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2002 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record
1	<	1	Duke	ACC	0-0
2	<	11	Maryland	ACC	0-0
3	<	4	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0
4	<	9	Kentucky	SEC	0-0
5	<	15	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0
6	<	8	Florida	SEC	0-0
7	<	12	Kansas	Big 12	0-0
8	<	NR	Missouri	Big 12	0-0
9	<	24	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0
10	<	22	Saint Joseph's		0-0
11	<	16	Virginia	ACC	0-0
12	<	NR	Memphis		0-0
13	<	2	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0
14	<	21	Georgetown	Big East	0-0
15	<	3	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0
16	<	NR	Temple		0-0
17	<	7	Boston College	Big East	0-0
18	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0-0
19	<	6	North Carolina	ACC	0-0
20	<	NR	USC	Pac-10	0-0
21	<	17	Syracuse	Big East	0-0
22	<	20	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0
23	<	18	Texas	Big 12	0-0
24	<	0	Alabama	SEC	0-0
25	<	13	Oklahoma	Big 12	0-0

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.