The following is Lawrence Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s ballot for the AP college basketball poll on Jan. 2, 2012.
- Syracuse
- Kentucky
- North Carolina
- Ohio State
- Duke
- Baylor
- Indiana
- Missouri
- Connecticut
- Michigan State
- Georgetown
- Louisville
- Kansas
- Florida
- Mississippi State
- Michigan
- Murray State
- UNLV
- San Diego State
- Kansas State
- Marquette
- Wisconsin
- Harvard
- California
- Virginia