An unusually quiet week at the top of the national rankings has Virginia holding at fourth in the final regular-season polls of 2016.
UVA (24-6, 13-5 ACC) won both of its games last week, defeating Clemson 64-57 on Tuesday and then-#11 Louisville 68-46 on Saturday.
The wins clinched the second seed in this week’s ACC Tournament for the Cavs.
ACC regular-season champ North Carolina (25-6, 14-4 ACC) is ranked seventh. Miami (24-6, 13-5 ACC), the third seed in the ACC Tournament, is ranked 11th.
Kansas (27-4) is #1 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls this week.
Michigan State (26-5) is second in the AP poll, and Villanova (27-4) is second in the USA Today poll.
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kansas (29) | 27-4 | 749 |
| 2 | Villanova | 27-4 | 696 |
| 3 | Michigan State (1) | 26-5 | 692 |
| 4 | Virginia | 24-6 | 653 |
| 5 | Xavier | 26-4 | 602 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 24-6 | 589 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 25-6 | 576 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 24-7 | 515 |
| 9 | Oregon | 25-6 | 510 |
| 10 | Indiana | 25-6 | 490 |
| 11 | Miami | 24-6 | 461 |
| 12 | Utah | 24-7 | 387 |
| 13 | Purdue | 24-7 | 377 |
| 14 | Arizona | 24-7 | 336 |
| 15 | Maryland | 24-7 | 306 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 23-8 | 285 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 24-7 | 274 |
| 18 | Iowa | 21-9 | 220 |
| 19 | Iowa State | 21-10 | 187 |
| 20 | Baylor | 21-10 | 177 |
| 21 | Duke | 22-9 | 173 |
| 22 | Texas | 20-11 | 124 |
| 23 | Saint Mary’s | 26-4 | 117 |
| 24 | California | 22-9 | 72 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 20-11 | 45 |
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kansas (63) | 27-4 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Michigan State (2) | 26-5 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Villanova | 27-4 | 1,480 |
| 4 | Virginia | 24-6 | 1,424 |
| 5 | Xavier | 26-4 | 1,351 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 24-6 | 1,309 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 25-6 | 1,252 |
| 8 | Oregon | 25-6 | 1,127 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 24-7 | 1,113 |
| 10 | Indiana | 25-6 | 1,038 |
| 11 | Miami | 24-6 | 935 |
| 12 | Utah | 24-7 | 898 |
| 13 | Purdue | 24-7 | 798 |
| 14 | Louisville | 23-8 | 647 |
| 15 | Arizona | 24-7 | 626 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 23-8 | 608 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 24-7 | 574 |
| 18 | Maryland | 24-7 | 544 |
| 19 | Duke | 22-9 | 512 |
| 20 | Iowa | 21-9 | 407 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 21-10 | 374 |
| 22 | Baylor | 21-10 | 262 |
| 23 | Texas | 20-11 | 191 |
| 24 | California | 22-9 | 189 |
| 25 | SMU | 25-5 | 88 |
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