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March 2, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 UNLV
2 < 2 North Carolina ACC
3 < 6 Purdue Big Ten
4 < 3 Indiana Big Ten
5 < 4 DePaul
6 < 7 Iowa Big Ten
7 < 8 Georgetown Big East
8 < 5 Temple
9 < 10 Alabama SEC
10 < 11 Syracuse Big East
11 < 9 Pittsburgh
12 < 14 Illinois Big Ten
13 < 13 Clemson ACC
14 < 17 Duke ACC
15 < 15 TCU Southwest
16 < 19 New Orleans
17 < 12 Oklahoma Big 8
18 < NR UCLA Pac-10
19 < NR Missouri Big 8
20 < NR Notre Dame

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.