# 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1992–93 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.

## 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

The final AP poll was released before the NCAA Tournament on March 14, 1993.
| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 23 | Week 2 Nov. 30 | Week 3 Dec. 7 | Week 4 Dec. 14 | Week 5 Dec. 21 | Week 6 Dec. 28 | Week 7 Jan. 4 | Week 8 Jan. 11 | Week 9 Jan. 18 | Week 10 Jan. 25 | Week 11 Feb. 1 | Week 12 Feb. 8 | Week 13 Feb. 15 | Week 14 Feb. 22 | Week 15 Mar. 1 | Week 16 Mar. 8 | Final Final | |
| 1. | Michigan | Michigan (0–0) (24) | Michigan (0–0) | Duke (2–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (7–0) | Duke (8–0) | Kentucky (11–0) | Kansas (14–1) | Kansas (16–1) | Indiana (19–2) | Indiana (20–2) | Indiana (22–2) | Indiana (24–2) | North Carolina (24–3) | North Carolina (25–3) | Indiana (28–3) | 1. |
| 2. | Kansas | Kansas (0–0) (18) | Indiana (4–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (6–0) | Kansas (8–0) | Kentucky (9–0) | Michigan (12–1) | Indiana (15–2) | Indiana (17–2) | Kentucky (15–1) | Kentucky (17–1) | Kentucky (18–2) | Kentucky (20–2) | Indiana (25–3) | Indiana (26–3) | Kentucky (26–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Duke | Duke (0–0) (15) | Kansas (0–0) | Kentucky (2–0) | Kentucky (4–0) | Kentucky (5–0) | Kentucky (6–0) | Michigan (10–1) | Duke (10–1) | North Carolina (14–1) | North Carolina (16–1) | Kansas (17–2) | Duke (17–3) | North Carolina (20–3) | North Carolina (22–3) | Arizona (21–2) | Michigan (23–4) | Michigan (26–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Indiana | Indiana (2–0) (6) | Duke (0–0) | Indiana (4–1) | Indiana (7–1) | Indiana (8–1) | Indiana (10–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (11–1) | Kentucky (11–1) | Kentucky (13–1) | Cincinnati (15–1) | Michigan (18–3) | Arizona (17–2) | Arizona (19–2) | Michigan (22–4) | Kentucky (23–3) | North Carolina (28–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Kentucky (0–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | North Carolina (5–0) | North Carolina (6–0) | North Carolina (7–0) | Indiana (11–2) | North Carolina (12–1) | Michigan (13–2) | Michigan (15–2) | Duke (15–3) | Arizona (15–2) | Michigan (19–4) | Michigan (21–4) | Kentucky (21–3) | Vanderbilt (25–4) | Arizona (24–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Seton Hall | Seton Hall (2–0) (2) | Seton Hall (4–1) | Michigan (1–1) | Michigan (3–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | Indiana (13–2) | Duke (12–2) | Cincinnati (13–1) | North Carolina (17–2) | North Carolina (18–3) | Kansas (20–3) | Florida State (21–6) | Duke (22–5) | Arizona (22–3) | Seton Hall (27–6) | 6. |
| 7. | North Carolina | Florida State (2–0) | North Carolina (0–0) | Seton Hall (4–1) | Seton Hall (6–1) | Seton Hall (8–1) | Seton Hall (9–1) | Seton Hall (11–1) | Seton Hall (13–1) | Virginia (11–0) | Duke (13–3) | Michigan (16–3) | Kansas (18–3) | Duke (19–4) | Kansas (21–4) | Vanderbilt (23–4) | Kansas (23–5) | Cincinnati (24–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Memphis State | North Carolina (0–0) | Memphis State (0–0) | Iowa (3–0) | Iowa (5–0) | Iowa (6–0) | Iowa (8–0) | Iowa (10–0) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Arkansas (12–1) | Arizona (11–2) | Arizona (13–2) | Cincinnati (17–2) | Cincinnati (19–2) | Vanderbilt (21–4) | Kansas (22–5) | Duke (23–5) | Vanderbilt (26–5) | 8. |
