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December 11, 1978 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Duke ACC
2 < 3 Notre Dame
3 < 4 Michigan State Big Ten
4 < 7 Louisville
5 < 2 UCLA Pac-10
6 < 10 Kentucky SEC
7 < 8 NC State ACC
8 < 5 Kansas Big 8
9 < 6 Michigan Big Ten
10 < 9 Syracuse
11 < 12 LSU SEC
12 < 11 USC Pac-10
13 < 14 North Carolina ACC
14 < 16 Marquette
15 < 15 UNLV
16 < 20 Georgetown
17 < 13 Texas Southwest
18 < NR Illinois Big Ten
19 < 17 San Francisco
20 < NR Indiana State

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.