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December 31, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 4 Kansas Big 7
2 < 2 Illinois Big Ten
3 < 3 Washington
4 < 1 Kentucky SEC
5 < 5 Indiana Big Ten
6 < 6 New York
7 < 12 Saint Louis
8 < 7 St. John's
9 < 8 Kansas State Big 7
10 < NR St. Bonaventure
11 < 10 Seton Hall
12 < NR Iowa Big Ten
13 < 17 La Salle
14 < 9 Notre Dame
15 < NR Oklahoma City
16 < 18 Murray State
17 < 19 NC State
18 < 15 Utah
19 < 20 Syracuse
20 < NR Michigan State Big Ten

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.