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National Champion: Utah
Final Four: Dartmouth, Iowa State, Ohio State and Utah
Consensus Player of the Year: George Mikan
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Iowa State* RF | Big 6 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 9 | 1 | .900 |
| 2 | Oklahoma R | Big 6 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 9 | 1 | .900 |
| 3 | Kansas | Big 6 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 4 | Missouri* | Big 6 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 5 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 1 | 9 | .100 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 2 | 13 | .133 | 1 | 9 | .100 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 7 | Ohio State* RF | Big Ten | 14 | 7 | .667 | 10 | 2 | .833 |
| 8 | Iowa | Big Ten | 14 | 4 | .778 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 12 | 9 | .571 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| 10 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 12 | 7 | .632 | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 11 | Purdue | Big Ten | 11 | 10 | .524 | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 12 | Illinois | Big Ten | 11 | 9 | .550 | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 13 | Michigan | Big Ten | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 14 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 7 | 14 | .333 | 2 | 10 | .167 |
| 15 | Indiana | Big Ten | 7 | 15 | .318 | 2 | 10 | .167 |
| 16 | Chicago | Big Ten | 1 | 19 | .050 | 0 | 8 | .000 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 17 | Northern Arizona R | BIAA | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| 18 | Arizona | BIAA | 12 | 2 | .857 | |||
| 19 | Arizona State | BIAA | 12 | 2 | .857 | |||
| 20 | New Mexico R | BIAA | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | BIAA | 5 | 18 | .217 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 22 | Army | Ind | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| 23 | Denison | Ind | 18 | 2 | .900 | |||
| 24 | Bowling Green State | Ind | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||
| 25 | DePaul | Ind | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||
| 26 | Gonzaga | Ind | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||
| 27 | Utah* RFN | Ind | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||
| 28 | Miami (OH) | Ind | 10 | 2 | .833 | |||
| 29 | Indiana State | Ind | 17 | 4 | .810 | |||
| 30 | Long Island University | Ind | 12 | 3 | .800 | |||
| 31 | Loyola Marymount | Ind | 4 | 1 | .800 | |||
| 32 | Muhlenburg | Ind | 20 | 5 | .800 | |||
| 33 | Western Michigan | Ind | 15 | 4 | .789 | |||
| 34 | St. John's (NY) | Ind | 18 | 5 | .783 | |||
| 35 | Bucknell | Ind | 9 | 3 | .750 | |||
| 36 | Rochester (NY) | Ind | 11 | 4 | .733 | |||
| 37 | Saint Joseph's | Ind | 18 | 7 | .720 | |||
| 38 | Canisius | Ind | 15 | 6 | .714 | |||
| 39 | Navy | Ind | 10 | 4 | .714 | |||
| 40 | Catholic* | Ind | 17 | 7 | .708 | |||
| 41 | Lafayette | Ind | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 42 | Rhode Island R | Ind | 14 | 6 | .700 | |||
| 43 | Yale | Ind | 14 | 6 | .700 | |||
| 44 | Colgate | Ind | 11 | 5 | .688 | |||
| 45 | Pacific | Ind | 13 | 6 | .684 | |||
| 46 | Marshall | Ind | 15 | 7 | .682 | |||
| 47 | Valparaiso | Ind | 17 | 8 | .680 | |||
| 48 | Akron | Ind | 10 | 5 | .667 | |||
| 49 | Detroit Mercy | Ind | 13 | 7 | .650 | |||
| 50 | Washington & Jefferson | Ind | 11 | 6 | .647 | |||
| 51 | St. Francis (NY) | Ind | 10 | 6 | .625 | |||
| 52 | Temple* | Ind | 14 | 9 | .609 | |||
| 53 | Brigham Young | Ind | 3 | 2 | .600 | |||
| 54 | Western Kentucky | Ind | 13 | 9 | .591 | |||
| 55 | Pepperdine* | Ind | 20 | 14 | .588 | |||
| 56 | Virginia | Ind | 11 | 8 | .579 | |||
| 57 | Marquette | Ind | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 58 | Ohio | Ind | 9 | 7 | .563 | |||
| 59 | Loyola (MD) | Ind | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||
| 60 | Cincinnati | Ind | 6 | 5 | .545 | |||
| 61 | Penn State | Ind | 8 | 7 | .533 | |||
| 62 | Connecticut | Ind | 10 | 9 | .526 | |||
| 63 | Notre Dame | Ind | 10 | 9 | .526 | |||
| 64 | La Salle | Ind | 8 | 8 | .500 | |||
| 65 | Louisville | Ind | 10 | 10 | .500 | |||
| 66 | New York University | Ind | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 67 | Northeastern | Ind | 8 | 8 | .500 | |||