| 9. | Florida State | Memphis State (0–0) | Arizona (0–0) | Louisville (1–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Arkansas (7–0) | Purdue (9–0) | Arkansas (11–1) | Cincinnati (11–1) | Seton Hall (15–3) | Iowa (14–3) | Wake Forest (15–3) | Florida State (19–6) | Duke (20–5) | Utah (22–3) | Seton Hall (24–6) | Kansas (25–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Arizona | Arizona (0–0) | Iowa (0–0) | Florida State (3–2) | Florida State (3–2) | Arkansas (5–0) | Georgetown (5–0) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | Oklahoma (11–2) | Seton Hall (14–2) | UNLV (11–1) | UNLV (13–1) | Florida State (16–6) | Wake Forest (16–4) | Cincinnati (20–3) | Seton Hall (22–6) | Florida State (22–8) | Duke (23–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Iowa | Iowa (0–0) | Florida State (2–2) | Georgetown (2–0) | Georgetown (4–0) | Georgetown (5–0) | UCLA (7–1) | Oklahoma (10–1) | Cincinnati (9–1) | Arizona (9–2) | Iowa (14–3) | Vanderbilt (16–3) | Vanderbilt (17–4) | Vanderbilt (19–4) | Utah (21–3) | Florida State (21–8) | Cincinnati (22–4) | Florida State (22–9) | 11. |
| 12. | Georgetown | Louisville (0–0) | Louisville (0–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | UCLA (6–1) | Syracuse (8–0) | UNLV (6–0) | Arizona (7–2) | Oklahoma (12–3) | Vanderbilt (14–3) | Florida State (14–6) | UNLV (14–2) | Utah (19–3) | Wake Forest (17–5) | Cincinnati (21–4) | Wake Forest (19–7) | Arkansas (20–8) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisville | Georgetown (0–0) | Georgia Tech (0–0) | UCLA (4–1) | UCLA (5–1) | Syracuse (7–0) | Purdue (6–0) | Arkansas (8–1) | Iowa (11–2) | Purdue (11–2) | Pittsburgh (13–2) | Wake Forest (13–3) | Iowa (14–5) | Arkansas (16–5) | UNLV (17–3) | Arkansas (18–6) | New Orleans (25–2) | Iowa (22–8) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech (0–0) | Georgetown (0–0) | Arizona (0–1) | Syracuse (3–0) | Arizona (2–1) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Michigan State (8–1) | Virginia (9–0) | Iowa (12–3) | Purdue (11–3) | Seton Hall (15–5) | Arkansas (15–4) | Purdue (15–5) | Seton Hall (20–6) | Wake Forest (18–6) | Arkansas (19–7) | UMass (23–6) | 14. |
| 15. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (0–0) | Oklahoma (0–0) | Syracuse (3–0) | Arizona (2–1) | Purdue (5–0) | Oklahoma (7–1) | UCLA (9–2) | Connecticut (7–2) | UNLV (9–1) | Virginia (11–2) | Pittsburgh (13–3) | Marquette (17–2) | UNLV (16–3) | Arkansas (17–6) | Iowa (19–6) | Utah (22–5) | Louisville (20–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Connecticut | Connecticut (0–0) | UCLA (3–1) | Arkansas (3–0) | Purdue (4–0) | Georgia Tech (2–1) | UNLV (4–0) | Cincinnati (6–1) | UCLA (10–3) | Georgia Tech (9–3) | Arkansas (12–3) | Oklahoma (14–5) | Utah (17–3) | Seton Hall (18–6) | Tulane (20–4) | UNLV (19–4) | Louisville (18–8) | Wake Forest (19–8) | 16. |
| 17. | Tulane | Syracuse (0–0) | Syracuse (0–0) | Georgia Tech (1–1) | Georgia Tech (2–1) | Nebraska (6–0) | Michigan State (5–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Purdue (9–2) | Connecticut (8–3) | Utah (14–2) | Arkansas (13–4) | Pittsburgh (14–4) | Pittsburgh (15–5) | Purdue (15–6) | New Orleans (23–2) | Iowa (19–8) | New Orleans (26–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Syracuse | Michigan State (0–0) | Michigan State (0–0) | Purdue (3–0) | Tulane (5–1) | Florida State (5–3) | Florida State (6–3) | Vanderbilt (11–1) | UNLV (6–1) | Georgetown (10–2) | Georgia Tech (10–4) | Tulane (15–3) | Purdue (13–5) | Tulane (17–4) | Iowa (16–6) | Xavier (20–3) | Purdue (17–8) | Georgia Tech (19–10) | 18. |
