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January 29, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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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