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Men's Basketball

February 14, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	Kentucky (64)	SEC	20-1	805
2	< 2	Saint Louis (13)		16-2	741
3	< 3	Oklahoma State (2)	Missouri Valley	16-3	578
4	< 4	Illinois (1)	Big Ten	16-2	571
5	< 8	Tulane		19-2	297
6	< 7	Minnesota (1)	Big Ten	16-2	271
7	< 6	Western Kentucky		20-3	264
8	< 9	San Francisco		19-4	165
9	< 5	Hamline		17-1	118
10	< 14	Bowling Green		16-6	116
11	< 16	Butler (2)		15-3	102
12	< NR	Bradley (1)		22-4	100
13	< 11	Loyola Chicago		16-4	54
14	< 12	Utah		18-5	49
15	< 13	Villanova		15-3	43
16	< NR	Oklahoma	Big 7	11-6	35
17	< NR	DePaul		14-7	32
17	< NR	NC State		17-8	32
17	< 19	Wyoming		20-6	32
20	< 20	Duquesne		15-3	30
20	< 10	Stanford		17-5	30
20	< NR	Yale	Ivy	16-4	30
RV	< NR	CCNY			29
RV	< 17	Washington State			21
RV	< NR	Eastern Kentucky			15
RV	< 15	Holy Cross			14
RV	< NR	La Salle			13
RV	< NR	Texas	Southwest		13
RV	< NR	Louisville			11
RV	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten		11
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 7		6
RV	< NR	Tennessee	SEC		6
RV	< NR	USC			6
RV	< NR	Notre Dame			5
RV	< 18	Ohio State	Big Ten		5
RV	< NR	Temple			5
RV	< NR	Arkansas	Southwest		2
RV	< NR	New York			2
RV	< NR	West Virginia			2
RV	< NR	Nebraska	Big 7		1

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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.
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