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COACHES POLL USA TODAY SPORTS

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Final college men’s basketball poll of the season 1. Villanova (35-5) Points: 750 (30 first-place votes).

Previous ranking: 6. 2. North Carolina (33-7)

Points: 720. Previous ranking:

3.

3. Kansas (33-5)

Points: 657. Previous ranking: 1.

4. Oklahoma (29-8)

Points: 643. Previous ranking:

7.

5. Virginia (29-8)

Points: 631. Previous ranking:

5.

6. Oregon (31-7)

Points: 596. Previous ranking:

4. 7. Michigan State (29-6)

Points: 488. Previous ranking:

2.

8. Miami (Fla.) (27-8)

Points: 480. Previous ranking:

11.

9. Indiana (27-8)

Points: 456. Previous ranking:

12.

10. Syracuse (23-14)

Points: 446. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

11. Xavier (28-6)

Points: 361. Previous ranking: 9. 12. (tie) Maryland (27-9)

Points: 358. Previous ranking:

17. 12. (tie) Texas A&M (28-9)

Points: 358. Previous ranking:

15. 14. West Virginia (26-9)

Points: 331. Previous ranking:

8.

15. Iowa State (23-12)

Points: 315. Previous ranking:

19.

16. Kentucky (27-9)

Points: 297. Previous ranking:

13.

17. Notre Dame (24-12)

Points: 285. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

18. Duke (25-11)

Points: 263. Previous ranking:

20.

19. Purdue (26-9)

Points: 184. Previous ranking:

10.

20. Utah (27-9)

Points: 170. Previous ranking:

14.

21. Gonzaga (28-8)

Points: 157. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

22. Arizona (25-9)

Points: 154. Previous ranking:

16.

24. Baylor (22-12)

Points: 105. Previous ranking:

18.

25. Iowa (22-11)

Points: 82. Previous ranking:

24.

Dropped out:

No. 21 Seton Hall (25-9), No. 22 Texas (20-13), No. 23 California (23-11), No. 25 Saint Joseph’s (28-8).

Others receiving votes:

Wichita State (26-9) 67; Saint Joseph’s (28-8) 48; California (23-11) 40; Seton Hall (25-9) 36; Providence (24-11) 33; Texas (20-13) 27; Northern Iowa (23-13) 18; Connecticu­t (25-11) 14; Butler (22-11) 6; George Washington (28-10) 6; Stephen F. Austin (28-6) 6; Virginia Commonweal­th (25-11) 4; Cincinnati (22-11) 3; Valparaiso (30-7) 2; Arkansas-Little Rock (30-5) 1; Hawaii (28-6) 1; Saint Mary’s (29-6) 1; Yale (23-7) 1. The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutio­ns. All are members of the National Associatio­n of Basketball Coaches.

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