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December 14, 1998 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Connecticut Big East
2 < 3 Duke ACC
3 < 5 Kentucky SEC
4 < 4 Cincinnati
5 < 2 Maryland ACC
6 < 6 Stanford Pac-10
7 < 7 North Carolina ACC
8 < 8 Arizona Pac-10
8 < 9 Purdue Big Ten
10 < 11 Indiana Big Ten
11 < 12 New Mexico
12 < 15 UCLA Pac-10
13 < 10 Kansas Big 12
14 < 14 Michigan State Big Ten
15 < 18 St. John's Big East
16 < 17 Clemson ACC
17 < 24 Minnesota Big Ten
18 < 19 Oklahoma State Big 12
19 < NR Auburn SEC
20 < 23 Arkansas SEC
21 < 13 Syracuse Big East
22 < 20 Pittsburgh
23 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten
24 < NR Oklahoma Big 12
25 < NR Iowa 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.