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December 7, 1953 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
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

Notes

  • 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.