College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

March 2, 1970 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 2	UCLA	Pac-8
2	< 1	Kentucky	SEC
3	< 4	South Carolina
4	< 3	St. Bonaventure
5	< 5	New Mexico State
6	< 6	Jacksonville
7	< 7	Penn	Ivy
8	< 9	Iowa	Big Ten
9	< 8	Marquette
10	< 11	Davidson
11	< 10	Florida State	Independent
12	< 12	Western Kentucky
13	< 15	Houston
14	< 16	Drake
15	< 13	Notre Dame
16	< 17	Kansas State	Big 8
17	< NR	Ohio
18	< 20	Utah State
19	< NR	Cincinnati
19	< 14	NC State	ACC

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