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Men's Basketball

January 16, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 3	Villanova (28)	Big East	17-1	1580	*2
2	< 2	Kansas (32)	Big 12	16-1	1562	*1
3	< 4	UCLA (3)	Pac-12	18-1	1472	*3
4	< 5	Gonzaga (2)	West Coast	17-0	1433	*4
5	< 6	Kentucky	SEC	15-2	1357	5
6	< 1	Baylor	Big 12	16-1	1315	6
7	< 8	Creighton	Big East	17-1	1185	7
7	< 10	West Virginia	Big 12	15-2	1185	8
9	< 11	North Carolina	ACC	16-3	1063	9
10	< 9	Florida State	ACC	16-2	964	12
11	< 13	Oregon	Pac-12	16-2	931	10
12	< 14	Louisville	ACC	15-3	900	11
13	< 12	Butler	Big East	15-3	823	14
14	< 16	Arizona	Pac-12	16-2	757	13
15	< 20	Notre Dame	ACC	16-2	748	15
16	< 19	Virginia	ACC	13-3	677	16
17	< 18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	14-3	644	17
18	< 7	Duke	ACC	14-4	614	18
19	< 23	Florida	SEC	14-3	405	21
20	< 22	Cincinnati	American	15-2	373	20
21	< 17	Purdue	Big Ten	14-4	309	22
22	< 15	Xavier	Big East	13-4	294	19
23	< 21	Saint Mary's	West Coast	15-2	210	23
24	< NR	South Carolina	SEC	14-3	125	24
25	< NR	Maryland	Big Ten	16-2	121	25
RV	< NR	TCU	Big 12	14-3	29	RV
RV	< 25	USC	Pac-12	16-3	14	RV
RV	< NR	SMU	American	15-4	8	RV
RV	< NR	Nevada	Mountain West	15-3	7	RV
RV	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	15-4	7	RV
RV	< NR	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	17-2	6	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	11-5	5	NR
RV	< NR	Akron	MAC	14-3	1	NR
RV	< 25	Kansas State	Big 12	13-4	1	RV
NR	< NR	California	Pac-12	13-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	14-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	12-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	12-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	15-3	0	RV
NR	< 24	Minnesota	Big Ten	15-4	0	RV
NR	< NR	New Mexico State	WAC	17-2	0	RV
NR	< NR	Utah	Pac-12	12-5	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	13.3	4966
Big East	4	10.8	3882
Big 12	3	5.0	4062
Pac-12	3	9.3	3160
SEC	3	16.0	1887
Big Ten	3	21.0	1074
West Coast	2	13.5	1643
American	1	20.0	373

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