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March 2, 1959 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky SEC
2 < 2 Kansas State Big 8
3 < 4 Cincinnati
4 < 5 Mississippi State SEC
5 < 3 North Carolina ACC
6 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten
7 < 6 Auburn SEC
8 < 10 West Virginia
9 < 9 Bradley
10 < 7 NC State ACC
11 < 12 California
12 < 11 Saint Louis
13 < 13 Marquette
14 < 15 Oklahoma City
15 < 14 TCU Southwest
16 < NR Utah
17 < 20 Saint Mary's
18 < 17 St. John's
19 < 18 St. Bonaventure
20 < NR Saint Joseph'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.