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March 9, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Indiana Big Ten
2 < 4 Washington
3 < 2 La Salle
4 < 3 Seton Hall
5 < 6 Kansas Big 7
6 < 7 Oklahoma State Missouri Valley
7 < 5 LSU SEC
8 < 8 Kansas State Big 7
9 < 9 Western Kentucky
10 < 11 Oklahoma City
11 < 18 Duquesne
12 < NR Wake Forest
13 < 10 Illinois Big Ten
14 < 14 Louisville
14 < 15 Seattle
16 < NR Wyoming
17 < 13 Notre Dame
18 < 12 NC State
19 < 18 Navy
20 < NR Manhattan
20 < NR St. John's

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.