College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 15, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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