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March 9, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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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