1951–52 NCAA men's basketball rankings
1951–52 NCAA men's basketball rankings | |||||
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Season | 1951–52 | ||||
NCAA Tournament | 1952 | ||||
NCAA Tournament Champions | Kansas | ||||
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The 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
Legend
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
New to rankings from previous week | ||
Italics | Number of first place votes | |
(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
Week 2 Dec. 10[1] | Week 3 Dec. 17[1] | Week 4 Dec. 25[1] | Week 5 Jan. 1[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[1] | Week 13 Feb. 26[2] | Final Mar. 4[2][3] | ||
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1. | Kentucky (1–0) | St. John's (5–0) | Kentucky (4–1) | Kansas (10–0) | Kansas (11–0) | Kansas (12–0) | Illinois (11–0) | Kentucky (14–2) | Kentucky (18–2) | Kentucky (21–2) | Kentucky (22–2) | Kentucky (24–2) | Kentucky (28–2) | 1. |
2. | St. John's (3–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Illinois (5–0) | Illinois (6–0) | Illinois (8–0) | Illinois (10–0) | Kansas (13–0) | Kansas State (13–3) | Kansas State (13–3) | Kansas State (15–3) | Kansas State (16–3) | Illinois (17–2) | Illinois (19–2) | 2. |
3. | Illinois (1–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Washington (7–1) | Washington (10–1) | Kentucky (8–2) | Kentucky (10–2) | Kentucky (12–2) | Illinois (11–1) | Illinois (13–1) | Duquesne (16–0) | Duquesne (17–0) | Kansas State (16–3) | Kansas State (18–4) | 3. |
4. | Saint Louis (1–0) | Saint Louis (3–1) | Kansas (7–0) | Kentucky (6–2) | Indiana (8–0) | Iowa (10–0) | Iowa (12–0) | Kansas (13–1) | St. Bonaventure (13–0) | St. Bonaventure (16–0) | Iowa (16–1) | Duquesne (19–1) | Duquesne (21–1) | 4. |
5. | Kansas State (3–0) | Kansas State (5–1) | Indiana (5–0) | Indiana (7–0) | Saint Louis (9–2) | Saint Louis (10–3) | St. Bonaventure (10–0) | St. Bonaventure (12–4) | Duquesne (15–0) | Iowa (14–1) | Illinois (15–2) | Saint Louis (19–6) | Saint Louis (20–7) | 5. |
6. | Washington (1–1) | Indiana (4–0) | NYU (11–0) | NYU (12–0) | Washington (10–2) | St. Bonaventure (10–0) | Washington (14–2) | Saint Louis (12–4) | Kansas (14–2) | Illinois (13–2) | Washington (21–3) | Washington (22–4) | Washington (24–4) | 6. |
7. | Seton Hall (4–0) | Kansas (5–0) | St. John's (6–1) | Saint Louis (7–2) | Kansas State (9–3) | Duquesne (10–0) | Kansas State (12–3) | Duquesne (11–0) | Saint Louis (15–5) | Saint Louis (16–6) | Kansas (17–2) | Iowa (18–2) | Iowa (19–3) | 7. |
8. | Kansas (2–0) | Washington (5–1) | Kansas State (6–2) | St. John's (8–1) | St. Bonaventure (7–0) | Washington (12–2) | Saint Louis (11–4) | Iowa (12–1) | Washington (17–3) | Washington (19–3) | St. John's (18–2) | Kansas (19–2) | Kansas (20–2) | 8. |
9. | La Salle (4–0) | NC State (4–1) | Notre Dame (6–0) | Kansas State (8–3) | Seton Hall (10–0) | Kansas State (10–3) | West Virginia (11–1) | Washington (15–3) | Iowa (13–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Saint Louis (17–6) | St. John's (20–3) | West Virginia (22–3) | 9. |
