1948–49 NCAA men's basketball rankings Season 1948–49 NCAA Tournament 1949 NCAA Tournament Champions Kentucky
NCAA men's basketball rankings
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The 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of a single human poll – the AP Poll – with weekly editions released between January 18, 1949, and March 8, 1949.
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AP Poll
This was the initial season for the AP college basketball poll. It was modeled after its college football poll, which began in the mid-1930s.[ 1]
Week 1 Jan. 17[ 1] [ 2] Week 2 Jan. 24[ 1] [ 3] Week 3 Jan. 31[ 1] [ 4] Week 4 Feb. 7[ 1] [ 5] Week 5 Feb. 14[ 1] [ 6] Week 6 Feb. 21[ 1] [ 7] Week 7 Feb. 28[ 1] [ 8] Final Mar. 7[ 1] [ 9] 1. Saint Louis (11–0) (69) Saint Louis (12–1) (39) Kentucky (13–1) (39) Kentucky (17–1) Kentucky (20–1) Kentucky (22–1) Kentucky (25–1) Kentucky (29–1) 1. 2. Kentucky (11–1) (16) Kentucky (12–1) (33) Saint Louis (13–1) (25) Saint Louis (15–1) Saint Louis (16–2) Saint Louis (18–2) Oklahoma A&M (19–4) Oklahoma A&M (20–4) 2. 3. Western Kentucky (12–0) (2) Oklahoma A&M (10–2) (15) Oklahoma A&M (11–2) (4) Oklahoma A&M (13–2) Oklahoma A&M (16–3) Oklahoma A&M (17–3) Saint Louis (19–3) Saint Louis (20–3) 3. 4. Minnesota (12–0) (3) Western Kentucky (15–0) (9) Illinois (13–1) (1) Illinois (14–2) Illinois (16–2) Illinois (16–2) Illinois (19–2) Illinois (19–2) 4. 5. Oklahoma A&M (9–2) (3) Minnesota (13–0) (8) Minnesota (13–1) Hamline (15–0) Tulane (19–2) Minnesota (16–2) Minnesota (18–2) Western Kentucky (25–3) 5. 6. San Francisco (13–1)Illinois (12–1) Western Kentucky (16–1) (1) Western Kentucky (17–2) Minnesota (15–2) Tulane (20–2) Western Kentucky (25–3) Minnesota (18–3) 6. 7. Illinois (12–1)Hamline (13–0) Villanova (12–1) Minnesota (14–2) Western Kentucky (20–3) Western Kentucky (22–3) Tulane (21–3) Bradley (25–6) 7. 8. Hamline (11–0)Villanova (11–0) Hamline (14–0) Tulane (18–2) San Francisco (19–4) San Francisco (20–5) San Francisco (21–5) San Francisco (21–5) 8. 9. Villanova (11–0)San Francisco (15–2) Stanford (17–2) (1) San Francisco (18–3) Hamline (17–1) Bowling Green (18–6) Bowling Green (20–6) Tulane (24–4) 9. 10. Utah (10–2)Utah (13–2) San Francisco (16–2) Stanford (17–3) Bowling Green (16–6) Bradley (23–4) Bradley (25–5) Bowling Green (21–6) 10. 11. Tulane (13–2)Stanford (15–2) Tulane (15–2) Loyola-Chicago (16–3) Butler (15–3) Butler (17–3) Butler (18–5) Yale (21–5) 11. 12. Loyola-Chicago (11–2)Tulane (15–2) Utah (14–3) Utah (16–4) Bradley (22–4) Loyola-Chicago (18–4) Wyoming (22–8) Utah (24–7) 12. 13. Cincinnati (8–1)Loyola-Chicago (13–2) Loyola-Chicago (14–2) Villanova (13–3) Loyola-Chicago (16–4) Yale (18–4) Utah (23–6) NC State (25–8) 13. 14. Holy Cross (8–5)Washington State (18–1) Bowling Green (10–6) Bowling Green (12–6) Utah (18–5) Wyoming (22–6) Loyola-Chicago (21–5) Villanova (20–3) 14. 15. Bowling Green (9–6)NC State (11–7) (1) NYU (7–3) т Holy Cross (12–5) Villanova (15–3) Hamline (19–3) NC State (22–8) UCLA (21–5)15. 16. Bradley (15–3)DePaul (10–6)Butler (12–3) т Butler (13–3) Oklahoma (11–5)Utah (20–6) Hamline (23–3) Loyola-Chicago (22–5) 16. 17. Stanford (11–2)Butler (11–3) NC State (14–7) Washington State (18–2) DePaul (14–7) т Duquesne (15–4) Villanova (18–3) Wyoming (24–8) 17. 18. Washington State (17–1) тBaylor (10–6) тBradley (19–3) Ohio State (9–4)NC State (17–8) т Ohio State (11–6) Yale (19–5) Butler (18–5) 18. 19. Butler (9–2) тBradley (18–3) т Holy Cross (9–5) Wyoming (17–6)Wyoming (20–6) т USC (12–8)Ohio State (13–7) Hamline (23–3) 19. 20. NYU (7–3)Holy Cross (9–5) Eastern Kentucky (12–3)Duquesne (13–2)Duquesne (15–3) т Stanford (17–5) тYale (15–4) т Texas (16–5)Arkansas (12–10)Ohio State (14–7) 20. Week 1 Jan. 17[ 1] [ 2] Week 2 Jan. 24[ 1] [ 3] Week 3 Jan. 31[ 1] [ 4] Week 4 Feb. 7[ 1] [ 5] Week 5 Feb. 14[ 1] [ 6] Week 6 Feb. 21[ 1] [ 7] Week 7 Feb. 28[ 1] [ 8] Final Mar. 7[ 1] [ 9] Dropped: Cincinnati (8–3) Bowling Green (9–6) NYU (7–3) Dropped: Washington State (18–2) DePaul Baylor Dropped: NYU NC State Bradley Eastern Kentucky Dropped: Holy Cross Washington State Ohio State (9–6) Dropped: Villanova Oklahoma DePaul NC State Stanford Dropped: Dropped:
References
^ a b c d e f g h i ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game . Random House . 2009. p. 590. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2 .
^ "January 17, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "January 24, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "January 31, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "February 7, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "February 14, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "February 21, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "February 28, 1949 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "1949 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
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