Season Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season
National Champion: Oklahoma State
Final Four: Arkansas, New York University, Ohio State and Oklahoma State
Consensus Player of the Year: George Mikan
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Iowa State R | Big 6 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| 2 | Kansas | Big 6 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 4 | Missouri | Big 6 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 5 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4 | 6 | .400 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 2 | 17 | .105 | 1 | 9 | .100 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 7 | Iowa R | Big Ten | 17 | 1 | .944 | 11 | 1 | .917 |
| 8 | Ohio State* F | Big Ten | 15 | 5 | .750 | 10 | 2 | .833 |
| 9 | Illinois | Big Ten | 13 | 7 | .650 | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 10 | Purdue | Big Ten | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| 11 | Michigan | Big Ten | 12 | 7 | .632 | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4 | 8 | .333 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4 | 8 | .333 |
| 14 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4 | 8 | .333 |
| 15 | Indiana | Big Ten | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3 | 9 | .250 |
| 16 | Chicago | Big Ten | 7 | 8 | .467 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 17 | New Mexico R | BIAA | 14 | 2 | .875 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 18 | West Texas A&M | BIAA | 16 | 10 | .615 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| 19 | Northern Arizona | BIAA | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 20 | New Mexico State | BIAA | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | BIAA | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | 6 | .538 |
| 22 | Arizona | BIAA | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| 23 | Arizona State | BIAA | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3 | 5 | .375 |
| 24 | Texas-El Paso | BIAA | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4 | 11 | .267 |
| 25 | Hardin-Simmons | BIAA | 7 | 23 | .233 | 2 | 14 | .125 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 26 | Army | Ind | 14 | 1 | .933 | |||
| 27 | Akron | Ind | 21 | 2 | .913 | |||
| 28 | Lafayette | Ind | 16 | 2 | .889 | |||
| 29 | DePaul | Ind | 21 | 3 | .875 | |||
| 30 | St. John's (NY) | Ind | 21 | 3 | .875 | |||
| 31 | Valparaiso | Ind | 21 | 3 | .875 | |||
| 32 | Bowling Green State | Ind | 24 | 4 | .857 | |||
| 33 | Muhlenburg | Ind | 24 | 4 | .857 | |||
| 34 | Navy | Ind | 12 | 2 | .857 | |||
| 35 | Louisville | Ind | 16 | 3 | .842 | |||
| 36 | Hamline | Ind | 20 | 4 | .833 | |||
| 37 | Rhode Island | Ind | 20 | 5 | .800 | |||
| 38 | Brown | Ind | 15 | 4 | .789 | |||
| 39 | Rutgers | Ind | 11 | 3 | .786 | |||
| 40 | Virginia | Ind | 13 | 4 | .765 | |||
| 41 | City College of New York | Ind | 12 | 4 | .750 | |||
| 42 | Indiana State | Ind | 18 | 6 | .750 | |||
| 43 | Notre Dame | Ind | 15 | 5 | .750 | |||
| 44 | Long Island University | Ind | 14 | 5 | .737 | |||
| 45 | Butler | Ind | 14 | 6 | .700 | |||
| 46 | Wichita State | Ind | 14 | 6 | .700 | |||
| 47 | Temple | Ind | 16 | 7 | .696 | |||
| 48 | Toledo | Ind | 9 | 4 | .692 | |||
| 49 | New York University* F | Ind | 14 | 7 | .667 | |||
| 50 | Pittsburgh | Ind | 8 | 4 | .667 | |||
| 51 | West Virginia | Ind | 12 | 6 | .667 | |||
| 52 | Marshall | Ind | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||
| 53 | Western Kentucky | Ind | 17 | 10 | .630 | |||
| 54 | Bucknell | Ind | 10 | 7 | .588 | |||
| 55 | Penn State | Ind | 10 | 7 | .588 | |||
| 56 | La Salle | Ind | 11 | 8 | .579 | |||
| 57 | Ohio | Ind | 11 | 8 | .579 | |||
| 58 | Michigan State | Ind | 9 | 7 | .563 | |||
| 59 | Niagara | Ind | 7 | 6 | .538 | |||
| 60 | Miami (OH) | Ind | 8 | 7 | .533 | |||
| 61 | Canisius | Ind | 12 | 11 | .522 | |||
| 62 | Saint Joseph's | Ind | 12 | 11 | .522 | |||
| 63 | St. Francis (NY) | Ind | 9 | 9 | .500 | |||
| 64 | Cincinnati | Ind | 8 | 9 | .471 | |||
| 65 | Nevada | Ind | 8 | 9 | .471 | |||
| 66 | Northeastern | Ind | 7 | 8 | .467 | |||
| 67 | Loyola (MD) | Ind | 10 | 12 | .455 | |||
| 68 | Saint Mary's (CA) | Ind | 5 | 6 | .455 | |||
| 69 | Western Michigan | Ind | 8 | 10 | .444 | |||
| 70 | Montana State | Ind | 10 | 14 | .417 | |||
| 71 | Marquette | Ind | 7 | 10 | .412 | |||
| 72 | Boston University | Ind | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 73 | Detroit Mercy | Ind | 8 | 12 | .400 | |||
| 74 | Syracuse | Ind | 7 | 12 | .368 | |||
| 75 | Villanova | Ind | 6 | 11 | .353 | |||
| 76 | Colgate | Ind | 5 | 10 | .333 | |||
| 77 | Loyola (IL) | Ind | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 78 | Maine | Ind | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 79 | Connecticut | Ind | 5 | 11 | .313 | |||
| 80 | Holy Cross | Ind | 4 | 9 | .308 | |||
| 81 | St. Bonaventure | Ind | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| 82 | Fordham | Ind | 5 | 15 | .250 | |||
| 83 | Montana | Ind | 7 | 22 | .241 | |||
| 84 | Kent State | Ind | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 85 | Brooklyn | Ind | 3 | 15 | .167 | |||
| 86 | Lehigh | Ind | 2 | 16 | .111 | |||
