# 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 2001–02 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

| | Preseason Pre | Week 2 Nov. 19 | Week 3 Nov. 26 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 25 | Week 8 Jan. 1 | Week 9 Jan. 8 | Week 10 Jan. 15 | Week 11 Jan. 22 | Week 12 Jan. 29 | Week 13 Feb. 5 | Week 14 Feb. 12 | Week 15 Feb. 19 | Week 16 Feb. 26 | Week 17 Mar. 5 | Final Mar. 12 | |
| 1. | Duke | Duke (1–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (6–0) | Duke (8–0) | Duke (9–0) | Duke (10–0) | Duke (11–0) | Kansas (12–1) | Duke (14–1) | Duke (16–1) | Duke (18–1) | Duke (20–1) | Duke (22–1) | Kansas (23–2) | Kansas (25–2) | Kansas (27–2) | Duke (29–3) | 1. |
| 2. | Maryland | Illinois (1–0) | Illinois (5–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Missouri (9–0) | Maryland (8–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (10–1) | Duke (12–1) | Florida (14–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Kansas (17–2) | Kansas (19–2) | Kansas (21–2) | Maryland (21–3) | Maryland (23–3) | Maryland (25–3) | Kansas (29–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Illinois | UCLA (0–0) | Missouri (5–0) | Maryland (5–1) | Maryland (7–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Florida (9–1) | Florida (11–1) | Florida (12–1) | Maryland (13–2) | Maryland (14–3) | Maryland (16–3) | Maryland (18–3) | Maryland (19–3) | Duke (23–2) | Duke (25–2) | Duke (26–3) | Oklahoma (27–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | Kansas (0–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Kansas (4–1) | Kansas (6–1) | Florida (7–1) | Virginia (8–0) | Virginia (9–0) | Maryland (11–2) | Kansas (13–2) | Cincinnati (17–1) | Cincinnati (19–1) | Oklahoma (17–3) | Oklahoma (19–3) | Cincinnati (24–2) | Cincinnati (26–2) | Oklahoma (24–4) | Maryland (26–4) | 4. |
| 5. | UCLA | Missouri (2–0) | Maryland (3–1) | Illinois (6–1) | Florida (6–1) | Virginia (5–0) | Oklahoma State (12–0) | Oklahoma State (13–0) | Oklahoma (11–1) | Oklahoma (13–1) | Florida (15–2) | Florida (15–3) | Alabama (19–3) | Cincinnati (22–2) | Alabama (22–4) | Oklahoma (22–4) | Cincinnati (27–3) | Cincinnati (30–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Florida | Maryland (2–1) | Florida (2–1) | Florida (4–1) | Arizona (5–1) | Oklahoma State (9–0) | Kentucky (7–2) | Kentucky (8–2) | Oklahoma State (13–1) | Oklahoma State (15–1) | Oklahoma (14–2) | Oklahoma (15–3) | Cincinnati (20–2) | Florida (18–4) | Oklahoma (20–4) | Alabama (23–5) | Gonzaga (28–3) | Gonzaga (29–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Kansas | Florida (2–1) | Iowa (4–1) | Arizona (3–1) | Virginia (5–0) | Kentucky (6–1) | Illinois (10–2) | Illinois (11–2) | Virginia (9–1) | Cincinnati (15–1) | Virginia (12–2) | Alabama (17–3) | Kentucky (15–5) | Alabama (20–4) | Gonzaga (24–3) | Gonzaga (26–3) | Pittsburgh (25–4) | Arizona (22–9) | 7. |
| 8. | Missouri | Arizona (3–0) | Kansas (2–1) | Virginia (4–0) | Oklahoma State (9–0) | Missouri (9–1) | Maryland (8–2) | Maryland (10–2) | Kentucky (9–3) | Syracuse (15–2) | Kentucky (12–4) | Virginia (14–3) | Florida (16–4) | Gonzaga (22–3) | Florida (19–5) | Florida (20–6) | Alabama (24–6) | Alabama (26–7) | 8. |
