College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

March 7, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Temple
2	< 2	Purdue	Big Ten
3	< 3	Arizona	Pac-10
4	< 4	Oklahoma	Big 8
5	< 7	Pittsburgh
6	< 8	Kentucky	SEC
7	< 5	UNLV
8	< 9	Duke	ACC
9	< 6	North Carolina	ACC
10	< 10	Michigan	Big Ten
11	< 16	NC State	ACC
12	< 14	Bradley
13	< 12	Syracuse	Big East
14	< 17	Wyoming
15	< 11	Iowa	Big Ten
16	< 18	Loyola Marymount
17	< 15	BYU
18	< 13	Georgia Tech	ACC
19	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten
20	< 20	Xavier

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