2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 2002–03 NCAA Division I 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
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 19[2]
Week 3
Nov. 26[3]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4]
Week 5
Dec. 11[5]
Week 6
Dec. 18[6]
Week 7
Dec. 25[7]
Week 8
Jan. 1[8]
Week 9
Jan. 8[9]
Week 10
Jan. 15[10]
Week 11
Jan. 22[11]
Week 12
Jan. 29[12]
Week 13
Feb. 5[13]
Week 14
Feb. 12[14]
Week 15
Feb. 19[15]
Week 16
Feb. 26[16]
Week 17
Mar. 5[17]
Week 18
Mar. 12[18]
Final
Mar. 19[19]
1.Arizona (50)Arizona (0–0) (58)Arizona (1–0) (60)Arizona (2–0) (71)Arizona (4–0) (70)Arizona (5–0) (69)Alabama (8–0) (35)Alabama (9–0) (35)Duke (9–0) (54)Duke (11–0) (57)Arizona (13–1) (67)Arizona (15–1) (71)Florida (18–2) (50)Arizona (18–2) (37)Arizona (20–2) (59)Arizona (21–2) (58)Arizona (23–2) (59)Arizona (25–2) (51)Kentucky (29–3)1.
2.Kansas (14)Kansas (0–0) (10)Kansas (2–0) (9)Texas (4–0)Alabama (6–0)Alabama (7–0)Pittsburgh (8–0) (14)Pittsburgh (9–0) (16)Arizona (9–1) (15)Arizona (11–1) (15)Pittsburgh (14–1) (3)Pittsburgh (15–1)Arizona (16–2) (13)Louisville (18–1) (27)Kentucky (20–3) (13)Kentucky (22–3) (14)Kentucky (24–3) (13)Kentucky (26–3) (21)Arizona (25–3)2.
3.Oklahoma (6)Texas (1–0)Texas (2–0)Alabama (4–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (6–0) (16)Duke (7–0) (14)Connecticut (9–0) (1)Pittsburgh (12–1)Duke (12–1) (1)Texas (13–2)Texas (14–3) (5)Kentucky (18–3) (5)Texas (17–4)Oklahoma (19–4)Florida (24–4)Texas (22–5)Oklahoma (24–6)3.
4.TexasAlabama (1–0)Alabama (2–0)Duke (3–0)Pittsburgh (5–0) (1)Pittsburgh (6–0) (1)Arizona (5–1) (5)Arizona (6–1) (5)Alabama (10–1)Texas (10–2)Texas (12–2)Florida (16–2) (1)Pittsburgh (15–2)Florida (19–3) (2)Louisville (19–2)Florida (22–4)Texas (20–5)Kansas (24–6)Pittsburgh (26–4)4.
5.Pittsburgh (1)Pittsburgh (0–0) (1)Pittsburgh (1–0) (1)Pittsburgh (3–0) (1)Oregon (5–0)Oregon (6–0)Oklahoma (6–1)Connecticut (8–0)Notre Dame (12–1)Oklahoma (10–2)Florida (15–2) (1)Duke (13–2)Louisville (16–1) (4)Oklahoma (16–3) (1)Oklahoma (17–4)Texas (18–5)Oklahoma (20–5)Pittsburgh (23–4)Texas (22–6)5.
6.DukeDuke (0–0)Duke (1–0)Oklahoma (3–1)Oklahoma (4–1)Indiana (8–0)Connecticut (7–0)Notre Dame (10–1)Pittsburgh (10–1)Connecticut (10–1)Kansas (13–3)Oklahoma (13–3)Kentucky (16–3)Texas (15–4)Kansas (19–5)Duke (19–4)Kansas (22–6)Oklahoma (21–6)Kansas (25–7)6.
7.FloridaOklahoma (1–0)Florida (3–0)Oregon (3–0)Indiana (6–0)Oklahoma (5–1)Illinois (8–0) (1)Texas (7–2)Mississippi State (10–1) (2)Florida (13–2)Oklahoma (11–3)Kentucky (15–3)Oklahoma (15–3)Pittsburgh (16–3)Florida (20–4)Kansas (20–6)Pittsburgh (21–4)Florida (24–6)Duke (24–6)7.
