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1957 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 North Carolina ACC
2 < 2 Kansas Big 7
3 < 3 Kentucky SEC
4 < 4 SMU Southwest
5 < 5 Seattle
6 < 6 Louisville
7 < 11 West Virginia
8 < 9 Vanderbilt SEC
9 < 10 Oklahoma City
10 < 12 Saint Louis
11 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten
12 < 19 Memphis
13 < 14 California
14 < 7 UCLA
15 < 18 Mississippi State SEC
16 < 15 Idaho State
17 < NR Notre Dame
18 < 20 Wake Forest ACC
19 < 13 Bradley
20 < NR Canisius
20 < 16 Oklahoma State Missouri Valley

Notes

  • 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.