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February 19, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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.