1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1956–57 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

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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 1
Dec. 10[1][2]
Week 2
Dec. 17[1][3]
Week 3
Dec. 26[1][4]
Week 4
Jan. 2[1][5]
Week 5
Jan. 7[1][6]
Week 6
Jan. 14[1]
Week 7
Jan. 21[1]
Week 8
Jan. 28[1]
Week 9
Feb. 4[1]
Week 10
Feb. 11[1]
Week 11
Feb. 18[1]
Week 12
Feb. 25[7]
Week 13
Mar. 4[7]
Final
Mar. 11[7][8]
1.Kansas (2–0)Kansas (4–0)Kansas (6–0)Kansas (9–0)Kansas (10–0)Kansas (12–0)North Carolina (15–0)North Carolina (16–0)North Carolina (16–0)North Carolina (18–0)North Carolina (20–0)North Carolina (22–0)North Carolina (24–0)North Carolina (27–0)1.
2.San Francisco (4–0)San Francisco (5–0)North Carolina (8–0)North Carolina (11–0)North Carolina (11–0)North Carolina (14–0)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (13–1)Kansas (14–1)Kansas (16–1)Kansas (18–2)Kansas (19–2)Kansas (21–2)2.
3.Kentucky (3–0)North Carolina (4–0)Kentucky (6–2)Kentucky (8–2)Kentucky (9–2)SMU (13–1)Iowa State (11–2)Louisville (12–2)Kentucky (16–3)Kentucky (17–3)Kentucky (18–4)Kentucky (20–4)Kentucky (22–4)Kentucky (22–4)3.
4.Louisville (3–1)SMU (5–0)West Virginia (8–0)SMU (10–1)SMU (11–1)Kentucky (11–2)Louisville (11–2)Kentucky (13–3)SMU (15–2)Seattle (18–2)Seattle (19–2)SMU (19–3)SMU (21–3)SMU (21–3)4.
5.SMU (2–0)Illinois (3–0)Saint Louis (6–1)Illinois (6–1)Louisville (8–2)Louisville (9–2)Kentucky (12–3)UCLA (13–1)UCLA (15–1)Bradley (15–2)Bradley (17–3)Seattle (20–2)Seattle (22–2)Seattle (22–2)5.
6.North Carolina (2–0)Louisville (4–1)Illinois (5–1)Louisville (7–2)Vanderbilt (8–1)UCLA (13–1)SMU (14–2)SMU (14–2)Louisville (14–3)SMU (16–3)SMU (17–3)UCLA (20–2)Louisville (20–5)Louisville (21–5)6.
7.Illinois (2–0)Kentucky (4–1)SMU (7–1)Iowa State (8–1)Iowa State (8–1)Seattle (13–2)UCLA (13–1)Illinois (10–2)Seattle (17–2)UCLA (16–2)Louisville (17–4)Bradley (18–4)UCLA (21–4)West Virginia (25–4)7.
8.NC State (3–0)West Virginia (6–0)Louisville (5–2)UCLA (8–1)UCLA (11–1)Illinois (8–2)Seattle (14–2)Iowa State (11–3)Bradley (13–2)Louisville (15–4)UCLA (18–2)Louisville (18–5)Michigan State (14–7)Vanderbilt (17–5)8.
9.Alabama (3–0)Saint Louis (4–1)Duke (5–1)Vanderbilt (6–1)Seattle (11–2)Iowa State (9–2)Illinois (9–2)Seattle (17–2)Iowa State (12–4)Iowa State (14–4)Iowa State (15–5)Vanderbilt (16–5)Vanderbilt (17–5)Oklahoma City (17–8)9.
10.Canisius (4–0)Kansas State (4–0)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Seattle (10–2)Illinois (6–2)Vanderbilt (9–2)Bradley (12–2)Bradley (13–2)Wake Forest (15–3)West Virginia (18–3)Vanderbilt (15–4)Indiana (13–6)Oklahoma City (17–8)Saint Louis (19–7)10.
11.Ohio State (3–0)Ohio State (3–0)Oklahoma City (5–1)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Oklahoma City (8–2)Wake Forest (12–3)Wake Forest (12–3)Ohio State (11–3)West Virginia (15–3)Wake Forest (16–4)Indiana (11–6)West Virginia (20–4)West Virginia (22–4)Michigan State (14–8)11.