10. | NC State (3–0) | Seton Hall (5–0) | Seton Hall (6–0) | St. Bonaventure (6–0) | Iowa (8–0) | West Virginia (9–1) | Duquesne (11–0) | West Virginia (12–1) | St. John's (13–2) | St. John's (17–2) | St. Bonaventure (17–2) | West Virginia (21–2) | St. John's (21–3) | 10. |
11. | Indiana (3–0) | NYU (10–0) | Western Kentucky (8–0) | Seton Hall (7–0) | West Virginia (8–1) | Siena (12–2) | Holy Cross (11–2) | Seton Hall (15–1) | Dayton (17–2) | Dayton (18–2) | Dayton (21–2) | Dayton (23–2) | Dayton (24–2) | 11. |
12. | Duke (4–0) | La Salle (5–0) | Saint Louis (4–2) | Iowa (7–0) | St. John's (9–1) | Seton Hall (12–1) | TCU (14–1) | Louisville (15–2) | West Virginia (14–2) | Seton Hall (18–1) | West Virginia (19–2) | St. Bonaventure (18–3) | Duke (22–5) | 12. |
13. | Oklahoma A&M (1–0) | Oklahoma A&M (4–0) | Stanford (9–1) | La Salle (7–0) | NYU (13–1) | Louisville (11–2) | Seton Hall (14–1) | Indiana (10–3) | Louisville (16–2) | Oklahoma City (13–4) | Penn State (17–1) | Louisville (19–4) | Holy Cross (21–3) | 13. |
14. | Notre Dame (3–0) | Wyoming (4–1) | Villanova (5–0) | Notre Dame (7–1) | Syracuse (6–0) | Indiana (8–2) | Louisville (14–2) | Dayton (16–2) | Penn State (13–1) | West Virginia (15–2) | Seton Hall (21–1) | Seton Hall (22–2) | Seton Hall (25–2) | 14. |
15. | Villanova (2–0) | Minnesota (2–2) | Utah (9–1) | Oklahoma City (7–1) | Louisville (9–2) | La Salle (10–1) | St. John's (12–2) | St. John's (13–2) | Oklahoma City (13–4) | Louisville (17–3) | Louisville (18–4) | Duke (20–5) | St. Bonaventure (19–3) | 15. |
16. | Stanford (3–0) | Western Kentucky (6–0) | UCLA (5–2) | Murray State (10–0) | Duquesne (8–0) | TCU (14–1) | Dayton (14–2) | Oklahoma City (10–4) | Oklahoma A&M (12–4) | Siena (14–3) | Seattle (26–5) | Wyoming (23–5) | Wyoming (23–6) | 16. |
17. | Louisville (3–0) | Holy Cross (3–0) | La Salle (6–0) | NC State (8–2) | Siena (12–2) | NC State (11–3) | Utah (16–4) | Holy Cross (11–2) | Seton Hall (17–1) | Penn State (15–1) | Holy Cross (17–2) | Holy Cross (19–2) | Louisville (20–5) | 17. |
18. | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Villanova (3–0) | Murray State (10–0) | Utah (11–2) | Oklahoma City (7–2) | Oklahoma City (9–3) | La Salle (12–1) | Siena (13–3) | Indiana (10–4) | DePaul (18–4) | Siena (16–3) | Western Kentucky (23–4) | Seattle (29–7) | 18. |
19. | Eastern Kentucky (4–0) | Duke (5–1) | NC State (5–2) | Syracuse (5–0) | Michigan State (6–0) | Dayton (12–2) | Siena (12–3) | DePaul (15–4) | La Salle (14–2) | Holy Cross (14–2) | Wyoming (21–4) | Villanova (16–7) | UCLA (17–9) | 19. |
20. | NYU (7–0) | Notre Dame (4–0) | Syracuse (5–0) | Michigan State (6–0) | Dayton (10–2) | Holy Cross (8–1) | Indiana (9–3) | Fordham (12–2) | Western Kentucky (15–3) | Indiana (10–4) | La Salle (18–4) | Siena (18–4) | Texas State (24–0) | 20. |
Week 2 Dec. 10[1] | Week 3 Dec. 17[1] | Week 4 Dec. 25[1] | Week 5 Jan. 1[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[1] | Week 13 Feb. 26[2] | Final Mar. 4[2][3] | ||
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UP Poll
Week 1 Dec. 6[1] | Week 2 Dec. 10[1] | Week 3 Dec. 17[1] | Week 4 Dec. 25[1] | Week 5 Jan. 1[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[1] | Week 13 Feb. 26[2] | Week 14 Mar. 4[2] | Final Mar. 11[2] | ||
