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January 19, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	2	Seton Hall
2	<	6	Indiana	Big Ten
3	<	5	Washington
4	<	1	Kansas State	Big 7
5	<	3	La Salle
6	<	4	Illinois	Big Ten
7	<	9	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
8	<	8	NC State
9	<	15	Kansas	Big 7
10	<	7	Fordham
11	<	13	Tulsa
12	<	10	Western Kentucky
13	<	16	Seattle
14	<	NR	California
14	<	14	LSU	SEC
16	<	11	Notre Dame
17	<	18	Oklahoma City
18	<	NR	Eastern Kentucky
19	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten
20	<	NR	Manhattan

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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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