| 19. | Iowa State | Tulane (1–1) | UMass (0–0) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Cincinnati (3–0) | UNLV (3–0) | California (5–0) | Connecticut (6–1) | Minnesota (10–1) | Vanderbilt (13–3) | Florida State (13–5) | Purdue (12–4) | Seton Hall (16–6) | UMass (17–4) | New Orleans (20–2) | Oklahoma State (18–5) | UNLV (20–6) | Utah (23–6) | 19. |
| 20. | Michigan State | UMass (0–0) | Tulane (1–1) | Tulane (3–1) | Nebraska (5–0) | Michigan State (5–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Arizona (5–2) | Georgetown (8–2) | Pittsburgh (11–2) | Oklahoma (12–5) | Marquette (15–2) | Tulane (16–4) | Iowa (14–6) | Marquette (19–4) | Tulane (20–6) | UMass (20–6) | Western Kentucky (24–5) | 20. |
| 21. | Cincinnati | UCLA (2–0) | New Mexico State (3–0) | Memphis State (0–1) | Louisville (1–2) | California (4–0) | Cincinnati (4–1) | Syracuse (8–2) | Ohio State (9–2) | Michigan State (10–3) | Georgetown (11–3) | Utah (15–3) | Boston College (13–5) | New Orleans (17–2) | UMass (18–5) | BYU (22–6) | Oklahoma State (19–7) | New Mexico (24–6) | 21. |
| 22. | UNLV | UNLV (0–0) | Cincinnati (0–0) | UNLV (1–0) | UNLV (2–0) | Connecticut (3–1) | Arizona (2–2) | UMass (5–2) | Boston College (9–2) | Utah (12–2) | Connecticut (9–4) | Georgia Tech (11–5) | UMass (15–4) | Louisville (14–6) | Virginia (16–6) | Louisville (16–8) | Xavier (21–4) | Purdue (17–9) | 22. |
| 23. | UMass | Cincinnati (0–0) | UNLV (0–0) | UMass (1–1) | Michigan State (3–1) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Connecticut (4–1) | Florida State (8–4) | Michigan State (8–3) | UCLA (11–4) | Tulane (14–3) | Georgetown (12–4) | Kansas State (14–3) | Virginia (15–5) | BYU (21–5) | UMass (18–6) | Tulane (21–7) | Oklahoma State (19–8) | 23. |
| 24. | UCLA | Iowa State (1–1) | Purdue (1–0) | Michigan State (1–1) | Connecticut (3–1) | Tulane (5–2) | Vanderbilt (8–1) | Pittsburgh (8–1) | Syracuse (9–2) | Ohio State (9–3) | Marquette (14–2) | Virginia (12–4) | Virginia (13–4) | Marquette (17–4) | Xavier (18–3) | Purdue (15–8) | New Mexico State (23–6) | New Mexico State (25–7) | 24. |
| 25. | Nebraska | Nebraska (0–0) | Connecticut (0–1) | Nebraska (2–0) | California (3–0) | Vanderbilt (8–1) | BYU (7–2) | Virginia (7–0) | Utah (10–2) | Long Beach State (12–1) | Houston (11–2) | Michigan State (11–5) | New Orleans (17–2) | St. John's (14–6) | Pittsburgh (15–7) | St. John's (16–8) | BYU (23–7) | UNLV (21–7) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 23 | Week 2 Nov. 30 | Week 3 Dec. 7 | Week 4 Dec. 14 | Week 5 Dec. 21 | Week 6 Dec. 28 | Week 7 Jan. 4 | Week 8 Jan. 11 | Week 9 Jan. 18 | Week 10 Jan. 25 | Week 11 Feb. 1 | Week 12 Feb. 8 | Week 13 Feb. 15 | Week 14 Feb. 22 | Week 15 Mar. 1 | Week 16 Mar. 8 | Final Final | |
| | | None | Dropped: Iowa StateNebraska | Dropped: New Mexico StateConnecticut | Dropped: Memphis StateUMass (2–2) | Dropped: Louisville | Dropped: Tulane | Dropped: California (5–2)Nebraska (9–3)BYU (8–4) | Dropped: Vanderbilt (11–3)UMassFlorida State (9–5)Pittsburgh | Dropped: MinnesotaBoston CollegeSyracuse | Dropped: Michigan StateUCLA (12–5)Ohio StateLong Beach State | Dropped: ConnecticutHouston | Dropped: Oklahoma (14–7)Georgia Tech (12–6)GeorgetownMichigan State | Dropped: Boston CollegeKansas State | Dropped: LouisvilleSt. John's | Dropped: Marquette (19–6)Virginia (16–8)Pittsburgh | Dropped: St. John's | Dropped: XavierTulaneBYU | |

## Coaches Poll

The final Coaches poll was released after the NCAA Tournament to cap the 1992–93 season.
