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November 21, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	Duke (46)	ACC	1-0	1276
2	<	2	Georgetown (6)	Big East	0-0	1108
3	<	3	Michigan (3)	Big Ten	0-0	1100
4	<	5	Oklahoma (8)	Big 8	0-0	1037
5	<	6	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1029
6	<	8	Syracuse	Big East	2-0	986
7	<	7	Iowa (1)	Big Ten	0-0	901
8	<	10	UNLV (1)		0-0	869
9	<	9	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	833
10	<	11	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0	599
11	<	12	Villanova		0-0	562
12	<	4	Louisville (1)		0-1	541
13	<	14	Missouri	Big 8	2-0	513
14	<	13	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0	478
15	<	15	Florida	SEC	0-0	312
16	<	17	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	288
17	<	16	Florida State	Metro	0-0	270
18	<	18	NC State	ACC	0-0	174
19	<	19	Temple		0-0	141
20	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	139
RV	<	20	Stanford	Pac-10		63

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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.
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