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December 18, 1978 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

Notes

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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.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.