College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

February 15, 1954 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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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