In a story March 13 about the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, the AP wrongly attributed a vote from John Feinstein of National Public Radio to Iowa instead of Iowa State. In correcting Feinstein’s ballot and retabulating the results, Iowa State moves from No. 17 into a tie for No. 16 with Florida State.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Villanova, Gonzaga, Kansas, Arizona lead final AP poll
Villanova, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, is No. 1 in the final Associated Press college basketball poll of the season
By JIM O’CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer
Villanova, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, is No. 1 in the final Associated Press college basketball poll of the season.
The Wildcats (31-3) were a runaway choice Monday, receiving 59 first-place votes from the 65-member media panel.
Gonzaga (32-1), which received the other six first-place votes, and Kansas, two No. 1 seeds for the tournament, were second and third, but the poll and the selection committee disagreed on the fourth No. 1.
Arizona was fourth in the poll, while North Carolina, the fourth No. 1 seed, was ranked fifth.
Kentucky was sixth, followed by Duke, UCLA, Oregon and Louisville.
SMU was 11th, followed by Baylor, West Virginia, Notre Dame and Purdue. Florida State and Iowa State were tied at No. 16, followed by Cincinnati, Wichita State and Florida.
The last five ranked teams were Butler, Saint Mary’s, Michigan, Virginia and Wisconsin.
This was Villanova’s eighth week as No. 1 this season. Gonzaga was on top of the poll for four weeks while Duke, Kentucky and Kansas were all there for two weeks and Baylor for one. Baylor’s climb was the most impressive considering the Bears weren’t ranked in the preseason poll.
Fifteen teams were ranked the entire season, with Villanova and Kansas the only two who spent the entire season in the top 10.
Kansas ends the season with the longest current streak, 161 polls dating to February 2009. Arizona is next at 97, then Villanova at 73. UCLA holds the record of 221 consecutive polls from 1966-80.
There were seven one-week wonders. Connecticut, California, Virginia Tech, Minnesota, Kansas State, Northwestern and Miami were all in the Top 25 for one week.
Forty-two teams were ranked this season and the Atlantic Coast Conference led the way with nine schools in the Top 25. The Big Ten had eight ranked schools, while the Big 12 had six, Pac-12 five and Big East four.
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