1952–53 NCAA men's basketball rankings

1952–53 NCAA men's basketball rankings
Season1952–53
NCAA Tournament1953
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The 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
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  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. 16[1]		Week 3
Dec. 23[1]		Week 4
Dec. 30[1]		Week 5
Jan. 6[1]		Week 6
Jan. 13[1]		Week 7
Jan. 20[1]		Week 8
Jan. 27[1]		Week 9
Feb. 3[1]		Week 10
Feb. 10[1]		Week 11
Feb. 17[1]		Week 12
Feb. 24[2]		Week 13
Mar. 3[2]		Week 14
Mar. 10[2]		Final
Mar. 17[2]
1.La Salle (6–0)La Salle (8–0)Kansas State (6–1)Kansas State (7–1)Kansas State (8–1)Seton Hall (18–0)Seton Hall (19–0)Seton Hall (21–0)Seton Hall (22–0)Seton Hall (24–0)Seton Hall (26–0)Indiana (17–2)Indiana (19–3)Indiana (23–3)1.
2.Kansas State (3–0)Illinois (3–0)Seton Hall (9–0)Seton Hall (13–0)Seton Hall (15–0)Indiana (8–2)Indiana (9–2)Indiana (10–2)Indiana (12–2)Indiana (13–2)Indiana (16–2)La Salle (24–2)Washington (27–2)Seton Hall (31–2)2.
3.Illinois (2–0)Seton Hall (9–0)La Salle (9–1)La Salle (11–1)La Salle (13–1)Washington (13–1)Washington (15–1)Washington (18–1)Washington (20–1)Washington (22–1)Washington (24–1)Seton Hall (27–1)La Salle (24–2)Kansas (19–6)3.
4.Seton Hall (6–0)Holy Cross (4–0)Illinois (4–1)Illinois (5–1)Illinois (8–1)Kansas State (8–2)La Salle (15–2)La Salle (16–2)La Salle (18–2)La Salle (20–2)La Salle (22–2)Washington (25–2)Seton Hall (28–2)Washington (29–3)4.
5.Oklahoma A&M (4–0)Kansas State (4–1)Washington (7–1)Oklahoma State (10–1)Washington (11–1)La Salle (14–2)Kansas State (9–2)Kansas State (10–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (13–2)Kansas (13–5)LSU (20–1)Kansas (16–5)LSU (22–3)5.
6.NC State (5–1)NC State (7–1)Holy Cross (5–0)Washington (9–1)Indiana (7–2)Illinois (8–2)Illinois (9–2)Illinois (9–2)Oklahoma A&M (16–3)LSU (17–1)LSU (19–1)Kansas (13–5)Oklahoma A&M (22–6)La Salle (25–3)6.
7.Notre Dame (3–0)Washington (3–1)Oklahoma A&M (9–1)Indiana (5–2)Fordham (11–0)Oklahoma A&M (12–2)Fordham (13–2)DePaul (15–4)DePaul (17–4)Oklahoma A&M (17–4)Oklahoma A&M (19–5)Oklahoma A&M (19–6)LSU (20–1)St. John's (17–6)7.
8.Holy Cross (2–0)LSU (5–0)Tulsa (7–1)Fordham (9–0)NC State (14–2)NC State (16–2)Oklahoma A&M (12–3)Western Kentucky (16–3)LSU (15–1)Kansas State (12–3)Western Kentucky (22–5)Kansas State (15–4)Kansas State (16–4)Oklahoma A&M (23–7)8.
9.Washington (3–1)Oklahoma A&M (6–1)Minnesota (4–0)NC State (12–2)Oklahoma A&M (10–2)Kansas (9–3)Western Kentucky (15–3)Oklahoma A&M (14–3)Western Kentucky (20–3)Western Kentucky (20–4)Kansas State (13–4)Western Kentucky (22–5)Western Kentucky (24–5)Duquesne (21–8)9.
10.LSU (4–0)Western Kentucky (5–1)Western Kentucky (5–2)Western Kentucky (9–2)Western Kentucky (11–2)Fordham (12–1)DePaul (14–4)LSU (14–1)Kansas State (11–3)Kansas (12–4)Illinois (15–3)Illinois (15–4)Oklahoma City (18–4)Notre Dame (19–5)10.
11.Western Kentucky (3–0)Notre Dame (5–1)NC State (9–2)LSU (7–1)Notre Dame (9–1)Tulsa (12–2)LSU (13–1)Seattle (15–2)Seattle (19–2)Seattle (20–3)Oklahoma City (15–4)Oklahoma City (17–4)Duquesne (19–7)Illinois (18–4)11.
