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2011 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Ohio State (51)	Big Ten	32-2	1611	*1
2	< 2	Kansas (14)	Big 12	32-2	1574	*2
3	< 5	Duke	ACC	30-4	1472	3
4	< 3	Pittsburgh		27-5	1406	4
5	< 4	Notre Dame		26-6	1332	6
6	< 7	San Diego State		32-2	1322	5
7	< 6	North Carolina	ACC	26-7	1189	7
8	< 10	Texas	Big 12	27-7	1069	9
9	< 21	Connecticut	Big East	26-9	1019	8
10	< 8	BYU		30-4	977	12
11	< 15	Kentucky	SEC	25-8	928	10
12	< 11	Syracuse	Big East	26-7	922	14
13	< 9	Purdue	Big Ten	25-7	903	15
14	< 14	Louisville		25-9	874	11
15	< 12	Florida	SEC	26-7	840	13
16	< 13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23-8	619	16
17	< 16	Arizona	Pac-12	27-7	516	18
18	< 17	St. John's	Big East	21-11	433	19
19	< 23	Utah State		30-3	333	17
20	< 18	Xavier		24-7	270	22
21	< 19	Kansas State	Big 12	22-10	240	24
22	< 20	West Virginia		20-11	178	RV
23	< NR	Washington	Pac-12	23-10	176	23
24	< NR	Texas A&M	Big 12	24-8	152	20
25	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	23-10	130	21
RV	< 22	Georgetown	Big East	21-10	129	25
RV	< 24	Temple		25-7	124	RV
RV	< 25	Cincinnati	Big East	25-8	115	RV
RV	< NR	Old Dominion		27-6	65	RV
RV	< NR	Richmond		27-7	47	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV		24-8	38	RV
RV	< NR	Gonzaga		24-9	30	RV
RV	< NR	Butler		23-9	18	RV
RV	< NR	Villanova		21-11	17	NR
RV	< NR	Belmont		30-4	13	NR
RV	< NR	Missouri	Big 12	23-10	13	RV
RV	< NR	George Mason		26-6	10	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis		25-9	7	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC	22-11	4	NR
RV	< NR	Colorado	Big 12	21-13	3	NR
RV	< NR	Marquette		20-14	3	NR
RV	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	22-10	3	RV
RV	< NR	Long Island		27-5	1	NR
NR	< NR	Penn State	Big Ten	19-14	0	RV
NR	< NR	Princeton	Ivy	25-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Mary's		25-8	0	RV

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