College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

March 8, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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