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February 28, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 UCLA Pac-8
2 < 3 Louisville
3 < 5 North Carolina ACC
4 < 4 Penn Ivy
5 < 2 Marquette
6 < 6 Long Beach State
7 < 7 BYU
8 < 9 South Carolina
9 < 8 Marshall
10 < 11 Florida State Independent
11 < 10 Louisiana
12 < 13 Virginia ACC
13 < 16 Houston
14 < 15 Ohio State Big Ten
15 < 17 Hawaii
16 < NR Michigan Big Ten
17 < 20 Oral Roberts
18 < 12 Maryland ACC
19 < 14 Missouri Big 8
20 < 19 Memphis

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.