12.Western Kentucky (3–0)Oklahoma A&M (6–1)Tennessee (5–1)Tennessee (7–0)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Bradley (10–2)Ohio State (9–3)Canisius (14–2)Ohio State (11–4)California (13–2)Wake Forest (16–6)Kansas State (14–6)Saint Louis (18–7)Memphis State (21–5)12.
13.West Virginia (3–0)Duke (4–1)Vanderbilt (6–0)Manhattan (7–2)Wake Forest (10–3)Oklahoma City (9–3)Vanderbilt (10–3)Wake Forest (12–3)Oklahoma City (12–6)Oklahoma City (12–6)Oklahoma City (15–7)Wake Forest (18–6)Bradley (19–5)California (20–4)13.
14.Kansas State (2–0)Iowa State (5–0)Iowa State (6–0)Western Kentucky (6–2)Canisius (10–1)Canisius (11–2)Canisius (12–2)Tulane (10–5)Canisius (15–2)Canisius (16–3)West Virginia (19–4)Saint Louis (16–7)California (18–4)UCLA (22–4)14.
15.Dayton (2–1)Oklahoma City (2–1) тWestern Kentucky (6–1)Canisius (8–1)Duke (7–3)West Virginia (11–3)Duke (8–4)California (11–2)Illinois (10–3)West Virginia Tech (15–1)California (15–2)Idaho State (23–2)Idaho State (23–3)Mississippi State (17–8)15.
16.Niagara (2–1)St. John's (2–1) тTulane (6–1)Saint Louis (6–4)Tennessee (8–1)Duke (8–4)Oklahoma City (9–3)Oklahoma City (10–5)Memphis State (17–3)Illinois (11–4)Duke (11–8)Iowa State (15–6)Oklahoma A&M (16–8)Idaho State (24–2)16.
17.Iowa State (3–0)Alabama (4–1)Canisius (6–1)Oklahoma City (5–2)Saint Louis (7–4)Ohio State (7–3)West Virginia (12–3)Idaho State (13–3)Purdue (12–2)Duke (10–7)Kansas State (12–6)Oklahoma A&M (13–8)Iowa State (16–6)Notre Dame (18–7)17.
18.Oklahoma City (1–1)Canisius (4–1)Seattle (7–2)Wake Forest (8–3)West Virginia (9–3)Western Kentucky (7–4)Tulane (10–5)West Virginia (13–3)Vanderbilt (11–4)Indiana (9–6)West Virginia Tech (21–1)Oklahoma City (16–8)Mississippi State (17–8)Wake Forest (19–9)18.
19.Oklahoma A&M (3–1)NC State (4–2)San Francisco (6–2)West Virginia (8–3)Minnesota (5–3)California (10–2)California (10–2)Duke (8–4)California (11–2)Vanderbilt (13–4)Mississippi State (13–7)Memphis State (20–5)Memphis State (21–5)Bradley (19–7)19.
20.Seattle (3–1)Western Kentucky (3–1)Idaho State (8–0)Memphis State (9–1)Western Kentucky (6–2)Oklahoma A&M (7–3)Western Kentucky (8–4)Oklahoma A&M (9–4)Idaho State (17–2)Saint Louis (14–6)Memphis State (19–4)Mississippi State (13–8)Wake Forest (18–8)Canisius (20–5) т
Oklahoma A&M (17–9) т
20.
Week 1
Dec. 10[1][2]
Week 2
Dec. 17[1][3]
Week 3
Dec. 26[1][4]
Week 4
Jan. 2[1][5]
Week 5
Jan. 7[1][6]
Week 6
Jan. 14[1]
Week 7
Jan. 21[1]
Week 8
Jan. 28[1]
Week 9
Feb. 4[1]
Week 10
Feb. 11[1]
Week 11
Feb. 18[1]
Week 12
Feb. 25[7]
Week 13
Mar. 4[7]
Final
Mar. 11[7][8]
Dropped:
  • Dayton
  • Niagara
  • Seattle
Dropped:
  • Kansas State (4–2)
  • Ohio State (3–1)
  • St. John's
  • Alabama
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Tulane
  • San Francisco (6–4)
  • Idaho State
Dropped:
  • Manhattan (7–3)
  • Memphis State
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
  • Saint Louis
  • Minnesota
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M (8–3)
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Tulane
  • Duke
  • Oklahoma A&M (11–4)
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (11–6)
  • Memphis State
  • Purdue
  • Idaho State
Dropped:
  • Canisius
  • Illinois
  • Saint Louis
Dropped:
  • California
  • Duke
  • West Virginia Tech
Dropped:
  • Indiana (13–8)
  • Kansas State (15–7)
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (16–7)

UP Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 11[1]
Week 3
Dec. 18[1]
Week 4
Dec. 26[1]
Week 5
Jan. 2[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[7]
Week 14
Mar. 5[7]
Final
Mar. 12[7]
1.KansasKansas (2–0)Kansas (4–0)Kansas (6–0)Kansas (9–0)Kansas (10–0)Kansas (12–0)North Carolina (15–0)North Carolina (16–0)North Carolina (16–0)North Carolina (18–0)North Carolina (20–0)North Carolina (22–0)North Carolina (24–0)North Carolina (27–0)1.
