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December 3, 1979 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Indiana	Big Ten
2	<	3	Duke	ACC
3	<	4	Ohio State	Big Ten
4	<	5	Notre Dame
5	<	2	Kentucky	SEC
6	<	7	LSU	SEC
7	<	8	UCLA	Pac-10
8	<	6	North Carolina	ACC
9	<	16	St. John's	Big East
10	<	9	DePaul
11	<	12	Syracuse	Big East
12	<	11	Purdue	Big Ten
13	<	13	Virginia	ACC
14	<	10	Louisville
15	<	17	Oregon State	Pac-10
16	<	18	Marquette
17	<	19	Georgetown	Big East
18	<	15	BYU
19	<	20	Kansas	Big 8
20	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten

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