACC		0	RV
NR	<	NR	Murray State			0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's			0	RV
NR	<	NR	UNLV			0	RV

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