12.UCLA (3–1)St. Bonaventure (5–0)Indiana (3–2)USC (10–0)USC (11–1)Western Kentucky (12–3)NC State (16–3)North Carolina (15–3)NC State (19–4)Oklahoma City (14–3)Miami (OH) (16–3)NC State (25–5)Wake Forest (23–6)Kansas State (17–4)12.
13.Oklahoma City (4–2)Navy (6–0)Seattle (8–2)Notre Dame (8–1)Tulsa (11–2)Seattle (13–2)Seattle (15–2)Fordham (14–2)Oklahoma City (13–3)Manhattan (16–2)NC State (22–5)Notre Dame (17–4)Illinois (18–4)Holy Cross (20–6)13.
14.St. Bonaventure (4–0)Tulsa (5–0)DePaul (8–2)Holy Cross (5–3)LSU (10–1)California (9–5)Kansas (9–4)California (11–5)Kansas (10–4)DePaul (17–6)Seattle (22–3)Louisville (20–5)Louisville (22–6)Seattle (29–4)14.
15.Tulsa (3–0)Indiana (3–2)St. Bonaventure (5–1)Navy (6–0)Kansas (8–3)LSU (11–1)Eastern Kentucky (11–3)NC State (17–4)Manhattan (14–2)NC State (20–5)DePaul (19–6)Seattle (26–3)Seattle (27–3)Wake Forest (22–7)15.
16.Minnesota (3–0)Seattle (2–2)Oklahoma City (7–0)Seattle (9–1)Seattle (11–2)Notre Dame (10–2)Navy (9–2)Oklahoma City (11–3)Fordham (15–3)Louisville (18–4)Manhattan (18–2)Miami (OH) (17–4)Wyoming (23–8)Santa Clara (20–7)16.
17.Saint Louis (1–1)Minnesota (3–0)LSU (61–)Tulsa (9–2)Holy Cross (7–3)Oklahoma City (11–2)Notre Dame (11–2)Holy Cross (8–4)Louisville (16–3)Murray State (17–5)Notre Dame (16–4)Eastern Kentucky (16–8)Notre Dame (17–4)Western Kentucky (25–6)17.
18.California (4–0)Colorado (4–0)Toledo (5–0)Idaho (8–4)Oklahoma City (10–1)Eastern Kentucky (9–2)North Carolina (13–3)Kansas (9–4)Niagara (17–3)Duke (15–6)Louisville (20–4)Duquesne (18–7)NC State (26–6)NC State (26–6)18.
19.Indiana (1–2)Oklahoma City (6–0)Notre Dame (5–1)Minnesota (5–2)UCLA (8–5)Minnesota (7–4)Manhattan (10–2)Manhattan (12–2)California (12–6)California (13–7)Duquesne (15–7)Navy (16–4)Navy (16–4)DePaul (19–9)19.
20.Navy (4–0) т
Kansas (1–1) т		Idaho (4–1) т
UCLA (4–2) т		Wayne State (7–0)California (6–4)Georgetown (6–1)Manhattan (8–2)Tulsa (13–4)Niagara (15–2)Tulsa (14–5)Villanova (13–7)Eastern Kentucky (15–6)Holy Cross (18–5)Manhattan (20–4) т
St. John's (15–5) т		SW Missouri State (21–4)20.
