1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings
| 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings | |||||
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| Season | 1950–51 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament | 1951 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | Kentucky | ||||
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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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| Decrease in ranking | ||
| 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. 18[1] | Week 3 Dec. 25[1] | Week 4 Jan. 3[1] | Week 5 Jan. 8[1] | Week 6 Jan. 15[1] | Week 7 Jan. 22[1] | Week 8 Jan. 29[1] | Week 9 Feb. 5[1] | Week 10 Feb. 12[1] | Week 11 Feb. 19[1] | Week 12 Feb. 26[1] | Final Mar. 6[2] | ||
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| 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] | Week 3 Dec. 25[1] | Week 4 Jan. 3[1] | Week 5 Jan. 8[1] | Week 6 Jan. 15[1] | Week 7 Jan. 22[1] | Week 8 Jan. 29[1] | Week 9 Feb. 5[1] | Week 10 Feb. 12[1] | Week 11 Feb. 19[1] | Week 12 Feb. 26[1] | Final Mar. 6[2] | ||
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UP Poll
| 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[1] | Week 13 Mar. 6[1] | Final Mar. 9[3] | ||
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| 1. | CCNY | Kentucky (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. | Bradley | Bradley (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. | Kentucky | NC 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 State | Kansas (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. | Kansas | Oklahoma 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&M | CCNY (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 Island | Long 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. | Iowa | St. 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's | Kansas 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. | Indiana | Indiana (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. | UCLA | Missouri (2–1) | Washington (4–0) | Washington (6–0) | Villanova (8–0) т | Wyoming (12–1) | Villanova (12–1) т | BYU (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 State | BYU (5–1) | Duquesne (5–0) | Villanova (6–0) | Washington (7–0) т | Washington (9–0) | Illinois (10–2) т | Illinois (11–3) | Villanova (14–1) | Villanova (16–1) | Illinois (13–3) | Long Island (20–4) | USC (20–4) | Washington (20–5) | 12. | |
| 13. | Arkansas т | Washington (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) т | Arizona (24–4) | 13. | |
| 14. | Syracuse т | UCLA (2–1) т | Oklahoma (3–0) | Wyoming (9–0) | Columbia (7–0) | Kansas (9–2) | Cincinnati (9–1) | Villanova (13–1) | Illinois (11–3) т | Long Island (16–4) | Cincinnati (12–2) | Washington (17–4) | Washington (18–5) т | Beloit (18–5) | 14. | |
| 15. | Western Kentucky т | Minnesota (2–1) т | BYU (5–1) | Kansas State (6–2) | Kansas (7–2) | Duquesne (10–1) | Kansas (10–2) | USC (14–2) | Cincinnati (10–1) т | Cincinnati (11–1) | Long Island (17–4) | Cincinnati (13–2) | Villanova (22–4) | USC (21–5) | 15. | |
| 16. | Washington | Syracuse (3–1) | UCLA (4–1) т | Duquesne (6–0) | CCNY (6–4) | La Salle (9–1) т | Washington (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 т | DePaul (3–2) | Toledo (7–0) т | Cincinnati (5–0) | Oklahoma (4–3) | Arizona (9–2) т | USC (12–2) | NYU (6–2) | Washington State (14–8) | Kansas (11–5) | Arizona (18–3) | Villanova (20–4) | Beloit (17–4) | Siena (18–6) т | 17. | |
| 18. | Illinois т | Iowa (1–2) | Cincinnati (3–0) | Toledo (8–1) | Arizona (8–2) | Cincinnati (8–1) т | Duquesne (11–1) | Wyoming (15–4) | UCLA (9–7) | Arizona (16–3) | NYU (10–3) | Arizona (21–4) | Cincinnati (14–3) | Villanova (23–5) т | 18. | |
| 19. | Ohio State | Saint Louis (4–0) | Kansas State (4–2) | Saint Louis (7–1) | Duquesne (9–0) т | USC (10–1) т | Arizona (12–2) т | Kansas (10–3) т | NYU (7–2) | NYU (9–2) | Kansas (10–3) | Oklahoma (13–7) | St. Bonaventure (17–4) | Dayton (23–4) т | 19. | |
| 20. | BYU | Illinois (2–1) т Holy Cross (1–0) т | Illinois (3–1) | La Salle (6–1) | Missouri (5–3) т | Iowa (6–2) т | BYU (12–4) т | Washington State (13–8) т | Arizona (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) т | 20. | ||
| 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[1] | Week 13 Mar. 6[1] | Final Mar. 9[3] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 600–601. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ Chandler, John (March 6, 1951). "Kentucky Rated No. 1 in Final AP Poll". Springfield Leader and Press. Associated Press. p. 14.
The University of Kentucky Wildcats won No. 1 rating today as the nation's best college basketball team for 1951 in the final weekly Associated Press poll.
- ^ Miller, Norman (March 9, 1951). "Kentucky Wildcats Rated No. 1 Cage Team in U.S." Alameda Times Star. United Press. p. 7.
The powerful Kentucky Wildcats were chosen the nation's No. 1 college basketball team for 1950–51 today by a margin of 36 points over Oklahoma A and M in the final ratings of the United Press Board of Coaches.