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2012 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 7	North Carolina (62)	ACC	0-0	1620	*1
2	< 11	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	1501	*2
3	< 1	Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	0-0	1482	3
4	< 9	Connecticut (2)	Big East	0-0	1433	4
5	< 12	Syracuse	Big East	0-0	1338	5
6	< 3	Duke	ACC	0-0	1301	6
7	< 25	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0	1120	7
8	< 15	Florida	SEC	0-0	1086	10
9	< 14	Louisville		0-0	1055	8
10	< 4	Pittsburgh		0-0	1027	11
11	< NR	Memphis		0-0	997	9
12	< NR	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	892	12
13	< 2	Kansas	Big 12	0-0	755	13
14	< 20	Xavier		0-0	747	15
15	< 16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0	720	14
16	< 17	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	616	16
17	< NR	UCLA	Pac-12	0-0	404	20
18	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	401	18
19	< NR	Alabama	SEC	0-0	395	17
20	< 24	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-0	357	19
21	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	0-0	353	22
22	< NR	Marquette		0-0	335	21
23	< NR	Gonzaga		0-0	283	23
24	< NR	California	Pac-12	0-0	230	24
25	< NR	Missouri	Big 12	0-0	139	25
RV	< NR	Florida State	ACC	0-0	131	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	128	RV
RV	< NR	Temple		0-0	69	RV
RV	< 23	Washington	Pac-12	0-0	44	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico		0-0	33	RV
RV	< NR	Butler		0-0	25	RV
RV	< 8	Texas	Big 12	0-0	21	RV
RV	< NR	Villanova		0-0	14	RV
RV	< NR	Creighton		0-0	12	RV
RV	< 13	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	10	RV
RV	< NR	Belmont		0-0	8	NR
RV	< NR	Drexel		0-0	8	RV
RV	< NR	UNLV		0-0	7	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's		0-0	6	RV
RV	< NR	George Mason		0-0	5	RV
RV	< 22	West Virginia		0-0	4	RV
RV	< NR	Long Beach State		0-0	3	RV
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	0-0	3	NR
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	0-0	2	NR
RV	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	2	NR
RV	< NR	Marshall		0-0	1	NR
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0	1	NR
RV	< 6	San Diego State		0-0	1	NR
NR	< NR	BYU		0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Notre Dame		0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	St. John's	Big East	0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	VCU		0-0	0	RV
NR	< NR	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0	RV

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