College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 8, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 5	Temple (23)		18-1	1204
2	< 6	Purdue (16)	Big Ten	19-2	1191
3	< 1	Arizona (15)	Pac-10	21-2	1162
4	< 7	Oklahoma (9)	Big 8	20-2	1134
5	< 9	Pittsburgh (2)		16-2	927
6	< 8	North Carolina	ACC	16-3	905
7	< 2	UNLV		20-2	900
8	< 3	BYU		17-1	859
8	< 4	Duke	ACC	16-3	859
10	< 10	Kentucky	SEC	16-3	749
11	< 12	Syracuse	Big East	17-5	701
12	< 11	Michigan	Big Ten	18-4	605
13	< 13	Iowa	Big Ten	16-6	378
14	< NR	Kansas State	Big 8	14-4	323
15	< 18	Bradley		14-3	283
16	< NR	NC State	ACC	14-4	269
17	< 15	Vanderbilt	SEC	14-5	173
18	< NR	Wyoming		17-4	146
19	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten	13-6	134
20	< NR	Villanova		16-6	94
RV	< 14	Georgetown	Big East		92
RV	< 19	Florida	SEC		83
RV	< NR	Loyola Marymount			82
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara			75
RV	< NR	Missouri	Big 8		42
RV	< NR	SMU	Southwest		38
RV	< NR	Rhode Island			35
RV	< 20	St. John's	Big East		29
RV	< 17	Illinois	Big Ten		27
RV	< NR	Georgia Tech	ACC		21
RV	< NR	Auburn	SEC		20
RV	< 16	Iowa State	Big 8		20
RV	< NR	Arkansas	Southwest		12
RV	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten		12
RV	< NR	Southern Miss			12
RV	< NR	South Carolina			10
RV	< NR	Xavier			10
RV	< NR	UTEP			7
RV	< NR	Virginia Tech			6
RV	< NR	Little Rock			5
RV	< NR	Louisville			4
RV	< NR	LSU	SEC		4
RV	< NR	Stanford	Pac-10		3
RV	< NR	Boise State			2
RV	< NR	New Mexico			2
RV	< NR	Utah State			1
RV	< NR	West Virginia			1
RV	< NR	Wichita State			1

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