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January 3, 1955 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	Kentucky (89)	SEC		1090
2	<	8	Duquesne (14)			869
3	<	2	NC State (3)	ACC		679
4	<	3	La Salle (2)		9-3	630
5	<	5	San Francisco (4)			515
6	<	9	George Washington			338
7	<	15	UCLA (1)			276
8	<	7	Utah			269
9	<	11	Missouri (2)	Big 7		262
10	<	4	Dayton			175
11	<	NR	Maryland	ACC		153
12	<	6	Illinois	Big Ten		141
13	<	11	Minnesota	Big Ten		136
14	<	19	Iowa	Big Ten		120
15	<	10	Niagara			97
16	<	13	Louisville (1)			40
17	<	18	Duke	ACC		39
17	<	NR	Villanova			39
19	<	17	Penn	Ivy		38
20	<	12	Alabama	SEC		32
20	<	NR	Notre Dame			32
20	<	NR	Seton Hall			32

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.