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January 26, 1998 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Duke	ACC
2	<	2	North Carolina	ACC
3	<	4	Utah
4	<	5	Stanford	Pac-10
5	<	3	Kansas	Big 12
6	<	6	Arizona	Pac-10
7	<	7	Kentucky	SEC
8	<	9	UCLA	Pac-10
9	<	8	Connecticut	Big East
10	<	12	Purdue	Big Ten
11	<	11	Princeton	Ivy
12	<	13	Mississippi	SEC
13	<	14	South Carolina	SEC
14	<	17	New Mexico
15	<	18	Arkansas	SEC
16	<	10	Iowa	Big Ten
17	<	23	West Virginia
18	<	21	Cincinnati
19	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten
20	<	15	Syracuse	Big East
21	<	22	Rhode Island
22	<	NR	Michigan State	Big Ten
23	<	NR	Maryland	ACC
24	<	19	Xavier
25	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten

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