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February 22, 1971 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	<	2	Marquette
3	<	3	USC	Pac-8
4	<	4	Penn	Ivy
5	<	5	Kansas	Big 8
6	<	6	Jacksonville
7	<	7	South Carolina
8	<	10	Duquesne
9	<	9	Western Kentucky
10	<	12	Kentucky	SEC
11	<	18	Fordham
12	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten
13	<	8	North Carolina	ACC
14	<	11	La Salle
15	<	19	Louisville
16	<	15	Utah State
17	<	13	Tennessee	SEC
18	<	20	Ohio State	Big Ten
19	<	14	Notre Dame
20	<	NR	Long Beach State

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