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December 13, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	La Salle
2	<	2	Kentucky	SEC
3	<	14	Illinois	Big Ten
4	<	10	NC State	ACC
5	<	7	Dayton
6	<	NR	Missouri	Big 7
7	<	6	Indiana	Big Ten
8	<	13	UCLA
9	<	3	Duquesne
10	<	8	Niagara
11	<	NR	George Washington
12	<	NR	Louisville
13	<	4	Iowa	Big Ten
14	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten
15	<	16	Utah
16	<	NR	St. John's
17	<	17	Wake Forest	ACC
17	<	15	Wichita State
19	<	5	Holy Cross
20	<	9	Notre Dame

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.