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January 27, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Kansas	Big 12
2	<	4	Wake Forest	ACC
3	<	3	Kentucky	SEC
4	<	5	Utah
5	<	7	Maryland	ACC
6	<	8	Minnesota	Big Ten
7	<	2	Clemson	ACC
8	<	9	Cincinnati
9	<	6	Louisville
10	<	11	Arizona	Pac-10
11	<	14	Iowa State	Big 12
12	<	10	Duke	ACC
13	<	15	New Mexico
14	<	12	Villanova
15	<	17	Stanford	Pac-10
16	<	13	Michigan	Big Ten
17	<	21	Indiana	Big Ten
18	<	18	Colorado	Big 12
19	<	19	North Carolina	ACC
20	<	16	Xavier
21	<	24	Tulsa
22	<	20	Texas Tech	Big 12
23	<	23	Texas	Big 12
24	<	25	Marquette
25	<	NR	South Carolina	SEC

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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