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virginia basketballAn 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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