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December 5, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Duke ACC
2 < 2 Michigan Big Ten
3 < 4 Syracuse Big East
4 < 3 Georgetown Big East
5 < 6 Iowa Big Ten
6 < 5 Oklahoma Big 8
7 < 7 Illinois Big Ten
8 < 10 North Carolina ACC
9 < 9 UNLV
10 < 11 Arizona Pac-10
11 < 8 Missouri Big 8
12 < 12 Georgia Tech ACC
13 < 14 Florida State Metro
14 < 15 Ohio State Big Ten
15 < 13 Louisville
16 < 20 Tennessee SEC
17 < 18 Villanova
18 < NR Connecticut Big East
19 < 16 NC State ACC
20 < NR Seton Hall Big East

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.