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December 4, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	<	2	Florida State	Independent
3	<	3	Maryland	ACC
4	<	4	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	<	5	Marquette
6	<	8	NC State	ACC
7	<	6	Long Beach State
8	<	13	Kentucky	SEC
9	<	9	Penn	Ivy
10	<	7	Louisiana
11	<	11	Memphis
12	<	18	Oral Roberts
13	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC
14	<	14	Tennessee	SEC
15	<	10	Ohio State	Big Ten
16	<	17	Kansas State	Big 8
17	<	20	USC	Pac-8
18	<	19	Michigan	Big Ten
19	<	NR	Providence
20	<	15	Houston	Southwest

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