College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

March 18, 1974 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	NC State	ACC
2	< 2	UCLA	Pac-8
3	< 7	Marquette
4	< 4	Maryland	ACC
5	< 3	Notre Dame
6	< 14	Kansas	Big 8
7	< 12	Michigan	Big Ten
8	< 5	Providence
9	< 9	Long Beach State
10	< 8	North Carolina	ACC
11	< 10	Indiana	Big Ten
11	< 6	Vanderbilt	SEC
13	< 11	Alabama	SEC
14	< 15	USC	Pac-8
15	< 13	Pittsburgh
16	< 20	Dayton
17	< 18	South Carolina
18	< NR	Oral Roberts
18	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten
20	< 17	New Mexico

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