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December 21, 1959 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 5 Cincinnati
2 < 10 West Virginia
3 < NR Ohio State Big Ten
4 < 11 California
5 < 4 Bradley
6 < 18 Utah
7 < 12 Saint Louis
8 < NR Georgia Tech
9 < NR Indiana Big Ten
10 < NR Illinois Big Ten
11 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten
12 < NR New York
13 < 2 Kentucky SEC
14 < NR La Salle
15 < NR Villanova
16 < NR Duke ACC
17 < NR Detroit Mercy
18 < NR Texas A&M Southwest
19 < NR Iowa Big Ten
20 < NR USC

Notes

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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.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.