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1. | Kentucky (0–0) | Kentucky (1–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Illinois (5–0) | Illinois (6–0) | Illinois (8–0) | Illinois (10–0) | Illinois (11–0) | Illinois (11–1) | Kentucky (18–2) | Kentucky (21–2) | Kentucky (22–2) | Kentucky (24–2) | Kentucky (28–2) | Kentucky (28–2) | 1. |
2. | Illinois (0–0) | Illinois (1–0) | St. John's (5–0) | Kentucky (4–1) | Kentucky (6–2) | Kansas (11–0) | Kansas (12–0) | Kansas (13–0) | Kentucky (14–2) | Illinois (13–1) | Kansas State (15–3) | Kansas State (16–3) | Illinois (17–2) | Illinois (19–2) | Illinois (19–3) | 2. |
3. | Washington (1–1) | St. John's (3–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kansas (7–0) | Kansas (10–0) | Kentucky (8–2) | Kentucky (10–2) | Kentucky (12–2) | Kansas State (13–3) | Kansas State (13–3) | Illinois (13–2) | Illinois (15–2) | Kansas State (16–3) | Kansas State (18–4) | Kansas (21–2) | 3. |
4. | Oklahoma A&M (0–0) | Washington (1–1) | Kansas (5–0) | Washington (7–1) | Indiana (7–0) | Indiana (8–0) | Washington (12–2) | Iowa (12–0) | Kansas (13–1) | Saint Louis (15–5) | Iowa (14–1) | Duquesne (17–0) | Duquesne (19–1) | Kansas (20–2) | Duquesne (21–1) | 4. |
5. | St. John's (0–0) | Kansas State (3–0) | Washington (5–1) | Indiana (5–0) | Washington (10–1) | Saint Louis (9–2) | Saint Louis (10–3) | Washington (14–2) | St. Bonaventure (12–0) | St. Bonaventure (13–0) | St. Bonaventure (16–0) | Iowa (16–1) | Kansas (19–2) | Duquesne (21–1) | Washington (25–6) | 5. |
6. | Saint Louis (0–0) | Saint Louis (1–0) | Saint Louis (3–1) | Kansas State (6–2) | Saint Louis (7–2) | Washington (10–2) | Iowa (10–0) | Kansas State (12–3) | Saint Louis (12–4) | Kansas (14–2) | Duquesne (16–0) | Washington (21–3) | Saint Louis (19–6) | Saint Louis (20–7) | Kansas State (18–5) | 6. |
7. | NC State (3–0) | Oklahoma A&M (1–0) | Kansas State (5–1) | NYU (11–0) | NYU (12–0) | Kansas State (9–3) | Kansas State (10–3) | Saint Louis (11–4) | Washington (15–3) | Washington (17–3) | Saint Louis (16–6) | Kansas (17–2) | Washington (22–4) | Washington (24–4) | Saint Louis (21–7) | 7. |
8. | Kansas (1–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Indiana (4–0) | St. John's (6–1) | Kansas State (8–3) | St. John's (9–1) | Indiana (8–2) | St. Bonaventure (10–0) | Iowa (12–1) | Duquesne (15–0) | Kansas (15–2) | Saint Louis (17–6) | St. John's (20–3) | Iowa (19–3) | Iowa (19–3) | 8. |
9. | Wyoming (1–0) | NC State (3–0) | Oklahoma A&M (4–0) | Saint Louis (4–2) | St. John's (8–1) | NYU (13–1) | St. Bonaventure (9–0) | Duquesne (11–0) | Duquesne (11–0) | Iowa (13–1) | Washington (19–3) | St. John's (18–2) | Iowa (18–2) | St. John's (21–3) | St. John's (22–3) | 9. |
10. | Kansas State (2–0) | Wyoming (3–0) | NC State (4–1) | Utah (9–1) | NC State (8–2) | Iowa (8–0) | Duquesne (10–0) | Indiana (9–3) | Indiana (10–3) | Oklahoma A&M (12–4) | St. John's (17–2) | St. Bonaventure (17–2) | Wyoming (23–5) | Wyoming (23–6) | Wyoming (27–6) | 10. |
11. | Indiana (1–0) | Indiana (2–0) | Utah (7–1) | Oklahoma A&M (5–1) | Utah (11–2) | NC State (9–3) | St. John's (10–2) | Oklahoma A&M (11–2) | Seton Hall (15–1) | Seton Hall (17–1) | Indiana (10–4) | Wyoming (21–4) | St. Bonaventure (18–3) | St. Bonaventure (19–3) | St. Bonaventure (19–5) | 11. |
