1956-57 NCAA Men's Basketball AP Poll

Name the teams that cracked the AP Top 20 during the 1956-57 men's college basketball season

The final poll was released on March 11, prior to the 1957 NCAA tournament

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Week 1 (12/10)
1
Kansas
2
0
Big Seven
2
San Francisco
4
0
West Coast
3
Kentucky
3
0
SEC
4
Louisville
3
1
Independent
5
SMU
2
0
Southwest
6
North Carolina
2
0
ACC
7
Illinois
2
0
Big Ten
8
NC State
3
0
ACC
9
Alabama
3
0
SEC
10
Canisius
4
0
Little Three
11
Ohio State
3
0
Big Ten
12
Western Kentucky
3
0
Ohio Valley
13
West Virginia
3
0
SoCon
14
Kansas State
2
0
Big Seven
15
Dayton
2
1
Independent
16
Niagara
2
1
Little Three
17
Iowa State
3
0
Big Seven
18
Oklahoma City
1
1
Independent
19
Oklahoma A&M
3
1
Missouri Valley
20
Seattle
3
1
Independent





Week 2 (12/17)
1
Kansas
4
0
Big Seven
2
San Francisco
5
0
West Coast
3
North Carolina
-
ACC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
Illinois
-
Big Ten
6
Louisville
-
Independent
7
Kentucky
-
SEC
8
West Virginia
-
SoCon
9
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
10
Kansas State
-
Big Seven
11
Ohio State
-
Big Ten
12
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
13
Duke
-
ACC
14
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
15
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
16
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
17
Alabama
-
SEC
18
Canisius
-
Little Three
19
NC State
-
ACC
20
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley





Week 3 (12/26)
1
Kansas
6
0
Big Seven
2
North Carolina
8
0
ACC
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
West Virginia
-
SoCon
5
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
6
Illinois
-
Big Ten
7
SMU
-
Southwest
8
Louisville
-
Independent
9
Duke
-
ACC
10
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
11
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
12
Tennessee
-
SEC
13
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
14
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
15
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley
16
Tulane
-
SEC
17
Canisius
-
Little Three
18
Seattle
-
Independent
19
San Francisco
6
2
West Coast
20
Idaho State
-
Rocky Mountain





Week 4 (1/2)
1
Kansas
9
0
Big Seven
2
North Carolina
11
0
ACC
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
Illinois
-
Big Ten
6
Louisville
-
Independent
7
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
8
UCLA
8
1
Pacific Coast
9
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
10
Seattle
-
Independent
11
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
12
Tennessee
-
SEC
13
Manhattan
-
Metropolitan New York
14
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley
15
Canisius
-
Little Three
16
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
17
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
18
Wake Forest
-
ACC
19
West Virginia
-
SoCon
20
Memphis State
-
Independent





Week 5 (1/7)
1
Kansas
10
0
Big Seven
2
North Carolina
11
0
ACC
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
Louisville
-
Independent
6
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
7
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
8
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
9
Seattle
-
Independent
10
Illinois
-
Big Ten
11
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
12
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
13
Wake Forest
-
ACC
14
Canisius
-
Little Three
15
Duke
-
ACC
16
Tennessee
-
SEC
17
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
18
West Virginia
-
SoCon
19
Minnesota
-
Big Ten
20
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley





Week 6 (1/14)
1
Kansas
12
0
Big Seven
2
North Carolina
14
0
ACC
3
SMU
-
Southwest
4
Kentucky
-
SEC
5
Louisville
-
Independent
6
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
7
Seattle
-
Independent
8
Illinois
-
Big Ten
9
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
10
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
11
Wake Forest
-
ACC
12
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
Canisius
-
Little Three
15
West Virginia
-
SoCon
16
Duke
-
ACC
17
Ohio State
-
Big Ten
18
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley
19
California
-
Pacific Coast
20
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley





Week 7 (1/21)
1
North Carolina
15
0
ACC
2
Kansas
12
1
Big Seven
3
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
4
Louisville
-
Independent
5
Kentucky
-
SEC
6
SMU
-
Southwest
7
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
8
Seattle
-
Independent
9
Illinois
-
Big Ten
10
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
11
Wake Forest
-
ACC
12
Ohio State
-
Big Ten
13
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
14
Canisius
-
Little Three
15
Duke
-
ACC
16
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
17
West Virginia
-
SoCon
18
Tulane
-
SEC
19
California
-
Pacific Coast
20
Western Kentucky
-
Ohio Valley

