| Recruiting Class Rankings |
| # | Team | Best Player | Rating | |||
| 1 | Redwood Mammoths | PG | Charlie Thomas | ***** | ||
| 2 | Whitney College Engineers | SF | Billy McMahon | ***** | ||
| 3 | Rainier College Majestics | SF | Gil Williams | ***** | ||
| 4 | Bluegrass State Mustangs | SF | Jerry Petrie | **** | ||
| 5 | Western Iowa Canaries | SG | Henry Christie | ***** | ||
| 6 | Mississippi A&M Generals | C | Jake O'Hara | **** | ||
| 7 | Wisconsin State Brewers | SF | Andy Bressler | **** | ||
| 8 | Northern California Miners | C | Felix Piazza | *** | ||
| 9 | Liberty College Bells | SG | Dave Fusco | ***** | ||
| 10 | North Carolina Tech Techsters | PG | Sam Harrington | **** | ||
| 11 | Noble Jones College Colonels | SF | Dave Lanier | ***** | ||
| 12 | Central Ohio Aviators | SF | Buzz Humphrey | ***** | ||
| 13 | Idaho A&M Pirates | SG | Ray Howard | **** | ||
| 14 | Carolina Poly Cardinals | SF | Enos Zak | ***** | ||
| 15 | St. Ignatius Lancers | PG | Merwin Hutter | **** | ||
| 16 | Detroit City College Knights | PF | Ned Kilgallen | **** | ||
| 17 | Coastal California Dolphins | C | Larry Clough | ***** | ||
| 18 | Alabama Baptist Panthers | PF | Howie French | *** | ||
| 19 | Charleston Tech Admirals | SG | Buck Goehner | ***** | ||
| 20 | Northern Mississippi Mavericks | C | Tom Redifer | **** | ||
| 21 | Opelika State Wildcats | SG | Tommy Boyd | *** | ||
| 22 | Minnesota Tech Lakers | SG | Rufus Flint | **** | ||
| 23 | Sadler Bluecoats | SG | Win McGowen | *** | ||
| 24 | Indiana A&M Reapers | PG | Jim Hardy | *** | ||
| 25 | Central Kentucky Tigers | PF | John West | *** | ||
| 26 | Maryland State Bengals | PF | Dave Boswell | **** | ||
| 27 | CC Los Angeles Coyotes | SF | Happy Rinker | **** | ||
| 28 | Strub College Sycamores | PG | Tommy Gardner | *** | ||
| 29 | Annapolis Maritime Navigators | SG | John Crump | ***** | ||
| 30 | Canyon A&M Armadillos | PF | Dave Grant | *** | ||
| 31 | Lambert College Stags | SG | Bill Kelley | *** | ||
| 32 | Western Florida Wolves | SF | Dave Doster | *** | ||
| 33 | Dickson Maroons | SF | Jack Thomas | *** | ||
| 34 | Lincoln Presidents | SF | Ducky Seguin | *** | ||
| 35 | Lane State Emeralds | SF | Ron McCoy | ***** | ||
| 36 | Baton Rouge State Red Devils | SG | Dick Washington | *** | ||
| 37 | Pittsburgh State Finches | SG | Wes Hannes | *** | ||
| 38 | Central Carolina Lions | PG | Hal LaTour | *** | ||
| 39 | Portland Tech Magpies | PF | Clay Racine | *** | ||
| 40 | Wisconsin Catholic Cavaliers | SG | Harry Townsend | *** | ||
| 41 | St. Patrick's Shamrocks | SF | Mark LaValley | *** | ||
| 42 | Cumberland Explorers | SF | Tommy Newell | *** | ||
| 43 | Red River State Rowdies | PG | Nels Hoffman | *** | ||
| 44 | South Valley State Roadunners | PG | Sherman DePriest | *** | ||
| 45 | Alexandria Generals | C | Skip McNamee | *** | ||
| 46 | Golden Gate Grizzlies | SG | Rabbit Matheny | *** | ||
| 47 | St. Martin's College Crusaders | PG | Gord Large | **** | ||
| 48 | Frankford State Owls | SG | Eddie Strine | *** | ||
| 49 | Chesapeake State Clippers | SF | Eddie Prochaska | *** | ||
| 50 | Eastern State Monitors | PG | Paul Cook | *** | ||
| 51 | St. Blane Fighting Saints | SF | Aaron Alexiades | *** | ||
