College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 5, 1950 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< NR	St. John's
2	< 1	Kentucky	SEC
3	< 7	Bradley
4	< NR	Long Island
5	< NR	Indiana	Big Ten
6	< NR	Holy Cross
7	< 13	NC State
8	< NR	Duquesne
9	< 15	UCLA
10	< 6	Minnesota	Big Ten
11	< 3	Saint Louis
12	< NR	Missouri	Big 7
13	< 14	Villanova
14	< NR	CCNY
15	< NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten
16	< 4	Illinois	Big Ten
17	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 7
18	< NR	La Salle
19	< 10	Bowling Green
20	< NR	Kansas State	Big 7

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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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