Week 8 (1/28)
1
North Carolina
16
0
ACC
2
Kansas
12
1
Big Seven
3
Louisville
-
Independent
4
Kentucky
-
SEC
5
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
6
SMU
-
Southwest
7
Illinois
-
Big Ten
8
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
9
Seattle
-
Independent
10
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
11
Ohio State
-
Big Ten
12
Canisius
-
Little Three
13
Wake Forest
-
ACC
14
Tulane
-
SEC
15
California
-
Pacific Coast
16
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
17
Idaho State
-
Rocky Mountain
18
West Virginia
-
SoCon
19
Duke
-
ACC
20
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley





Week 9 (2/4)
1
North Carolina
16
0
ACC
2
Kansas
13
1
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
6
Louisville
-
Independent
7
Seattle
-
Independent
8
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
9
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
10
Wake Forest
-
ACC
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
Ohio State
-
Big Ten
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
Canisius
-
Little Three
15
Illinois
-
Big Ten
16
Memphis State
-
Independent
17
Purdue
-
Big Ten
18
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
19
California
-
Pacific Coast
20
Idaho State
-
Rocky Mountain





Week 10 (2/11)
1
North Carolina
18
0
ACC
2
Kansas
14
1
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
Seattle
-
Independent
5
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
6
SMU
-
Southwest
7
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
8
Louisville
-
Independent
9
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Wake Forest
-
ACC
12
California
-
Pacific Coast
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
Canisius
-
Little Three
15
West Virginia Tech
-
NAIA (non-NCAA)
16
Illinois
-
Big Ten
17
Duke
-
ACC
18
Indiana
-
Big Ten
19
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
20
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley





Week 11 (2/18)
1
North Carolina
20
0
ACC
2
Kansas
16
1
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
Seattle
-
Independent
5
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
6
SMU
-
Southwest
7
Louisville
-
Independent
8
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
9
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
10
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
11
Indiana
-
Big Ten
12
Wake Forest
-
ACC
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
West Virginia
-
SoCon
15
California
-
Pacific Coast
16
Duke
-
ACC
17
Kansas State
-
Big Seven
18
West Virginia Tech
-
NAIA (non-NCAA)
19
Mississippi State
-
SEC
20
Memphis State
-
Independent





Week 12 (2/25)
1
North Carolina
22
0
ACC
2
Kansas
18
1
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
Seattle
-
Independent
6
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
7
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
8
Louisville
-
Independent
9
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
10
Indiana
-
Big Ten
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
Kansas State
-
Big Seven
13
Wake Forest
-
ACC
14
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
15
Idaho State
-
Rocky Mountain
16
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
17
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
18
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
19
Memphis State
-
Independent
20
Mississippi State
-
SEC





Week 13 (3/4)
1
North Carolina
24
0
ACC
2
Kansas
19
1
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
SMU
-
Southwest
5
Seattle
-
Independent
6
Louisville
-
Independent
7
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
8
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
9
Vanderbilt
-
SEC
10
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
13
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
14
California
-
Pacific Coast
15
Idaho State
-
Rocky Mountain
16
Oklahoma A&M
-
Missouri Valley
17
Iowa State
-
Big Seven
18
Mississippi State
-
SEC
19
Memphis State
-
Independent
20
Wake Forest
-
ACC





Final Poll
1
North Carolina
27
0
ACC
2
Kansas
21
2
Big Seven
3
Kentucky
22
4
SEC
4
SMU
21
3
Southwest
5
Seattle
22
2
Independent
6
Louisville
21
5
Independent
7
West Virginia
25
4
SoCon
8
Vanderbilt
17
5
SEC
9
Oklahoma City
17
8
Independent
10
Saint Louis
19
7
Missouri Valley
11
Michigan State
14
8
Big Ten
12
Memphis State
21
5
Independent
13
California
20
4
Pacific Coast
14
UCLA
22
4
Pacific Coast
15
Mississippi State
17
8
SEC
16
Idaho State
24
2
Rocky Mountain
17
Notre Dame
18
7
Independent
18
Wake Forest
19
9
ACC
19
Bradley
19
7
Missouri Valley
20
Canisius
20
5
Little Three
Oklahoma A&M
17
9
Missouri Valley

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