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December 11, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	<	2	Florida State	Independent
3	<	3	Maryland	ACC
4	<	5	Marquette
5	<	4	Minnesota	Big Ten
6	<	6	NC State	ACC
7	<	7	Long Beach State
8	<	10	Louisiana
9	<	9	Penn	Ivy
10	<	12	Oral Roberts
11	<	13	North Carolina	ACC
12	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8
13	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC
14	<	19	Providence
15	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten
16	<	20	Houston	Southwest
17	<	NR	BYU
18	<	18	Michigan	Big Ten
19	<	11	Memphis
20	<	16	Kansas State	Big 8

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