1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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Preseason
 [1][2]
Week 1
Dec. 6[1][3]
Week 2
Dec. 13[1][4]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1][5]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1][6]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1][7]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1][8]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1][9]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1][10]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1][11]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1][12]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1][13]
Week 12
Feb. 21[14][15]
Week 13
Feb. 28[14][16]
Week 14
Mar. 6[14][17]
Final
Mar. 13[14][18]
1.UCLAUCLA (2–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (6–0)UCLA (8–0)UCLA (10–0)UCLA (12–0)UCLA (14–0)UCLA (16–0)UCLA (17–0)UCLA (19–0)UCLA (20–0)UCLA (23–0)UCLA (25–0)UCLA (26–0)1.
2.North CarolinaMarquette (2–0)Marquette (4–0)Marquette (5–0)Marquette (6–0)Marquette (8–0)Marquette (10–0)Marquette (12–0)Marquette (14–0)Marquette (16–0)Marquette (17–0)Marquette (19–0)Marquette (22–0)Louisville (20–2)Penn (23–2)North Carolina (23–4)2.
3.USCNorth Carolina (2–0)South Carolina (4–0)South Carolina (4–0)South Carolina (5–0)North Carolina (8–1)North Carolina (9–1)North Carolina (11–1)Louisville (12–1)Louisville (15–1)North Carolina (16–2)North Carolina (17–2)Louisville (19–2)North Carolina (20–3)North Carolina (21–4)Penn (23–2)3.
4.MarquetteOhio State (2–0)North Carolina (3–1)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (5–1)South Carolina (7–1)South Carolina (7–2)Long Beach State (14–1)Long Beach State (15–1)North Carolina (13–2)Louisville (16–2)Louisville (18–2)Penn (18–2)Penn (20–2)Louisville (20–3)Louisville (24–3)4.
5.Ohio StateMaryland (2–0)Penn (4–0)USC (5–1)USC (6–1)Indiana (8–1)Louisville (9–1)South Carolina (8–2)North Carolina (12–2)Long Beach State (16–1)Penn (14–2)Penn (16–2)North Carolina (18–3)Marquette (22–1)Long Beach State (23–3)Long Beach State (23–3)5.
6.MarylandLong Beach State (2–0)BYU (4–0)Ohio State (4–1)Ohio State (6–1)Penn (7–1)Penn (9–1)Louisville (11–1)Ohio State (11–2)Penn (12–2)Virginia (15–1)Virginia (17–1)Long Beach State (21–3)Long Beach State (23–3)South Carolina (22–4)South Carolina (22–4)6.
7.HoustonKentucky (2–0)Kentucky (3–1)BYU (6–1)Indiana (6–1)Louisville (8–1)Long Beach State (12–1)Ohio State (10–2)USC (11–2)Virginia (13–1)Ohio State (14–3)South Carolina (16–3)BYU (18–3)BYU (20–3)Marquette (24–2)Marquette (24–2)7.
8.Long Beach StateJacksonville (2–0)St. John's (3–1)Indiana (5–1)BYU (7–1)Long Beach State (9–1)Virginia (11–0)USC (11–2)Virginia (12–1)South Carolina (12–3)Long Beach State (18–2)Ohio State (15–4)Marshall (21–2)South Carolina (19–4)BYU (20–4)Southwestern Louisiana (24–3)8.
9.LouisvilleMichigan (2–0)Florida State (5–0)Long Beach State (5–1)St. John's (7–1)Virginia (9–0)Ohio State (9–2)Virginia (12–1)Penn (10–2)Ohio State (12–3)South Carolina (16–3)Long Beach State (19–3)South Carolina (17–4)Marshall (22–2)Southwestern Louisiana (23–3)BYU (21–5)9.
10.KentuckyPenn (2–0)Ohio State (3–1)St. John's (5–1)Long Beach State (7–1)Ohio State (7–2)USC (9–2)Penn (9–2)Florida State (15–2)BYU (14–2)BYU (16–2)Marshall (19–2)Southwestern Louisiana (20–2)Florida State (23–4)Marshall (23–3)Florida State (24–5)10.
11.JacksonvilleSouth Carolina (1–0)USC (3–1)Kentucky (5–2)Virginia (7–0)USC (7–2)Villanova (10–1)Florida State (13–2)South Carolina (10–3)Marshall (15–2)Marshall (17–2)BYU (17–3)Florida State (21–4)Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)Memphis State (21–5)Minnesota (17–6)11.
