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January 23, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	2	Kentucky (61)	SEC	19-1	1620	*1
2	<	5	Missouri (2)	Big 12	18-1	1532	2
3	<	1	Syracuse (2)	Big East	20-1	1506	4
4	<	6	Ohio State	Big Ten	17-3	1411	3
5	<	7	Kansas	Big 12	16-3	1383	5
6	<	3	Baylor	Big 12	17-2	1234	7
7	<	8	North Carolina	ACC	16-3	1232	8
8	<	4	Duke	ACC	16-3	1176	6
9	<	10	Georgetown	Big East	16-3	1045	10
10	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten	16-4	1009	11
11	<	12	Murray State		20-0	925	9
12	<	14	UNLV		18-3	886	15
13	<	16	San Diego State		17-2	832	12
14	<	17	Florida	SEC	15-4	709	13
15	<	19	Creighton		18-2	682	14
16	<	11	Indiana	Big Ten	16-4	609	17
17	<	21	Marquette		16-4	517	18
18	<	18	Mississippi State	SEC	16-4	422	16
19	<	15	Virginia	ACC	15-3	414	21
20	<	20	Michigan	Big Ten	15-5	396	22
21	<	24	Saint Mary's		19-2	345	20
22	<	25	Kansas State	Big 12	14-4	252	24
23	<	NR	Florida State	ACC	13-6	244	RV
24	<	13	Connecticut	Big East	14-5	203	19
25	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16-5	182	25
RV	<	NR	West Virginia		15-5	96	RV
RV	<	NR	Gonzaga		16-3	82	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	14-5	40	RV
RV	<	23	Louisville		15-5	35	25
RV	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	16-2	32	23
RV	<	NR	Wichita State		17-3	28	RV
RV	<	NR	Cincinnati	Big East	15-5	20	RV
RV	<	22	Illinois	Big Ten	15-5	11	RV
RV	<	NR	Middle Tennessee		19-2	9	RV
RV	<	NR	Dayton		14-5	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Iona		15-4	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State		14-6	1	NR
NR	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	14-5	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nevada		16-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	New Mexico		15-4	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Southern Miss		17-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	UCF		15-4	0	RV

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