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December 7, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Indiana	Big Ten
2	<	NR	Kentucky	SEC
3	<	9	Duquesne
4	<	8	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
5	<	3	Kansas	Big 7
6	<	6	La Salle
7	<	18	NC State	ACC
8	<	12	Kansas State	Big 7
9	<	11	Illinois	Big Ten
10	<	5	LSU	SEC
11	<	17	Western Kentucky
12	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	<	NR	Oregon State
14	<	NR	Wyoming
15	<	NR	Dayton
16	<	16	Santa Clara
17	<	NR	California
18	<	NR	Saint Louis
19	<	13	Holy Cross
19	<	NR	Oklahoma City

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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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