College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 13, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	La Salle
2	< 2	Kentucky	SEC
3	< 14	Illinois	Big Ten
4	< 10	NC State	ACC
5	< 7	Dayton
6	< NR	Missouri	Big 7
7	< 6	Indiana	Big Ten
8	< 13	UCLA
9	< 3	Duquesne
10	< 8	Niagara
11	< NR	George Washington
12	< NR	Louisville
13	< 4	Iowa	Big Ten
14	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten
15	< 16	Utah
16	< NR	St. John's
17	< 17	Wake Forest	ACC
17	< 15	Wichita State
19	< 5	Holy Cross
20	< 9	Notre Dame

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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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