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January 8, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 UCLA Pac-8
2 < 2 Maryland ACC
3 < 4 NC State ACC
4 < 3 Marquette
5 < 7 Missouri Big 8
6 < 5 Long Beach State
7 < 9 North Carolina ACC
8 < 6 Minnesota Big Ten
9 < 11 Vanderbilt SEC
10 < 10 Houston Southwest
11 < 13 Providence
12 < 12 San Francisco
13 < 8 Louisiana
14 < 14 Alabama SEC
15 < NR Jacksonville
16 < 20 Indiana Big Ten
17 < 18 Kansas State Big 8
18 < 19 Florida State Independent
18 < NR St. John's
20 < NR Louisville

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.