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March 18, 1974 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	NC State	ACC
2	<	2	UCLA	Pac-8
3	<	7	Marquette
4	<	4	Maryland	ACC
5	<	3	Notre Dame
6	<	14	Kansas	Big 8
7	<	12	Michigan	Big Ten
8	<	5	Providence
9	<	9	Long Beach State
10	<	8	North Carolina	ACC
11	<	10	Indiana	Big Ten
11	<	6	Vanderbilt	SEC
13	<	11	Alabama	SEC
14	<	15	USC	Pac-8
15	<	13	Pittsburgh
16	<	20	Dayton
17	<	18	South Carolina
18	<	NR	Oral Roberts
18	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten
20	<	17	New Mexico

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