1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings

The 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. This was the first season with both polls, as the Coaches Poll (UP) was introduced.

Legend

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  Increase in ranking
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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. 18[1][2]
Week 3
Dec. 25[1][3]
Week 4
Jan. 3[1][4]
Week 5
Jan. 8[1][5]
Week 6
Jan. 15[1][6]
Week 7
Jan. 22[1][7]
Week 8
Jan. 29[1][8]
Week 9
Feb. 5[1][9]
Week 10
Feb. 12[1][10]
Week 11
Feb. 19[1][11]
Week 12
Feb. 26[12][13]
Final
Mar. 5[12][14]
1.Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (6–0)Bradley (13–0)Bradley (15–0)Oklahoma A&M (15–0)Kentucky (13–1)Kentucky (14–1)Kentucky (18–1)Kentucky (19–1)Kentucky (22–1)Kentucky (24–1)Kentucky (27–2)1.
2.Bradley (6–0)Bradley (9–0)Oklahoma A&M (12–0)Oklahoma A&M (13–0)Kentucky (10–1)Long Island (15–0)Oklahoma A&M (16–1)Oklahoma A&M (19–1)Oklahoma A&M (21–1)Oklahoma A&M (23–1)Oklahoma State (25–1)Oklahoma A&M (26–3)2.
3.NC State (6–0)Oklahoma A&M (9–0)Kentucky (7–1)Kentucky (9–1)Bradley (16–2)Oklahoma A&M (16–1)Indiana (13–1)Indiana (13–1)Kansas State (17–2)Columbia (17–0)Columbia (19–0)Columbia (21–0)3.
4.Indiana (4–0)Long Island (6–0)Long Island (8–0)Long Island (9–0)Long Island (11–0)Bradley (18–2)Long Island (16–1)Kansas State (16–2)Columbia (15–0)Indiana (15–3)Kansas State (18–3)Kansas State (21–3)4.
5.Oklahoma A&M (5–0)Indiana (6–0)Saint Louis (9–2)Saint Louis (11–2)St. John's (11–2)Indiana (12–1)Bradley (18–3)Bradley (20–3)Saint Louis (18–4)Kansas State (17–3)Bradley (26–4)Illinois (19–3)5.
6.CCNY (4–1)NC State (7–1)Indiana (7–1)Indiana (8–1)Indiana (9–1)St. John's (12–2)Columbia (12–0)Columbia (12–0)Indiana (13–2)Saint Louis (19–5)Illinois (17–3)Bradley (28–4)6.
7.Long Island (3–0)Villanova (6–0)NC State (11–1)NC State (13–1)Columbia (10–0)Columbia (12–0)Kansas State (13–2)St. John's (15–2)St. John's (18–2)Bradley (24–4)Indiana (16–3)Indiana (19–3)7.
8.Missouri (3–1)Columbia (7–0)Villanova (8–0)Columbia (8–0)Saint Louis (12–3)NC State (17–2)NC State (19–2)Saint Louis (16–4)Bradley (21–4)St. John's (19–3)NC State (25–4)NC State (28–4)8.
9.UCLA (4–1)Missouri (4–1)Kansas State (9–2)Kansas State (10–2)NC State (15–2)Kansas State (12–2)St. John's (13–2)Villanova (16–1)NC State (21–4)NC State (23–4)St. John's (20–3)St. John's (22–3)9.
10.Toledo (7–0)Kansas (5–1)Wyoming (12–0)Wyoming (12–1)Kansas State (11–2)Saint Louis (13–4)Saint Louis (14–4)NC State (19–4)Villanova (18–2)Illinois (16–3)Saint Louis (20–6)Saint Louis (21–7)10.
11.Kansas (4–1)CCNY (6–2)St. John's (9–2)St. John's (10–2)Villanova (12–1)Villanova (13–1)Villanova (14–1)Cincinnati (11–1)Illinois (13–3)Arizona (21–4)BYU (23–5)BYU (24–7)11.
