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December 2, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Arizona Pac-10
2 < 3 Texas Big 12
3 < 4 Alabama SEC
4 < 6 Duke ACC
5 < 5 Pittsburgh
6 < 8 Oklahoma Big 12
7 < 10 Oregon Pac-10
8 < 7 Florida SEC
9 < 11 Maryland ACC
10 < 19 Indiana Big Ten
11 < 12 Connecticut Big East
12 < NR North Carolina ACC
13 < 13 Marquette
14 < 2 Kansas Big 12
15 < 18 Missouri Big 12
16 < 16 Xavier
17 < NR Stanford Pac-10
18 < 15 Kentucky SEC
19 < 22 Tulsa
20 < 24 Minnesota Big Ten
21 < 9 Michigan State Big Ten
22 < NR Virginia ACC
23 < 25 Wisconsin Big Ten
24 < 23 Mississippi State SEC
25 < NR Illinois Big Ten

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.