College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 24, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	< 2	Maryland	ACC
3	< 3	Notre Dame
4	< 4	North Carolina	ACC
5	< 5	NC State	ACC
6	< 6	Marquette
7	< 7	Indiana	Big Ten
8	< 8	Louisville
9	< 9	Providence
10	< 11	Long Beach State
11	< 17	Vanderbilt	SEC
12	< 14	Arizona	Pac-8
13	< 10	Alabama	SEC
14	< 16	USC	Pac-8
15	< 18	Syracuse
16	< 12	Memphis
17	< NR	New Mexico
18	< 13	Kansas State	Big 8
19	< NR	UNLV
20	< NR	Austin Peay

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