AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1979 Final Top 20
NCAA Basketball National Champion: Michigan State
1 UCLA 241
2 Marquette 197
3 North Carolina 149
4 Notre Dame 141
5 Kentucky 132
6 Indiana 107
7 Maryland 88
8 Penn 85
9 NC State 84
10 Louisville 81
11 Long Beach State 77
12 Syracuse 70
13 Michigan 69
14 South Carolina 67
15 Alabama 63
16 Kansas 57
17 UNLV 54
18 San Francisco 53
19 DePaul 52
20 Arkansas 50
21 Providence 46
22 Michigan State 45
22 Minnesota 45
24 Western Kentucky 43
25 Florida State 42
AP Poll, All-Time College Basketball Rankings
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