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1977 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	9	Michigan (21)	Big Ten	0-0	588
2	<	2	Marquette (6)		0-0	531
3	<	8	North Carolina (9)	ACC	0-0	449
4	<	5	UCLA (2)	Pac-8	0-0	425
5	<	1	Indiana (7)	Big Ten	0-0	422
6	<	NR	Kentucky (2)	SEC	0-0	298
7	<	3	UNLV		0-0	279
8	<	11	Maryland	ACC	0-0	235
9	<	NR	Louisville (1)		0-0	227
10	<	15	Arizona	Pac-8	0-0	206
11	<	NR	San Francisco (1)		0-0	190
12	<	12	Cincinnati		0-0	174
13	<	6	Alabama	SEC	0-0	101
14	<	7	Notre Dame		0-0	87
15	<	NR	NC State	ACC	0-0	76
16	<	13	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	75
17	<	4	Rutgers	Atlantic 10	0-0	59
18	<	17	DePaul		0-0	36
19	<	19	Charlotte		0-0	28
20	<	14	Missouri	Big 8	0-0	27
RV	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-8	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Austin Peay		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Baylor	Southwest	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Centenary		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Holy Cross		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Houston	Southwest	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 8	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Memphis		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Miami (OH)		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Oral Roberts		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Oregon State	Pac-8	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Penn	Ivy	0-0	0
RV	<	20	Pepperdine		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Pittsburgh		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Princeton	Ivy	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Providence		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Southern Illinois		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	St. John's		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Syracuse		0-0	0
RV	<	16	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Toledo		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Utah		0-0	0
RV	<	18	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Washington	Pac-8	0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Washington State	Pac-8	0-0	0
RV	<	10	Western Michigan		0-0	0
RV	<	NR	Wichita State		0-0	0

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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.
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