1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Season

1996–97

NCAA Tournament

1997

Preseason #1

NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
← 1995–96	1997–98 →

The 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.

AP Poll

Rank^[1]	Team	Conference
1	Kansas	Big 12
2	Utah	Pac-12
3	Minnesota	Big Ten
4	North Carolina	ACC
5	Kentucky	SEC
6	South Carolina	SEC
7	UCLA	Pac-12
8	Duke	ACC
9	Wake Forest	ACC
10	Cincinnati	Big East
11	New Mexico	MWC
12	Saint Joseph's	A-10
13	Xavier	A-10
14	Clemson	ACC
15	Arizona	Pac-12
16	Charleston	TAAC
17	Georgia	SEC
18	Iowa State	Big 12
19	Illinois	Big Ten
20	Villanova	Big East
21	Stanford	Pac-12
22	Maryland	ACC
23	Boston College	Big East
24	Colorado	Pac-12
25	Louisville	Big East

References

↑ "1997 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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