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 30 | Week 3 Dec. 7 | Week 4 Dec. 14 | Week 5 Dec. 21 | Week 6 Dec. 28 | Week 7 Jan. 4 | Week 8 Jan. 11 | Week 9 Jan. 18 | Week 10 Jan. 25 | Week 11 Feb. 1 | Week 12 Feb. 8 | Week 13 Feb. 15 | Week 14 Feb. 22 | Week 15 Mar. 1 | Week 16 Mar. 8 | Week 17 Mar. 15 | Final Final | |
| 1. | Michigan | Indiana (4–0) | Duke (2–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (7–0) | Duke (8–0) | Kentucky (11–0) | Kansas (14–1) | Kansas (16–1) | Indiana (19–2) | Indiana (20–2) | Indiana (22–2) | Indiana (24–2) | North Carolina (24–3) | North Carolina (25–3) | Indiana (28–3) | North Carolina (34–4) | 1. |
| 2. | Duke | Michigan (0–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (6–0) | Kansas (8–0) | Kentucky (9–0) | Duke (10–1) | Indiana (15–2) | North Carolina (16–1) | Kentucky (15–1) | Kentucky (17–1) | Kentucky (18–2) | Kentucky (20–2) | Indiana (25–3) | Indiana (26–3) | North Carolina (28–4) | Michigan (31–5) | 2. |
| 3. | Indiana | Duke (0–0) | Indiana (4–1) | Kentucky (4–0) | Kentucky (5–0) | Kentucky (6–0) | Michigan (10–1) | Michigan (12–1) | Duke (12–2) | Indiana (17–2) | Kansas (17–2) | Duke (17–3) | North Carolina (20–3) | North Carolina (22–3) | Arizona (21–2) | Michigan (23–4) | Kentucky (26–3) | Kentucky (30–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Kansas | Kansas (0–0) | Kentucky (2–0) | Indiana (7–1) | Indiana (8–1) | Indiana (10–1) | Indiana (11–2) | Indiana (13–2) | North Carolina (14–1) | Kentucky (13–1) | Cincinnati (15–1) | Michigan (18–3) | Kansas (20–3) | Arizona (19–2) | Kentucky (21–3) | Kentucky (23–3) | Michigan (26–4) | Kansas (29–7) | 4. |
| 5. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Michigan (1–1) | North Carolina (5–0) | North Carolina (6–0) | North Carolina (7–0) | North Carolina (9–1) | Kansas (11–1) | Michigan (13–2) | Michigan (15–2) | North Carolina (17–2) | Kansas (18–3) | Michigan (19–4) | Michigan (21–4) | Michigan (22–4) | Arizona (22–3) | Arizona (24–3) | Indiana (31–4) | 5. |
| 6. | Seton Hall | Seton Hall (4–1) | North Carolina (3–0) | Michigan (3–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | Kansas (9–1) | North Carolina (12–1) | Kentucky (11–1) | Cincinnati (13–1) | Duke (15–3) | North Carolina (18–3) | Arizona (17–2) | Kansas (21–4) | Duke (22–5) | Vanderbilt (25–4) | Seton Hall (27–6) | Cincinnati (29–5) | 6. |
| 7. | North Carolina | North Carolina (0–0) | Seton Hall (4–1) | Seton Hall (6–1) | Seton Hall (8–1) | Seton Hall (9–1) | Seton Hall (11–1) | Seton Hall (13–1) | Arkansas (12–1) | Duke (13–3) | Arizona (13–2) | Arizona (15–2) | Cincinnati (19–2) | Florida State (21–6) | Kansas (22–5) | Kansas (23–5) | Cincinnati (24–4) | Florida State (25–10) | 7. |
| 8. | Florida State | Memphis State (0–0) | Florida State (3–2) | Iowa (5–0) | Iowa (6–0) | Iowa (8–0) | Iowa (10–0) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Cincinnati (11–1) | Arizona (11–2) | Iowa (14–3) | Cincinnati (17–2) | Duke (19–4) | Cincinnati (20–3) | Vanderbilt (23–4) | Duke (23–5) | Kansas (25–6) | Vanderbilt (28–6) | 8. |
| 9. | Memphis State | Arizona (0–0) | Louisville (1–0) | Florida State (3–2) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Arkansas (7–0) | Purdue (9–0) | Oklahoma (11–2) | Seton Hall (14–2) | UNLV (11–1) | Michigan (16–3) | Iowa (14–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Vanderbilt (21–4) | Utah (22–3) | Cincinnati (22–4) | Vanderbilt (26–5) | Duke (24–8) | 9. |