8.AlabamaFlorida (0–0)Oklahoma (2–1)Florida (4–1)Texas (5–1)Connecticut (6–0)Notre Dame (10–1)Mississippi State (8–1) (1)Texas (9–2)Illinois (12–1)Kentucky (13–3)Louisville (14–1)Maryland (14–4)Duke (16–3)Duke (17–4)Pittsburgh (19–4)Marquette (22–4)Marquette (23–4)Wake Forest (24–5)8.
9.Michigan StateMichigan State (0–0)Michigan State (1–0)Maryland (3–0)Connecticut (5–0)Notre Dame (9–1)Texas (7–2)Oregon (9–1)Oklahoma (8–2)Alabama (11–2)Louisville (12–1)Oklahoma State (16–1)Duke (14–3)Kansas (17–5)Pittsburgh (17–4)Notre Dame (21–5)Wake Forest (21–4)Wake Forest (23–4)Marquette (23–5)9.
10.XavierOregon (0–0)Oregon (1–0)Indiana (4–0)Notre Dame (8–1)Texas (5–2)Indiana (8–1)Oklahoma (6–2)Illinois (10–1)Notre Dame (13–2)Creighton (15–1)Maryland (12–4)Notre Dame (18–3)Notre Dame (19–4)Wake Forest (17–3)Marquette (20–4)Duke (20–5)Xavier (24–4)Florida (24–7)10.
11.OregonXavier (0–0)Maryland (1–0)Connecticut (3–0)Missouri (4–0)Missouri (6–0)Oregon (8–1)Illinois (8–1)Florida (11–2)Missouri (10–1)Connecticut (11–2)Notre Dame (16–3)Oklahoma State (17–2)Marquette (17–3)Marquette (18–4)Louisville (19–4)Xavier (22–4)Syracuse (23–4)Illinois (24–6)11.
12.Mississippi State (1)Maryland (0–0)Connecticut (1–0)North Carolina (5–0)Kentucky (4–1)Illinois (7–0)Florida (8–2)Florida (10–2)Oregon (10–2)Kansas (11–2)Maryland (10–4)Kansas (13–5)Kansas (15–5)Creighton (21–2)Notre Dame (19–5)Wake Forest (19–4)Syracuse (21–4)Duke (21–6)Xavier (25–5)12.
13.MarylandMississippi State (0–0) (1)Marquette (3–0)Marquette (4–0)Xavier (4–1)Florida (7–2)Marquette (7–1)Marquette (8–1)Missouri (8–1)Creighton (13–1)Oklahoma State (14–1)Illinois (14–3)Creighton (19–2)Oklahoma State (18–3)Maryland (15–6)Xavier (20–4)Maryland (19–7)Illinois (21–6)Syracuse (24–5)13.
14.UCLAConnecticut (0–0)UCLA (0–0)Kansas (2–2)Florida (6–2)Marquette (6–1)Kentucky (6–2)Michigan State (8–2)Kansas (9–3)Mississippi State (10–3)Indiana (13–3)Connecticut (12–3)Wake Forest (15–2)Illinois (16–4)Xavier (18–4)Maryland (17–7)Illinois (20–5)Maryland (19–8)Louisville (24–6)14.
15.ConnecticutUCLA (0–0)Kentucky (0–0)Missouri (2–0)Illinois (5–0)Michigan State (5–2)Michigan State (7–2)Creighton (10–0)Indiana (10–2)Louisville (10–1)Alabama (12–3)Georgia (12–4)Marquette (15–3)Wake Forest (16–3)Syracuse (17–4)Syracuse (19–4)Louisville (20–5)Stanford (23–7)Creighton (29–4)15.
