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January 11, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Kentucky	SEC
2	<	2	Duquesne
3	<	3	Indiana	Big Ten
4	<	4	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
5	<	5	Western Kentucky
6	<	7	Holy Cross
7	<	12	George Washington
8	<	9	Oklahoma City
9	<	8	Duke	ACC
10	<	6	Minnesota	Big Ten
11	<	16	Kansas	Big 7
11	<	NR	Wichita State
13	<	12	Niagara
14	<	16	Seattle
15	<	11	Rice	Southwest
16	<	NR	LSU	SEC
17	<	14	Dayton
18	<	NR	Colorado State
19	<	15	Illinois	Big Ten
20	<	NR	Idaho

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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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