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1972 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.