USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll

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Rank School (first-place votes) 2011-12 record Points Last year's final ranking 1 Indiana (21) 27-9 761 13 2 Louisville (5) 30-10 738 4 3 Kentucky (5) 38-2 718 1 4 Ohio State 31-8 617 3 5 Michigan 24-10 605 22 6

North Carolina State 24-13 581 20 7 Kansas 32-7 563 2 8 Duke 27-7 516 14 9 Syracuse 34-3 502 5 10 Florida 26-11 422 9 11 Arizona 23-12 411 NR 12 North Carolina 32-6 401 6 13 UCLA 19-14 396 NR 14 Michigan State 29-8 391 7 15 Creighton 29-6 325 21 16 Memphis 26-9 307 NR 17 Missouri 30-5 289 11 18 Baylor 30-8 266 8 19

UNLV 26-9 203 NR 20 San Diego State 26-8 196 NR 21 Wisconsin 26-10 191 12 22 Gonzaga 26-7 166 NR 23 Notre Dame 22-12 122 NR 24 (tie) Florida State 25-10 61 15 24 (tie) Texas 20-14 61 NR

Others receiving votes: Saint Louis (26-8) 58; Virginia Commonwealth (29-7) 40; Cincinnati (26-11) 33; Murray State (31-2) 30; Kansas State (22-11) 13; Saint Mary's (27-6) 11; New Mexico (28-7) 10; Tennessee (19-15) 10; Minnesota (23-15) 9; Pittsburgh (22-17) 9; Marquette (27-8) 8; Stanford (26-11) 7; Butler (22-15) 6; Oklahoma State (15-18) 6; Colorado State (20-12) 4; Middle Tennessee (27-7) 3; Drexel (29-7) 2; Georgia (15-17) 2; Miami (Fla.) (20-13) 2; St. Joseph's (20-14) 2; Marshall (21-14) 1.

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2012-13 season: Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Tim Cluess, Iona; Keith Dambrot, Akron; Steve Donahue, Boston College; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Bruiser Flint, Drexel; Tim Floyd, Texas-El Paso; Mark Fox, Georgia; Ben Jacobsen, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Ron "Fang" Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Paulsen, Bucknell; Saul Phillips, North Dakota State; Steve Pikiell, Stony Brook; Randy Rahe, Weber State; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Shaka Smart, Virginia Commonwealth; Andrew Toole, Robert Morris; DonVerlin, Idaho; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara.