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January 2, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Villanova (59)	Big East	14-0	1619	*1
2	<	4	Baylor (6)	Big 12	13-0	1532	*3
3	<	3	Kansas	Big 12	12-1	1503	2
4	<	2	UCLA (6)	Pac-12	14-1	1406	5
5	<	7	Gonzaga	West Coast	14-0	1357	4
6	<	8	Kentucky	SEC	11-2	1280	6
7	<	11	West Virginia	Big 12	12-1	1179	7
8	<	5	Duke	ACC	12-2	1090	8
9	<	6	Louisville	ACC	12-2	1063	9
10	<	10	Creighton	Big East	13-1	1015	10
11	<	12	Virginia	ACC	11-2	954	12
12	<	20	Florida State	ACC	14-1	902	13
13	<	14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-2	865	11
14	<	9	North Carolina	ACC	12-3	785	16
15	<	21	Oregon	Pac-12	13-2	771	14
16	<	17	Xavier	Big East	12-2	634	15
17	<	18	Arizona	Pac-12	13-2	613	17
18	<	13	Butler	Big East	12-2	477	18
19	<	19	Saint Mary's	West Coast	12-1	416	19
20	<	15	Purdue	Big Ten	12-3	405	20
21	<	NR	Virginia Tech	ACC	12-1	293	23
22	<	23	Cincinnati	American	12-2	258	22
23	<	24	Notre Dame	ACC	12-2	250	21
24	<	25	Florida	SEC	10-3	193	24
25	<	16	Indiana	Big Ten	10-4	74	25
25	<	22	USC	Pac-12	14-1	74	RV
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	13-2	56	RV
RV	<	NR	Clemson	ACC	11-2	23	RV
RV	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	11-2	16	RV
RV	<	NR	Maryland	Big Ten	13-2	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	12-1	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	9-3	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	11-3	3	RV
RV	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	12-3	2	NR
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	11-3	2	NR
RV	<	NR	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	12-2	1	RV
NR	<	NR	California	Pac-12	10-4	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nebraska	Big Ten	8-6	0	RV
NR	<	NR	New Mexico State	WAC	13-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	South Carolina	SEC	10-3	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	7	14.0	5337
Big East	4	11.3	3745
Pac-12	4	15.3	2864
Big 12	3	4.0	4214
Big Ten	3	19.3	1344
West Coast	2	12.0	1773
SEC	2	15.0	1473
American	1	22.0	258

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