12.South CarolinaHouston (2–1)Indiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Kentucky (5–2)Maryland (8–1)Florida State (11–2)Southwestern Louisiana (11–1)Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)Florida State (16–3)Providence (14–2)Southwestern Louisiana (17–2)Maryland (17–3)Virginia (20–4)Hawaii (24–2)Marshall (23–4)12.
13.MichiganUSC (1–1)Long Beach State (3–0)Penn (4–1)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Marshall (9–1)Southwestern Louisiana (8–1)BYU (11–2)BYU (12–2)Southwestern Louisiana (13–2)Southwestern Louisiana (14–2)Providence (14–2)Virginia (18–3)Houston (19–5)Maryland (21–4)Memphis State (21–6)13.
14.KansasSt. John's (1–0)Jacksonville (4–1)Florida State (5–1)Penn (5–1)Villanova (9–1)BYU (10–2)Princeton (14–2)Marshall (14–2)Hawaii (17–1)Florida State (17–4)Florida State (19–4)Missouri (19–3)Ohio State (16–5)Florida State (23–5)Maryland (23–5)14.
15.PennBYU (2–0)Maryland (2–1)Maryland (4–1)Louisville (5–1)Southwestern Louisiana (5–1)Kentucky (8–2)Villanova (11–2)Hawaii (15–1)Missouri (14–2)Memphis State (14–4)Missouri (17–3)Ohio State (15–5)Hawaii (24–2)Virginia (20–5)Villanova (19–6)15.
16.New MexicoLouisville (1–1)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Jacksonville (5–1)Maryland (6–1)Hawaii (9–0)Illinois (9–1)Marshall (12–2)Minnesota (10–3)Providence (13–2)Jacksonville (14–2)Hawaii (20–2)Houston (17–5)Michigan (13–7)Minnesota (16–6)Oral Roberts (25–1)16.
17.St. John'sArizona State (2–0)Louisville (3–1)Ohio (3–1)Marshall (7–0)St. John's (8–2)Indiana (8–3)Minnesota (8–3)Princeton (14–3)Jacksonville (12–2)Missouri (15–3)Kentucky (15–4)Hawaii (22–2)Oral Roberts (22–1)Oral Roberts (24–1)Indiana (17–7)17.
18.VillanovaFlorida State (2–0) тPrinceton (3–1)Virginia (5–0)Hawaii (6–0)BYU (8–2)Missouri (11–1)Hawaii (13–1)Maryland (11–2)USC (11–5)Hawaii (18–2)Memphis State (15–5)Kentucky (17–4)Maryland (18–4)Missouri (21–4)Kentucky (20–6)18.
19.BYUVillanova (2–1) тVirginia (4–0)Louisville (3–1)West Virginia (5–0)Kentucky (7–2)Hawaii (10–1)Tennessee (8–2)Northern Illinois (10–1)Minnesota (11–4)Minnesota (12–4)Maryland (16–3)Memphis State (17–5)Missouri (19–4)Houston (20–6)Ohio State (18–6)19.
20.OklahomaNC State (2–0)Houston (3–2)Marshall (6–0)Tennessee (3–1)Florida State (8–2)Marshall (10–2)Northern Illinois (10–1)Missouri (13–2)Michigan (10–6)Duquesne (14–2)Tennessee (13–4)Oral Roberts (20–1)Memphis State (19–5)Indiana (15–7)Virginia (21–6)20.
Preseason
 [1][2]
Week 1
Dec. 6[1][3]
Week 2
Dec. 13[1][4]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1][5]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1][6]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1][7]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1][8]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1][9]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1][10]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1][11]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1][12]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1][13]
Week 12
Feb. 21[14][15]
Week 13
Feb. 28[14][16]
Week 14
Mar. 6[14][17]
Final
Mar. 13[14][18]
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • Arizona State
  • Villanova
  • NC State (3–1)
Dropped:
  • Princeton
  • Houston
Dropped:
  • Florida State (5–2)
  • Jacksonville (5–1)
  • Ohio
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Maryland (9–2)
  • St. John's
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Missouri (12–2)
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Princeton
  • Maryland
  • Northern Illinois
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville
  • Minnesota
  • Duquesne
Dropped:
  • Providence (16–4)
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Ohio State
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Hawaii
  • Missouri (21–5)
  • Houston

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 7[1]
Week 2
Dec. 14[1]
Week 3
Dec. 21[1]
Week 4
Dec. 28[1]
Week 5
Jan. 4[1]
Week 6
Jan. 11[1]
Week 7
Jan. 18[1]
Week 8
Jan. 25[1]
Week 9
Feb. 1[1]
Week 10
Feb. 8[1]
Week 11
Feb. 15[1]
Week 12
Feb. 22[14]
Week 13
Feb. 29[14]
Week 14
Mar. 7[14]
Final
Mar. 14[14]
1.UCLAUCLA (2–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (6–0)UCLA (8–0)UCLA (10–0)UCLA (12–0)UCLA (14–0)UCLA (16–0)UCLA (17–0)UCLA (19–0)UCLA (20–0)UCLA (23–0)UCLA (25–0)UCLA (26–0)1.
