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December 26, 2011 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Syracuse (54)	Big East	13-0	1611	*1
2	<	2	Ohio State (5)	Big Ten	12-1	1507	*2
3	<	3	Kentucky (4)	SEC	11-1	1480	3
4	<	4	Louisville (2)		12-0	1386	4
5	<	5	North Carolina	ACC	11-2	1366	6
6	<	6	Baylor	Big 12	12-0	1299	7
7	<	7	Duke	ACC	10-1	1281	5
8	<	9	Missouri	Big 12	12-0	1149	8
9	<	8	Connecticut	Big East	10-1	1143	9
10	<	11	Florida	SEC	10-2	1050	10
11	<	13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-2	898	11
12	<	16	Georgetown	Big East	10-1	851	12
13	<	17	Indiana	Big Ten	12-0	820	15
14	<	10	Marquette		11-1	775	13
15	<	18	Mississippi State	SEC	12-1	718	14
16	<	19	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-2	613	17
17	<	12	Kansas	Big 12	8-3	548	18
18	<	20	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2	504	16
19	<	21	UNLV		13-2	473	20
20	<	22	Murray State		13-0	342	21
21	<	23	Creighton		10-1	254	19
22	<	15	Pittsburgh		11-2	238	22
23	<	24	Virginia	ACC	10-1	214	24
24	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	10-1	121	23
25	<	NR	San Diego State		11-2	119	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	105	25
RV	<	25	Illinois	Big Ten	11-2	70	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis		11-1	55	RV
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga		9-2	48	RV
RV	<	14	Xavier		9-3	42	RV
RV	<	NR	Ohio		11-1	20	RV
RV	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-12	10-2	10	RV
RV	<	NR	Wichita State		9-2	9	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-3	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC	9-3	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Wagner		8-3	1	NR
NR	<	NR	BYU		10-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Cleveland State		11-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee		11-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Joseph's		9-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's		11-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Southern Miss		10-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	West Virginia		9-3	0	RV

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