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2002 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 3 Duke ACC
2 < 1 Kansas Big 12
3 < 4 Oklahoma Big 12
4 < 2 Maryland ACC
5 < 5 Cincinnati
6 < 6 Gonzaga
7 < 15 Arizona Pac-10
8 < 8 Alabama SEC
9 < 7 Pittsburgh
10 < 19 Connecticut Big East
11 < 9 Oregon Pac-10
12 < 13 Marquette
13 < 10 Illinois Big Ten
14 < 21 Ohio State Big Ten
15 < 11 Florida SEC
16 < 12 Kentucky SEC
17 < NR Mississippi State SEC
18 < 22 USC Pac-10
19 < 18 Western Kentucky
20 < 14 Oklahoma State Big 12
21 < 20 Miami (FL)
22 < 24 Xavier
23 < 17 Georgia SEC
24 < 16 Stanford Pac-10
25 < NR Hawaii

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.