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November 18, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Arizona	Pac-10
2	<	2	Kansas	Big 12
3	<	4	Texas	Big 12
4	<	8	Alabama	SEC
5	<	5	Pittsburgh
6	<	6	Duke	ACC
7	<	3	Oklahoma	Big 12
8	<	7	Florida	SEC
9	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten
10	<	11	Oregon	Pac-10
11	<	10	Xavier
12	<	13	Maryland	ACC
12	<	12	Mississippi State	SEC
14	<	15	Connecticut	Big East
15	<	14	UCLA	Pac-10
16	<	18	Marquette
17	<	17	Kentucky	SEC
18	<	16	Georgia	SEC
19	<	20	Western Kentucky
20	<	19	Missouri	Big 12
21	<	22	Gonzaga
22	<	21	Indiana	Big Ten
23	<	23	Cincinnati
24	<	24	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	<	25	Tulsa

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.
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