1958-59 NCAA Men's Basketball AP Poll

Name the teams that cracked the AP Top 20 during the 1958-59 men's college basketball season
The final poll was released on March 9, prior to the 1959 NCAA tournament
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Week 1 (12/9)
1
Cincinnati
2
0
Missouri Valley
2
Kentucky
2
0
SEC
3
Kansas State
2
0
Big Eight
4
West Virginia
3
0
SoCon
5
NC State
3
0
ACC
6
Tennessee
3
0
SEC
7
Kansas
2
0
Big Eight
8
Mississippi State
3
0
SEC
9
Saint Louis
2
0
Missouri Valley
10
Northwestern
2
0
Big Ten
11
Notre Dame
1
0
Independent
12
Auburn
2
0
SEC
13
North Carolina
2
0
ACC
14
St. Mary's
2
0
West Coast
15
Michigan State
1
0
Big Ten
16
Xavier
2
0
Independent
17
Marquette
2
0
Independent
18
SMU
1
1
Southwest
19
Indiana
4
1
Big Ten
20
Oklahoma State
1
0
Big Eight
St. John's
1
0
Metropolitan New York
 
 
 
 
 
Week 2 (12/16)
1
Cincinnati
3
0
Missouri Valley
2
Kentucky
-
SEC
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
NC State
-
ACC
5
Tennessee
-
SEC
6
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
7
West Virginia
-
SoCon
8
Mississippi State
-
SEC
9
Xavier
-
Independent
10
North Carolina
-
ACC
11
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
13
Auburn
-
SEC
14
St. Joseph's
-
Middle Atlantic
15
California
-
Pacific Coast
16
Seattle
-
Independent
17
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
18
Pittsburgh
-
Independent
19
UCLA
-
Pacific Coast
20
SMU
-
Southwest
 
 
 
 
 
Week 3 (12/23)
1
Kentucky
8
0
SEC
2
Cincinnati
5
0
Missouri Valley
3
North Carolina
-
ACC
4
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
5
West Virginia
-
SoCon
6
NC State
-
ACC
7
Mississippi State
-
SEC
8
Auburn
-
SEC
9
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
10
Xavier
-
Independent
11
Tennessee
-
SEC
12
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
13
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
14
California
-
Pacific Coast
15
Villanova
-
Independent
16
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
17
Marquette
-
Independent
18
Memphis State
-
Independent
19
Washington
-
Pacific Coast
20
Dayton
-
Independent
 
 
 
 
 
Week 4 (12/30)
1
Kentucky
8
0
SEC
2
Cincinnati
5
0
Missouri Valley
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
North Carolina
-
ACC
5
NC State
-
ACC
6
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
7
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
8
Mississippi State
-
SEC
9
Auburn
-
SEC
10
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
St. Joseph's
-
Middle Atlantic
13
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
14
Tennessee
-
SEC
15
Marquette
-
Independent
16
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
17
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
18
Purdue
-
Big Ten
19
TCU
-
Southwest
20
California
-
Pacific Coast
 
 
 
 
 
Week 5 (1/6)
1
Kentucky
11
0
SEC
2
NC State
-
ACC
3
North Carolina
-
ACC
4
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
5
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
6
Auburn
-
SEC
7
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
8
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
9
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
10
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
Mississippi State
-
SEC
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
15
Marquette
-
Independent
16
Seattle
-
Independent
17
Tennessee
-
SEC
18
Villanova
-
Independent
19
Texas A&M
-
Southwest
20
Illinois
-
Big Ten
 
 
 
 
 
Week 6 (1/13)
1
NC State
11
1
ACC
2
Kentucky
12
1
SEC
3
North Carolina
-
ACC
4
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
5
Auburn
-
SEC
6
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
7
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
8
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
9
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
12
Mississippi State
-
SEC
13
Marquette
-
Independent
14
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
15
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
16
Seattle
-
Independent
17
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
18
Portland
-
Independent
19
Indiana
-
Big Ten
20
California
-
Pacific Coast
 
 
 
 
 
