College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 17, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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