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December 17, 1979 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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