2.MarquetteNorth Carolina (2–0)Marquette (4–0)Marquette (5–0)Marquette (6–0)Marquette (8–0)Marquette (10–0)Marquette (12–0)Marquette (14–0)Marquette (16–0)Marquette (17–0)Marquette (19–0)Marquette (22–0)North Carolina (20–3)North Carolina (21–4)North Carolina (23–4)2.
3.USCMarquette (2–0)South Carolina (4–0)South Carolina (4–0)South Carolina (5–0)North Carolina (8–1)North Carolina (9–1)North Carolina (11–1)Louisville (12–1)Louisville (15–1)North Carolina (16–2)North Carolina (17–2)North Carolina (18–3)Louisville (20–2)Penn (23–2)Penn (23–2)3.
4.North CarolinaOhio State (2–0)BYU (4–0)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (5–1)South Carolina (7–1)South Carolina (7–2)South Carolina (8–2)Long Beach State (15–1)North Carolina (13–2)Louisville (16–2)South Carolina (16–3)Penn (18–2)Penn (20–2)South Carolina (22–4)Louisville (24–3)4.
5.Ohio StateMaryland (2–0)North Carolina (3–1)USC (5–1)USC (6–1)Indiana (8–1)Penn (9–1)Louisville (11–1)North Carolina (12–2)Long Beach State (16–1)Penn (14–2)Penn (16–2)Louisville (19–2)Marquette (22–1)Long Beach State (23–3)South Carolina (22–4)5.
6.HoustonKentucky (2–0)St. John's (3–1)Ohio State (4–1)Ohio State (6–1)Louisville (8–1)Louisville (9–1)Long Beach State (14–1) тOhio State (11–2)South Carolina (12–3)South Carolina (16–3)Louisville (18–2)Long Beach State (21–3)South Carolina (19–4)Louisville (20–3)Long Beach State (23–3)6.
7.MarylandLong Beach State (2–0)Ohio State (3–1)Long Beach State (5–1)Indiana (6–1)Penn (7–1)Long Beach State (12–1)Ohio State (10–2) тUSC (11–2)Penn (12–2)Ohio State (14–3)Virginia (17–1)BYU (18–3) тBYU (20–3)Marquette (24–2)Marquette (24–2)7.
8.LouisvilleSouth Carolina (1–0)USC (3–1)Indiana (5–1)St. John's (7–1)Long Beach State (9–1)Ohio State (9–2)USC (11–2)South Carolina (10–3)Ohio State (12–3)Long Beach State (18–2)Long Beach State (19–3)South Carolina (17–4) тLong Beach State (23–3)BYU (20–4)Southwestern Louisiana (24–3)8.
9.Long Beach StateMichigan (2–0)Penn (4–0)St. John's (5–1)BYU (7–1)Ohio State (7–2)Virginia (11–0)Penn (9–2)Penn (10–2)Virginia (13–1)Virginia (15–1)Ohio State (15–4)Missouri (19–3)Virginia (20–4)Memphis State (21–5)BYU (21–5)9.
10.KentuckyHouston (2–1)Indiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Long Beach State (7–1)Maryland (8–1)USC (9–2)Florida State (13–2)Florida State (15–2)BYU (14–2)BYU (16–2)BYU (17–3)Virginia (18–3)Marshall (22–2)Marshall (23–3)Florida State (24–5)10.
11.JacksonvilleJacksonville (2–0)Kentucky (3–1)BYU (6–1)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)USC (7–2)Missouri (11–1)Virginia (12–1)Virginia (12–1)Florida State (16–3)Southwestern Louisiana (14–2)Florida State (19–4)Maryland (17–3)Florida State (23–4)Southwestern Louisiana (23–3)Maryland (23–5)11.
12.New Mexico StateUSC (1–1)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Florida State (5–1)Hawaii (6–0)Florida State (8–2)Florida State (11–2)Southwestern Louisiana (11–1)Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)Missouri (14–2)Florida State (17–4)Missouri (17–3)Southwestern Louisiana (20–2)Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)Missouri (21–4)Minnesota (17–6)12.
