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Men's Basketball

1971 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	< 2	Marquette
3	< 4	Penn	Ivy
4	< 5	Kansas	Big 8
5	< 3	USC	Pac-8
6	< 6	South Carolina
7	< 7	Western Kentucky
8	< 8	Kentucky	SEC
9	< 10	Fordham
10	< 12	Ohio State	Big Ten
11	< 9	Jacksonville
12	< 14	Notre Dame
13	< 13	North Carolina	ACC
14	< 18	Houston
15	< 11	Duquesne
16	< 17	Long Beach State
17	< 15	Tennessee	SEC
18	< NR	Drake
19	< NR	Villanova
20	< NR	BYU

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