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January 22, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	2	Kentucky	SEC
2	<	4	Long Island
3	<	1	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley
4	<	3	Bradley
5	<	6	Indiana	Big Ten
6	<	5	St. John's
7	<	7	Columbia	Ivy
8	<	9	NC State
9	<	10	Kansas State	Big 7
10	<	8	Saint Louis
11	<	11	Villanova
12	<	19	USC
13	<	18	Siena
14	<	NR	Arizona
15	<	16	Cincinnati
16	<	14	Illinois	Big Ten
17	<	NR	La Salle
18	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 7
19	<	NR	BYU
20	<	13	Wyoming

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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.
All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.