Week 2
Dec. 16[1]		Week 3
Dec. 23[1]		Week 4
Dec. 30[1]		Week 5
Jan. 6[1]		Week 6
Jan. 13[1]		Week 7
Jan. 20[1]		Week 8
Jan. 27[1]		Week 9
Feb. 3[1]		Week 10
Feb. 10[1]		Week 11
Feb. 17[1]		Week 12
Feb. 24[2]		Week 13
Mar. 3[2]		Week 14
Mar. 10[2]		Final
Mar. 17[2]
Dropped:
  • Saint Louis (2–1)
  • California
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Navy (6–0)
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • UCLA (7–2)
Dropped:
  • DePaul
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Oklahoma City
  • Toledo
  • Wayne State
Dropped:
  • Navy
  • Idaho
  • Minnesota (6–3)
  • California (7–5)
Dropped:
  • USC (11–3)
  • Holy Cross (7–4)
  • UCLA (10–5)
  • Georgetown
Dropped:
  • California (9–5)
  • Oklahoma City
  • Minnesota (8–4)
Dropped:
  • Eastern Kentucky
  • Navy
  • Notre Dame (11–3)
  • Tulsa
Dropped:
  • North Carolina
  • Holy Cross
Dropped:
  • Fordham
  • Niagara
  • Tulsa
Dropped:
  • Murray State
  • Duke
  • California
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • DePaul (19–7)
  • Manhattan (18–4)
Dropped:
  • Miami (OH)
  • Eastern Kentucky
  • Holy Cross
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma City
  • Louisville
  • Wyoming
  • Navy
  • Manhattan

UP Poll

Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 9[1]		Week 2
Dec. 16[1]		Week 3
Dec. 23[1]		Week 4
Dec. 30[1]		Week 5
Jan. 6[1]		Week 6
Jan. 13[1]		Week 7
Jan. 20[1]		Week 8
Jan. 27[1]		Week 9
Feb. 3[1]		Week 10
Feb. 10[1]		Week 11
Feb. 17[1]		Week 12
Feb. 24[2]		Final
Mar. 3[2]
1.IllinoisIllinois (0–0)Illinois (2–0)Illinois (3–0)Illinois (4–1)Illinois (5–1)Kansas State (8–1)Seton Hall (18–0)Seton Hall (19–0)Seton Hall (21–0)Indiana (12–2)Indiana (13–2)Indiana (16–2)Indiana (17–2)1.
2.Kansas StateLa Salle (2–0)La Salle (6–0)La Salle (8–0)La Salle (9–1)Kansas State (7–1)Illinois (8–1)Indiana (8–2)Indiana (9–2)Indiana (10–2)Seton Hall (22–0)Seton Hall (24–0)Seton Hall (26–0)Seton Hall (27–1)2.
3.La SalleKansas State (1–0)Kansas State (3–0)Kansas State (4–1)Kansas State (6–1)La Salle (11–1)La Salle (13–1)Washington (13–1)Washington (15–1)Washington (18–1)Washington (20–1)Washington (22–1)Washington (24–1)Washington (25–2)3.
4.WashingtonWashington (2–0)Washington (3–1)Washington (3–1)Washington (7–1)Washington (9–1)Washington (11–1)Kansas State (8–2)Kansas State (9–2)Illinois (9–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (13–2)La Salle (22–2)La Salle (24–2)4.
5.NC StateOklahoma A&M (3–0)Oklahoma A&M (4–0)Seton Hall (9–0)Seton Hall (9–0)Seton Hall (13–0)Seton Hall (15–0)Illinois (8–2)Illinois (9–2)Kansas State (10–2)La Salle (18–2)La Salle (20–2)Kansas (13–5)Kansas (13–5)5.
6.Oklahoma A&MNC State (3–0)Seton Hall (6–0)NC State (7–1)Minnesota (4–0)Oklahoma A&M (10–1)Indiana (7–2)La Salle (14–2)La Salle (15–2)La Salle (16–2)Oklahoma A&M (16–3)Kansas State (12–3)Illinois (15–3)LSU (20–1)6.
7.UCLAUCLA (2–0)UCLA (3–1)Oklahoma A&M (6–1)Oklahoma A&M (9–1)NC State (12–2)NC State (14–2)Oklahoma A&M (12–2)Oklahoma A&M (12–3)Oklahoma A&M (14–3)Kansas State (11–3)Oklahoma A&M (17–4)LSU (19–1)Oklahoma A&M (19–6)7.
8.IndianaSeton Hall (3–0)NC State (5–1)Holy Cross (4–0)Indiana (3–2)Indiana (5–2)Oklahoma A&M (10–2)NC State (16–2)NC State (16–3)DePaul (15–4)DePaul (17–4)LSU (17–1)Oklahoma A&M (19–5)NC State (25–5)8.
9.Seton HallMinnesota (1–0)Minnesota (3–0)Minnesota (3–0)NC State (9–2)Minnesota (5–2)Notre Dame (9–1)Kansas (9–3)Notre Dame (11–2)NC State (17–4)NC State (19–4)Kansas (12–4)NC State (22–5)Kansas State (15–4)9.
10.Saint LouisHoly Cross (0–0)Notre Dame (3–0)Indiana (3–2)Holy Cross (5–0)LSU (7–1) тUSC (11–1)Notre Dame (10–2)Kansas (9–4)LSU (14–1)LSU (15–1)DePaul (17–6)Kansas State (13–4)Illinois (15–4)10.
