College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 5, 1998 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	North Carolina	ACC
2	< 3	Duke	ACC
3	< 4	Utah
4	< 2	Kansas	Big 12
5	< 8	Arizona	Pac-10
6	< 6	Kentucky	SEC
7	< 7	Stanford	Pac-10
8	< 10	Connecticut	Big East
9	< 5	Purdue	Big Ten
10	< 9	UCLA	Pac-10
11	< 14	Iowa	Big Ten
12	< 12	New Mexico
13	< 15	Florida State	ACC
14	< 16	Mississippi	SEC
15	< 17	Princeton	Ivy
16	< 11	South Carolina	SEC
17	< 18	Michigan	Big Ten
18	< 19	Syracuse	Big East
19	< 13	Xavier
20	< 25	Marquette
21	< NR	Hawaii
22	< 23	Arkansas	SEC
23	< 24	Rhode Island
24	< 21	Clemson	ACC
25	< 22	West Virginia

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