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The Top Ranked Basketball Colleges of the 1950s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | College |
| 1 | San Francisco |
| 2 | Kentucky |
| 3 | Kansas |
| 4 | LaSalle |
| 5 | Cal |
| 6 | Indiana |
| 7 | CCNY |
| 8 | North Carolina |
| 9 | Bradley |
| 10 | Kansas St. |
| 11 | Iowa |
| 12 | St. John's |
| 13 | Seattle |
| 14 | West Virginia |
| 15 | Temple |
| 16 | Illinois |
| 17 | NC State |
| 18 | Cincinnati |
| 19 | Penn St. |
| 20 | Washington |
| 21 | Colorado |
| 22 | Louisville |
| 23 | Oklahoma St. |
| 24 | Santa Clara |
| 25 | SMU |
| 26 | Michigan St. |
| 27 | LSU |
| 28 | Baylor |
| 29 | USC |
| 30 | St. Louis |
| 31 | Oklahoma City |
| 32 | Duquesne |
| 33 | BYU |
| 34 | Holy Cross |
| 35 | Utah |
| 36 | Notre Dame |
| 37 | Canisius |
| 38 | Dartmouth |
| 39 | Navy |
| 40 | Wyoming |
| 41 | Marquette |
| 42 | Syracuse |
| 43 | Boston U. |
| 44 | Ohio St. |
| 45 | Oregon St. |
| 46 | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 47 | UCLA |
| 48 | Dayton |
| 49 | Idaho St. |
| 50 | Connecticut |
| 51 | Montana St. |
| 52 | TCU |
| 53 | Villanova |
| 54 | Arizona |
| 55 | Morehead St. |
| 56 | Tulsa |
| 57 | Columbia |
| 58 | Maryland |
| 59 | Penn |
| 60 | Rice |
| 61 | San Jose St. |
| 62 | Texas A&M |
| 63 | Wake Forest |
| 64 | Manhattan |
| 65 | New Mexico St. |
| 66 | Miami (OH) |
| 67 | DePaul |
| 68 | St. Joseph's |
| 69 | Lafayette |
| 70 | Princeton |
| 71 | Pitt |
| 72 | Arkansas |
| 73 | Colorado St. |
| 74 | Cornell |
| 75 | Houston |
| 76 | Lebanon Valley |
| 77 | Wayne St. |
| 78 | Portland |
| 79 | Memphis |
| 80 | Fordham |
| 81 | Loyola (LA) |
| 82 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 83 | Hardin-Simmons |
| 84 | Texas Tech |
| 85 | Bowling Green |
| 86 | Williams |
| 87 | Arizona St. |
| 88 | West Texas A&M |
| 89 | Boston College |
| 90 | Duke |
| 91 | George Washington |
| 92 | Marshall |
| 93 | Tennessee Tech |
| 94 | Toledo |
| 95 | Yale |
| 96 | Seton Hall |
| 97 | Xavier |
| 98 | Niagara |
| 99 | St. Bonaventure |
| 100 | NYU |
| 101 | Western Kentucky |
| 102 | St. Francis (PA) |
| 103 | St. Francis (NY) |
| 104 | Providence |
| 105 | Butler |
| 106 | St. Peter's (NJ) |
| 107 | Beloit |
| 108 | Denver |
| 109 | Georgetown |
| 110 | LIU-Brooklyn |
| 111 | Wichita St. |
| 112 | Wheaton (IL) |
| 113 | Evansville |
| 114 | South Dakota |
| 115 | Missouri St. |
| 116 | St. Michael's |
| 117 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 118 | North Carolina A&T |
| 119 | Mount St. Mary's |
| 120 | Cal St.-LA |
| 121 | American |
| 122 | Chapman |
| 123 | Buffalo |
| 124 | Rider |
| 125 | South Dakota St. |
| 126 | Hope |
| 127 | Grambling |
| 128 | San Diego St. |
| 129 | Regis |
| 130 | Centenary |
| 131 | East Tennessee St. |
| 132 | Adelphi |
| 133 | Linfield |
| 134 | Knox |
| 135 | Florida A&M |
| 136 | Akron |
| 137 | Fresno St. |
| 138 | Hofstra |
| 139 | Jackson St. |
| 140 | LeMoyne |
| 141 | North Carolina Central |
| 142 | Wagner |
| 143 | Wittenberg |
| 144 | Wartburg |
| 145 | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 146 | Wabash |
| 147 | Philander Smith |
| 148 | Illinois St. |
| 149 | Abilene Christian |
| 150 | Amherst |
| 151 | Arkansas St. |
| 152 | Belmont Abbey |
| 153 | Brandeis |
| 154 | Capital |
| 155 | Chico St. |
| 156 | DePauw |
| 157 | Drexel |
| 158 | Lincoln (MO) |
| 159 | Monmouth |
| 160 | Nevada |
| 161 | Northern Illinois |
| 162 | Pacific (OR) |
| 163 | South Carolina St. |
| 164 | Willamette |
| 165 | Wisconsin-Superior |
| 166 | Western Illinois |
| 167 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 168 | Austin Peay |
| 169 | Augustana (IL) |
| 170 | Jefferson |
| 171 | Loras |
| 172 | RPI |
| 173 | Sacramento St. |
| 174 | Southern Illinois |
