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December 6, 1982 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Virginia ACC
2 < 3 Kentucky SEC
3 < 2 Georgetown Big East
4 < 5 Memphis
5 < 6 UCLA Pac-10
6 < 8 Indiana Big Ten
7 < 10 Iowa Big Ten
8 < 9 Missouri Big 8
9 < 11 Houston Southwest
10 < 4 Villanova
11 < 13 Alabama SEC
12 < 12 St. John's Big East
13 < 7 Louisville
14 < 14 Tennessee SEC
15 < 16 Arkansas Southwest
16 < 17 Marquette
17 < 15 North Carolina ACC
18 < 18 NC State ACC
18 < 19 UNLV
20 < NR Purdue Big Ten

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.