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December 28, 1959 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Cincinnati
2 < 2 West Virginia
3 < 4 California
4 < 6 Utah
5 < 3 Ohio State Big Ten
6 < 7 Saint Louis
7 < 9 Indiana Big Ten
8 < 10 Illinois Big Ten
9 < 5 Bradley
10 < 8 Georgia Tech
11 < 17 Detroit Mercy
12 < 12 New York
13 < 13 Kentucky SEC
14 < 19 Iowa Big Ten
15 < NR Miami (FL)
16 < NR Toledo
17 < 15 Villanova
18 < 16 Duke ACC
19 < NR Wake Forest ACC
20 < NR DePaul

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.