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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

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.