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1966 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky (39) SEC 24-1 468
2 < 3 Duke (3) ACC 23-3 387
3 < 2 UTEP (1) 24-1 313
4 < 6 Kansas (2) Big 8 22-3 305
5 < 7 Saint Joseph's 23-4 237
6 < 4 Loyola Chicago (2) 22-3 226
7 < 10 Cincinnati 21-5 134
8 < 5 Vanderbilt SEC 22-3 126
9 < NR Michigan Big Ten 17-7 93
10 < NR Western Kentucky 24-2 63
RV < 0 Boston College 0
RV < 0 Bradley 0
RV < 0 BYU 0
RV < 0 Colorado State 0
RV < 0 Davidson 0
RV < 0 Dayton 0
RV < 0 Houston 0
RV < 0 Michigan State Big Ten 0
RV < 0 Nebraska Big 8 0
RV < 0 Oklahoma City 0
RV < 0 Oregon State 0
RV < 0 Penn Ivy 0
RV < 0 Providence 0
RV < 0 Rhode Island 0
RV < 0 San Francisco 0
RV < 0 SMU Southwest 0
RV < 0 Syracuse 0
RV < 0 Temple 0
RV < 0 Utah 0

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.