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1959 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 Kansas State Big 8
2 < 1 Kentucky SEC
3 < 4 Mississippi State SEC
4 < 9 Bradley
5 < 3 Cincinnati
6 < 10 NC State ACC
7 < 6 Michigan State Big Ten
8 < 7 Auburn SEC
9 < 5 North Carolina ACC
10 < 8 West Virginia
11 < 11 California
12 < 12 Saint Louis
13 < NR Seattle
14 < 20 Saint Joseph's
15 < 17 Saint Mary's
16 < 15 TCU Southwest
17 < 14 Oklahoma City
18 < 16 Utah
19 < 19 St. Bonaventure
20 < 13 Marquette

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.