College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

November 16, 1998 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Duke	ACC
2	< 2	Connecticut	Big East
3	< 3	Stanford	Pac-10
4	< 4	Kentucky	SEC
5	< 5	Michigan State	Big Ten
6	< 6	Maryland	ACC
7	< 7	Temple
8	< 8	Kansas	Big 12
9	< 10	Utah
10	< 11	North Carolina	ACC
11	< 12	UCLA	Pac-10
12	< 18	Arizona	Pac-10
13	< 13	Oklahoma State	Big 12
14	< 14	Washington	Pac-10
15	< 16	Purdue	Big Ten
16	< 17	Xavier
17	< 15	Cincinnati
18	< 9	Tennessee	SEC
19	< 19	Arkansas	SEC
20	< 20	New Mexico
21	< 22	Indiana	Big Ten
22	< 20	Syracuse	Big East
23	< 24	Massachusetts
24	< NR	Clemson	ACC
25	< 23	Rhode Island

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