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January 9, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	2	Baylor (55)	Big 12	15-0	1608	*1
2	<	3	Kansas (8)	Big 12	14-1	1517	*2
3	<	1	Villanova (1)	Big East	15-1	1499	*3
4	<	4	UCLA (1)	Pac-12	16-1	1433	4
5	<	5	Gonzaga	West Coast	15-0	1366	5
6	<	6	Kentucky	SEC	13-2	1327	6
7	<	8	Duke	ACC	14-2	1173	7
8	<	10	Creighton	Big East	15-1	1111	8
9	<	12	Florida State	ACC	15-1	1071	10
10	<	7	West Virginia	Big 12	13-2	972	9
11	<	14	North Carolina	ACC	14-3	902	12
12	<	18	Butler	Big East	14-2	880	13
13	<	15	Oregon	Pac-12	15-2	869	11
14	<	9	Louisville	ACC	13-3	744	15
15	<	16	Xavier	Big East	13-2	651	14
16	<	17	Arizona	Pac-12	15-2	634	16
17	<	20	Purdue	Big Ten	14-3	584	19
18	<	13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13-3	581	17
19	<	11	Virginia	ACC	12-3	580	18
20	<	23	Notre Dame	ACC	14-2	468	20
21	<	19	Saint Mary's	West Coast	14-1	377	21
22	<	22	Cincinnati	American	13-2	256	22
23	<	24	Florida	SEC	12-3	252	23
24	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	15-2	167	24
25	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	13-2	20	RV
25	<	25	USC	Pac-12	15-2	20	25
RV	<	NR	Seton Hall	Big East	12-3	11	RV
RV	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	10-4	7	RV
RV	<	NR	South Carolina	SEC	12-3	7	RV
RV	<	25	Indiana	Big Ten	11-5	6	RV
RV	<	21	Virginia Tech	ACC	12-3	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Maryland	Big Ten	14-2	5	RV
RV	<	NR	SMU	American	14-3	5	RV
RV	<	NR	Clemson	ACC	11-4	4	RV
RV	<	NR	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	15-2	3	RV
RV	<	NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	13-3	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	12-3	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Nevada	Mountain West	14-3	2	NR
RV	<	NR	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	14-3	2	RV
NR	<	NR	California	Pac-12	11-5	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	11-3	0	RV
NR	<	NR	New Mexico State	WAC	15-2	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	13-4	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Oakland	Horizon	14-3	0	RV

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	6	13.3	4938
Big East	4	9.5	4141
Big 12	4	9.5	4117
Pac-12	4	14.5	2956
Big Ten	3	19.7	1332
West Coast	2	13.0	1743
SEC	2	14.5	1579
American	1	22.0	256

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