Week 7 (1/20)
1
Kentucky
14
1
SEC
2
North Carolina
-
ACC
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
NC State
-
ACC
5
Auburn
-
SEC
6
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
7
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
8
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
9
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Mississippi State
-
SEC
12
Marquette
-
Independent
13
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
14
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
15
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
16
Seattle
-
Independent
17
Portland
-
Independent
18
Northwestern
-
Big Ten
19
Villanova
-
Independent
20
Utah
-
Mountain States
Week 8 (1/27)
1
Kentucky
14
1
SEC
2
North Carolina
-
ACC
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
Auburn
-
SEC
5
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
6
NC State
-
ACC
7
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
8
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
9
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Mississippi State
-
SEC
12
Marquette
-
Independent
13
Seattle
-
Independent
14
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
15
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
16
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
17
Louisville
-
Independent
18
Illinois
-
Big Ten
19
TCU
-
Southwest
20
California
-
Pacific Coast
 
 
 
 
 
Week 9 (2/3)
1
Kentucky
17
1
SEC
2
North Carolina
-
ACC
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
Auburn
-
SEC
5
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
6
NC State
-
ACC
7
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
8
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
9
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Mississippi State
-
SEC
12
Marquette
-
Independent
13
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
14
Seattle
-
Independent
15
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
16
Utah
-
Mountain States
17
TCU
-
Southwest
18
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
19
California
-
Pacific Coast
20
St. Joseph's
-
Middle Atlantic
 
 
 
 
 
Week 10 (2/10)
1
Kentucky
18
1
SEC
2
North Carolina
-
ACC
3
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
4
Auburn
-
SEC
5
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
6
NC State
-
ACC
7
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
8
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
9
West Virginia
-
SoCon
10
Mississippi State
-
SEC
11
Marquette
-
Independent
12
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
13
Seattle
-
Independent
14
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
15
Indiana
-
Big Ten
16
TCU
-
Southwest
17
Utah
-
Mountain States
18
California
-
Pacific Coast
19
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
20
Purdue
-
Big Ten
 
 
 
 
 
Week 11 (2/17)
1
North Carolina
16
1
ACC
2
Auburn
-
SEC
3
Kentucky
-
SEC
4
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
5
Mississippi State
-
SEC
6
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
7
NC State
-
ACC
8
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
9
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
10
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
11
West Virginia
-
SoCon
12
Seattle
-
Independent
13
Marquette
-
Independent
14
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
15
California
-
Pacific Coast
16
TCU
-
Southwest
17
Utah
-
Mountain States
18
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
19
Indiana
-
Big Ten
20
Purdue
-
Big Ten
 
 
 
 
 
Week 12 (2/24)
1
Kentucky
21
2
SEC
2
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
3
North Carolina
-
ACC
4
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
5
Mississippi State
-
SEC
6
Auburn
-
SEC
7
NC State
-
ACC
8
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
9
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
10
West Virginia
-
SoCon
11
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
12
California
-
Pacific Coast
13
Marquette
-
Independent
14
TCU
-
Southwest
15
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
16
Seattle
-
Independent
17
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
18
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
19
Portland
-
Independent
20
St. Mary's
-
West Coast
 
 
 
 
 
Week 13 (3/2)
1
Kentucky
23
2
SEC
2
Kansas State
-
Big Eight
3
Cincinnati
-
Missouri Valley
4
Mississippi State
-
SEC
5
North Carolina
-
ACC
6
Michigan State
-
Big Ten
7
Auburn
-
SEC
8
West Virginia
-
SoCon
9
Bradley
-
Missouri Valley
10
NC State
-
ACC
11
California
-
Pacific Coast
12
Saint Louis
-
Missouri Valley
13
Marquette
-
Independent
14
Oklahoma City
-
Independent
15
TCU
-
Southwest
16
Utah
-
Mountain States
17
St. Mary's
-
West Coast
18
St. John's
-
Metropolitan New York
19
St. Bonaventure
-
Independent
20
St. Joseph's
-
Middle Atlantic
 
 
 
 
 
Final Poll
1
Kansas State
24
1
Big Eight
2
Kentucky
23
2
SEC
3
Mississippi State
24
1
SEC
4
Bradley
23
3
Missouri Valley
5
Cincinnati
23
3
Missouri Valley
6
NC State
22
4
ACC
7
Michigan State
18
3
Big Ten
8
Auburn
20
2
SEC
9
North Carolina
20
4
ACC
10
West Virginia
25
4
SoCon
11
California
21
4
Pacific Coast
12
Saint Louis
17
7
Missouri Valley
13
Seattle
22
6
Independent
14
St. Joseph's
22
3
Middle Atlantic
15
St. Mary's
19
6
West Coast
16
TCU
19
5
Southwest
17
Oklahoma City
20
5
Independent
18
Utah
21
5
Mountain States
19
St. Bonaventure
20
2
Independent
20
Marquette
22
4
Independent
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