2.LouisvilleNorth Carolina (2–0)North Carolina (4–0)North Carolina (8–0)North Carolina (11–0)North Carolina (11–0)North Carolina (14–0)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (13–1)Kansas (14–1)Kansas (16–1)Kansas (18–1)Kansas (19–1)Kansas (21–2)2.
3.North CarolinaIllinois (2–0)Illinois (3–0)Kentucky (6–2)Kentucky (8–2)Kentucky (9–2)Kentucky (11–2)Kentucky (12–3)Kentucky (13–3)Kentucky (16–3)Kentucky (17–3)Kentucky (18–4)Kentucky (20–4)Kentucky (22–4)Kentucky (22–4)3.
4.IllinoisSMU (2–0)San Francisco (5–0)SMU (7–1)SMU (10–1)SMU (11–1)SMU (13–1)Iowa State (11–2)SMU (14–2)SMU (15–2)SMU (16–3)SMU (17–3)SMU (19–3)SMU (21–3)SMU (21–3)4.
5.SMUSan Francisco (4–0)SMU (5–0)Saint Louis (6–1)Louisville (7–2)Louisville (8–2)UCLA (13–1)SMU (14–2)UCLA (13–1)UCLA (15–1)Bradley (15–2)Bradley (17–3) тUCLA (20–2)UCLA (21–4)Seattle (22–2)5.
6.DaytonLouisville (3–1)Louisville (4–1)Illinois (5–1)Illinois (6–1)UCLA (11–1)Louisville (9–2)Louisville (11–2)Louisville (12–2)Louisville (14–3)UCLA (16–2)UCLA (18–2) тSeattle (20–2)Seattle (22–2)California (20–4)6.
7.TempleKentucky (3–0)Kentucky (4–1)Louisville (5–2)Iowa State (8–1)Iowa State (8–1)Illinois (8–2)UCLA (13–1)Illinois (10–2)Seattle (17–2)Seattle (18–2)Seattle (19–2)Indiana (13–6)California (18–4)Michigan State (14–8)7.
8.San FranciscoOhio State (3–0)Kansas State (4–0)West Virginia (8–0)UCLA (8–1)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Iowa State (9–2)Illinois (9–2)Ohio State (11–3)Bradley (13–2)Louisville (15–4)Louisville (17–4)Bradley (18–4)Michigan State (14–7)Louisville (21–5)8.
9.Saint LouisKansas State (2–0)Saint Louis (4–1)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Oklahoma A&M (7–1)Vanderbilt (8–1)Seattle (13–2)Seattle (14–2)Iowa State (11–3)Ohio State (11–4)California (13–2)California (15–2)California (17–3)Louisville (20–5)UCLA (22–4) т9.
10.Western KentuckyDayton (2–1)Oklahoma A&M (6–1)Iowa State (6–0)Manhattan (7–2)Illinois (6–2)Vanderbilt (9–2)Ohio State (9–3)Seattle (17–2)Iowa State (12–4)Iowa State (14–4)Iowa State (15–5)Louisville (18–5)Bradley (19–5)Saint Louis (19–7) т10.
11.West VirginiaCanisius (4–0)Ohio State (3–0)Kansas State (4–2)Vanderbilt (6–1)Canisius (10–1)Wake Forest (12–3)Bradley (12–2)Bradley (13–2)Canisius (15–2)Canisius (16–3)Indiana (11–6)Michigan State (12–7)Saint Louis (18–7)West Virginia (25–4)11.
12.Oklahoma CityNC State (3–0) тIowa State (5–0)Duke (5–1)West Virginia (8–3)Seattle (11–2)Canisius (11–2)California (10–2)Canisius (14–2) тIllinois (10–3) тIllinois (11–4)BYU (16–6)Kansas State (14–6) тWest Virginia (22–4) тDayton (17–6)12.