| 10. | Arizona | Florida State (2–2) | Iowa (3–0) | Arizona (2–1) | UCLA (6–1) | UCLA (7–1) | Oklahoma (10–1) | Arkansas (11–1) | Virginia (11–0) | Seton Hall (15–3) | UNLV (13–1) | UNLV (14–2) | Vanderbilt (19–4) | Duke (20–5) | Cincinnati (21–4) | Seton Hall (24–6) | Duke (23–7) | Arkansas (22–9) | 10. |
| 11. | Georgetown | UCLA (3–1) | Georgetown (2–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Arkansas (5–0) | Georgetown (5–0) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | Cincinnati (9–1) | Oklahoma (12–3) | Iowa (14–3) | Vanderbilt (16–3) | Arkansas (15–4) | Wake Forest (16–4) | Utah (21–3) | Florida State (21–8) | Florida State (22–8) | Florida State (22–9) | Seton Hall (28–7) | 11. |
| 12. | Louisville | Georgetown (0–0) | Arizona (0–1) | Georgetown (4–0) | Arizona (2–1) | Purdue (6–0) | UCLA (9–2) | Arizona (7–2) | Arizona (9–2) | Arkansas (12–3) | Arkansas (13–4) | Florida State (16–6) | Arkansas (16–5) | Wake Forest (17–5) | Seton Hall (22–6) | Wake Forest (19–7) | Arkansas (20–8) | Arizona (24–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Iowa | Louisville (0–0) | UCLA (4–1) | UCLA (5–1) | Georgetown (5–0) | Georgia Tech (5–1) т | Arkansas (8–1) | Iowa (11–2) | Iowa (12–3) | Vanderbilt (14–3) | Oklahoma (14–5) | Vanderbilt (17–4) | Utah (19–3) | UNLV (17–3) | Arkansas (18–6) | Utah (22–5) | Iowa (22–8) | Temple (20–13) | 13. |
| 14. | Tulane | Iowa (0–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | Purdue (4–0) | Purdue (5–0) | Oklahoma (7–1) т | UNLV (6–0) | UCLA (10–3) | Purdue (11–2) | Virginia (11–2) | Seton Hall (15–5) | Utah (17–3) | UNLV (16–3) | Arkansas (17–6) | UNLV (19–4) | Arkansas (19–7) | Louisville (20–8) | Wake Forest (21–9) | 14. |
| 15. | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech (0–0) | Purdue (3–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | Georgia Tech (2–1) | UNLV (4–0) | Michigan State (8–1) | Purdue (9–2) | Connecticut (8–3) | Purdue (11–3) | Florida State (14–6) | Wake Forest (15–3) | Pittsburgh (15–5) | Seton Hall (20–6) | Iowa (19–6) | New Orleans (25–2) | Wake Forest (19–8) | Louisville (22–9) | 15. |
| 16. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (0–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | Georgia Tech (2–1) | Nebraska (6–0) | Florida State (6–3) | Cincinnati (6–1) | Connecticut (7–2) | Georgia Tech (9–3) | Connecticut (9–4) | Purdue (12–4) | Marquette (17–2) | Iowa (14–6) | Iowa (16–6) | Wake Forest (18–6) | UNLV (20–6) | Utah (23–6) | Western Kentucky (26–6) | 16. |
| 17. | UCLA | Purdue (1–0) | Georgia Tech (1–1) | Tulane (5–1) | UNLV (3–0) | Arizona (2–2) | Arizona (5–2) | UNLV (6–1) | UNLV (9–1) | Georgia Tech (10–4) | Pittsburgh (13–3) | Pittsburgh (14–4) | Purdue (15–5) | Tulane (20–4) | New Orleans (23–2) | Iowa (19–8) | UMass (23–6) | California (21–9) | 17. |
| 18. | Texas т | Michigan State (0–0) | Michigan State (1–1) | Cincinnati (3–0) | Florida State (5–3) | Michigan State (5–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Virginia (9–0) | Georgetown (10–2) | Pittsburgh (13–2) | Utah (15–3) | Seton Hall (16–6) | Seton Hall (18–6) | Purdue (15–6) | Xavier (20–3) | Purdue (17–8) | New Orleans (26–3) | Virginia (21–10) | 18. |
