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1971 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 UCLA Pac-8 0-0
2 < 6 South Carolina 0-0
3 < 1 Kentucky SEC 0-0
4 < 4 Jacksonville 0-0
5 < 9 Notre Dame 0-0
6 < 8 Marquette 0-0
7 < 20 USC Pac-8 0-0
8 < NR Villanova 0-0
9 < 18 Western Kentucky 0-0
10 < 14 Drake 0-0
11 < 13 Penn Ivy 0-0
12 < 16 Utah State 0-0
13 < NR Duke ACC 0-0
14 < NR Kansas Big 8 0-0
15 < 5 New Mexico State 0-0
16 < NR Indiana Big Ten 0-0
17 < 12 Houston 0-0
18 < 19 Long Beach State 0-0
19 < 10 NC State ACC 0-0
20 < 3 St. Bonaventure 0-0

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.