16.GeorgiaMarquette (1–0)Xavier (2–1)Xavier (2–1)Marquette (5–1)Mississippi State (6–1)Mississippi State (7–1)Missouri (6–1)Creighton (11–1)Kentucky (11–3)Notre Dame (14–3)Creighton (17–2)Illinois (15–4)Maryland (14–6)Oklahoma State (19–4)Oklahoma State (20–5)Notre Dame (21–7)Memphis (22–5)Dayton (24–5)16.
17.KentuckyKentucky (0–0)Georgia (1–1)Stanford (4–1)Tulsa (4–0)Stanford (5–1)Missouri (6–1)Indiana (8–2)Wake Forest (9–0)Maryland (9–3)Wake Forest (12–1)Wake Forest (13–2)Georgia (13–5)Syracuse (16–3)Creighton (22–3)Creighton (24–3)Stanford (22–7)Notre Dame (22–8)Maryland (19–9)17.
18.MarquetteGeorgia (0–1)Missouri (1–0)Kentucky (2–1)Maryland (4–2)Kentucky (5–2)Creighton (9–0)Kansas (7–3)Kentucky (9–3)Indiana (11–3)Illinois (12–3)Marquette (13–3)Connecticut (13–4)Xavier (17–4)California (18–4)Illinois (18–5)Memphis (20–5)Wisconsin (22–6)Stanford (23–8)18.
19.MissouriWestern Kentucky (0–0)Indiana (0–0)Tulsa (3–0)Stanford (4–1)Kansas (5–3)Kansas (6–3)Xavier (8–2)Louisville (8–1)Wake Forest (10–1)Georgia (10–4)Indiana (14–4)Syracuse (14–3)Mississippi State (15–5)Mississippi State (16–5)Stanford (21–6)Creighton (25–4)Creighton (28–4)Memphis (23–6)19.
20.Western KentuckyMissouri (0–0)Gonzaga (1–0)Minnesota (2–0)Kansas (3–3)Creighton (7–0)Tulsa (6–1)Kentucky (6–3)Georgia (9–3)Georgia (9–4)Marquette (12–3)California (14–2)Xavier (15–4)Georgia (13–6)Illinois (16–5)Mississippi State (17–6)Oklahoma State (20–7)Louisville (21–6)Mississippi State (21–9)20.
21.IndianaGonzaga (0–0)Cincinnati (1–0)Michigan State (2–2)Michigan State (4–2)Xavier (5–2)Xavier (6–2)LSU (8–1)Maryland (7–3)Marquette (10–3)Missouri (10–3)Mississippi State (12–4)Missouri (13–4)Missouri (14–5)Stanford (19–6)Georgia (16–7)Dayton (21–5)Georgia (19–8)Wisconsin (22–7)21.
22.GonzagaIndiana (0–0)Tulsa (2–0)Virginia (3–1)North Carolina (5–2)Tulsa (5–1)North Carolina (7–2)Maryland (6–3)Xavier (9–3)Oregon (10–4)Mississippi State (10–4)Oregon (14–4)Alabama (13–5)California (16–4)Georgia (14–7)Utah (20–4)California (20–6)Dayton (22–5)Notre Dame (22–9)22.
23.CincinnatiCincinnati (0–0)Mississippi State (0–1)Wisconsin (4–0)Creighton (6–0)North Carolina (5–2)Maryland (4–3)Wake Forest (7–0)Texas Tech (9–1)LSU (11–2)Oregon (12–4)Alabama (12–5)Mississippi State (13–5)Connecticut (14–5)Utah (19–4)California (19–5)Mississippi State (18–7)Oklahoma State (21–8)Connecticut (21–9)23.
24.MinnesotaMinnesota (0–0)Minnesota (1–0)Mississippi State (2–1)Mississippi State (5–1)Maryland (4–3)LSU (7–1)Louisville (7–1)Marquette (8–3)Oklahoma State (12–1)Auburn (15–2)Syracuse (13–2)Purdue (14–4)Stanford (17–6)Purdue (16–6)Memphis (18–5)Wisconsin (21–6)California (20–7)Missouri (21–10)24.
