1954–55 NCAA men's basketball rankings

The 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

1954–55 NCAA men's basketball rankings
Season1954–55
NCAA Tournament1955
Preseason #1
La Salle
NCAA Tournament ChampionsSan Francisco
NCAA men's basketball rankings
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  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
Preseason
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1][2]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1][3]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1][4]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1][5]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1][6]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1][7]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1][8]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1][9]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1][10]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1][11]		Week 12
Feb. 22[1][12]		Week 13
Mar. 1[13][14]		Final
Mar. 8[13][15]
1.La Salle (2–0)La Salle (4–0)Kentucky (3–0)Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (7–0) (89)Kentucky (7–1) (52)Kentucky (9–1)Kentucky (12–1)Kentucky (12–1)San Francisco (16–1)San Francisco (18–1)San Francisco (20–1)San Francisco (21–1)San Francisco (23–1)1.
2.Kentucky (1–0)Kentucky (2–0)Utah (7–0)NC State (10–0)Duquesne (–) (14)NC State (–) (22)NC State (–)San Francisco (12–1)San Francisco (14–1)Kentucky (14–2)Kentucky (–)Kentucky (–)Kentucky (20–2)Kentucky (22–2)2.
3.Duquesne (1–0)Illinois (3–0)Illinois (5–0)La Salle (6–2)NC State (–) (3)Duquesne (–)San Francisco (12–1)NC State (–)La Salle (14–4)La Salle (16–4)La Salle (–)La Salle (–)La Salle (22–4)La Salle (22–4)3.
4.Iowa (2–0)NC State (3–0)La Salle (5–1)Dayton (7–0)La Salle (–) (2)La Salle (–)La Salle (–)Duquesne (–)Duquesne (–)Duquesne (12–3)Duquesne (–)Duquesne (–)Marquette (22–1)NC State (28–4)4.
5.Holy Cross (1–0)Dayton (4–0)NC State (8–0)San Francisco (7–1)San Francisco (–) (4)San Francisco (–)Duquesne (–)La Salle (–)Utah (–)Utah (17–2)George Washington (–)Marquette (–)NC State (25–4)Iowa (17–4)5.
6.Indiana (0–0)Missouri (3–1)Dayton (6–0)Illinois (6–1)George Washington (–)Missouri (–)Maryland (–)George Washington (–)NC State (–)George Washington (15–3)Marquette (–)NC State (–)Minnesota (15–6)Duquesne (19–4)6.
7.Dayton (2–0)Indiana (2–2)Missouri (4–1)Utah (7–2)UCLA(1) (–)Illinois (–)Illinois (–)Utah (–)George Washington (–)NC State (18–4)NC State (–)Minnesota (–)Utah (21–3)Utah (23–3)7.
8.Niagara (3–0)UCLA (3–0)George Washington (4–1)Duquesne (4–1)Utah (–)George Washington (–)Missouri (–)Maryland (–)UCLA (–)UCLA (15–3)Minnesota (–)Utah (–)Duquesne (19–4)Marquette (22–2)8.
9.Notre Dame (1–0)Duquesne (2–1)Duquesne (4–1)George Washington (5–2)Missouri (–) (2)Utah (–)George Washington (–)UCLA (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (16–1)UCLA (–)UCLA (–)UCLA (21–4)Dayton (23–3)9.
10.NC State (2–0)Niagara (3–1)Niagara (6–1)Niagara (6–1)Dayton (–)UCLA (–)UCLA (–)Illinois (–)Illinois (–)Illinois (11–3)Utah (–)George Washington (–)Dayton (22–3)Oregon State (21–7)10.
11.Oklahoma A&M (2–0)George Washington (3–0)Ohio State (4–0)Missouri (4–2)Maryland (–)Maryland (–)Utah (–)Marquette (–)Minnesota (–)Maryland (14–3)Maryland (–)Dayton (–)Alabama (18–4)Minnesota (15–7)11.
12.Saint Louis (1–0)Louisville (6–0)West Virginia (4–1)Alabama (5–1)Illinois (–)Dayton (–)Alabama (–)Missouri (–)Maryland (–)Minnesota (11–5)Cincinnati (–)Alabama (–)Iowa (14–4)Alabama (19–5)12.
13.UCLA (1–0)Iowa (4–1)USC (5–1)Louisville (8–1)Minnesota (–)Richmond (–)Richmond (–)Holy Cross (–)Alabama (–)Alabama (13–3)Dayton (–)Illinois (–)George Washington (21–5)UCLA (21–5)13.
14.Illinois (2–0)Ohio State (3–0)Louisville (7–1)USC (6–3)Iowa (–)Minnesota (–)Minnesota (–)Alabama (–)Holy Cross (–)Missouri (12–3)Illinois (–)Vanderbilt (–)Oregon State (19–7)George Washington (24–6)14.
15.Wichita (0–0)Utah (6–0)Wichita (3–0)UCLA (6–1)Niagara (–)Niagara (–)Marquette (–)Dayton (–)Dayton (–)Iowa (11–4)Iowa (–)Memphis State (–)Tulsa (14–6)Colorado (16–5)15.
16.Utah (2–0)St. John's (3–0)Penn (6–0)Kansas (4–0)Louisville(1) (–)Alabama (–)Holy Cross (–)Northwestern (–)Niagara (–)Dayton (16–3)Oregon State (–)Iowa (–)Vanderbilt (15–6)Tulsa (20–6)16.
17.Duke (1–0) тWake Forest (4–1)San Francisco (4–1)Penn (6–0)Duke (–)Purdue (–)Vanderbilt (–)Richmond (–)Missouri (–)Cincinnati (17–3)Alabama (–)Cincinnati (–)Illinois (15–5)Vanderbilt (16–6)17.
18.Wake Forest (2–0) тWichita (2–0)UCLA (5–1)Duke (5–1)Villanova (–)USC (–)Dayton (–)Vanderbilt (–)Villanova (–)Oregon State (14–6)Tennessee (–)Maryland (–)Maryland (17–6)Illinois (17–5)18.
19.Penn State (1–0)Holy Cross (2–1)Alabama (4–1)Iowa (5–2)Penn (–)Iowa (–)Iowa (–)Iowa (–)Oregon State (–)Villanova (12–4)Tulsa (–)Tulsa (–)Memphis State (18–3)West Virginia (19–10)19.
20.Western Kentucky (1–1)Notre Dame (3–1)Iowa (5–2) т
Kansas (4–0) т		Ohio State (4–2)Alabama (–) т
Notre Dame (–) т
Seton Hall (–) т		Auburn (–)
Louisville (–)		Niagara (–)
TCU (–)		Niagara (–)Vanderbilt (–)Vanderbilt (11–3)Vanderbilt (–)Missouri (–)Missouri (15–4)Saint Louis (19–7)20.
Preseason
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1][16]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1][17]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1][18]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1][19]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1][20]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1][21]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1][22]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1][23]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1][24]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1][25]		Week 12
Feb. 22[1][26]		Week 13
Mar. 1[13][27]		Final
Mar. 8[13][28]
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma A&M (3–1)
  • Saint Louis (2–1)
  • Duke (2–1)
  • Penn State
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Indiana (2–3)
  • St. John's
  • Wake Forest
  • Holy Cross (4–1)
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Wichita
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Kansas
  • Ohio State
Dropped:
  • Seton Hall
NoneDropped:
  • Minnesota
Dropped:
  • Richmond
Dropped:
  • Niagara (15–3)
Dropped:
  • Missouri (12–4)
Dropped:
  • Oregon State (17–7)
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati (19–6)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (17–7)
  • Memphis State (18–4)
  • Missouri (15–5)

