College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 28, 1952 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 3	Kentucky	SEC
2	< 7	Kansas State	Big 7
3	< 1	Illinois	Big Ten
4	< 2	Kansas	Big 7
5	< 5	St. Bonaventure
6	< 8	Saint Louis
7	< 10	Duquesne
8	< 4	Iowa	Big Ten
9	< 6	Washington
10	< 9	West Virginia
11	< 13	Seton Hall
12	< 14	Louisville
13	< 20	Indiana	Big Ten
14	< 16	Dayton
15	< 15	St. John's
16	< NR	Oklahoma City
17	< 11	Holy Cross
18	< 19	Siena
19	< NR	DePaul
20	< NR	Fordham

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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.
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