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January 18, 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	<	8	Kansas	Big 8
6	<	7	Jacksonville
7	<	5	Western Kentucky
8	<	18	Tennessee	SEC
9	<	9	Notre Dame
10	<	12	St. Bonaventure
11	<	6	South Carolina
12	<	10	Kentucky	SEC
12	<	17	Utah State
14	<	13	Villanova
15	<	NR	La Salle
16	<	NR	Oregon	Pac-8
17	<	14	Fordham
18	<	11	Indiana	Big Ten
19	<	NR	Virginia	ACC
20	<	15	North Carolina	ACC

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