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Men's Basketball

December 20, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Duke (64)	ACC	10-0	1624	*1
2	< 2	Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	10-0	1551	2
3	< 3	Kansas	Big 12	10-0	1479	3
4	< 4	Connecticut	Big East	8-0	1408	4
5	< 5	Syracuse	Big East	11-0	1395	5
6	< 8	Pittsburgh		11-1	1270	6
7	< 11	San Diego State		12-0	1134	7
8	< 10	Villanova		9-1	1118	8
9	< 13	Missouri	Big 12	10-1	1009	10
10	< 15	Georgetown	Big East	10-1	980	9
11	< 6	Kansas State	Big 12	9-2	866	11
12	< 14	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3	858	12
13	< 17	Kentucky	SEC	8-2	850	14
14	< 19	Purdue	Big Ten	10-1	712	13
15	< 9	Baylor	Big 12	7-1	684	15
16	< 18	Memphis		8-1	577	17
17	< 21	Minnesota	Big Ten	10-1	504	16
18	< 22	Texas	Big 12	9-2	429	22
19	< 7	Tennessee	SEC	7-2	411	18
20	< NR	Florida	SEC	8-2	382	19
21	< 12	Illinois	Big Ten	10-2	370	21
22	< 24	Notre Dame		10-1	327	20
23	< 16	BYU		10-1	302	23
24	< NR	UCF		10-0	258	RV
25	< 25	Texas A&M	Big 12	10-1	246	24
RV	< 20	Louisville		9-1	124	25
RV	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-2	49	RV
RV	< NR	Washington	Pac-12	7-3	49	RV
RV	< NR	Temple		8-2	39	RV
RV	< NR	West Virginia		8-2	24	RV
RV	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-2	16	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-0	15	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	10-0	14	RV
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC	7-4	10	NR
RV	< 22	UNLV		10-2	10	RV
RV	< NR	Arizona	Pac-12	10-2	8	NR
RV	< NR	Drexel		8-1	6	NR
RV	< NR	Gonzaga		6-5	3	NR
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's		9-2	3	RV
RV	< NR	Washington State	Pac-12	8-1	3	RV
RV	< NR	Boston College	ACC	9-2	2	NR
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-1	2	RV
RV	< NR	Old Dominion		8-2	2	RV
RV	< NR	Cleveland State		12-1	1	NR
RV	< NR	New Mexico		9-1	1	RV
NR	< NR	Richmond		8-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Wichita State		8-2	0	RV

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