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January 11, 1971 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	<	3	Marquette
3	<	4	USC	Pac-8
4	<	5	Penn	Ivy
5	<	6	Western Kentucky
6	<	2	South Carolina
7	<	7	Jacksonville
8	<	8	Kansas	Big 8
9	<	9	Notre Dame
10	<	11	Kentucky	SEC
11	<	12	Indiana	Big Ten
12	<	10	St. Bonaventure
13	<	14	Villanova
14	<	18	Fordham
15	<	20	North Carolina	ACC
16	<	13	Louisville
17	<	15	Utah State
18	<	17	Tennessee	SEC
19	<	NR	Memphis
20	<	NR	Oregon State	Pac-8

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