13.Oregon StateWestern Kentucky (1–0) тWest Virginia (6–0)Vanderbilt (5–1)Canisius (8–1)Minnesota (5–3)California (10–2)Canisius (12–2)California (11–2) тCalifornia (11–2) тIndiana (9–6)Vanderbilt (15–4)Saint Louis (16–7) тDayton (17–6) тBradley (19–7)13.
14.KentuckyIowa State (3–0) тSt. John's (2–1)UCLA (6–1)Saint Louis (6–4)Wake Forest (10–3)Bradley (10–2)Wake Forest (12–3)Wake Forest (12–3)Purdue (12–2)Wake Forest (16–4)Dayton (14–5) тIowa State (15–6)Indiana (13–8) тBYU (18–8)14.
15.WashingtonUCLA (3–0)Canisius (4–1)Canisius (6–1)Wake Forest (8–3)Saint Louis (7–4) тOhio State (7–3)Vanderbilt (10–3)Vanderbilt (10–4)Wake Forest (15–3)BYU (14–6) тOhio State (12–6) тVanderbilt (16–5) тVanderbilt (16–5) тIndiana (14–8)15.
16.St. John's тWest Virginia (3–0)Duke (4–1)Utah (7–1)California (6–2)Manhattan (7–3) тBYU (9–5)BYU (9–6)BYU (11–6) тBYU (12–6)Ohio State (11–6) тWest Virginia (19–4)West Virginia (20–4) тBYU (18–8) тOklahoma City (17–8) т16.
17.NC State тIndiana (2–0)Western Kentucky (3–1)San Francisco (6–2)Seattle (10–2)BYU (7–5)Saint Louis (8–5)Duke (8–4)Saint Louis (11–5) тSyracuse (11–3) тSyracuse (13–3)Canisius (16–5)BYU (16–8)Kansas State (15–7) тVanderbilt (17–5) т17.
18.Kansas StateNiagara (2–1) тUCLA (4–1)Tulane (6–1)Utah (9–2)Duke (7–3)West Virginia (11–3)Tulane (10–5) тWashington (10–7)Washington (11–7) тOklahoma City (12–6)Michigan State (12–7)Dayton (15–6)Notre Dame (18–7) тXavier (19–6) т18.
19.VanderbiltSt. John's (2–1) тRice (4–2) тOhio State (3–1)Kansas State (5–4)California (8–2) тOklahoma City (9–3) тOklahoma A&M (8–3) тDuke (8–4)Saint Louis (12–6)Dayton (12–5)Kansas State (12–6)Oklahoma City (16–8) тIowa State (16–6)Notre Dame (18–7)19.
20.WyomingTemple (2–1) тWashington (1–4) тCalifornia (3–1) т
Colorado (3–1) т
Iowa (3–1) т
NC State (7–5)San Francisco (7–4) тOklahoma A&M (7–3) тSaint Louis (10–5) тSyracuse (10–3)Western Kentucky (11–4)Vanderbilt (13–4) т
Temple (13–5) т
Saint Louis (15–7)Notre Dame (15–7) т
Ohio (13–8) т
Ohio State (14–7)Kansas State (15–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 11[1]
Week 3
Dec. 18[1]
Week 4
Dec. 26[1]
Week 5
Jan. 2[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[7]
Week 14
Mar. 5[7]
Final
Mar. 12[7]
Dropped:
  • Saint Louis
  • Oklahoma City
  • Oregon State
  • Washington
  • Vanderbilt
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Dayton
  • NC State
  • Indiana
  • Niagara
  • Temple
Dropped:
  • St. John's
  • Western Kentucky
  • Rice
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • San Francisco
  • Tulane
  • Ohio State
  • Colorado
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Utah
  • Kansas State
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Minnesota
  • Manhattan
  • Duke
  • San Francisco
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Oklahoma City
Dropped:
  • Tulane
  • Oklahoma A&M
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Purdue
  • Washington
  • Saint Louis
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Wake Forest
  • Syracuse
  • Oklahoma City
  • Temple
Dropped:
  • Ohio State
  • Canisius
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma City
  • Ohio
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (16–7)
  • Ohio State (14–8)

References

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  2. ^ "December 10, 1956 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "December 17, 1956 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "December 26, 1956 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "January 2, 1957 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "January 7, 1957 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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  8. ^ "1957 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 9, 2020.