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1977 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Michigan Big Ten
2 < 2 UCLA Pac-8
3 < 6 Kentucky SEC
4 < 5 UNLV
5 < 4 North Carolina ACC
6 < 10 Syracuse
7 < 16 Marquette
8 < 3 San Francisco
9 < NR Wake Forest ACC
10 < 15 Notre Dame
11 < 12 Alabama SEC
12 < 17 Detroit Mercy
13 < 9 Minnesota Big Ten
14 < 19 Utah
15 < 7 Tennessee SEC
16 < NR Kansas State Big 8
17 < 18 Charlotte
18 < 8 Arkansas Southwest
19 < 14 Louisville
20 < NR VMI

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.