UP Poll
Preseason
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1]		Week 12
Feb. 22[1]		Week 13
Mar. 1[13]		Final
Mar. 8[13]
1.La Salle (2–0)La Salle (4–0)Kentucky (3–0)Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (7–0)Kentucky (7–1)Kentucky (9–1)Kentucky (11–1)Kentucky (12–1)San Francisco (16–1)San Francisco (18–1)San Francisco (20–1)San Francisco (21–1)San Francisco (23–1)1.
2.Iowa (2–0)San Francisco (14–1)Kentucky (22–2)2.
3.Duquesne (1–0)La Salle (22–4)3.
4.Kentucky (1–0)Utah (23–3)4.
5.Indiana (0–0)Iowa (17–4)5.
6.Illinois (2–0)San Francisco (7–1)NC State (28–4)6.
7.NC State (2–0)Duquesne (19–4)7.
8.Holy Cross (1–0)Oregon State (21–7)8.
9.UCLA (1–0)Marquette (22–2)9.
10.Niagara (3–0)Dayton (23–3)10.
11.Notre Dame (1–0)Colorado (16–5)11.
12.Dayton (2–0)UCLA (21–5)12.
13.Saint Louis (1–0) тMinnesota (15–7)13.
14.Utah (2–0) тTulsa (20–6)14.
15.USC (1–0)George Washington (24–6)15.
16.DePaul (2–0)Illinois (17–5)16.
17.Oklahoma A&M (2–0) тNiagara (20–5)17.
18.Oregon State (2–1) тSaint Louis (19–7)18.
19.Cincinnati (2–0)Holy Cross (19–6)19.
20.Wichita State (0–0)Cincinnati (19–7)
SMU (15–8)		20.
Preseason
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1]		Week 12
Feb. 22[1]		Week 13
Mar. 1[13]		Final
Mar. 8[13]
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneDropped:
  • Missouri (15–6)
  • Louisville (19–8)
  • Villanova (16–9)

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