| 87 | Santa Clara | Ind | 0 | 11 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 88 | Pennsylvania R | Ivy | 12 | 5 | .706 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| 89 | Cornell | Ivy | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 90 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 91 | Columbia | Ivy | 9 | 10 | .474 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
| 92 | Yale | Ivy | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Princeton | Ivy | 7 | 12 | .368 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | Harvard | Ivy | 2 | 13 | .133 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 95 | Utah* R | MSAC | 17 | 4 | .810 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 96 | Colorado | MSAC | 13 | 3 | .813 | 9 | 1 | .900 |
| 97 | Wyoming | MSAC | 10 | 18 | .357 | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 98 | Brigham Young | MSAC | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 99 | Utah State | MSAC | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3 | 7 | .300 |
| 100 | Colorado State | MSAC | 7 | 11 | .389 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
| 101 | Denver | MSAC | 7 | 16 | .304 | 1 | 11 | .083 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 102 | Oklahoma State* RFN | MVC | 27 | 4 | .871 | 0 | 0 | |
| 103 | Saint Louis | MVC | 10 | 4 | .714 | 0 | 0 | |
| 104 | Washington (MO) | MVC | 10 | 9 | .526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 105 | Drake | MVC | 11 | 13 | .458 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | Tulsa | MVC | 4 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 107 | Oregon* R | PCC (North) | 30 | 15 | .667 | 11 | 5 | .688 |
| 108 | Washington State | PCC (North) | 23 | 13 | .639 | 11 | 5 | .688 |
| 109 | Oregon State | PCC (North) | 20 | 8 | .714 | 10 | 6 | .625 |
| 110 | Washington | PCC (North) | 22 | 18 | .550 | 5 | 11 | .313 |
| 111 | Idaho | PCC (North) | 13 | 20 | .394 | 3 | 13 | .188 |
| 112 | UCLA R | PCC (South) | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| 113 | Southern California | PCC (South) | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 114 | California | PCC (South) | 7 | 8 | .467 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 115 | Tennessee | SEC | 18 | 5 | .783 | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| 116 | Kentucky* RT | SEC | 22 | 4 | .846 | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| 117 | Mississippi | SEC | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| 118 | Florida | SEC | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 119 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 11 | 6 | .647 | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| 120 | Alabama | SEC | 10 | 5 | .667 | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| 121 | Louisiana State | SEC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 122 | Tulane | SEC | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 123 | Auburn | SEC | 3 | 14 | .176 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| 124 | Mississippi State | SEC | 5 | 13 | .278 | 2 | 9 | .182 |
| 125 | Georgia | SEC | 5 | 16 | .238 | 2 | 9 | .182 |
| 126 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 6 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 127 | South Carolina R | Southern | 19 | 3 | .864 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 128 | Richmond | Southern | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 129 | Duke | Southern | 13 | 9 | .591 | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| 130 | North Carolina T | Southern | 22 | 6 | .786 | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| 131 | Citadel | Southern | 16 | 7 | .696 | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| 132 | North Carolina State | Southern | 10 | 11 | .476 | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 133 | William & Mary | Southern | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| 134 | Clemson | Southern | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .375 |
| 135 | Maryland | Southern | 2 | 14 | .125 | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| 136 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 6 | 8 | .429 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| 137 | Davidson | Southern | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| 138 | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | 2 | 10 | .167 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
| 139 | Wake Forest | Southern | 3 | 14 | .176 | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| 140 | Furman | Southern | 2 | 15 | .118 | 0 | 8 | .000 |
| Overall | Conference | |||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 141 | Rice R | SWC | 20 | 1 | .952 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 142 | Arkansas* F | SWC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| 143 | Southern Methodist | SWC | 11 | 10 | .524 | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 144 | Texas Christian | SWC | 9 | 20 | .310 | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| 145 | Texas | SWC | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 146 | Texas A&M | SWC | 3 | 18 | .143 | 2 | 10 | .167 |
| 147 | Baylor | SWC | 0 | 17 | .000 | 0 | 12 | .000 |