11.Holy CrossNotre Dame (2–0)Holy Cross (2–0)Colorado (4–0)UCLA (7–2)Notre Dame (8–1) тLSU (10–1)LSU (11–1)DePaul (14–4)California (11–5)Kansas (10–4)NC State (20–5)DePaul (19–6)Western Kentucky (22–5)11.
12.Santa ClaraOhio State (1–0)Indiana (1–2)Notre Dame (5–1)Tulsa (7–1)California (6–4)Fordham (11–0)California (9–5)LSU (13–1)Fordham (14–2)Western Kentucky (20–3)California (13–7)Western Kentucky (22–5)California (16–8)12.
13.Notre DameSt. Bonaventure (3–0)LSU (4–0)LSU (5–0)Notre Dame (5–1)Holy Cross (5–3)BYU (13–3)Fordham (12–1)Fordham (13–2)Kansas (9–4)California (12–6)BYU (19–5)BYU (20–5)Notre Dame (17–4)13.
14.DuquesneIndiana (1–1)Saint Louis (1–1)UCLA (4–2)St. Bonaventure (5–1)Fordham (9–0)Minnesota (6–3)Tulsa (12–2)California (9–5)Notre Dame (11–3)Notre Dame (12–3)Western Kentucky (20–4)California (14–8)DePaul (19–7) т14.
15.WyomingLSU (2–0)Navy (4–0)St. Bonaventure (5–0)DePaul (8–2)BYU (11–3)Western Kentucky (11–2)Holy Cross (7–4)BYU (15–4)Western Kentucky (16–3)BYU (18–5)Saint Louis (12–8)Notre Dame (16–4)Wyoming (19–8) т15.
16.St. John'sSaint Louis (0–1)California (4–0)Navy (6–0) тNavy (6–0)Western Kentucky (9–2)Holy Cross (7–3)Saint Louis (6–7)Saint Louis (7–7)North Carolina (15–3) тUCLA (13–5)Notre Dame (14–4)Saint Louis (13–10)Saint Louis (15–10)16.
17.BYU тBYU (4–0)St. Bonaventure (4–0) тSaint Louis (2–1) тMichigan State (3–1)USC (10–0)Tulsa (11–2)USC (11–3)North Carolina (13–3)BYU (17–4) тMinnesota (11–5)Duke (15–6) тManhattan (18–2)Holy Cross (18–5)17.
18.Minnesota тNYU (4–0) тBYU (5–0) тMichigan State (2–1) тBYU (8–2)Saint Louis (4–5)California (7–5)Western Kentucky (12–3) тUSC (11–3)Holy Cross (8–4)Saint Louis (10–8)Duquesne (15–7) тDuquesne (15–7)Oklahoma City (17–4)18.
19.KansasSanta Clara (2–0) тDePaul (5–0)Missouri (3–1) тFordham (7–0)Navy (6–0)UCLA (8–5)Minnesota (7–4) тMinnesota (8–4)Minnesota (9–5)Tulsa (14–5) тUCLA (14–6) тSeattle (22–3)BYU (20–7)19.
20.St. BonaventureSt. John's (1–0) тMissouri (1–0) т
NYU (5–0) т		Vanderbilt (3–1)LSU (6–1) т
Saint Louis (2–4) т		UCLA (7–4)Michigan State (5–3)DePaul (12–4) т
UCLA (10–5) т		Holy Cross (7–4)Oklahoma (6–5) т
Saint Louis (8–8) т		Wyoming (15–6) тOklahoma City (14–3)USC (15–5)Duquesne (18–7)20.
Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 9[1]		Week 2
Dec. 16[1]		Week 3
Dec. 23[1]		Week 4
Dec. 30[1]		Week 5
Jan. 6[1]		Week 6
Jan. 13[1]		Week 7
Jan. 20[1]		Week 8
Jan. 27[1]		Week 9
Feb. 3[1]		Week 10
Feb. 10[1]		Week 11
Feb. 17[1]		Week 12
Feb. 24[2]		Final
Mar. 3[2]
Dropped:
  • Duquesne
  • Wyoming
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Ohio State
  • Santa Clara
  • St. John's
Dropped:
  • California
  • BYU
  • DePaul
  • NYU
Dropped:
  • Colorado
  • Missouri
  • Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • St. Bonaventure
  • DePaul
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • Navy
  • Saint Louis
Dropped:
  • BYU
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • Western Kentucky
  • UCLA
Dropped:
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Fordham
  • North Carolina
  • Holy Cross
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • Minnesota
  • Tulsa
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • UCLA
  • Oklahoma City
Dropped:
  • Manhattan
  • Seattle
  • USC

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 626. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.