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February 7, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky (47) SEC 17-1 670
2 < 2 Saint Louis (13) 15-1 605
3 < 3 Oklahoma State (8) Missouri Valley 13-2 575
4 < 4 Illinois Big Ten 14-2 373
5 < 8 Hamline (2) 15-0 292
6 < 6 Western Kentucky 17-2 245
7 < 5 Minnesota Big Ten 14-2 216
8 < 11 Tulane 18-2 159
9 < 10 San Francisco 18-3 115
10 < 9 Stanford 17-3 103
11 < 13 Loyola Chicago (1) 16-3 92
12 < 12 Utah 16-4 49
13 < 7 Villanova 13-3 47
14 < 14 Bowling Green 12-6 44
15 < 19 Holy Cross 12-5 34
16 < 15 Butler (1) 13-3 27
17 < NR Washington State 18-2 26
18 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 9-4 24
19 < NR Wyoming 17-6 23
20 < NR Duquesne 13-2 20
RV < NR Texas Southwest 17
RV < 18 Bradley 16
RV < 17 NC State 13
RV < NR La Salle 12
RV < NR Yale Ivy 11
RV < NR Louisville 10
RV < 20 Eastern Kentucky 8
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 8
RV < NR CCNY 7
RV < NR Long Island 7
RV < NR USC 6
RV < NR West Virginia 6
RV < NR Baylor Southwest 5
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 5
RV < 15 New York 5
RV < NR Temple 5
RV < NR DePaul 3
RV < NR Arizona 2
RV < NR Cincinnati 1
RV < NR Niagara 1
RV < NR West Texas A&M 1

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.