| 52 | College of Waco Cowboys | C | Don Crafton | *** | ||
| 53 | Coastal State Eagles | SF | Henry Mangrum | *** | ||
| 54 | Bay State Bulldogs | SF | Dick Reid | *** | ||
| 55 | San Francisco Tech Unions | SG | Bill Barnhorst | *** | ||
| 56 | Potomac College Pelicans | SF | Pete Hartle | *** | ||
| 57 | Great Plains State Buffaloes | C | Dick Harty | *** | ||
| 58 | Henry Hudson Explorers | PG | Ray Mahaffey | *** | ||
| 59 | Queen City Monarchs | SF | Buddy Lassiter | *** | ||
| 60 | American Atlantic Pelicans | SF | Jim Nations | *** | ||
| 61 | Amarillo Methodist Grizzlies | PF | Al Hope | *** | ||
| 62 | Berwick Bears | SF | Mutz Blakeman | *** | ||
| 63 | Hartford Wesleyan Bulldogs | C | Len Kelley | *** | ||
| 64 | Centerville Indians | C | Frankie McWilliams | *** | ||
| 65 | Arkansas A&T Badgers | SG | Don Lagace | *** | ||
| 66 | Valley State Gunslingers | SG | Ernie Moller | *** | ||
| 67 | Darnell State Legislators | SG | Ellis DeRosa | *** | ||
| 68 | California Catholic Crusaders | PF | Ralph Clark | *** | ||
| 69 | Capital (MS) University Catamounts | SG | Arthur Young | *** | ||
| 70 | West Corners (NY) Athletics | PF | Lonnie Bellis | *** | ||
| 71 | Utah A&M Aggies | PG | Morrie Martin | *** | ||
| 72 | Quaker College (CA) Bulldogs | PF | Sandy Holiday | *** | ||
| 73 | College of San Diego Friars | PG | Vic LaPierre | *** | ||
| 74 | Columbia Military Academy Cadets | SF | Sarge Reider | *** | ||
| 75 | Wyoming A&I Prospectors | SF | Ken Casale | *** | ||
| 76 | Cowpens State Fighting Green | PF | Bob Cermak | *** | ||
| 77 | Western State Bisons | SF | Carter Dixon | *** | ||
| 78 | Brunswick Knights | C | Grey Stromberg | *** | ||
| 79 | Huntington State Miners | PG | Jack Border | *** | ||
| 80 | Mile High State Falcons | PF | Lennie Brown | *** | ||
| 81 | Rome State Centurions | PG | Doc Blauvelt | *** | ||
| 82 | Bayou State Cougars | PF | Ed Knecht | *** | ||
| 83 | Hamman Mountaineers | C | Gene Magruder | *** | ||
| 84 | Eastern Oklahoma Pioneers | SF | Ewell Samuel | *** | ||
| 85 | Bliss College Bandits | PG | Fuller Carruthers | *** | ||
| 86 | Plover College Beavers | SG | Elijah Cook | *** | ||
| 87 | Flagstaff State Firebirds | PG | Ernie Scully | *** | ||
| 88 | Mississippi Tech Cougars | PG | Rube Miller | *** | ||
| 89 | Chicago Poly Panthers | C | Paul Beebe | *** | ||
| 90 | Hampden Hatters | PG | Roy Creek | *** | ||
| 91 | Cache Valley Cowboys | PG | Cotton Hankins | *** | ||
| 92 | Spokane State Indians | SF | Merv Cotton | *** | ||
| 93 | Gates University Griffins | PG | Carroll Wiley | *** | ||
| 94 | Ferguson Wilcats | PG | Johnny Weimer | *** | ||
| 95 | Glover (GA) Giants | C | Lloyd Shook | *** | ||
| 96 | Penobscot State Pirates | SF | Warren Vaughan | *** | ||
| 97 | Iowa A&M Bulls | PG | George Herzog | *** | ||
| 98 | Eastern Kansas Warriors | SF | Bob Phillips | *** | ||
| 99 | Cuyahoga University Foresters | SG | Dick Hammer | *** | ||
| 100 | Eastern Virginia Dukes | C | Lyle Rice | *** | ||
| 101 | Brooklyn State Bears | PF | Ed Hodge | *** | ||
| 102 | Bronx Tech Flying Dutchmen | PF | Emil Bruce | *** | ||
| 103 | NW New York State Harriers | SF | Monk Jarboe | *** | ||
| 104 | Piedmont University Pipers | SF | Wiley Coe | *** | ||
| 105 | Custer College Calvery | SF | Marshall Wood | *** | ||
