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February 20, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Gonzaga (59)	West Coast	28-0	1618	*1
2	<	2	Villanova (5)	Big East	26-2	1556	*2
3	<	3	Kansas (1)	Big 12	24-3	1503	3
4	<	5	Arizona	Pac-12	25-3	1356	4
5	<	6	UCLA	Pac-12	24-3	1316	5
6	<	7	Oregon	Pac-12	24-4	1297	7
7	<	8	Louisville	ACC	22-5	1267	6
8	<	10	North Carolina	ACC	23-5	1138	8
9	<	4	Baylor	Big 12	22-5	1108	9
10	<	12	Duke	ACC	22-5	1014	11
11	<	13	Kentucky	SEC	22-5	943	10
12	<	9	West Virginia	Big 12	21-6	908	13
13	<	15	Florida	SEC	22-5	822	12
14	<	16	Purdue	Big Ten	22-5	807	14
15	<	18	Cincinnati	American	24-3	733	16
16	<	11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-5	713	15
17	<	19	SMU	American	24-4	554	21
18	<	14	Virginia	ACC	18-8	427	19
19	<	17	Florida State	ACC	21-6	419	20
20	<	22	Saint Mary's	West Coast	24-3	375	18
21	<	25	Notre Dame	ACC	21-7	322	17
22	<	24	Butler	Big East	21-6	295	22
23	<	20	Creighton	Big East	22-5	178	23
24	<	23	Maryland	Big Ten	22-5	159	24
25	<	NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	25-4	153	25
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	22-5	39	RV
RV	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	20-7	25	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	17-9	22	RV
RV	<	21	South Carolina	SEC	20-7	12	RV
RV	<	NR	USC	Pac-12	21-6	10	RV
RV	<	NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	21-5	9	RV
RV	<	NR	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	24-4	8	RV
RV	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	18-9	7	NR
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	20-7	5	NR
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	18-8	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Monmouth	Metro Atlantic	23-5	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Michigan	Big Ten	17-10	1	NR
RV	<	NR	Vermont	America East	24-5	1	NR
RV	<	NR	Virginia Tech	ACC	18-8	1	NR
NR	<	NR	California	Pac-12	18-8	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Xavier	Big East	18-9	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	13.8	4587
Pac-12	3	5.0	3969
Big 12	3	8.0	3519
Big East	3	15.7	2029
Big Ten	3	18.0	1679
West Coast	2	10.5	1993
SEC	2	12.0	1765
American	2	16.0	1287
Missouri Valley	1	25.0	153

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
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