12.Washington (4–0)St. John's (7–2)Washington (7–0)Washington (9–0)Toledo (12–2)USC (14–2)BYU (16–4)Long Island (16–4)BYU (20–4)BYU (21–5)Arizona (22–4)Arizona (24–4)12.
13.St. John's (5–1)Toledo (8–1)Duquesne (9–0)USC (10–1)Wyoming (14–1)Siena (13–1)USC (14–2)Arizona (16–3)USC (18–2)USC (19–3)Toledo (20–6)Dayton (23–4)13.
14.Notre Dame (4–0)Wyoming (9–0)Columbia (7–0)Illinois (9–2)Illinois (10–2)Arizona (13–2)Illinois (11–3)BYU (18–4)Louisville (17–2)Dayton (20–4)Dayton (23–4)Toledo (23–6)14.
15.BYU (5–1)Washington (6–0)Cornell (9–0)Duquesne (10–1)Washington (10–1)Cincinnati (10–1)Arizona (14–3)USC (16–2)Cincinnati (12–2)Villanova (20–4)Villanova (22–4)Washington (20–5)15.
16.Oklahoma (3–0)La Salle (6–1)Arizona (8–2)Villanova (10–1)Cincinnati (9–1)Illinois (11–3)Cincinnati (10–1)Illinois (11–3)Arizona (18–3)Long Island (20–4)Beloit (17–4)Murray State (21–6)16.
17.Cincinnati (3–0)Cincinnati (5–0)Cincinnati (6–0)Kansas (9–2)St. Bonaventure (10–0)La Salle (12–3)Kansas (11–3)Louisville (14–2)Dayton (18–4)Oklahoma (13–7)UCLA (16–8)Cincinnati (17–3)17.
18.Villanova (4–0)Cornell (6–0)Princeton (7–0)Toledo (11–1)Siena (13–1)Oklahoma (9–5)Oklahoma (9–6)Dayton (15–3)Beloit (14–3)Cincinnati (13–2)USC (20–4)Siena (18–6)18.
19.Cornell (5–0)West Virginia (6–0)Toledo (9–1)La Salle (9–1)USC (12–2)BYU (14–4)UCLA (9–7)Siena (15–2)Long Island (17–4)Washington (17–4)Washington (18–5)USC (21–5)19.
20.Kansas State (4–2)Illinois (5–1)Kansas (7–2)Princeton (8–0)Duquesne (11–1)Wyoming (15–4)Toledo (14–3)Kansas (11–5)Seattle (27–2)Beloit (15–3)Murray State (21–6)Villanova (23–5)20.
Week 2
Dec. 18[1][2]
Week 3
Dec. 25[1][3]
Week 4
Jan. 3[1][4]
Week 5
Jan. 8[1][5]
Week 6
Jan. 15[1][6]
Week 7
Jan. 22[1][7]
Week 8
Jan. 29[1][8]
Week 9
Feb. 5[1][9]
Week 10
Feb. 12[1][10]
Week 11
Feb. 19[1][11]
Week 12
Feb. 26[12][13]
Final
Mar. 5[12][14]
Dropped:
  • UCLA (4–4)
  • Notre Dame
  • BYU (7–1)
  • Oklahoma
  • Kansas State (6–2)
Dropped:
  • Missouri (5–3)
  • CCNY (6–4)
  • La Salle
  • West Virginia
  • Illinois (7–2)
Dropped:
  • Cornell
  • Arizona (9–2)
  • Cincinnati (8–1)
Dropped:
  • Kansas (10–2)
  • La Salle
  • Princeton
Dropped:
  • Toledo
  • Washington
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Duquesne
Dropped:
  • Siena
  • La Salle
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma
  • UCLA
  • Toledo
Dropped:
  • Siena
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • Seattle
Dropped:
  • Long Island
  • Oklahoma
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Beloit (18–5)
  • UCLA (19–8)

UP Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 12[1]
Week 2
Dec. 19[1]
Week 3
Dec. 26[1]
Week 4
Jan. 3[1]
Week 5
Jan. 9[1]
Week 6
Jan. 16[1]
Week 7
Jan. 23[1]
Week 8
Jan. 30[1]
Week 9
Feb. 6[1]
Week 10
Feb. 13[1]
Week 11
Feb. 20[1]
Week 12
Feb. 27[12]
Final
Mar. 6[12]
1.CCNYKentucky (2–0)Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (6–0)Bradley (13–0)Bradley (15–0)Oklahoma A&M (15–0)Kentucky (13–1)Kentucky (14–1)Kentucky (18–1)Kentucky (19–1)Kentucky (22–1)Kentucky (24–1)Oklahoma A&M (26–3)1.
