College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 3, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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