College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 7, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 2	Kansas	Big 12
2	< 1	Duke	ACC
3	< 3	Florida	SEC
4	< 8	Maryland	ACC
5	< 10	Oklahoma	Big 12
6	< 5	Oklahoma State	Big 12
7	< 4	Virginia	ACC
8	< 6	Kentucky	SEC
9	< 7	Illinois	Big Ten
10	< 13	Cincinnati
11	< 14	UCLA	Pac-10
12	< 16	Syracuse	Big East
13	< 9	Iowa	Big Ten
14	< 18	Alabama	SEC
14	< 12	Stanford	Pac-10
16	< 11	Boston College	Big East
17	< 17	Missouri	Big 12
18	< 22	Gonzaga
19	< 23	Wake Forest	ACC
20	< 15	Arizona	Pac-10
21	< 21	Miami (FL)
22	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC
23	< NR	Pittsburgh
24	< 20	Butler
25	< 19	Michigan State	Big Ten

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