College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 19, 1979 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 2	UCLA	Pac-10
2	< 1	Indiana State
3	< 3	Notre Dame
4	< 4	North Carolina	ACC
5	< 6	LSU	SEC
6	< 5	Duke	ACC
7	< 8	Michigan State	Big Ten
8	< 7	Syracuse
9	< 10	Marquette
10	< 11	Arkansas	Southwest
11	< 12	Texas	Southwest
12	< 14	Iowa	Big Ten
13	< 9	Louisville
14	< 17	Ohio State	Big Ten
15	< 15	Temple
16	< 18	Detroit Mercy
17	< 16	Georgetown
18	< 13	Purdue	Big Ten
19	< 19	Vanderbilt	SEC
20	< NR	DePaul

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