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1951–52 NCAA men's basketball rankings

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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

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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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]
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]
Dropped:
  • Stanford
  • Louisville
  • Vanderbilt
  • Eastern Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M (5–1)
  • Wyoming (6–2)
  • Minnesota
  • Holy Cross
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Western Kentucky
  • Stanford (11–1)
  • Villanova
  • UCLA (7–4)
Dropped:
  • La Salle
  • Notre Dame
  • Murray State
  • NC State
  • Utah
Dropped:
  • St. John's (10–2)
  • NYU (15–1)
  • Syracuse
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • NC State (11–5)
  • Oklahoma City
Dropped:
  • TCU
  • Utah
  • La Salle
Dropped:
  • Holy Cross
  • Siena
  • DePaul
  • Fordham
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M
  • La Salle
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma City
  • DePaul
  • Indiana (12–5)
Dropped:
  • Penn State
  • Seattle
  • La Salle (18–5)
Dropped:
  • Western Kentucky (24–4)
  • Villanova (17–8)
  • Siena (19–5)

UP Poll

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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]
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) тWyoming (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) тDayton (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) тNYU (10–0)Iowa (3–0)Seton Hall (7–0)Utah (13–3)Oklahoma A&M (10–2)TCU (14–1)Louisville (14–2) тWest Virginia (14–2)Seton Hall (18–1)Dayton (21–2) тIndiana (13–6)Dayton (24–2) тWest Virginia (23–4)14.
15.Seton Hall (3–0)Louisville (3–0) тSeton Hall (5–0)Syracuse (5–0)Notre Dame (7–1)Syracuse (6–0)NYU (15–1)Seton Hall (14–1)DePaul (15–4) тWyoming (19–4)Louisville (17–3)Louisville (18–4) тLouisville (19–4)TCU (21–3) тHoly 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) тDayton (23–2)Western Kentucky (24–4) тWestern Kentucky (26–4)16.
17.Villanova (0–0)Seton Hall (4–0)La Salle (5–0) тSeton Hall (6–0)Oklahoma City (7–1)Minnesota (5–4)Louisville (11–2)West Virginia (11–5) тWyoming (16–4)DePaul (16–4)Oklahoma City (13–4)TCU (17–3)Western Kentucky (23–4)Villanova (17–8) тLa Salle (21–5)17.
18.Columbia (2–0)NYU (7–0) тMinnesota (2–2) тWestern Kentucky (8–0)Minnesota (4–3) тNotre Dame (7–3)Wyoming (12–3)NC State (11–5) тSt. John's (13–2)Oklahoma City (12–4)West Virginia (15–2)NC State (17–8)La Salle (18–5)West Virginia (22–3) тDayton (25–2)18.
19.Holy Cross (0–0)Western Kentucky (4–0) тVillanova (3–0)Wyoming (6–2)Duquesne (5–0) тOklahoma A&M (8–2)TCU (14–1)NYU (16–1) тLa Salle (13–2) тIndiana (10–4)NYU (17–1)NYU (18–1)Minnesota (15–6) тHoly Cross (21–3) тLouisville (21–5) т19.
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) тNotre Dame (11–4) тDayton (17–2) т
Western Kentucky (15–3) т
DePaul (18–4)Villanova (14–7)NYU (19–1) тIndiana (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]
Dropped:
  • BYU
  • Columbia
  • Holy Cross
  • Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • UCLA
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • Minnesota
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M
  • Stanford (11–1)
  • Syracuse
  • Western Kentucky
  • Wyoming
  • La Salle
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Oklahoma City
  • Duquesne
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Minnesota
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • La Salle
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M
  • Holy Cross
  • TCU
  • NYU
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • La Salle
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma City
  • DePaul
Dropped:
  • TCU
  • NC State
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • La Salle
  • Minnesota
  • NYU
Dropped:
  • Villanova

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ "1952 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 11, 2020.