25.TulsaTulsa (0–0)Wisconsin (3–0)Illinois (3–0)Charleston (6–0)Minnesota (6–1)Wake Forest (6–0)Texas Tech (8–1)Michigan State (8–4)Syracuse (10–1)California (12–2)Missouri (11–4)Stanford (16–5)Saint Joseph's (17–3)Dayton (18–4)Dayton (19–5)Georgia (17–8)Saint Joseph's (22–5)Georgia (19–8)25.
Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 19[2]
Week 3
Nov. 26[3]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4]
Week 5
Dec. 11[5]
Week 6
Dec. 18[6]
Week 7
Dec. 25[7]
Week 8
Jan. 1[8]
Week 9
Jan. 8[9]
Week 10
Jan. 15[10]
Week 11
Jan. 22[11]
Week 12
Jan. 29[12]
Week 13
Feb. 5[13]
Week 14
Feb. 12[14]
Week 15
Feb. 19[15]
Week 16
Feb. 26[16]
Week 17
Mar. 5[17]
Week 18
Mar. 12[18]
Final
Mar. 19[19]
NoneDropped:
  • Western Kentucky (0–1)
Dropped:
  • UCLA (1–2)
  • Georgia (2–2)
  • Gonzaga (2–2)
  • Cincinnati (2–1)
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  • Minnesota (4–1)
  • Virginia (3–2)
  • Wisconsin (5–1)
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  • Charleston (7–1)
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  • Stanford (6–2)
  • Minnesota (7–2)
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  • Tulsa (7–2)
  • North Carolina (8–3)
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  • LSU (8–3)
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  • Xavier (10–4)
  • Texas Tech (9–3)
  • Michigan State (9–5)
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  • LSU (12–3)
  • Syracuse (11–2)
Dropped:
  • Auburn (15–4)
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  • Indiana (14–6)
  • California (14–4)
  • Oregon (15–5)
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  • Team (0–0)
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  • Missouri (15–6)
  • Connecticut (15–6)
  • Saint Joseph's (17–5)
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  • Purdue (17–7)
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  • Utah (20–6)
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  • Mississippi State (19–8)
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  • Oklahoma State (21–9)
  • California (20–8)
  • Saint Joseph's (22–6)

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
Nov. 1[20]
Week 3
Nov. 26[20][21]
Week 4
Dec. 3[22]
Week 5
Dec. 10[23]
Week 6
Dec. 17[24]
Week 7
Dec. 24[25]
Week 8
Dec. 31[26]
Week 9
Jan. 7[27]
Week 10
Jan. 14[28]
Week 11
Jan. 21[29]
Week 12
Jan. 28[30]
Week 13
Feb. 4[31]
Week 14
Feb. 11[32]
Week 15
Feb. 18[33]
Week 16
Feb. 25[34]
Week 17
Mar. 4[35]
Week 18
Mar. 11[36]
Week 19
Mar. 18[37]
Final
Apr. 8[38]
1.Arizona (27)Arizona (1–0) (27)Arizona (2–0) (31)Arizona (4–0) (31)Arizona (5–0) (31)Duke (6–0) (19)Duke (7–0) (18)Duke (9–0) (28)Duke (11–0) (30)Arizona (13–1) (30)Arizona (15–1) (31)Florida (18–2) (16)Arizona (18–2) (25)Arizona (20–2) (29)Arizona (21–2) (29)Arizona (23–2) (29)Arizona (25–2) (26)Kentucky (29–3) (31)Syracuse (30–5)1.
2.Kansas (3)Kansas (2–0) (4)Texas (4–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (5–0)Pittsburgh (8–0) (6)Pittsburgh (9–0) (7)Arizona (9–1) (2)Arizona (11–1) (1)Pittsburgh (14–1) (1)Pittsburgh (15–1)Arizona (16–2) (8)Louisville (18–1) (6)Kentucky (20–3) (2)Kentucky (22–3) (2)Kentucky (24–3) (2)Kentucky (26–3) (5)Arizona (25–3)Kansas (30–8)2.
