# 1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1957–58 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | New to rankings from previous week |
| Italics | Number of first place votes |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## AP Poll

| | Week 1 Dec. 9 | Week 2 Dec. 16 | Week 3 Dec. 23 | Week 4 Dec. 30 | Week 5 Jan. 6 | Week 6 Jan. 13 | Week 7 Jan. 20 | Week 8 Jan. 27 | Week 9 Feb. 3 | Week 10 Feb. 10 | Week 11 Feb. 17 | Week 12 Feb. 24 | Week 13 Mar. 3 | Final Mar. 10 | |
| 1. | North Carolina (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | West Virginia (8–0) | West Virginia (8–0) | West Virginia (10–0) | West Virginia (12–0) | West Virginia (13–0) | West Virginia (14–0) | West Virginia (15–1) | Kansas State (16–1) | Kansas State (17–1) | Kansas State (18–1) | Kansas State (20–1) | West Virginia (26–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (7–0) | Kansas (9–0) | Kansas (10–1) | Kansas State (11–1) | Kansas (12–2) | Kansas (12–2) | Kansas (12–2) | West Virginia (17–1) | Cincinnati (18–2) | West Virginia (22–1) | West Virginia (23–1) | Cincinnati (24–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Kentucky (3–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | Kansas State (7–0) | Kansas State (9–0) | North Carolina (9–1) | Kansas (10–2) | Kansas State (12–1) | Cincinnati (13–2) | Cincinnati (15–2) | Cincinnati (16–2) | West Virginia (20–1) | Cincinnati (20–2) | Cincinnati (22–2) | Kansas State (20–3) | 3. |
| 4. | Bradley (1–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | Kansas State (9–1) | San Francisco (12–1) | Cincinnati (12–2) | Kansas State (13–1) | Kansas State (14–1) | Kansas (13–3) | Kansas (15–3) | San Francisco (21–1) | San Francisco (23–1) | San Francisco (24–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Kansas State (2–0) | Kentucky (4–1) | Cincinnati (6–0) | Cincinnati (7–1) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Cincinnati (10–2) | San Francisco (12–1) | San Francisco (13–1) | San Francisco (15–1) | San Francisco (16–1) | San Francisco (19–1) | Temple (20–2) | Temple (22–2) | Temple (24–2) | 5. |
| 6. | San Francisco (2–0) | Maryland (4–0) | Maryland (6–0) | San Francisco (8–1) | San Francisco (10–1) | North Carolina (11–2) | Maryland (10–2) | Oklahoma State (12–1) | Oklahoma State (13–2) | Oklahoma State (15–2) | Temple (18–2) | Duke (16–5) | Duke (17–6) | Maryland (20–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Michigan State (2–0) | San Francisco (3–0) | San Francisco (6–1) | Maryland (6–0) | Cincinnati (8–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Oklahoma State (11–1) | North Carolina (12–3) | North Carolina (13–3) | Temple (16–2) | Duke (14–5) | Kansas (16–4) | Notre Dame (21–4) | Kansas (18–5) | 7. |
| 8. | West Virginia (3–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | Michigan State (4–0) | Michigan State (7–0) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | Maryland (9–2) | North Carolina (12–3) | Kentucky (12–3) | Maryland (11–3) | Duke (12–5) | Oklahoma State (16–3) | Notre Dame (17–4) | Dayton (22–2) | Notre Dame (22–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Saint Louis (1–0) | Michigan State (3–0) | Kentucky (5–3) | Mississippi State (9–0) | Kentucky (8–3) | Kentucky (10–3) | Kentucky (12–3) | Maryland (10–3) | NC State (12–3) | Maryland (13–3) | NC State (15–4) | North Carolina (17–5) | Kentucky (19–6) | Kentucky (19–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Temple (1–1) | Minnesota (3–0) | Mississippi State (7–0) | Kentucky (6–3) | Bradley (6–1) | Bradley (8–1) | Bradley (10–2) | NC State (11–3) | Temple (14–2) | NC State (14–3) | Notre Dame (15–4) | Dayton (20–2) | Kansas (17–5) | Duke (18–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Minnesota (3–0) | Bradley (2–1) | Bradley (3–1) | NC State (8–2) | Maryland (7–2) | Mississippi State (11–1) | Temple (12–2) | Temple (13–2) | Bradley (12–3) | North Carolina (13–4) | Dayton (20–2) | NC State (16–5) | Bradley (18–5) | Dayton (23–3) | 11. |
