The 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of a single human poll – the AP Poll – with weekly editions released between January 18, 1949, and March 8, 1949.

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AP Poll This was the initial season for the AP college basketball poll. It was modeled after its college football poll, which began in the mid-1930s.

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