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Men's Basketball

1953 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Indiana	Big Ten
2	< 4	Seton Hall
3	< 5	Kansas	Big 7
4	< 2	Washington
5	< 7	LSU	SEC
6	< 3	La Salle
7	< 20	St. John's
8	< 6	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
9	< 11	Duquesne
10	< 17	Notre Dame
11	< 13	Illinois	Big Ten
12	< 8	Kansas State	Big 7
13	< NR	Holy Cross
14	< 14	Seattle
15	< 12	Wake Forest
16	< NR	Santa Clara
17	< 9	Western Kentucky
18	< 18	NC State
19	< NR	DePaul
20	< NR	Missouri State

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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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