| 12. | NC State (2–0) | Seattle (3–0) | Utah (6–0) | Bradley (5–1) | Temple (8–2) | Temple (10–2) | NC State (11–3) | Bradley (11–3) | Kentucky (14–4) | Kentucky (15–4) | Michigan State (14–4) | Kentucky (18–5) | Michigan State (16–5) | Indiana (12–10) | 12. |
| 13. | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (4–0) | NC State (6–1) | Temple (6–2) | NC State (9–2) | Tennessee (8–2) | St. John's (8–0) | St. John's (9–0) | Duke (9–5) | Bradley (13–4) | Kentucky (16–5) | Oklahoma State (18–5) | North Carolina (17–6) | North Carolina (19–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Seattle (0–0) | Rice (3–0) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Michigan State (7–2) | Oklahoma (9–2) | Mississippi State (11–3) | Mississippi State (12–3) | Dayton (16–2) | Dayton (18–2) | Maryland (14–4) | Bradley (17–5) | NC State (17–5) | Bradley (20–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Notre Dame (2–0) | Utah (4–0) | Seattle (3–2) | Utah (8–1) | Oregon State (10–1) | St. John's (8–0) | Michigan State (9–2) | Michigan State (10–3) | Michigan State (11–3) | Tennessee (15–3) | Bradley (14–4) | Michigan State (15–4) | Mississippi State (20–5) | Mississippi State (20–5) | 15. |
| 16. | Rice (2–0) | Oklahoma State (3–1) | Western Kentucky (4–1) | TCU (9–1) | St. John's (7–0) | Oregon State (10–1) | Tennessee (8–4) | Dayton (14–2) | Seattle (10–4) | Seattle (12–4) | North Carolina (15–5) | Mississippi State (18–5) | Auburn (16–6) | Auburn (16–6) | 16. |
| 17. | Syracuse (1–0) | Oregon State (5–0) | Richmond (5–2) | St. John's (6–0) | Illinois (7–1) | Wichita (10–1) | Dayton (13–2) | Arkansas (11–3) | Mississippi State (14–3) | Notre Dame (13–4) | Seattle (15–5) | Maryland (15–6) | Maryland (17–6) | Michigan State (16–6) | 17. |
| 18. | Oklahoma State (1–1) | Mississippi State (6–0) | Saint Louis (2–1) | Oregon State (8–1) | Memphis State (4–3) | Michigan State (8–2) | Dartmouth (13–1) | Wichita (11–4) | Arkansas (12–4) | Mississippi State (15–4) | Mississippi State (16–5) | Seattle (16–5) | Oklahoma State (18–6) | Seattle (19–5) | 18. |
| 19. | Cincinnati (2–0) | Richmond (5–0) | St. John's (6–0) | California (3–4) | Utah (9–2) | Dartmouth (11–1) | Wichita (11–2) | Dartmouth (13–1) | Georgia Tech (12–7) | Michigan State (11–4) | Dartmouth (17–2) | California (15–6) | Seattle (17–5) | Oklahoma State (19–7) | 19. |
| 20. | Memphis State (2–0) | NC State (5–1) | Iowa State (4–2) | La Salle (6–2) | Seattle (4–4) т Wichita (9–1) т | NC State (9–3) | Arkansas (10–3) | Oregon State (12–3) | Dartmouth (14–1) | Oklahoma (11–4) | Tennessee (11–7) | Auburn (14–6) | St. Bonaventure (19–3) | NC State (18–6) | 20. |
| | Week 1 Dec. 9 | Week 2 Dec. 16 | Week 3 Dec. 23 | Week 4 Dec. 30 | Week 5 Jan. 6 | Week 6 Jan. 13 | Week 7 Jan. 20 | Week 8 Jan. 27 | Week 9 Feb. 3 | Week 10 Feb. 10 | Week 11 Feb. 17 | Week 12 Feb. 24 | Week 13 Mar. 3 | Final Mar. 10 | |
| | | Dropped: Saint LouisTemple (2–2)Notre Dame (3–1)SyracuseMemphis State | Dropped: MinnesotaUCLARiceOregon State (5–1) | Dropped: Seattle (4–3)Western KentuckyRichmondSaint LouisIowa State (6–3) | Dropped: TCU (10–1)California (5–2)La Salle | Dropped: Illinois (7–3)Memphis StateUtah (10–2)Seattle (6–4) | Dropped: OklahomaOregon State (10–2) | Dropped: Tennessee | Dropped: St. John'sWichitaOregon State | Dropped: ArkansasGeorgia TechDartmouth | Dropped: Oklahoma | Dropped: DartmouthTennessee | Dropped: California (17–7) | Dropped: St. Bonaventure (19–4) | |