| 9. | Iowa | Iowa (3–0) | Virginia (3–0) | Syracuse (8–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Illinois (8–2) | Iowa (10–3) | Iowa (11–3) | Illinois (12–3) | UCLA (12–3) | Illinois (14–4) | Oklahoma State (17–3) | Gonzaga (20–3) | Arizona (17–6) | Marquette (22–3) | Marquette (23–4) | Oregon (22–7) | Pittsburgh (27–5) | 9. |
| 10. | Saint Joseph's | Kentucky (1–1) | UCLA (2–1) | Oklahoma State (8–0) | Illinois (7–2) | Boston College (9–0) | Missouri (9–2) | Oklahoma (10–1) | Cincinnati (13–1) | Virginia (10–2) | Arizona (13–4) | Kentucky (13–5) | Virginia (14–5) | Kentucky (16–6) | Stanford (17–6) | Pittsburgh (23–4) | Illinois (23–7) | Connecticut (24–6) | 10. |
| 11. | Virginia | Virginia (2–0) | Stanford (3–0) | Kentucky (3–1) | Boston College (7–0) | Arizona (5–2) | Boston College (11–1) | Boston College (11–1) | UCLA (11–2) | Illinois (13–4) | Oklahoma State (15–3) | Gonzaga (18–3) | Arizona (15–6) | Marquette (21–3) | Pittsburgh (22–4) | Kentucky (19–7) | Florida (21–7) | Oregon (23–8) | 11. |
| 12. | Memphis | Memphis (3–0) | Syracuse (5–0) | Iowa (6–2) | Stanford (3–1) | Iowa (9–3) | Oklahoma (9–1) | Stanford (7–2) | Syracuse (13–2) | Kentucky (10–4) | Syracuse (16–3) | Illinois (15–5) | Miami (FL) (19–3) | Stanford (15–6) | Kentucky (17–7) | Oklahoma State (22–6) | Kentucky (20–8) | Marquette (26–6) | 12. |
| 13. | Stanford | Michigan State (2–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Boston College (5–0) | Syracuse (9–1) | Stanford (4–1) | Michigan State (9–3) | Cincinnati (12–1) | Iowa (12–4) | Gonzaga (15–2) | UCLA (13–4) | UCLA (14–5) | Oregon (17–5) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Oklahoma State (20–6) | Oregon (20–7) | Marquette (24–5) | Illinois (24–8) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgetown | Stanford (1–0) | Oklahoma State (6–0) | Stanford (3–1) | Marquette (9–0) | Marquette (9–0) | Arizona (6–3) | UCLA (9–2) | Alabama (13–2) т | Wake Forest (13–3) | Alabama (16–3) | Syracuse (17–4) | Oklahoma State (17–5) | Pittsburgh (21–4) | Arizona (17–8) | Arizona (18–8) | Oklahoma State (23–7) | Ohio State (23–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan State | Oklahoma State (2–0) | Boston College (3–0) | Ball State (4–1) | Iowa (7–3) | Saint Joseph's (6–1) | UCLA (7–2) | Arizona (8–3) | Stanford (8–3) т | Arizona (11–4) | Georgia (15–3) | Miami (FL) (18–2) | UCLA (15–6) | Virginia (15–6) | Oregon (18–7) | Illinois (21–7) | Arizona (19–9) | Florida (22–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Temple | Georgetown (1–0) | Ball State (2–1) | Alabama (5–1) | Saint Joseph's (5–1) | Georgetown (8–1) | Stanford (6–2) | Syracuse (11–2) | Boston College (12–2) | Alabama (14–3) | Gonzaga (16–3) | Georgia (16–4) | Ohio State (17–3) | Oklahoma State (18–6) | Illinois (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | Stanford (19–8) | Kentucky (20–9) | 16. |
