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December 20, 1982 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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.