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1978 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky SEC
2 < 2 UCLA Pac-8
3 < 4 DePaul
4 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten
5 < 7 Arkansas Southwest
6 < 10 Notre Dame
7 < 8 Duke ACC
8 < 3 Marquette
9 < 12 Louisville
10 < 9 Kansas Big 8
11 < 20 San Francisco
12 < 5 New Mexico
13 < NR Indiana Big Ten
14 < 15 Utah
15 < 13 Florida State Metro
16 < 11 North Carolina ACC
17 < 16 Texas Southwest
18 < 19 Detroit Mercy
19 < NR Miami (OH)
20 < NR Penn Ivy

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.