| 106 | Daniel Boone College Frontiersmen | C | Don Spiers | *** | ||
| 107 | Bigsby College Gents | PF | Dinny Kempton | *** | ||
| 108 | Perry State College Commodores | PF | Tommy Tanner | *** | ||
| 109 | Richmond State Colonials | PG | Dick Petrillo | *** | ||
| 110 | Elyria Pioneers | PF | Rip Eidson | *** | ||
| 111 | Ogdensburg Owls | SF | Hoge Hilt | *** | ||
| 112 | Caesar Rodney Eagles | C | Jumbo Burchett | *** | ||
| 113 | College of Cairo Pharoahs | C | Bill Reno | *** | ||
| 114 | Mobile Maritime Middies | PG | Jim Kowalski | *** | ||
| 115 | University of New Jersey Warriors | C | Chuck Alexander | *** | ||
| 116 | Texas Panhandle Cowboys | PG | Orson Hammack | *** | ||
| 117 | St. Pancras Lions | SF | Tommy Keating | *** | ||
| 118 | Tempe College Titans | C | Sam Hays | *** | ||
| 119 | Oklahoma Bible College Dusters | PG | Arlo Sinnott | *** | ||
| 120 | Petersburg Patriots | SG | Hank Ingham | *** | ||
| 121 | Grant (IN) Generals | SF | Maurice Pigg | ** | ||
| 122 | Adirondack State Mountaineers | PG | Kermit Butler | *** | ||
| 123 | Flint Foxes | C | Ralph Merkel | *** | ||
| 124 | East Missouri Seminary Crusaders | PG | Herbert Cappello | ** | ||
| 125 | Payne State Mavericks | SG | Joe Twitchell | *** | ||
| 126 | Texas Gulf Coast Hurricanes | SF | Dave Johnson | *** | ||
| 127 | Oklahoma City State Wranglers | SF | Bob Newcomb | *** | ||
| 128 | Lexington State Colonials | SF | Rube Hunt | *** | ||
| 129 | Commonwealth Catholic Knights | PF | Billy Burgan | *** | ||
| 130 | Canton State Bulldogs | PG | Jack Lyman | *** | ||
| 131 | NW Pennsylvania Colonials | SF | Gene Townley | *** | ||
| 132 | Sunnyvale Pioneers | SG | Gerry Zito | *** | ||
| 133 | North Carolina Atlantic Gulls | SG | Hank Vidrine | *** | ||
| 134 | George Fox Reds | PG | Bob Ziegler | *** | ||
| 135 | Allentown State Ironmen | PF | Richie Holliman | *** | ||
| 136 | Western Montana Sioux | PF | Johnny Bradley | *** | ||
| 137 | Harper College Greens | PG | Lee Lounsbury | *** | ||
| 138 | Pierpont Purple | C | Shag Krell | *** | ||
| 139 | Bulein Hornets | PG | Merlin Akers | *** | ||
| 140 | Grange College Mustangs | PG | Drummond Kerr | ** | ||
| 141 | Bardney Eagles | PF | Herold Madden | *** | ||
| 142 | Kit Carson University Mountaineers | PF | Tommy Harris | *** | ||
| 143 | Tallmadge State Terriers | SG | Henry Williams | *** | ||
| 144 | Dudley Chiefs | SF | Gino Blystone | ** | ||
| 145 | St. Gordius Centurions | PG | Nippy Constantino | *** | ||
| 146 | Abilene Baptist Chapparals | C | George Hagerman | ** | ||
| 147 | Holland Dutchmen | SG | Taylor Williams | *** | ||
| 148 | Central Maryland Falcons | PG | Charles Mattison | ** | ||
| 149 | El Paso Methodist Bandits | PG | Ace Barrick | *** | ||
| 150 | North Shore Blackhawks | SG | Dick Turner | ** | ||
| 151 | Troy State (NY) Tailors | PG | George Crawford | ** | ||
| 152 | Lawrence State Chippewa | C | Ham Bruce | *** | ||
| 153 | Fond du Lac Hawks | C | Bob Basil | ** | ||
| 154 | Maumee State Millers | SG | Mike Taylor | *** | ||
| 155 | Topeka State Braves | SF | Marty Kelly | ** | ||
| 156 | Miami State Gulls | C | Neal Brown | ** | ||
| 157 | Wichita Baptist Warriors | PG | Pip Hawkins | ** | ||
