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2002 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	3	Duke	ACC
2	<	1	Kansas	Big 12
3	<	4	Oklahoma	Big 12
4	<	2	Maryland	ACC
5	<	5	Cincinnati
6	<	6	Gonzaga
7	<	15	Arizona	Pac-10
8	<	8	Alabama	SEC
9	<	7	Pittsburgh
10	<	19	Connecticut	Big East
11	<	9	Oregon	Pac-10
12	<	13	Marquette
13	<	10	Illinois	Big Ten
14	<	21	Ohio State	Big Ten
15	<	11	Florida	SEC
16	<	12	Kentucky	SEC
17	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC
18	<	22	USC	Pac-10
19	<	18	Western Kentucky
20	<	14	Oklahoma State	Big 12
21	<	20	Miami (FL)
22	<	24	Xavier
23	<	17	Georgia	SEC
24	<	16	Stanford	Pac-10
25	<	NR	Hawaii

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.