2.BradleyBradley (4–0)Bradley (6–0)Bradley (9–0)Kentucky (7–1)Oklahoma A&M (13–0)Kentucky (10–1)Long Island (15–0)Oklahoma A&M (16–1)Oklahoma A&M (19–1)Oklahoma A&M (21–1)Oklahoma A&M (23–1)Oklahoma State (25–1)Kentucky (27–2)2.
3.KentuckyNC State (4–0)NC State (6–0)Oklahoma A&M (9–0)Oklahoma A&M (12–0)Kentucky (9–1)Long Island (11–0)Oklahoma A&M (16–1)Long Island (16–1)Indiana (13–1)Kansas State (17–2)Indiana (15–3)Kansas State (18–3)Kansas State (21–3)3.
4.NC StateKansas (3–0)Oklahoma A&M (5–0)Long Island (6–0)Long Island (8–0)Long Island (9–0)Bradley (16–2)Indiana (12–1)Indiana (13–1)Kansas State (16–2)Columbia (15–0)Columbia (17–0)Columbia (19–0)Illinois (19–3)4.
5.KansasOklahoma A&M (3–0)Indiana (4–0)Indiana (6–0)Indiana (7–1)Indiana (8–1)Indiana (9–1)Bradley (18–2)Kansas State (13–2)Bradley (20–3)Indiana (13–2)Kansas State (17–3)Illinois (17–3)Columbia (21–0)5.
6.Oklahoma A&MCCNY (3–1)CCNY (4–1)NC State (7–1)NC State (11–1)Saint Louis (11–2)St. John's (11–2)St. John's (12–2)Bradley (18–3)Columbia (12–0)St. John's (18–2)Saint Louis (19–5)Indiana (16–3)NC State (28–4)6.
7.Long IslandLong Island (2–0)Long Island (3–0)Missouri (4–1)Saint Louis (9–2)NC State (13–1)Kansas State (11–2)Kansas State (12–2)St. John's (13–2)St. John's (15–2)Saint Louis (18–4)Bradley (24–4)St. John's (20–3)Bradley (28–4)7.
8.IowaSt. John's (4–0)St. John's (5–1)St. John's (7–2)Kansas State (9–2)Kansas State (10–2)Saint Louis (12–3)Columbia (12–0)Columbia (12–0)Saint Louis (16–4)BYU (20–4)NC State (23–4)Bradley (26–4)Indiana (19–3)8.
9.St. John'sKansas State (3–1)Missouri (3–1)CCNY (6–2)St. John's (9–2)Columbia (8–0)NC State (15–2)NC State (17–2)NC State (19–2)BYU (18–4)Bradley (21–4)St. John's (19–3)NC State (25–4)St. John's (22–3)9.
10.IndianaIndiana (2–0)Kansas (4–1)Kansas (5–1)Wyoming (12–0)St. John's (10–2)Columbia (10–0)Saint Louis (13–4)Saint Louis (14–4)NC State (19–4)NC State (21–4)BYU (21–5)BYU (23–5)BYU (24–7)10.
11.UCLAMissouri (2–1)Washington (4–0)Washington (6–0)Villanova (8–0) тWyoming (12–1)Villanova (12–1) тBYU (14–4)BYU (16–4)USC (16–2)USC (18–2)Illinois (16–3)Saint Louis (20–6)Saint Louis (21–7)11.
12.Kansas StateBYU (5–1)Duquesne (5–0)Villanova (6–0)Washington (7–0) тWashington (9–0)Illinois (10–2) тIllinois (11–3)Villanova (14–1)Villanova (16–1)Illinois (13–3)Long Island (20–4)USC (20–4)Washington (20–5)12.
