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February 27, 1978 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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