College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 18, 1971 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	< 2	Marquette
3	< 3	USC	Pac-8
4	< 4	Penn	Ivy
5	< 8	Kansas	Big 8
6	< 7	Jacksonville
7	< 5	Western Kentucky
8	< 18	Tennessee	SEC
9	< 9	Notre Dame
10	< 12	St. Bonaventure
11	< 6	South Carolina
12	< 10	Kentucky	SEC
12	< 17	Utah State
14	< 13	Villanova
15	< NR	La Salle
16	< NR	Oregon	Pac-8
17	< 14	Fordham
18	< 11	Indiana	Big Ten
19	< NR	Virginia	ACC
20	< 15	North Carolina	ACC

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