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December 26, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky SEC
2 < 3 North Carolina ACC
3 < 4 Arkansas Southwest
4 < 5 Notre Dame
5 < 2 Marquette
6 < 6 Indiana State
7 < 8 Louisville
8 < 7 UCLA Pac-8
9 < 9 UNLV
10 < 10 Syracuse
11 < 12 Cincinnati
12 < 12 Holy Cross
13 < 14 Providence
14 < 20 Maryland ACC
15 < NR Indiana Big Ten
16 < 19 Virginia ACC
17 < 16 Kansas Big 8
18 < NR Florida State Metro
19 < 11 San Francisco
20 < 15 Detroit Mercy

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.