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I don't know how to do very much HTML stuff, so whenever someone sends me a chart of the polls, I try to use it. First the AP poll...
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky (59) | 6-0 | 1619 | 1 |
| 2 | Maryland (4) | 6-0 | 1512 | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan State (2) | 7-0 | 1510 | 3 |
| 4 | Kansas | 4-1 | 1342 | 5 |
| 5 | Iowa State | 5-0 | 1338 | 4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 1269 | 7 |
| 7 | Duke | 6-1 | 1253 | 6 |
| 8 | Villanova | 6-0 | 1218 | 8 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 5-1 | 1115 | 9 |
| 10 | Virginia | 5-1 | 965 | 12 |
| 11 | Purdue | 6-0 | 904 | 16 |
| 12 | Xavier | 7-0 | 801 | 23 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 4-1 | 788 | 10 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 6-0 | 696 | NR |
| 15 | Oregon | 5-0 | 628 | 21 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 5-1 | 587 | 19 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | 7-0 | 551 | 24 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 6-1 | 522 | 25 |
| 19 | Arizona | 6-1 | 504 | 11 |
| 20 | West Virginia | 6-0 | 363 | NR |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 5-1 | 289 | 15 |
| 22 | SMU | 4-0 | 256 | 25 |
| 23 | Providence | 6-1 | 247 | NR |
| 24 | Louisville | 5-0 | 173 | NR |
| 25 | Baylor | 4-1 | 162 | NR |
| Also Receiving Votes: Connecticut (4-2) 153; Utah (5-1) 72; Butler (4-1) 62; George Washington (6-1) 45; Indiana (4-2) 26; Northern Iowa (4-1) 25; Notre Dame (4-2) 22; California (4-2) 19; Pittsburgh (4-0) 11; Dayton (5-1) 8; San Diego State (4-3) 5; South Carolina (6-0) 5; Georgetown (2-3) 4; Texas-El Paso (6-0) 3; Northwestern (5-1) 2; LSU (3-2) 2; Iowa (4-2) 2; Arkansas-Little Rock (5-0) 2; Colorado State (5-1) 1; Davidson (4-0) 1; Louisiana Tech (5-0) 1; Monmouth (4-2) 1; Northeastern (5-1) 1 | ||||
...and the Coaches Poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | HI/LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats (29) | 6-0 | 797 | 1 | 1/2 |
| 2 | Maryland Terrapins (3) | 5-0 | 759 | 2 | 2/3 |
| 3 | Michigan State Spartans | 6-0 | 720 | 4 | 4/13 |
| 4 | Iowa State Cyclones | 4-0 | 652 | 5 | 5/7 |
| 5 | Duke Blue Devils | 6-1 | 642 | 3 | 3/4 |
| 6 | Kansas Jayhawks | 4-1 | 615 | 7 | 5/7 |
| 7 | Villanova Wildcats | 6-0 | 613 | 9 | 8/9 |
| 8 | Oklahoma Sooners | 3-0 | 607 | 6 | 6/8 |
| 9 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 5-1 | 549 | 8 | 1/8 |
| 10 | Virginia Cavaliers | 5-1 | 495 | 12 | 6/12 |
| 11 | Purdue Boilermakers | 5-0 | 456 | 15 | 15/24 |
| 12 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 4-1 | 376 | 11 | 11/12 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 5-1 | 343 | 16 | 16/20 |
| 14 | Arizona Wildcats | 5-1 | 320 | 10 | 10/10 |
| 15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 6-0 | 299 | 22 | 22/23 |
| 16 | Oregon Ducks | 5-0 | 291 | 23 | 23/NR |
| 17 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 7-0 | 282 | 24 | 24/NR |
| 18 | Xavier Musketeers | 7-0 | 280 | 29 | – |
| 19 | Syracuse Orange | 6-0 | 221 | NR | – |
| 20 | Texas A&M Aggies | 6-1 | 175 | 30 | – |
| 21 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 5-1 | 145 | 19 | 19/NR |
| 22 | Louisville Cardinals | 5-0 | 141 | 27 | – |
| 23 | Baylor Bears | 4-1 | 113 | 25 | 21/25 |
| 24 | Providence Friars | 6-1 | 110 | NR | – |
| 25 | Butler Bulldogs | 4-1 | 65 | 28 | 20/NR |
| Also Receiving Votes: Utah 62; Connecticut 53; California 43; Indiana 35; LSU 29; Notre Dame 25; George Washington 17; Dayton 11; Saint Mary?s 10; Davidson 10; UNLV 9; Pittsburgh 8; Monmouth 5; Iowa 5; South Carolina 4; Northern Iowa 3; Florida 2; Wichita State 2; Texas-El Paso 1. | |||||
| Dropped Out: No. 13 California, No. 14 Indiana, No. 17 LSU, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 20 Wichita State, No. 21 Connecticut. | |||||
As you can see, the coaches haven't quite gotten the memo yet. As far as the AP goes, Xavier was ranked as high as 7th by basketball genius Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal and as low as 19th by Zac Boyer of The Washington Times, who his wearing a fedora in his official headshot.