13.South CarolinaSt. John's (1–0)Florida State (5–0)Maryland (4–1)Louisville (5–1)St. John's (8–2)Villanova (10–1)Princeton (14–2)BYU (12–2)Southwestern Louisiana (13–2)Providence (14–2)Southwestern Louisiana (17–2)Florida State (21–4)Maryland (18–4)Hawaii (24–2)Memphis State (21–6)13.
14.BYUBYU (2–0)Arizona State (4–1)Kentucky (5–2)Maryland (6–1)Hawaii (9–0)Illinois (9–1)BYU (11–2)Minnesota (10–3)Providence (13–2)Kentucky (13–4)Maryland (16–3)Ohio State (15–5)Houston (19–5)Maryland (21–4)Kentucky (20–6)14.
15.St. John'sPenn (2–0)Maryland (2–1)Ohio (3–1)Kentucky (5–2)Villanova (9–1) тBYU (10–2)Maryland (10–2)Missouri (13–2)Hawaii (17–1)Missouri (15–3)Providence (14–2)Kentucky (17–4)Ohio State (16–5) тHouston (20–6)Villanova (19–6)15.
16.KansasMinnesota (2–0)Long Beach State (3–0)Louisville (3–1)Jacksonville (5–1)Kentucky (7–2) тSouthwestern Louisiana (8–1)Villanova (11–2)Maryland (11–2)Marshall (15–2)Marshall (17–2)Marshall (19–2)Marshall (21–2)Michigan (13–7) тMinnesota (16–6)Kansas State (18–8)16.
17.VillanovaArizona State (2–0)Louisville (3–1)Arizona State (5–2)Florida State (5–2)Southwestern Louisiana (5–1)Duquesne (8–0)Hawaii (13–1)Princeton (14–3)Jacksonville (12–2)Hawaii (18–2) тHawaii (20–2)Houston (17–5)Memphis State (19–5)UTEP (20–5)UTEP (20–6)17.
18.MichiganKansas (1–1)Princeton (3–1)Minnesota (3–1)Villanova (6–1)Virginia (9–0)Kentucky (8–2)Minnesota (8–3) тMarshall (14–2)UTEP (15–3)Maryland (14–3) тKentucky (15–4)Hawaii (22–2)Detroit (17–5)Virginia (20–5)Marshall (23–4)18.
19.HarvardVillanova (2–1)NC State (3–1)Penn (4–1) тPenn (5–1)Missouri (10–1)UTEP (11–2)Tennessee (8–2) тHawaii (15–1) тWashington (13–3)Villanova (13–5) тHouston (14–5) тProvidence (16–4) тMissouri (19–4)Providence (19–5)Missouri (21–5) т19.
20.PacificNC State (2–0)Saint Louis (3–1)Jacksonville (5–1) тArizona State (6–2)BYU (8–2)Maryland (9–2)Missouri (12–2) тFordham (10–4) тMinnesota (11–4)Washington (14–3) тSaint Joseph's (15–4) тToledo (16–4) тDuquesne (18–4)Temple (23–7)Weber State (17–9) т20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 7[1]
Week 2
Dec. 14[1]
Week 3
Dec. 21[1]
Week 4
Dec. 28[1]
Week 5
Jan. 4[1]
Week 6
Jan. 11[1]
Week 7
Jan. 18[1]
Week 8
Jan. 25[1]
Week 9
Feb. 1[1]
Week 10
Feb. 8[1]
Week 11
Feb. 15[1]
Week 12
Feb. 22[14]
Week 13
Feb. 29[14]
Week 14
Mar. 7[14]
Final
Mar. 14[14]
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • New Mexico State
  • Harvard
  • Pacific
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • Houston (3–2)
  • Jacksonville (3–1)
  • Minnesota
  • Kansas
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • Princeton
  • NC State
  • Saint Louis
Dropped:
  • Ohio
  • Minnesota
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville
  • Arizona State
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • St. John's
  • Hawaii
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Duquesne
  • Kentucky
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Maryland
  • Princeton
  • Fordham
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville
  • UTEP
  • Minnesota
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Saint Joseph's
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Hawaii
  • Providence
  • Toledo
Dropped:
  • Florida State
  • Ohio State
  • Michigan
  • Detroit
  • Duquesne
Dropped:
  • Hawaii
  • Houston
  • Virginia (21–6)
  • Providence
  • Temple

References

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