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2012 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (61)	SEC	32-2	1621	*1
2	< 2	Syracuse (1)	Big East	31-2	1545	2
3	< 5	Missouri (2)	Big 12	30-4	1459	*3
4	< 4	North Carolina (1)	ACC	29-5	1403	5
5	< 8	Michigan State	Big Ten	27-7	1386	4
6	< 3	Kansas	Big 12	27-6	1330	6
7	< 7	Ohio State	Big Ten	27-7	1229	7
8	< 6	Duke	ACC	27-6	1158	8
9	< 12	Baylor	Big 12	27-7	1064	10
10	< 17	Florida State	ACC	24-9	972	12
11	< 9	Marquette	Big East	25-7	912	11
12	< 11	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30-1	871	9
13	< 10	Michigan	Big Ten	24-9	808	14
14	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24-9	766	13
15	< 13	Georgetown	Big East	23-8	726	15
16	< 15	Indiana	Big Ten	25-8	576	17
17	< NR	Louisville	Big East	26-9	558	18
18	< 16	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	27-5	517	19
19	< 19	Creighton	Missouri Valley	28-5	373	20
20	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	24-10	334	24
21	< NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	27-6	318	22
22	< 18	San Diego State	Mountain West	26-7	223	23
23	< 20	UNLV	Mountain West	26-8	201	25
24	< NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27-5	187	16
25	< 22	Florida	SEC	23-10	146	21
RV	< 21	Temple	Atlantic 10	24-7	103	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	24-10	89	RV
RV	< 23	Notre Dame	Big East	22-11	85	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis	Conference USA	26-8	59	RV
RV	< 24	Gonzaga	West Coast	25-6	47	RV
RV	< 25	Iowa State	Big 12	22-10	13	RV
RV	< NR	VCU	Colonial	28-6	12	RV
RV	< NR	Drexel	Colonial	27-6	11	NR
RV	< NR	Virginia	ACC	22-9	9	RV
RV	< NR	Long Beach State	Big West	25-8	5	RV
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	26-4	4	RV
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	21-10	3	RV
RV	< NR	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	20-11	1	NR
NR	< NR	Montana	Big Sky	25-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	NC State	ACC	22-12	0	RV
NR	< NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	25-7	0	RV

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