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Final A.P. Polls

1949

 1.   Notre Dame 2.   Oklahoma 3.   California 4.   Army 5.   Rice 6.   Ohio State 7.   Michigan 8.   Minnesota 9.     LSU10.   Pacific11.   KENTUCKY12.   Cornell13.   Villanova14.   Maryland15.   Santa Clara16.   North Carolina17.   Tennessee18.   Princeton19.   Michigan State20.   Missouri      Baylor

1950

 1.   Oklahoma 2.   Army 3.   Texas 4.   Tennessee 5.   California 6.   Princeton 7.   KENTUCKY 8.   Michigan State 9.   Michigan10.   Clemson11.   Washington12.   Wyoming13.   Illinois14.   Ohio State15.   Miami (Fla.)16.   Alabama17.   Nebraska18.   Washington & Lee      Tulsa20.   Tulane

1951

 1.   Tennessee 2.   Michigan State 3.   Maryland 4.   Illinois 5.   Georgia Tech 6.   Princeton 7.   Stanford 8.   Wisconsin 9.   Baylor10.   Oklahoma11.   TCU12.   California13.   Virginia14.   San Francisco15.   KENTUCKY16.   Boston Univ.17.   UCLA18.   Washington State19.   Holy Cross20.   Clemson

1952

 1.   Michigan State 2.   Georgia Tech 3.   Notre Dame 4.   Oklahoma 5.   USC 6.   UCLA 7.   Mississippi 8.   Tennessee 9.   Alabama10.   Texas11.   Wisconsin12.   Tulsa13.   Maryland14.   Syracuse15.   Florida16.   Duke17.   Ohio State18.   Purdue19.   Princeton20.   KENTUCKY

1953

 1.   Maryland 2.   Notre Dame 3.   Michigan State 4.   Oklahoma 5.   UCLA 6.   Rice 7.   Illinois 8.   Georgia Tech 9.   Iowa10.   West Virginia11.   Texas12.   Texas Tech13.   Alabama14.   Army15.   Wisconsin16.   KENTUCKY17.   Auburn18.   Duke19.   Stanford20.   Michigan

1976

 1.   Pittsburgh 2.   USC 3.   Michigan 4.   Houston 5.   Oklahoma 6.   Ohio State 7.   Texas A&M 8.   Maryland 9.   Nebraska10.   Georgia11.   Alabama12.   Notre Dame13.   Texas Tech14.   Oklahoma State15.   UCLA16.   Colorado17.   Rutgers18.   KENTUCKY19.   Iowa State20.   Mississippi State

1977

 1.   Notre Dame 2.   Alabama 3.   Arkansas 4.   Texas 5.   Penn State 6.   KENTUCKY 7.   Oklahoma 8.   Pittsburgh 9.   Michigan10.   Washington11.   Ohio State12.   Nebraska13.   USC14.   Florida State15.   Stanford16.   San Diego State17.   North Carolina18.   Arizona State19.   Clemson20.   Brigham Young

1984

 1.   Brigham Young 2.   Washington 3.   Florida 4.   Nebraska 5.   Boston College 6.   Oklahoma 7.   Oklahoma State 8.   SMU 9.   UCLA10.   USC11.   South Carolina12.   Maryland13.   Ohio State14.   Auburn15.   LSU16.   Iowa17.   Florida State18.   Miami (Fla.)19.   KENTUCKY20.   Virginia

Final U.P.I. Polls

1950

 1.   Oklahoma 2.   Texas 3.   Tennessee 4.   California 5.   Army 6.   Michigan 7.   KENTUCKY 8.   Princeton 9.   Michigan State10.   Ohio State11.   Illinois12.   Clemson13.   Miami (Fla.)14.   Wyoming15.   Washington      Baylor17.   Alabama18.   Washington & Lee19.   Navy20.   Nebraska      Wisconsin      Cornell

1951

 1.   Tennessee 2.   Michigan State 3.   Illinois 4.   Maryland 5.   Georgia Tech 6.   Princeton 7.   Stanford 8.   Wisconsin 9.   Baylor10.   TCU11.   Oklahoma12.   California13.   Notre Dame14.   San Francisco      Purdue      Washington State17.   Holy Cross      UCLA      KENTUCKY20.   Kansas

1952

 1.   Michigan State 2.   Georgia Tech 3.   Notre Dame 4.   Oklahoma      USC 6.   UCLA 7.   Mississippi 8.   Tennessee 9.   Alabama10.   Wisconsin11.   Texas12.   Purdue13.   Maryland14.   Princeton15.   Ohio State      Pittsburgh17.   Navy18.   Duke19.   Houston      KENTUCKY

1953

 1.   Maryland 2.   Notre Dame 3.   Michigan State 4.   UCLA 5.   Oklahoma 6.   Rice 7.   Illinois 8.   Texas 9.   Georgia Tech10.   Iowa11.   Alabama12.   Texas Tech13.   West Virginia14.   Wisconsin15.   KENTUCKY16.   Army17.   Stanford18.   Duke19.   Michigan20.   Ohio State

1965

 1.   Michigan State 2.   Arkansas 3.   Nebraska 4.   Alabama 5.   UCLA 6.   Missouri 7.   Tennessee 8.   Notre Dame 9.   USC10.   Texas Tech11.   Ohio State12.   Florida13.   Purdue14.   LSU15.   Georgia16.   Tulsa17.   Mississippi18.   KENTUCKY19.   Syracuse20.   Colorado