| 68 | Pittsburgh | Ind | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 69 | Saint Mary's (CA) | Ind | 5 | 5 | .500 | |||
| 70 | Villanova | Ind | 9 | 11 | .450 | |||
| 71 | Delaware | Ind | 7 | 9 | .438 | |||
| 72 | Holy Cross | Ind | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 73 | San Francisco | Ind | 8 | 11 | .421 | |||
| 74 | West Virginia | Ind | 8 | 11 | .421 | |||
| 75 | Brown | Ind | 10 | 14 | .417 | |||
| 76 | Maine | Ind | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 77 | City College of New York | Ind | 6 | 11 | .353 | |||
| 78 | Brooklyn | Ind | 6 | 14 | .300 | |||
| 79 | Toledo | Ind | 5 | 13 | .278 | |||
| 80 | Denver | Ind | 6 | 18 | .250 | |||
| 81 | Lehigh | Ind | 4 | 12 | .250 | |||
| 82 | Rider | Ind | 3 | 12 | .200 | |||
| 83 | Tennessee Tech | Ind | 3 | 13 | .188 | |||
| 84 | Montana | Ind | 2 | 10 | .167 | |||
| 85 | Harvard | Ind | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| 86 | Northern Colorado | Ind | 1 | 13 | .071 | |||
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 87 | Dartmouth* RF | Ivy | 19 | 2 | .905 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 88 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 10 | 4 | .714 | 6 | 2 | .750 |
| 89 | Cornell | Ivy | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| 90 | Columbia | Ivy | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| 91 | Princeton | Ivy | 6 | 12 | .333 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 92 | Oklahoma State R | MVC | 27 | 6 | .818 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Washington (MO) | MVC | 12 | 5 | .706 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | Tulsa | MVC | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Drake | MVC | 7 | 13 | .350 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 96 | Washington R | PCC (North) | 26 | 6 | .813 | 15 | 1 | .938 |
| 97 | Oregon | PCC (North) | 16 | 10 | .615 | 11 | 5 | .688 |
| 98 | Oregon State | PCC (North) | 8 | 16 | .333 | 5 | 11 | .313 |
| 99 | Idaho | PCC (North) | 7 | 16 | .304 | 5 | 11 | .313 |
| 100 | Washington State | PCC (North) | 8 | 19 | .296 | 4 | 12 | .250 |
| 101 | California R | PCC (South) | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 102 | UCLA | PCC (South) | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 103 | Southern California | PCC (South) | 8 | 12 | .400 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 104 | Tulane | SEC | 16 | 6 | .727 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 106 | Georgia | SEC | 7 | 10 | .412 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 107 | Louisiana State | SEC | 10 | 15 | .400 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| 108 | Kentucky RT | SEC | 19 | 2 | .905 | 0 | 0 | |
| 109 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 12 | 3 | .800 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 110 | North Carolina R | Southern | 17 | 10 | .630 | 9 | 1 | .900 |
| 111 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| 112 | Duke T | Southern | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 113 | Maryland | Southern | 4 | 14 | .222 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| 114 | Richmond | Southern | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 115 | Davidson | Southern | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| 116 | South Carolina | Southern | 13 | 2 | .867 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| 117 | Clemson | Southern | 1 | 10 | .091 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| 118 | North Carolina State | Southern | 5 | 13 | .278 | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| 119 | William & Mary | Southern | 10 | 11 | .476 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| 120 | Citadel | Southern | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 121 | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | 0 | 14 | .000 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 122 | Rice R | SWC | 15 | 5 | .750 | 11 | 1 | .917 |
| 123 | Arkansas R | SWC | 16 | 8 | .667 | 11 | 1 | .917 |
| 124 | Texas | SWC | 14 | 11 | .560 | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 125 | Southern Methodist | SWC | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 126 | Texas Christian | SWC | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 127 | Baylor | SWC | 6 | 12 | .333 | 2 | 10 | .167 |
| 128 | Texas A&M | SWC | 2 | 15 | .118 | 0 | 12 | .000 |