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December 21, 1998 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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.