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February 19, 1979 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 UCLA Pac-10
2 < 1 Indiana State
3 < 3 Notre Dame
4 < 4 North Carolina ACC
5 < 6 LSU SEC
6 < 5 Duke ACC
7 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten
8 < 7 Syracuse
9 < 10 Marquette
10 < 11 Arkansas Southwest
11 < 12 Texas Southwest
12 < 14 Iowa Big Ten
13 < 9 Louisville
14 < 17 Ohio State Big Ten
15 < 15 Temple
16 < 18 Detroit Mercy
17 < 16 Georgetown
18 < 13 Purdue Big Ten
19 < 19 Vanderbilt SEC
20 < NR DePaul

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.