12. | BYU (1–2) | La Salle (4–0) | Notre Dame (4–0) | Notre Dame (6–0) | Villanova (5–1) | St. Bonaventure (7–0) | NC State (11–3) | Holy Cross (11–2) | West Virginia (12–1) | St. John's (13–2) т | Wyoming (20–4) | Seton Hall (21–1) | West Virginia (21–2) | Seton Hall (25–2) | Seton Hall (25–3) | 12. |
13. | UCLA (1–0) | Villanova (2–0) | Wyoming (4–1) | Stanford (9–1) | Iowa (7–0) | Louisville (9–2) | Seton Hall (12–1) | Louisville (14–2) | NC State (13–5) | Louisville (16–2) т | Dayton (18–2) | West Virginia (19–2) | Seton Hall (22–2) | Louisville (20–5) | TCU (21–3) | 13. |
14. | Dayton (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) т | NYU (10–0) | Iowa (3–0) | Seton Hall (7–0) | Utah (13–3) | Oklahoma A&M (10–2) | TCU (14–1) | Louisville (14–2) т | West Virginia (14–2) | Seton Hall (18–1) | Dayton (21–2) т | Indiana (13–6) | Dayton (24–2) т | West Virginia (23–4) | 14. |
15. | Seton Hall (3–0) | Louisville (3–0) т | Seton Hall (5–0) | Syracuse (5–0) | Notre Dame (7–1) | Syracuse (6–0) | NYU (15–1) | Seton Hall (14–1) | DePaul (15–4) т | Wyoming (19–4) | Louisville (17–3) | Louisville (18–4) т | Louisville (19–4) | TCU (21–3) т | Holy Cross (24–3) | 15. |
16. | La Salle (3–0) | UCLA (1–2) | Western Kentucky (6–0) | NC State (5–2) | St. Bonaventure (6–0) | Seton Hall (10–0) | La Salle (10–1) | St. John's (12–2) | Oklahoma City (10–4) | NC State (16–7) | NC State (16–7) | Indiana (12–5) т | Dayton (23–2) | Western Kentucky (24–4) т | Western Kentucky (26–4) | 16. |
17. | Villanova (0–0) | Seton Hall (4–0) | La Salle (5–0) т | Seton Hall (6–0) | Oklahoma City (7–1) | Minnesota (5–4) | Louisville (11–2) | West Virginia (11–5) т | Wyoming (16–4) | DePaul (16–4) | Oklahoma City (13–4) | TCU (17–3) | Western Kentucky (23–4) | Villanova (17–8) т | La Salle (21–5) | 17. |
18. | Columbia (2–0) | NYU (7–0) т | Minnesota (2–2) т | Western Kentucky (8–0) | Minnesota (4–3) т | Notre Dame (7–3) | Wyoming (12–3) | NC State (11–5) т | St. John's (13–2) | Oklahoma City (12–4) | West Virginia (15–2) | NC State (17–8) | La Salle (18–5) | West Virginia (22–3) т | Dayton (25–2) | 18. |
19. | Holy Cross (0–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) т | Villanova (3–0) | Wyoming (6–2) | Duquesne (5–0) т | Oklahoma A&M (8–2) | TCU (14–1) | NYU (16–1) т | La Salle (13–2) т | Indiana (10–4) | NYU (17–1) | NYU (18–1) | Minnesota (15–6) т | Holy Cross (21–3) т | Louisville (21–5) т | 19. |
20. | Texas A&M (0–1) | Dayton (4–0) | Iowa (3–0) | La Salle (6–0) St. Bonaventure (4–0) | Louisville (7–1) т Arkansas (5–1) т | West Virginia (8–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | Villanova (9–3) т | Notre Dame (11–4) т | Dayton (17–2) т Western Kentucky (15–3) т | DePaul (18–4) | Villanova (14–7) | NYU (19–1) т | Indiana (15–6) | UCLA (19–10) т Indiana (16–6) т | 20. |
Week 1 Dec. 6[1] | Week 2 Dec. 10[1] | Week 3 Dec. 17[1] | Week 4 Dec. 25[1] | Week 5 Jan. 1[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[1] | Week 13 Feb. 26[2] | Week 14 Mar. 4[2] | Final Mar. 11[2] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ a b c d e ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 609. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1952 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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