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February 10, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Kansas	Big 12
2	<	2	Wake Forest	ACC
3	<	4	Minnesota	Big Ten
4	<	3	Kentucky	SEC
5	<	5	Utah
6	<	8	Duke	ACC
7	<	10	Clemson	ACC
8	<	12	Cincinnati
9	<	6	Iowa State	Big 12
10	<	7	Maryland	ACC
11	<	14	Arizona	Pac-10
12	<	19	South Carolina	SEC
13	<	9	New Mexico
14	<	13	Michigan	Big Ten
15	<	15	Colorado	Big 12
16	<	20	North Carolina	ACC
17	<	11	Louisville
18	<	16	Villanova
19	<	17	Xavier
20	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten
21	<	23	Texas Tech	Big 12
22	<	18	Stanford	Pac-10
23	<	21	Tulane
24	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-10
25	<	NR	Charleston

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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.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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