3.Oklahoma (1)Texas (2–0)Duke (3–0)Pittsburgh (5–0)Pittsburgh (6–0)Alabama (8–0) (4)Alabama (9–0) (6)Connecticut (9–0)Pittsburgh (12–1)Duke (12–1)Texas (13–2)Texas (14–3) (5)Kentucky (18–3)Louisville (19–2)Oklahoma (19–4)Florida (24–4)Texas (22–5)Oklahoma (24–6)Texas (26–7)3.
4.PittsburghDuke (1–0)Pittsburgh (3–0)Alabama (6–0)Alabama (7–0)Arizona (5–1) (1)Arizona (6–1) (1)Alabama (10–1) (1)Texas (10–2)Texas (12–2)Florida (16–2)Pittsburgh (15–2) (1)Oklahoma (16–3)Texas (17–4)Florida (22–4)Texas (20–5)Kansas (24–6)Pittsburgh (26–4)Kentucky (32–4)4.
5.TexasPittsburgh (1–0)Alabama (4–0)Oregon (5–0)Oregon (6–0)Oklahoma (6–1)Connecticut (8–0)Pittsburgh (10–1)Oklahoma (10–2)Florida (15–2)Duke (13–2)Oklahoma (15–3)Florida (19–3)Oklahoma (17–4)Duke (19–4)Oklahoma (20–5)Pittsburgh (23–4)Texas (22–6)Arizona (28–4)5.
6.DukeAlabama (2–0)Oregon (3–0)Indiana (6–0)Indiana (8–0)Connecticut (7–0) (1)Notre Dame (10–1)Notre Dame (12–1)Connecticut (10–1)Kansas (13–3)Oklahoma (13–3)Louisville (16–1) (1)Texas (15–4)Kansas (19–5)Texas (18–5)Kansas (22–6)Oklahoma (21–6)Kansas (25–7)Marquette (27–6)6.
7.FloridaFlorida (3–0)Oklahoma (3–1)Texas (5–1)Oklahoma (5–1)Illinois (8–0)Oregon (9–1)Texas (9–2)Florida (13–2)Oklahoma (11–3)Kentucky (15–3)Kentucky (16–3)Pittsburgh (16–3)Florida (20–4)Kansas (20–6)Pittsburgh (21–4)Florida (24–6)Duke (24–6)Oklahoma (27–7)7.
8.AlabamaOklahoma (2–1)Maryland (3–0)Oklahoma (4–1)Connecticut (6–0)Notre Dame (10–1)Texas (7–2)Mississippi State (10–2)Illinois (12–1)Connecticut (11–2)Louisville (14–1)Maryland (14–4)Duke (16–3)Duke (17–4)Pittsburgh (19–4)Marquette (22–4)Marquette (23–4)Florida (24–7)Pittsburgh (28–5)8.
9.OregonOregon (1–0)Florida (4–1)Connecticut (5–0)Texas (5–2)Oregon (8–1)Marquette (8–1)Oklahoma (8–2)Notre Dame (13–2)Creighton (15–1)Maryland (12–4)Duke (14–3)Notre Dame (19–4)Pittsburgh (17–4)Louisville (19–4)Duke (20–5)Wake Forest (23–4)Wake Forest (24–5)Duke (26–7)9.
10.Michigan StateMichigan State (1–0)Marquette (4–0)Missouri (4–0)Missouri (6–0)Texas (7–2)Mississippi State (8–1)Oregon (10–2)Alabama (11–2)Kentucky (13–3)Notre Dame (16–3)Notre Dame (18–3)Kansas (17–5)Notre Dame (19–5)Notre Dame (21–5)Wake Forest (21–4)Xavier (24–4)Illinois (24–6)Maryland (21–10)10.
11.XavierMaryland (1–0)Indiana (5–0)Xavier (4–1)Notre Dame (9–1)Indiana (8–1)Oklahoma (6–2)Illinois (10–1)Missouri (10–1)Maryland (10–4)Oklahoma State (16–1)Kansas (15–5)Marquette (17–3)Wake Forest (17–3)Marquette (20–4)Xavier (22–4)Syracuse (23–4)Marquette (23–5)Connecticut (23–10)11.
