College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 21, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	< 2	Marquette
3	< 4	Louisville
4	< 5	Penn	Ivy
5	< 3	North Carolina	ACC
6	< 9	Long Beach State
7	< 11	BYU
8	< 10	Marshall
9	< 7	South Carolina
10	< 12	Louisiana
11	< 14	Florida State	Independent
12	< 19	Maryland	ACC
13	< 6	Virginia	ACC
14	< 15	Missouri	Big 8
15	< 8	Ohio State	Big Ten
16	< NR	Houston
17	< 16	Hawaii
18	< 17	Kentucky	SEC
19	< 18	Memphis
20	< NR	Oral Roberts

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