## UP Poll

| | Week 1 Dec. 10 | Week 2 Dec. 17 | Week 3 Dec. 24 | Week 4 Dec. 31 | Week 5 Jan. 7 | Week 6 Jan. 14 | Week 7 Jan. 21 | Week 8 Jan. 28 | Week 9 Feb. 4 | Week 10 Feb. 11 | Week 11 Feb. 18 | Week 12 Feb. 25 | Week 13 Mar. 4 | Final Mar. 11 | |
| 1. | North Carolina (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | Kansas (7–0) | Kansas (9–0) | West Virginia (10–0) | West Virginia (12–0) | West Virginia (13–0) | West Virginia (14–0) | Kansas (12–2) | Kansas State (16–1) | Kansas State (17–1) | Kansas State (18–1) | Kansas State (20–1) | West Virginia (26–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas State (7–0) | Kansas State (9–0) | Kansas (10–1) | San Francisco (12–1) | Kansas (12–2) | Kansas (12–2) | West Virginia (15–1) | West Virginia (17–1) | West Virginia (20–1) | West Virginia (22–1) | Cincinnati (22–2) | Cincinnati (24–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Kentucky (3–0) | Kansas State (4–0) | West Virginia (8–0) | North Carolina (8–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | Kansas (10–2) | San Francisco (12–1) | San Francisco (13–1) | San Francisco (15–1) | San Francisco (16–1) | Cincinnati (18–2) | Cincinnati (20–2) | West Virginia (23–1) | San Francisco (24–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Bradley (1–0) | San Francisco (3–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | West Virginia (8–0) | San Francisco (10–1) | Kansas State (11–1) | Kansas State (12–1) | Cincinnati (13–2) | Kansas State (14–1) | Cincinnati (16–2) | San Francisco (19–1) | San Francisco (21–1) | San Francisco (23–1) | Kansas State (20–3) | 4. |
| 5. | San Francisco (2–0) | Michigan State (3–0) | San Francisco (6–1) | San Francisco (8–1) | Kansas State (9–1) | North Carolina (11–2) | Cincinnati (12–2) | Kansas State (13–1) | Cincinnati (15–2) | Kansas (13–3) | Kansas (15–3) | Temple (20–2) | Temple (22–2) | Temple (24–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Kansas State (2–0) | Kentucky (4–1) | Michigan State (4–0) | Michigan State (7–0) | Cincinnati (8–1) | Cincinnati (10–2) | Oklahoma State (11–1) | Oklahoma State (12–1) | North Carolina (13–3) | Oklahoma State (15–2) | Temple (18–2) | Duke (16–5) | Duke (17–6) | Maryland (20–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Michigan State (2–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Cincinnati (6–0) | Maryland (6–0) | Bradley (6–1) т | Maryland (9–2) | Maryland (10–2) | North Carolina (12–3) т | Oklahoma State (13–2) | Temple (16–2) | Oklahoma State (16–3) | Kansas (16–4) | Michigan State (16–5) | Notre Dame (22–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Temple (1–1) | Seattle (3–0) | Bradley (3–1) | Cincinnati (7–1) | Temple (8–2) т | Bradley (8–1) | North Carolina (12–3) | Temple (13–2) т | Temple (14–2) | Maryland (13–3) | NC State (15–4) | Michigan State (15–4) | Notre Dame (21–4) | Kansas (18–5) | 8. |
| 9. | UCLA (2–0) | Maryland (4–0) | Maryland (6–0) | Bradley (5–1) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Temple (12–2) | Bradley (11–3) | Bradley (12–3) | NC State (14–3) | Duke (14–5) | NC State (16–5) | Kansas (17–5) | Dayton (23–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Notre Dame (2–0) | UCLA (4–0) | Utah (6–0) | Temple (6–2) | Oregon State (10–1) | Temple (10–2) | Bradley (10–2) | Kentucky (12–3) | Maryland (11–3) | North Carolina (13–4) т | Michigan State (14–4) | Notre Dame (17–4) | Dayton (22–2) | Indiana (12–10) | 10. |
| 11. | Rice (2–0) | Bradley (2–1) | Kentucky (5–3) | Oregon State (8–1) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Oregon State (10–1) | Michigan State (9–2) | Maryland (10–3) | Michigan State (11–3) | Kentucky (15–4) т | Maryland (14–4) | North Carolina (17–5) | Bradley (18–5) | Bradley (20–5) | 11. |