12.UCLAConnecticut (1–0)Connecticut (3–0)Kentucky (4–1)Illinois (7–0)Marquette (7–1)Illinois (8–1)Florida (11–2)Kansas (11–3)Notre Dame (14–3)Connecticut (12–3)Oklahoma State (17–2)Creighton (21–2)Marquette (18–4)Wake Forest (19–4)Syracuse (21–4) тDuke (21–6)Syracuse (24–5)Wake Forest (25–6)12.
13.Mississippi StateMarquette (3–0)Kansas (2–2)Marquette (5–1)Florida (7–2)Florida (8–2)Florida (10–2)Missouri (8–1)Mississippi State (10–3)Alabama (12–3)Kansas (13–5)Creighton (19–2)Illinois (16–4)Maryland (15–6)Xavier (20–4)Maryland (19–7) тIllinois (21–6)Louisville (24–6)Illinois (25–7) т13.
14.ConnecticutUCLA (0–0)North Carolina (5–0)Illinois (5–0)Marquette (6–1)Kentucky (6–2)Michigan State (8–2)Kansas (9–3)Creighton (13–1)Louisville (12–1)Illinois (14–3)Marquette (15–3)Oklahoma State (18–3)Xavier (18–4)Maryland (17–7)Illinois (20–5)Stanford (23–7)Xavier (25–5)Wisconsin (24–8) т14.
15.MarylandXavier (2–1)Missouri (2–0)Notre Dame (8–1)Michigan State (5–2)Michigan State (7–2)Creighton (10–0)Indiana (10–2)Maryland (9–3)Illinois (12–3)Creighton (17–2)Wake Forest (15–2)Maryland (14–6)Illinois (16–5)Syracuse (19–4)Louisville (20–5)Maryland (19–8)Creighton (29–4)Notre Dame (24–10)15.
16.GeorgiaKentucky (0–0)Xavier (2–1)Maryland (4–2)Kentucky (5–2)Missouri (6–1)Missouri (6–1)Creighton (11–1)Kentucky (11–3)Indiana (13–3)Marquette (13–3)Illinois (15–4)Xavier (17–4)Oklahoma State (19–4)Illinois (18–5)Notre Dame (21–7)Louisville (21–6)Stanford (23–8)Florida (25–8)16.
17.KentuckyMissouri (1–0)Minnesota (2–0)Florida (6–2)Mississippi State (6–1)Mississippi State (7–1)Kansas (7–3)Maryland (7–3)Indiana (11–3)Oklahoma State (14–1)Georgia (12–4)Connecticut (13–4)Wake Forest (16–3)Syracuse (17–4)Oklahoma State (20–5)Stanford (22–7)Creighton (28–4)Maryland (19–9)Xavier (26–6)17.
18.MissouriGeorgia (1–1)Kentucky (2–1)Tulsa (4–0)Kansas (5–3)Creighton (9–0)Indiana (8–2)Wake Forest (9–0)Louisville (10–1)Wake Forest (12–1)Wake Forest (13–2)Georgia (13–5)Syracuse (16–3)Creighton (22–3)Creighton (24–3)Oklahoma State (20–7)Wisconsin (22–6)Dayton (25–5)Michigan State (22–13)18.
19.MarquetteCincinnati (1–0)Tulsa (3–0)Kansas (3–3)Creighton (6–0)Kansas (6–3)Xavier (8–2)Kentucky (9–3)Oregon (10–4)Marquette (12–3)Oregon (14–4)Xavier (15–4)Connecticut (14–5)Mississippi State (16–5)Stanford (21–6)Creighton (25–4)Notre Dame (22–8)Wisconsin (22–7)Louisville (25–7)19.
20.CincinnatiIndiana (0–0)Illinois (3–0)Stanford (4–1)Xavier (5–2)Xavier (6–2)Maryland (6–3)Michigan State (8–4)Wake Forest (10–1)Missouri (10–3)Indiana (14–4)Alabama (13–5)Mississippi State (15–5)California (18–4)Mississippi State (17–6)California (20–6)Oklahoma State (21–8)Notre Dame (22–9)Stanford (24–9)20.