| 175 | St. Norbert |
| 176 | Tuskegee |
| 177 | Wesleyan (CT) |
| 178 | Tennessee St. |
| 179 | Hamline |
| 180 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 181 | Indiana St. |
| 182 | Benedictine (KS) |
| 183 | McNeese St. |
| 184 | SE Oklahoma St. |
| 185 | Pacific Lutheran |
| 186 | Texas Southern |
| 187 | Millikin |
| 188 | East Central |
| 189 | Murray St. |
| 190 | Texas St. |
| 191 | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 192 | Central Methodist |
| 193 | Pittsburg St. |
| 194 | Arkansas Tech |
| 195 | Eastern Illinois |
| 196 | Georgetown (KY) |
| 197 | Tampa |
| 198 | Fort Hays St. |
| 199 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 200 | Morningside |
| 201 | Southern Miss |
| 202 | Lawrence Tech |
| 203 | Youngstown St. |
| 204 | Pasadena |
| 205 | Georgia Southern |
| 206 | Coe |
| 207 | SE Louisiana |
| 208 | Whitworth |
| 209 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 210 | Florida St. |
| 211 | Alderson-Broaddus |
| 212 | Findlay |
| 213 | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| 214 | Midwestern St. |
| 215 | Brooklyn |
| 216 | Central Washington |
| 217 | Davis & Elkins |
| 218 | Franciscan |
| 219 | Geneva |
| 220 | Pepperdine |
| 221 | Westminster (PA) |
| 222 | Hastings |
| 223 | Northern St. |
| 224 | Louisiana Tech |
| 225 | Stetson |
| 226 | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| 227 | Montana Western |
| 228 | Quincy |
| 229 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 230 | Wisconsin-Platteville |
| 231 | Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 232 | Anderson (IN) |
| 233 | Ball St. |
| 234 | Barton |
| 235 | Central Arkansas |
| 236 | Central Oklahoma |
| 237 | Central St. |
| 238 | Drury |
| 239 | East Texas Baptist |
| 240 | Emporia St. |
| 241 | Indiana (PA) |
| 242 | Loyola (MD) |
| 243 | Ottawa |
| 244 | Puget Sound |
| 245 | Rio Grande |
| 246 | Rockhurst |
| 247 | Southwestern (KS) |
| 248 | St. Ambrose |
| 249 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 250 | Thomas More |
| 251 | Truman St. |
| 252 | William Jewell |
| 253 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 254 | Adrian |
| 255 | Eastern New Mexico |
| 256 | Elon |
| 257 | Troy |
| 258 | Wayland Baptist |
| 259 | American International |
| 260 | Austin |
| 261 | Central Connecticut St. |
| 262 | Charleston (WV) |
| 263 | East Carolina |
| 264 | Kalamazoo |
| 265 | North Dakota |
| 266 | Northern Michigan |
| 267 | Portland St. |
| 268 | Southern Connecticut St. |
| 269 | Adams St. |
| 270 | Appalachian St. |
| 271 | Arnold |
| 272 | Assumption |
| 273 | Baltimore |
| 274 | Bridgeport |
| 275 | BYU-Idaho |
| 276 | Carroll (WI) |
| 277 | Chadron St. |
| 278 | Christian Brothers |
| 279 | Clarion |
| 280 | Culver-Stockton |
| 281 | Delta St. |
| 282 | Glenville St. |
| 283 | Gonzaga |
| 284 | High Point |
| 285 | Hillsdale |
| 286 | Huron |
| 287 | Indianapolis |
| 288 | Kansas Wesleyan |
| 289 | Kentucky St. |
| 290 | Loyola Marymount |
| 291 | Mercer |
| 292 | Middle Tennessee St. |
| 293 | Millersville |
| 294 | Minot St. |
| 295 | New Mexico Highlands |
| 296 | Northern Arizona |
| 297 | Northern Iowa |
| 298 | Northwest Nazarene |
| 299 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 300 | Pacific |
| 301 | Peru St. |
| 302 | Pikeville |
| 303 | Rocky Mountain |
| 304 | Southern Arkansas |
| 305 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| 306 | SW Oklahoma St. |
| 307 | Union (TN) |
| 308 | Upper Iowa |
| 309 | Washburn |
| 310 | Wayne St. (NE) |
| 311 | West Liberty |
| 312 | West Virginia Tech |
| 313 | Westminster (UT) |
| 314 | Westmont |
| 315 | Whittier |
| 316 | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
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