| 158 | Erie Anchors | PF | Lee Speed | *** | ||
| 159 | Provo Tech Lions | C | Biz Gray | *** | ||
| 160 | Conwell College Crows | SF | Johnny Burns | *** | ||
| 161 | Bethlehem College Falcons | SF | Joe McGowan | ** | ||
| 162 | Boulder State Grizzlies | PG | Denis Bailey | ** | ||
| 163 | St. Magnus Vikings | SG | Oliver Brown | *** | ||
| 164 | Laclede Trappers | SG | Bill Matney | ** | ||
| 165 | Armstrong Aces | C | Blas Cannady | ** | ||
| 166 | Pueblo State Eagles | SG | Dave Broussard | *** | ||
| 167 | Smithfield College Bulldogs | PG | Rufus Simons | ** | ||
| 168 | Poweshiek Chiefs | C | Glenn Gresham | ** | ||
| 169 | Campion Lions | PG | Bunny Beyer | ** | ||
| 170 | Maldin Cats | PF | Harry Alexander | ** | ||
| 171 | Needham Wonders | SG | Al Ice | *** | ||
| 172 | Rock Island Islanders | SG | Clay DeVore | ** | ||
| 173 | Harrisburg State Hornets | C | Ken Parent | ** | ||
| 174 | Michigan Lutheran Bears | C | Howie Henley | ** | ||
| 175 | Freemont State Explorers | PF | Owen Johnson | ** | ||
| 176 | Colorado Poly Redbirds | SG | Ed Porter | ** | ||
| 177 | Brookland Bears | SF | Bill Nichol | ** | ||
| 178 | Miners College Miners | C | Walt Carmichael | ** | ||
| 179 | North Central (NE) Wolves | PF | Forrest Bunton | * | ||
| 180 | Granville Hornets | PF | Joe Monti | ** | ||
| 181 | College of Omaha Raiders | C | Jock Legg | * | ||
| 182 | Central Illinois Condors | C | Lou Geist | * | ||
| 183 | Travis College Bucks | C | Eddie Kelm | ** | ||
| 184 | Springfield State Tigers | PF | Eddie Hunt | * | ||
| 185 | Alabama Gulf Coast Privateers | C | Jerry Schmitz | ** | ||
| 186 | St. Matthew's College Senators | SG | Zeke Leedy | ** | ||
| 187 | Johnston Tech Techsters | PG | Jimmy Sunderman | ** | ||
| 188 | Tinker Blues | SG | Boyd Chesnut | ** | ||
| 189 | Cleveland Tigers | PF | Charlie English | * | ||
| 190 | Jersey City Tech Wizards | PF | Bobby Duffey | ** | ||
| 191 | Three Rivers State Beavers | SG | Willie Heywood | ** | ||
| 192 | Narragansett Navigators | PG | Skinny Liggett | * | ||
| 193 | Constitution State Senators | SF | Floyd Myers | * | ||
| 194 | Mahoning Valley State Miners | PG | Harry Hull | ** | ||
| 195 | Dakota College Chiefs | SF | George Smith | * | ||
| 196 | Brooklyn Catholic Bulldogs | PG | Hank Duffey | * | ||
| 197 | Penn Catholic Crusaders | SG | Kermit Koski | ** | ||
| 198 | Northern Minnesota Muskies | SG | Lew Zalewski | * | ||
| 199 | Meade Terrapins | C | Polly Reiter | * | ||
| 200 | Middlesex Millers | C | Dib Files | * | ||
| 201 | Boston State Pirates | C | Murry Conner | * | ||
| 202 | Grafton Scholars | SG | Milo Miller | * | ||
| 203 | Empire State Centurions | PF | Ben Damron | * | ||
| 204 | Ohio Poly Cardinals | SF | Snipe Purdy | * | ||
| 205 | Rose Point (PA) Pointers | SF | Hal Bailey | * | ||
| 206 | Brandywine Patriots | PG | Chuck Stucker | * | ||
| 207 | Ellery Bruins | PF | Fred Dee | * | ||
| 208 | Orrville Oaks | C | John Hayhurst | * | ||
| 209 | St Andrews College Barons | SG | Deacon Woodrow | * | ||
| 210 | Manhattan Tech Colonials | C | Pat Kessel | * | ||
| 211 | Garden State Redbirds | PF | Spud West | * | ||
| 212 | Kansas Agricultural Hawks | C | Dummy Conner | * | ||
| 213 | Georgia Baptist Gators | |||||
| 214 | Lubbock State Hawks | |||||