College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

November 23, 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	< 6	Maryland	ACC
6	< 7	Temple
7	< 5	Michigan State	Big Ten
8	< 8	Kansas	Big 12
9	< 10	North Carolina	ACC
10	< 11	UCLA	Pac-10
11	< 12	Arizona	Pac-10
12	< 13	Oklahoma State	Big 12
13	< 16	Xavier
14	< 15	Purdue	Big Ten
15	< 17	Cincinnati
16	< 14	Washington	Pac-10
17	< 21	Indiana	Big Ten
18	< 9	Utah
19	< 22	Syracuse	Big East
20	< 20	New Mexico
21	< 19	Arkansas	SEC
22	< 24	Clemson	ACC
23	< NR	St. John's	Big East
24	< NR	Miami (OH)
25	< 18	Tennessee	SEC

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