13.Arkansas тWashington (2–0)Saint Louis (6–0)BYU (7–1)Cincinnati (6–0)Villanova (10–1)Wyoming (14–1)Cincinnati (10–1)USC (14–2)Illinois (11–3)Villanova (18–2)USC (19–3)Arizona (22–4) тArizona (24–4)13.
14.Syracuse тUCLA (2–1) тOklahoma (3–0)Wyoming (9–0)Columbia (7–0)Kansas (9–2)Cincinnati (9–1)Villanova (13–1)Illinois (11–3) тLong Island (16–4)Cincinnati (12–2)Washington (17–4)Washington (18–5) тBeloit (18–5)14.
15.Western Kentucky тMinnesota (2–1) тBYU (5–1)Kansas State (6–2)Kansas (7–2)Duquesne (10–1)Kansas (10–2)USC (14–2)Cincinnati (10–1) тCincinnati (11–1)Long Island (17–4)Cincinnati (13–2)Villanova (22–4)USC (21–5)15.
16.WashingtonSyracuse (3–1)UCLA (4–1) тDuquesne (6–0)CCNY (6–4)La Salle (9–1) тWashington (10–1)Arizona (13–2)Kansas (11–3)Washington (13–4)Washington (15–4)Oregon (16–11)Oregon (17–12)Vanderbilt (19–8)16.
17.DePaul тDePaul (3–2)Toledo (7–0) тCincinnati (5–0)Oklahoma (4–3)Arizona (9–2) тUSC (12–2)NYU (6–2)Washington State (14–8)Kansas (11–5)Arizona (18–3)Villanova (20–4)Beloit (17–4)Siena (18–6) т17.
18.Illinois тIowa (1–2)Cincinnati (3–0)Toledo (8–1)Arizona (8–2)Cincinnati (8–1) тDuquesne (11–1)Wyoming (15–4)UCLA (9–7)Arizona (16–3)NYU (10–3)Arizona (21–4)Cincinnati (14–3)Villanova (23–5) т18.
19.Ohio StateSaint Louis (4–0)Kansas State (4–2)Saint Louis (7–1)Duquesne (9–0) тUSC (10–1) тArizona (12–2) тKansas (10–3) тNYU (7–2)NYU (9–2)Kansas (10–3)Oklahoma (13–7)St. Bonaventure (17–4)Dayton (23–4) т19.
20.BYUIllinois (2–1) т
Holy Cross (1–0) т
Illinois (3–1)La Salle (6–1)Missouri (5–3) тIowa (6–2) тBYU (12–4) тWashington State (13–8) тArizona (14–3)Holy Cross (12–3) т
Texas A&M (10–7) т
Washington State (15–9) т
Oklahoma (11–7)Beloit (15–3)St. Bonaventure (18–5) т20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 12[1]
Week 2
Dec. 19[1]
Week 3
Dec. 26[1]
Week 4
Jan. 3[1]
Week 5
Jan. 9[1]
Week 6
Jan. 16[1]
Week 7
Jan. 23[1]
Week 8
Jan. 30[1]
Week 9
Feb. 6[1]
Week 10
Feb. 13[1]
Week 11
Feb. 20[1]
Week 12
Feb. 27[12]
Final
Mar. 6[12]
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Western Kentucky
  • Ohio State
Dropped:
  • Minnesota
  • Syracuse
  • DePaul
  • Iowa
  • Holy Cross
Dropped:
  • UCLA (4–4)
  • Oklahoma
  • Illinois (5–1)
Dropped:
  • BYU
  • Toledo (9–1)
  • La Salle
Dropped:
  • CCNY
  • Oklahoma
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • La Salle
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • Washington
  • Duquesne
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • UCLA
Dropped:
  • Holy Cross
  • Texas A&M
  • Washington State
Dropped:
  • NYU
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • Oregon
  • Cincinnati (17–3)

References

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  5. ^ "January 8, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
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  10. ^ "February 12, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "February 19, 1951 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
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  14. ^ "1951 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved July 11, 2020.