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January 7, 2013 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Duke (62)	ACC	14-0	1622	*1
2	< 2	Michigan (3)	Big Ten	15-0	1553	*2
3	< 4	Louisville	Big East	13-1	1447	4
4	< 3	Arizona	Pac-12	14-0	1442	3
5	< 5	Indiana	Big Ten	13-1	1381	5
6	< 6	Kansas	Big 12	12-1	1322	6
7	< 7	Syracuse	Big East	14-1	1211	7
8	< 9	Minnesota	Big Ten	14-1	1121	10
9	< 10	Gonzaga	West Coast	15-1	1064	8
10	< 12	Missouri	SEC	11-2	1006	12
11	< 13	Florida	SEC	10-2	922	9
12	< 11	Illinois	Big Ten	14-2	881	13
13	< 16	Creighton	Missouri Valley	14-1	789	11
14	< 17	Butler	Atlantic 10	12-2	761	17
15	< 8	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-3	710	14
16	< 19	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-2	591	15
17	< 21	Notre Dame	Big East	13-1	547	16
18	< 25	Kansas State	Big 12	12-2	472	23
19	< 15	Georgetown	Big East	10-2	441	22
20	< 23	NC State	ACC	12-2	438	21
21	< 14	Cincinnati	Big East	13-2	375	20
22	< 18	Michigan State	Big Ten	12-3	267	18
23	< NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	14-1	135	RV
24	< NR	UNLV	Mountain West	13-2	113	19
25	< 20	New Mexico	Mountain West	13-2	102	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	12-3	94	24
RV	< NR	Wyoming	Mountain West	13-0	87	25
RV	< 22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	64	RV
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East	11-3	41	RV
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	12-3	41	RV
RV	< NR	Maryland	ACC	13-1	29	RV
RV	< NR	Kentucky	SEC	9-4	27	RV
RV	< NR	Temple	Atlantic 10	10-3	13	RV
RV	< NR	Oregon	Pac-12	12-2	11	NR
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC	10-4	4	RV
RV	< 24	Pittsburgh	Big East	12-3	1	RV
NR	< NR	Arizona State	Pac-12	13-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	Colorado State	Mountain West	13-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	12-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Utah State	WAC	13-1	0	RV
NR	< NR	Virginia	ACC	11-3	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	10.7	5913
Big East	5	13.4	4021
Mountain West	3	21.7	806
SEC	2	10.5	1928
ACC	2	10.5	2060
Big 12	2	12.0	1794
Missouri Valley	2	18.0	924
Pac-12	1	4.0	1442
West Coast	1	9.0	1064
Atlantic 10	1	14.0	761

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