AP Men’s Basketball Top 25 1/2/2017

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January 2nd, 2017 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Villanova (59) 14-0 1619 1
2. Baylor (6) 13-0 1532 4
3. Kansas 12-1 1503 3
4. UCLA 14-1 1406 2
5. Gonzaga 14-0 1357 7
6. Kentucky 11-2 1280 8
7. West Virginia 12-1 1179 11
8. Duke 12-2 1090 5
9. Louisville 12-2 1063 6
10. Creighton 13-1 1015 10
11. Virginia 11-2 954 12
12. Florida St. 14-1 902 20
13. Wisconsin 12-2 865 14
14. North Carolina 12-3 785 9
15. Oregon 13-2 771 21
16. Xavier 12-2 634 17
17. Arizona 13-2 613 18
18. Butler 12-2 477 13
19. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 12-1 416 19
20. Purdue 12-3 405 15
21. Virginia Tech 12-1 293 —
22. Cincinnati 12-2 258 23
23. Notre Dame 12-2 250 24
24. Florida 10-3 193 25
25. Indiana 10-4 74 16
25. Southern Cal 14-1 74 22

Others receiving votes: Minnesota 56, Clemson 23, Miami 16, Maryland 6, Kansas St 5, Iowa St. 3, Seton Hall 3, Northwestern 2, VCU 2, UNC Wilmington 1.