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February 20, 1978 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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