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December 19, 2011 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Syracuse (53)	Big East	11-0	1585	*1
2	<	2	Ohio State (5)	Big Ten	10-1	1474	*2
3	<	3	Kentucky (4)	SEC	9-1	1457	3
4	<	4	Louisville (2)		10-0	1364	4
5	<	5	North Carolina	ACC	9-2	1340	6
6	<	6	Baylor	Big 12	9-0	1271	7
7	<	7	Duke	ACC	9-1	1266	5
8	<	9	Connecticut	Big East	9-1	1102	9
9	<	10	Missouri	Big 12	11-0	1076	8
10	<	11	Marquette		10-0	1021	10
11	<	13	Florida	SEC	8-2	946	12
12	<	12	Kansas	Big 12	7-2	939	11
13	<	14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-2	746	14
14	<	8	Xavier		8-1	728	15
15	<	15	Pittsburgh		10-1	707	13
16	<	16	Georgetown	Big East	9-1	644	16
17	<	18	Indiana	Big Ten	10-0	601	18
18	<	17	Mississippi State	SEC	11-1	576	17
19	<	21	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-2	413	20
20	<	20	Michigan	Big Ten	9-2	381	19
21	<	NR	UNLV		11-2	251	23
22	<	24	Murray State		12-0	222	22
23	<	25	Creighton		8-1	130	21
24	<	NR	Virginia	ACC	9-1	102	RV
25	<	19	Illinois	Big Ten	10-1	96	24
RV	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	9-1	88	25
RV	<	NR	San Diego State		9-2	67	RV
RV	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-12	9-1	61	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis		10-1	33	RV
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga		7-2	23	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	7-1	22	RV
RV	<	22	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-2	18	RV
RV	<	23	Alabama	SEC	8-3	8	RV
RV	<	NR	Wichita State		8-2	8	NR
RV	<	NR	Cleveland State		10-1	7	NR
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa		9-1	7	NR
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-12	9-2	5	RV
RV	<	25	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-4	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	10-1	4	RV
RV	<	NR	Ohio		9-1	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State		4-5	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Indiana State		8-2	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Memphis		5-4	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Joseph's		8-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's		8-1	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	9-1	0	RV

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