21.IndianaGonzaga (1–0)Michigan State (2–2)Michigan State (4–2)Stanford (5–1)Tulsa (6–1)Kentucky (6–3)Texas Tech (9–1)Marquette (10–3)Oregon (12–4)Alabama (12–5)Syracuse (14–3)Missouri (14–5)Stanford (19–6)California (19–5)Mississippi State (18–7)Dayton (22–5)Mississippi State (21–9)Butler (27–6)21.
22.GonzagaMinnesota (1–0)Stanford (4–1)Mississippi State (5–1) тTulsa (5–1)Maryland (4–3)Texas Tech (8–1)Xavier (9–3)Georgia (9–4)Georgia (10–4)Mississippi State (12–4)Missouri (13–4)Georgia (13–6)Missouri (15–6)Georgia (16–7)Dayton (21–5)Georgia (19–8)Memphis (23–6)Missouri (22–11)22.
23.Western KentuckyMississippi State (0–1)Virginia (3–2)North Carolina (5–2) тMaryland (4–3)North Carolina (7–2)Wake Forest (7–0)Marquette (8–3)Xavier (10–4)Mississippi State (10–4)Xavier (14–4)Oregon (15–5)California (16–4)Purdue (16–6)Utah (20–4)Utah (21–5)California (20–7)Oklahoma State (21–9)Creighton (29–5)23.
24.MinnesotaTulsa (2–0)Mississippi State (2–1)Creighton (6–0)North Carolina (5–2)NC State (6–1)NC State (7–1)Georgia (9–3)Oklahoma State (12–1)Xavier (12–4)California (14–2)Mississippi State (13–5)Stanford (17–6)Connecticut (15–6) тConnecticut (17–6)Wisconsin (21–6)Memphis (22–5)Connecticut (21–9)Oklahoma State (22–10)24.
25.IllinoisIllinois (1–0)Gonzaga (2–2)Minnesota (4–1)NC State (5–0)Texas Tech (7–1)LSU (8–1)Louisville (8–1)Texas Tech (10–2)Texas Tech (11–2)Missouri (11–4)Purdue (14–4)Purdue (15–5)Georgia (14–7) тDayton (19–5)Georgia (17–8)Missouri (21–10)Dayton (25–6)25.
Preseason
Nov. 1[20]
Week 3
Nov. 26[20][21]
Week 4
Dec. 3[22]
Week 5
Dec. 10[23]
Week 6
Dec. 17[24]
Week 7
Dec. 24[25]
Week 8
Dec. 31[26]
Week 9
Jan. 7[27]
Week 10
Jan. 14[28]
Week 11
Jan. 21[29]
Week 12
Jan. 28[30]
Week 13
Feb. 4[31]
Week 14
Feb. 11[32]
Week 15
Feb. 18[33]
Week 16
Feb. 25[34]
Week 17
Mar. 4[35]
Week 18
Mar. 11[36]
Week 19
Mar. 18[37]
Final
Apr. 8[38]
Dropped:
Western Kentucky (0–1)
Dropped:
  • UCLA (1–1)
  • Georgia (1–3)
  • Cincinnati (3–1)
Dropped:
  • Virginia (3–2)
  • Gonzaga (5–2)
Dropped:
Minnesota (6–1)
Dropped:
Stanford (7–3)
Dropped:
  • Tulsa (7–2)
  • North Carolina (8–3)
Dropped:
  • NC State (8–2)
  • LSU (9–2)
Dropped:
Michigan State (9–5)
NoneDropped:
Texas Tech (11–4)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (14–6)
  • California (14–4)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (13–7)
  • Oregon (16–6)
NoneDropped:
  • Missouri (16–7)
  • Purdue (16–8)
Dropped:
Connecticut (18–7)
Dropped:
Utah (23–6)
Dropped:
  • Georgia (19–8)
  • California (21–8)
Dropped:
  • Memphis (23–7)
  • Mississippi State (21–10)

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