2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Two human polls make up the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...

 and the Coaches Poll
Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....

, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Italics   Number of first place votes
(#-#)   Win-loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP poll

The Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

 (AP) preseason poll was released on October 28, 2011. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

.

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

The Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count
Borda count
The Borda count is a single-winner election method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner of an election by giving each candidate a certain number of points corresponding to the position in which he or she is ranked by each voter. Once all...

. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on October 20, 2011.

Preseason polls

Various publications and news sources release their preseason top 25 months before the season commences.
Athlon Lindy's Sporting News Fox Sports CBS Sports
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...

Rivals.com
Rivals.com
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Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook
The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook is an annual publication which includes preseason previews of every NCAA Division I men's college basketball team in the United States. Created in 1981 by future Boston Celtics general manager Chris Wallace, it is currently compiled by a team of college...

1. North Carolina Ohio State North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina
2. Kentucky North Carolina Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky
3. Ohio State Kentucky Ohio State Ohio State Connecticut Connecticut Ohio State
4. Connecticut Vanderbilt Connecticut Connecticut Syracuse Ohio State Syracuse
5. Syracuse Duke Duke Syracuse Ohio State Duke Connecticut
6. Duke Pittsburgh Syracuse Duke Duke Syracuse Duke
7. Vanderbilt Michigan Florida Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Florida Vanderbilt
8. Louisville Connecticut Memphis Florida Louisville Vanderbilt Pittsburgh
9. Florida Syracuse Baylor Louisville Memphis Pittsburgh Florida
10. Pittsburgh Florida Vanderbilt Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Baylor Arizona
11. Baylor California Pittsburgh Memphis Florida Memphis Kansas
12. Memphis Louisville Arizona Baylor Baylor Kansas Memphis
13. Kansas Memphis Wisconsin Kansas Xavier Wisconsin Louisville
14. Wisconsin Gonzaga Kansas Xavier Kansas Marquette Xavier
15. Xavier Washington UCLA Wisconsin Arizona Arizona Wisconsin
16. Alabama Michigan State Louisville Arizona Cincinnati Louisville Texas A&M
17. Marquette Baylor Cincinnati UCLA Texas A&M Xavier Florida State
18. Cincinnati Xavier Xavier Michigan Gonzaga Gonzaga Alabama
19. Michigan State New Mexico Michigan Alabama Florida State Alabama Baylor
20. UCLA UCLA Gonzaga Texas A&M Michigan Michigan Michigan State
21. California Missouri Marquette Cincinnati UCLA Texas A&M California
22. Florida State Arizona California Marquette Alabama California Marquette
23. Texas A&M Creighton Alabama Gonzaga Missouri Cincinnati UCLA
24. Missouri Butler Washington California Wisconsin Florida State Missouri
25. Arizona Alabama Michigan State Missouri Villanova Temple Michigan
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