Arizona jumped to a season-high No. 4 in the final Associated Press college basketball poll of the season after sweeping Colorado, UCLA and Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament.
The Wildcats (30-4) jumped from No. 7, while UCLA dropped from third to eighth and Oregon fell from fifth to ninth. Arizona, which is the No. 2 seed in the West Region, is ranked in the Top 25 for the 97th consecutive week, second longest streak in the nation to Kansas' 161.
Defending national champion Villanova (31-3), the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, earned 59 of 65 first-place votes to finish the regular season as No. 1.
Gonzaga (32-1) is second and Kansas (28-4) third.
Villanova was ranked No. 1 for eight weeks this season; Gonzaga for fourth; Duke, Kentucky and Kansas for two; and Baylor for one. Villanova and Kansas the only two teams who spent the entire season in the top 10.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' final 2016-17 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and records through March 12:
1. Villanova (59) 31-3 1,619 2
2. Gonzaga (6) 32-1 1,520 4
3. Kansas 28-4 1,479 1
4. Arizona 30-4 1,427 7
5. Kentucky 29-5 1,276 8
6. North Carolina 27-7 1,256 6
7. Duke 27-8 1,251 14
8. UCLA 29-4 1,208 3
9. Oregon 29-5 1,196 5
10. Louisville 24-8 983 10
11. SMU 30-4 953 12
12. Baylor 25-7 861 9
13. West Virginia 26-8 844 11
14. Notre Dame 25-9 684 22
15. Purdue 25-7 654 13
16. Florida St. 25-8 570 16
17. Iowa St. 23-10 562 23
18. Cincinnati 29-5 522 15
19. Wichita St. 30-4 438 20
20. Florida 24-8 390 17
21. Butler 23-8 361 18
22. Saint Mary's (Cal) 28-4 305 19
23. Michigan 24-11 254 -
24. Virginia 22-10 240 21
25. Wisconsin 25-9 153 24
Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 37, Minnesota 20, Rhode Island 13, Creighton 11, Oklahoma St. 8, Iowa 8, Princeton 5, Nevada 5, Vermont 4, Virginia Tech 3, Seton Hall 2, Arkansas 1, Northwestern 1, VCU 1.
