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December 1, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	3	Duke	ACC
2	<	2	Kansas	Big 12
3	<	4	North Carolina	ACC
4	<	1	Arizona	Pac-10
5	<	5	South Carolina	SEC
6	<	6	Purdue	Big Ten
7	<	8	Kentucky	SEC
8	<	10	New Mexico
9	<	9	Xavier
10	<	14	Iowa	Big Ten
11	<	16	Utah
12	<	15	Stanford	Pac-10
13	<	11	Connecticut	Big East
14	<	17	Mississippi	SEC
15	<	7	UCLA	Pac-10
16	<	12	Fresno State
17	<	13	Clemson	ACC
18	<	NR	Arkansas	SEC
19	<	NR	Florida State	ACC
20	<	20	Temple
21	<	22	Georgia	SEC
22	<	NR	Georgia Tech	ACC
23	<	24	Maryland	ACC
24	<	NR	Wake Forest	ACC
25	<	NR	Princeton	Ivy

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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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