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December 26, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Villanova (56)	Big East	12-0	1614	*1
2	< 2	UCLA (3)	Pac-12	13-0	1518	*2
3	< 3	Kansas	Big 12	11-1	1461	*3
4	< 4	Baylor (6)	Big 12	12-0	1458	4
5	< 5	Duke	ACC	12-1	1375	*5
6	< 10	Louisville	ACC	11-1	1260	7
7	< 7	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-0	1222	6
8	< 6	Kentucky	SEC	10-2	1171	8
9	< 8	North Carolina	ACC	11-2	1113	10
10	< 9	Creighton	Big East	12-0	1049	9
11	< 11	West Virginia	Big 12	11-1	933	12
12	< 12	Virginia	ACC	10-1	892	11
13	< 13	Butler	Big East	11-1	837	13
14	< 14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-2	772	14
15	< 15	Purdue	Big Ten	11-2	745	15
16	< 16	Indiana	Big Ten	10-2	709	16
17	< 17	Xavier	Big East	10-2	548	17
18	< 18	Arizona	Pac-12	11-2	512	18
19	< 19	Saint Mary's	West Coast	10-1	407	19
20	< 21	Florida State	ACC	12-1	326	20
21	< 20	Oregon	Pac-12	11-2	321	21
22	< 23	USC	Pac-12	13-0	248	22
23	< 24	Cincinnati	American	10-2	207	23
24	< 25	Notre Dame	ACC	10-2	204	24
25	< NR	Florida	SEC	9-3	76	RV
RV	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten	12-1	40	RV
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-1	37	RV
RV	< NR	Seton Hall	Big East	10-2	18	RV
RV	< NR	Clemson	ACC	9-2	12	NR
RV	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	9-2	8	RV
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	12-1	8	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-2	7	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	11-2	5	NR
RV	< 22	South Carolina	SEC	9-2	4	25
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	11-1	3	RV
RV	< NR	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	11-1	3	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	8-3	2	NR
NR	< NR	California	Pac-12	9-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Colorado	Pac-12	10-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	10-3	0	RV
NR	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West	11-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	New Mexico State	WAC	11-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	TCU	Big 12	11-1	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	12.7	5170
Big East	4	10.3	4048
Pac-12	4	15.8	2599
Big 12	3	6.0	3852
Big Ten	3	15.0	2226
West Coast	2	13.0	1629
SEC	2	16.5	1247
American	1	23.0	207

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