College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 7, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Indiana	Big Ten
2	< NR	Kentucky	SEC
3	< 9	Duquesne
4	< 8	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
5	< 3	Kansas	Big 7
6	< 6	La Salle
7	< 18	NC State	ACC
8	< 12	Kansas State	Big 7
9	< 11	Illinois	Big Ten
10	< 5	LSU	SEC
11	< 17	Western Kentucky
12	< NR	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	< NR	Oregon State
14	< NR	Wyoming
15	< NR	Dayton
16	< 16	Santa Clara
17	< NR	California
18	< NR	Saint Louis
19	< 13	Holy Cross
19	< NR	Oklahoma City

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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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