1976

 1.   Pittsburgh 2.   USC 3.   Michigan 4.   Houston 5.   Ohio State 6.   Oklahoma 7.   Nebraska 8.   Texas A&M 9.   Alabama10.   Georgia11.   Maryland12.   Notre Dame13.   Texas Tech14.   Oklahoma State15.   UCLA16.   Colorado17.   Rutgers18.   Iowa State19.   Baylor      KENTUCKY

1984

 1.   Brigham Young 2.   Washington 3.   Nebraska 4.   Boston College 5.   Oklahoma State 6.   Oklahoma 7.   Florida 8.   SMU 9.   USC10.   UCLA11.   Maryland12.   Ohio State13.   South Carolina14.   Auburn15.   Iowa16.   LSU17.   Virginia18.   West Virginia19.   KENTUCKY      Florida State

Kentucky in the Weekly A.P. Rankings

                               No.   1st PlaceDate            Rank  Record  Votes   VotesOct. 30, 1939   15th   5-0-0    22      -Nov.  6, 1939   18th   5-0-1    23      -Oct.  7, 1946   19th   3-0-0    17      -Oct. 13, 1947   20th   3-1-0    19      -Oct. 20, 1947   14th   4-1-0    82      -Oct. 27, 1947   13th   5-1-0    79      -Oct.  3, 1949   15th   3-0-0    75      1Oct. 10, 1949    8th   4-0-0   436      8Oct. 17, 1949    7th   5-0-0   798      3Oct. 24, 1949   14th   5-1-1    83      -Oct. 31, 1949   13th   6-1-0    75      -Nov.  7, 1949   14th   7-1-0    79      -Nov. 14, 1949   11th   8-1-0   150      -Nov. 21, 1949   20th   8-2-0    28      -Nov. 28, 1949   11th   9-2-0   222      -Preseason 1950  13th   - - -   143      -Oct.  2, 1950    6th   3-0-0   539      5Oct.  9, 1950    5th   4-0-0   837     11Oct. 16, 1950    4th   5-0-0  1191      9Oct. 23, 1950    4th   6-0-0  1286     15Oct. 30, 1950    5th   7-0-0  1632     17Nov.  6, 1950    4th   8-0-0  1920     35Nov. 13, 1950    5th   9-0-0  2001     43Nov. 20, 1950    3rd  10-0-0  2346     55Nov. 27, 1950    7th  10-1-0  1167      7Preseason 1951   6th   - - -   316      1Oct.  1, 1951   17th   1-2-0    34      -Oct. 22, 1951   17th   3-3-0    47      1Oct. 29, 1951   14th   4-3-0    60      1Nov.  5, 1951   12th   5-3-0   171      3Nov. 12, 1951    9th   6-3-0   249      4Nov. 19, 1951    9th   7-3-0   339      4Nov. 26, 1951   17th   7-4-0    73      -Dec.  3, 1951   15th   7-4-0    87      -Nov. 24, 1952   19th   5-3-2    25      -Dec.  1, 1952   20th   5-3-2    41      -Oct. 19, 1953   16th   2-2-1    33      -Oct. 26, 1953   19th   3-2-1    42      -Nov.  2, 1953   14th   4-2-1   159      -Nov.  9, 1953   13th   5-2-1    81      1Nov. 16, 1953   13th   6-2-1   130      3Nov. 23, 1953   13th   7-2-1   237      5Nov. 30, 1953   16th   7-2-1   155      3Oct.  3, 1955   19th   2-1-0    22      -Oct. 10, 1955   20th   2-1-1    12      -Oct. 31, 1955   17th   4-2-1    29      -Preseason 1957  20th   - - -    39      -Sept. 22, 1958  17th   1-0-0    75      2Oct.  5, 1964    5th   3-0-0   255      1Sept. 20, 1965  10th   1-0-0    78      -Sept. 27, 1965   6th   2-0-0   168      1Nov.  1, 1965   10th   5-2-0    49      -Nov.  8, 1965   10th   6-2-0    73      -Jan.  4, 1977   18th   8-4-0    30      -Oct.  3, 1977   16th   3-1-0   100      -Oct. 10, 1977   12th   4-1-0   184      -Oct. 17, 1977    8th   5-1-0   369      1Oct. 24, 1977    7th   6-1-0   610      1Oct. 31, 1977    7th   7-1-0   569      1Nov.  7, 1977    7th   8-1-0   568      1Nov. 14, 1977    7th   9-1-0   548      1Nov. 21, 1977    7th  10-1-0   600      1Nov. 28, 1977    7th  10-1-0   527      1Jan.  3, 1978    6th  10-1-0   605      -Preseason 1978  15th   - - -   419      -Sept. 12, 1978  17th   0-0-0   299      -Oct. 9, 1984    19th   4-0-0   156      -Oct. 16, 1984   16th   5-0-0   288      -Jan. 3, 1985    19th   9-3-0   152      -


Kentucky in the Weekly ESPN/USA Today Rankings
 

                              No.  1st PlaceDate            Rank  Record Votes  VotesSept. 20, 1998  25th   3-0    96      -Nov. 15, 1998   25th   7-3    70      -

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