| 12. | Saint Louis (1–0) | Rice (3–0) | Temple (4–2) | Utah (8–1) | Maryland (7–2) т | Michigan State (8–2) | Kentucky (12–3) | NC State (11–3) | Kentucky (14–4) | Dayton (18–2) | Dayton (20–2) | Oklahoma State (18–5) | Oklahoma State (18–6) | North Carolina (19–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Seattle (0–0) | Temple (2–2) | Seattle (3–2) | TCU (9–1) | Michigan State (7–2) т | Kentucky (10–3) | Oregon State (10–2) | Michigan State (10–3) | Dayton (16–2) | Duke (12–5) | Notre Dame (15–4) | Dayton (20–2) | NC State (17–5) | Duke (18–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Utah (2–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | Iowa State (4–2) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | TCU (10–1) т | Utah (10–2) | NC State (11–3) | Oregon State (12–3) | NC State (12–3) | Bradley (13–4) | North Carolina (15–5) | Bradley (17–5) | Kentucky (19–6) | Kentucky (19–6) | 14. |
| 15. | Minnesota (3–0) | Utah (4–0) | Saint Louis (2–1) | Kentucky (6–3) | Kentucky (8–3) | Mississippi State (11–1) | Mississippi State (11–3) | Dayton (14–2) | Seattle (10–4) | Notre Dame (13–4) | Bradley (14–4) | Kentucky (18–5) т | North Carolina (17–6) | Oklahoma State (19–7) | 15. |
| 16. | West Virginia (3–0) | Minnesota (3–0) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Seattle (4–3) | Utah (9–2) | Tennessee (8–2) т | Dayton (13–2) | Arkansas (11–3) | Arkansas (12–4) т | Michigan State (11–4) | Kentucky (16–5) | Maryland (15–6) т | Indiana (11–10) | NC State (18–6) т | 16. |
| 17. | Cincinnati (2–0) | Oregon State (5–0) | Oregon State (5–1) | California (3–4) | Minnesota (5–2) | Notre Dame (9–2) т | St. John's (8–0) | St. John's (9–0) | Oregon State (13–4) т | Michigan (9–5) | Seattle (15–5) | California (15–6) | Maryland (17–6) | Oregon State (20–5) т | 17. |
| 18. | Ohio State (0–2) | Iowa State (3–1) | Illinois (5–1) | Notre Dame (6–2) | NC State (9–2) т | Dayton (11–2) | Tennessee (8–4) т | California (9–5) | Duke (9–5) т | California (11–6) | BYU (11–9) | Seattle (16–5) | St. Bonaventure (19–3) | St. Bonaventure (19–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Illinois (2–0) | Duke (2–1) т | St. John's (6–0) | UCLA (5–4) | California (5–2) т | Illinois (7–3) т | Notre Dame (10–3) т | BYU (6–9) т | Notre Dame (13–4) т | Tennessee (15–3) | St. Bonaventure (15–3) | St. Bonaventure (17–3) | California (17–7) | Michigan State (16–6) т | 19. |
| 20. | Washington (1–1) | Michigan (3–1) т Notre Dame (3–1) т | Louisville (5–3) т Wichita (6–1) т Yale (3–1) т | Iowa State (6–3) | Iowa State (5–2) т | Minnesota (5–3) т Seattle (6–4) т | Xavier (10–2) т | Notre Dame (12–3) т Seattle (9–4) т | BYU (8–9) | Seattle (12–4) т BYU (10–9) т | California (12–6) т Purdue (11–7) т Saint Louis (12–7) т | Purdue (12–7) | Oregon State (18–4) | Seattle (19–5) т Wyoming (13–13) т | 20. |
| | Week 1 Dec. 10 | Week 2 Dec. 17 | Week 3 Dec. 24 | Week 4 Dec. 31 | Week 5 Jan. 7 | Week 6 Jan. 14 | Week 7 Jan. 21 | Week 8 Jan. 28 | Week 9 Feb. 4 | Week 10 Feb. 11 | Week 11 Feb. 18 | Week 12 Feb. 25 | Week 13 Mar. 4 | Final Mar. 11 | |
| | | Dropped: Saint LouisOhio StateIllinoisWashington | Dropped: UCLARiceMinnesotaDukeMichiganNotre Dame | Dropped: Saint LouisIllinoisSt. John'sLouisvilleWichitaYale | Dropped: SeattleNotre DameUCLA | Dropped: TCUNC StateCaliforniaIowa State | Dropped: UtahIllinoisMinnesotaSeattle | Dropped: Mississippi StateTennesseeXavier | Dropped: St. John'sCalifornia | Dropped: ArkansasOregon State | Dropped: MichiganTennessee | Dropped: BYUSaint Louis | Dropped: Seattle (17–5)Purdue | Dropped: California (17–7) | |