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TOP 25 CONSENSUS RANKINGS

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Results through Sunday, January 8, 2012
rank	team	conf	record	rating
1	Syracuse (7)	BE	17-0	99.41
2	Kentucky	SEC	15-1	98.35
3	Ohio St (5)	B10	15-2	97.18
4	North Carolina	ACC	14-2	96.35
5	Michigan St	B10	14-2	94.18
6	Indiana	B10	15-1	94.06
7	Baylor (1)	B12	15-0	93.65
8	Duke	ACC	13-2	93.41
9	Missouri	B12	14-1	92.94
10	Kansas	B12	12-3	92.29
11	UNLV	MWC	16-2	89.00
12	Georgetown	BE	13-2	86.23
13	Kansas St	B12	12-2	85.59
14	Gonzaga	WCC	13-2	82.83
15	Alabama	SEC	12-3	81.41
16	Murray St	OVC	16-0	80.00
17	St Mary's CA	WCC	14-2	79.70
18	Louisville	BE	13-3	79.65
19	Michigan	B10	13-3	79.35
20	Florida	SEC	12-4	78.81
21	Wisconsin	B10	12-5	77.54
22	Marquette	BE	12-4	77.24
23	Creighton	MVC	13-2	76.70
24	California	P12	13-4	74.71
25	Wichita St	MVC	12-3	74.70

* Other teams receiving qualifying top25 votes:
West Virginia (73.82) Seton Hall (73.47) Virginia (72.89) BYU (72.82) Connecticut (71.60) New Mexico (70.35) St Louis (69.69) Purdue (67.53) San Diego St (66.18)

Requirements

Our composite ranking system is a meta-result based on top25 teams from the following ranking systems:
  - Associated Press Poll
  - USA Today / ESPN NABC Coach's Poll
  - Rating Percentage Index (RPI)
  - Jeff Sagarin Computer Ratings
  - Rothman F.A.C.T. Foundation
  - Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings
  - Dunkel Index (since 1929)
  - Peter Wolfe Basketball Ratings
  - PowerRatings College Hoops Index
  - Mike DeSimone's College Basketball Ratings
  - BDtE College Basketball Ratings
  - Sonny Moore's Power Ratings
  - Cheong NCAA Basketball Rankings

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