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February 27, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 3	Kansas (58)	Big 12	26-3	1618	*1
2	< 2	Villanova (2)	Big East	27-3	1487	*2
3	< 5	UCLA (3)	Pac-12	26-3	1474	*2
4	< 1	Gonzaga (2)	West Coast	29-1	1419	*4
5	< 8	North Carolina	ACC	25-5	1381	5
6	< 6	Oregon	Pac-12	26-4	1343	6
7	< 4	Arizona	Pac-12	26-4	1223	8
8	< 7	Louisville	ACC	23-6	1176	7
9	< 11	Kentucky	SEC	24-5	1119	9
10	< 12	West Virginia	Big 12	23-6	1041	10
11	< 9	Baylor	Big 12	23-6	923	11
12	< 13	Florida	SEC	23-6	807	12
13	< 22	Butler	Big East	23-6	795	15
14	< 17	SMU	American	25-4	738	19
15	< 19	Florida State	ACC	23-6	722	17
16	< 14	Purdue	Big Ten	23-6	651	16
17	< 10	Duke	ACC	22-7	622	14
18	< 15	Cincinnati	American	25-4	504	20
19	< 21	Notre Dame	ACC	22-7	482	13
20	< 20	Saint Mary's	West Coast	26-3	445	18
21	< 25	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	27-4	250	22
22	< 16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-7	206	21
23	< 18	Virginia	ACC	19-9	194	23
24	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	19-9	168	24
25	< NR	Miami (FL)	ACC	20-8	123	25
RV	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	22-7	66	RV
RV	< NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	20-9	54	RV
RV	< NR	Dayton	Atlantic 10	23-5	32	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	19-10	14	RV
RV	< NR	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	25-4	13	RV
RV	< 23	Creighton	Big East	22-7	12	RV
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12	21-8	7	RV
RV	< NR	Michigan State	Big Ten	18-11	3	RV
RV	< NR	Monmouth	Metro Atlantic	26-5	3	NR
RV	< NR	VCU	Atlantic 10	23-6	2	RV
RV	< NR	Vermont	America East	26-5	2	NR
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech	ACC	20-8	2	NR
RV	< NR	Arkansas	SEC	22-7	1	RV
RV	< NR	BYU	West Coast	21-10	1	NR
RV	< 24	Maryland	Big Ten	22-7	1	RV
RV	< NR	Princeton	Ivy	19-6	1	NR
NR	< NR	California	Pac-12	19-9	0	RV
NR	< NR	Northwestern	Big Ten	20-9	0	RV
NR	< NR	South Carolina	SEC	21-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Xavier	Big East	18-11	0	RV

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
ACC	7	16.0	4700
Big 12	4	11.5	3750
Pac-12	3	5.3	4040
Big East	2	7.5	2282
SEC	2	10.5	1926
West Coast	2	12.0	1864
American	2	16.0	1242
Big Ten	2	19.0	857
Missouri Valley	1	21.0	250

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