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1954 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Kentucky SEC
2 < 12 La Salle
3 < 9 Holy Cross
4 < 2 Indiana Big Ten
5 < 3 Duquesne
6 < 6 Notre Dame
7 < NR Bradley
8 < 4 Western Kentucky
9 < NR Penn State
10 < 5 Oklahoma State Missouri Valley
11 < NR USC
12 < 7 George Washington
13 < 16 Iowa Big Ten
14 < 8 LSU SEC
15 < 18 Duke ACC
16 < NR Niagara
17 < 11 Seattle
18 < 13 Kansas Big 7
19 < NR Illinois Big Ten
20 < 14 Maryland ACC

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.