| 19. | Cincinnati т | Tulane (1–1) | Tulane (3–1) | Nebraska (5–0) | Michigan State (5–1) | Connecticut (4–1) | Connecticut (6–1) | Michigan State (8–3) | Vanderbilt (13–3) | Oklahoma (12–5) | UCLA (14–5) | Virginia (13–4) | Tulane (17–4) | Marquette (19–4) | Marquette (19–6) | Louisville (18–8) | UNLV (21–7) | Iowa (23–9) | 19. |
| 20. | Connecticut | Cincinnati (0–0) | UNLV (1–0) | UNLV (2–0) | Connecticut (3–1) т | Nebraska (7–1) т | Vanderbilt (11–1) | Georgetown (8–2) | UCLA (11–4) | Florida State (13–5) | Wake Forest (13–3) | Purdue (13–5) | UMass (17–4) | New Orleans (20–2) | Tulane (20–6) | Tulane (21–7) | Georgia Tech (19–10) | Utah (24–7) | 20. |
| 21. | Michigan State | UNLV (0–0) | Nebraska (2–0) | Michigan State (3–1) | Tulane (5–2) т | Cincinnati (4–1) т | UMass (5–2) | Florida State (9–5) | Michigan State (10–3) | Utah (14–2) | Marquette (15–2) | Tulane (16–4) | Virginia (15–5) | Pittsburgh (15–7) | Virginia (16–8) | UMass (20–6) | Purdue (17–9) т | George Washington (21–9) | 21. |
| 22. | Nebraska | New Mexico State (3–0) | UMass (1–1) | Louisville (1–2) | UMass (5–2) | California (5–0) | Nebraska (9–3) | Ohio State (9–2) | Florida State (11–5) | Georgetown (11–3) | Georgia Tech (11–5) | Oklahoma (14–7) | Marquette (17–4) | Virginia (16–6) | Oklahoma State (18–5) | Oklahoma State (19–7) | Virginia (19–9) т | UMass (24–7) | 22. |
| 23. | UNLV | Connecticut (0–1) | Connecticut (1–1) | UMass (2–2) | Cincinnati (3–1) | UMass (2–2) | Florida State (8–4) | Vanderbilt (11–3) | Pittsburgh (11–2) | UCLA (12–5) | Virginia (12–4) | UMass (15–4) | New Orleans (17–2) т | UMass (18–5) | Purdue (15–8) | Marquette (20–6) | Oklahoma State (19–8) | Xavier (24–6) | 23. |
| 24. | Iowa State | Texas (0–0) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Connecticut (3–1) | New Mexico State (5–2) | BYU (7–2) | BYU (8–4) | Minnesota (10–1) | Utah (10–2) | Wisconsin (10–4) | Tulane (15–3) | Georgia Tech (12–6) | Oklahoma (16–7) т | Oklahoma (17–8) | UMass (18–6) | New Mexico State (23–6) | New Mexico State (25–7) | UCLA (22–11) | 24. |
| 25. | New Mexico State | Nebraska (0–0) | New Mexico State (4–1) | New Mexico State (5–2) | California (4–0) | Vanderbilt (8–1) | New Mexico State (7–3) | Nebraska (11–3) | Ohio State (9–3) | Xavier (12–2) | Georgetown (12–4) | Louisville (13–5) | Louisville (14–6) | Xavier (18–3) | Louisville (16–8) | Virginia (18–8) | Western Kentucky (24–5) | Minnesota (20–10) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 30 | Week 3 Dec. 7 | Week 4 Dec. 14 | Week 5 Dec. 21 | Week 6 Dec. 28 | Week 7 Jan. 4 | Week 8 Jan. 11 | Week 9 Jan. 18 | Week 10 Jan. 25 | Week 11 Feb. 1 | Week 12 Feb. 8 | Week 13 Feb. 15 | Week 14 Feb. 22 | Week 15 Mar. 1 | Week 16 Mar. 8 | Week 17 Mar. 15 | Final Final | |
| | | Dropped: Iowa State (1–1) | Dropped: Memphis StateTexas | None | Dropped: Louisville | Dropped: TulaneNew Mexico State | Dropped: California (5–2) | Dropped: UMassBYUNew Mexico State | Dropped: MinnesotaNebraska | Dropped: Michigan StateOhio State | Dropped: ConnecticutWisconsinXavier | Dropped: UCLAGeorgetown | Dropped: Georgia Tech | Dropped: Louisville | Dropped: PittsburghOklahoma | Dropped: Xavier (21–4) | Dropped: TulaneMarquette | Dropped: New Orleans (26–4)UNLV (21–8)Georgia Tech (19–11)Purdue (17–10)Oklahoma State (19–9)New Mexico State (25–8) | |