Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll

Taken after NCAA Tournament.

Voted on by a panel of 30 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked.

				Before NCAAs
		W-L	Pts	W-L	Rank
1	Arizona (30)	25-9	750	19-9	13
2	Kentucky	35-5	719	30-4	4
3	Minnesota	31-4	675	27-3	3
4	North Carolina	28-7	653	24-6	5
5	Kansas	34-2	642	32-1	1
6	Utah	29-4	594	26-3	2
7	UCLA	24-8	551	21-7	7
8	Clemson	23-10	437	21-9	12
9	Wake Forest	24-7	432	23-6	9
10	Louisville	26-9	394	23-8	25
11	Duke	24-9	387	23-8	8
12	Stanford	22-8	365	20-7	21
13	Iowa St.	22-9	356	20-8	17
14	South Carolina	24-8	320	24-7	6
15	Providence	24-12	300	21-11	NR
16	Cincinnati	26-8	295	25-7	10
17	St. Joseph's-PA	26-7	283	24-6	15
18	California	25-9	242	23-8	NR
19	New Mexico	25-8	179	24-7	11
20	Texas	18-12	174	16-11	NR
21	Coll. of Charleston	29-3	167	28-2	18
22	Xavier-OH	23-6	142	22-5	14
23	Boston College	22-9	98	21-8	20
24	Michigan	23-11	92	18-11	NR
25	Colorado	22-10	81	21-9	23

Others receiving votes: 26. Iowa (22-10, 67 pts) and Villanova (24-10, 67); 28. Tennessee-Chattanooga (24-11, 60); 29. Illnois (22-10, 39); 30. Georgia (24-9, 38); 31. Tulsa (24-10, 35); 32. Maryland (21-11, 26); 33. Purdue (18-12, 21); 34. Florida St. (runner-up NIT, 20-12, 17); 35. Marquette (22-9, 12); 36. Coppin St.(22-9, 9); 37. Rhode Island (20-10, 7) and Temple (20-11, 7); 39. Mississippi (20-9, 5); 40. Wisconsin (18-10, 3); 41. UNC-Charlotte (22-9, 2), Oklahoma (19-11, 2) and Princeton (24-4, 2); 44. Hawaii (21-8, 1), Illinois St. (24-6, 1) and Indiana (22-11, 1).

NCAA Men's Championship Game

1996-97 Season

The Final Four