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January 18, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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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