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February 13, 1978 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 Arkansas Southwest
2 < 3 Marquette
3 < 1 Kentucky SEC
4 < 5 UCLA Pac-8
5 < 6 New Mexico
6 < 8 Kansas Big 8
7 < 4 Notre Dame
8 < 11 DePaul
9 < 9 Louisville
10 < 10 Michigan State Big Ten
11 < 7 North Carolina ACC
12 < 12 Texas Southwest
13 < 20 Providence
14 < 16 Florida State Metro
15 < 15 Illinois State
16 < 18 Syracuse
17 < 13 Virginia ACC
18 < NR Georgetown
19 < 17 Detroit Mercy
20 < NR Duke ACC

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.