| 17. | Boston College | Boston College (1–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) | Marquette (7–0) | UCLA (4–2) | Michigan State (6–3) | Cincinnati (11–1) | Missouri (9–3) | Missouri (11–3) | Iowa (13–5) | Stanford (11–4) | Connecticut (14–3) | Georgia (17–5) | Oregon (17–7) | Miami (FL) (21–5) | Stanford (17–8) | Georgia (21–8) | Mississippi State (26–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Oklahoma State | Syracuse (3–0) | Georgetown (3–1) | Saint Joseph's (4–1) | Georgetown (6–1) | Syracuse (9–2) | Syracuse (10–2) | Alabama (10–2) | Gonzaga (12–2) | USC (13–2) | Missouri (14–4) | Stanford (12–5) | Marquette (19–3) | Illinois (17–7) | Georgia (19–7) | Ohio State (19–6) | Western Kentucky (26–3) | USC (22–9) | 18. |
| 19. | North Carolina | Saint Joseph's (1–1) | Saint Joseph's (2–1) | Georgetown (5–1) | Wake Forest (6–2) | UCLA (5–2) | Marquette (10–1) | Michigan State (9–4) | Wake Forest (11–3) | Stanford (9–4) | Oregon (14–4) | Arizona (13–6) | Wake Forest (16–6) | Wake Forest (16–7) | Ohio State (18–5) | USC (19–7) | Connecticut (21–6) | Western Kentucky (28–3) | 19. |
| 20. | USC | Indiana (1–0) | Memphis (4–2) | UCLA (2–2) | Ball State (5–2) | Wake Forest (7–2) | Georgetown (9–2) | Butler (13–0) | Arizona (9–4) | Georgia (14–2) | Ohio State (14–2) | Texas Tech (15–3) | Stanford (13–6) | UCLA (17–5) | USC (18–6) | Western Kentucky (25–3) | Miami (FL) (23–6) | Oklahoma State (23–8) | 20. |
| 21. | Syracuse | Western Kentucky (2–0) | Alabama (3–1) | Fresno State (6–1) | Indiana (6–2) | Ball State (6–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–0) | Miami (FL) (14–1) | Missouri (12–4) | Wake Forest (13–5) | Pittsburgh (18–3) | Illinois (15–7) | Georgia (18–6) | Wake Forest (18–8) | California (20–5) | Ohio State (20–7) | Miami (FL) (24–7) | 21. |
| 22. | Indiana | Alabama (2–0) | Michigan State (2–2) | Memphis (6–2) | Alabama (6–2) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Gonzaga (10–2) | Gonzaga (11–2) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Boston College (13–3) | Miami (FL) (17–2) | Missouri (15–5) | Missouri (16–6) | Indiana (16–7) | Virginia (16–7) | Miami (FL) (21–6) | USC (20–8) | Xavier (25–5) | 22. |
| 23. | Texas | Fresno State (2–0) | Marquette (5–0) | Wake Forest (5–1) | Michigan State (5–3) | Alabama (7–2) | Butler (11–0) | Wake Forest (9–3) | Pittsburgh (14–1) | Oregon (12–4) | USC (14–3) | USC (15–4) | Syracuse (17–6) | Ohio State (17–5) | Indiana (17–8) | Connecticut (19–6) | Indiana (19–10) | Georgia (21–9) | 23. |
| 24. | Alabama | USC (1–1) | Fresno State (3–1) | Michigan State (4–2) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Gonzaga (9–2) | Miami (FL) (11–0) | Georgetown (9–3) | Butler (13–1) | Miami (FL) (15–2) | Texas (13–4) | Wake Forest (14–6) | Texas Tech (16–4) | NC State (18–6) | Western Kentucky (23–3) | Wake Forest (18–10) | Xavier (22–5) | Stanford (19–9) | 24. |
| 25. | Oklahoma | Temple (0–2) | Wake Forest (4–1) | Western Kentucky (4–2) | Gonzaga (7–2) | Cincinnati (7–1) | Wake Forest (8–3) | Marquette (11–2) | Michigan State (9–5) | Indiana (11–5) | Connecticut (12–3) | Ohio State (15–3) | USC (16–5) | USC (16–6) | UCLA (17–8) | Indiana (18–9) | California (21–7) | Hawaii (27–5) | 25. |
| | Preseason Pre | Week 2 Nov. 19 | Week 3 Nov. 26 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 25 | Week 8 Jan. 1 | Week 9 Jan. 8 | Week 10 Jan. 15 | Week 11 Jan. 22 | Week 12 Jan. 29 | Week 13 Feb. 5 | Week 14 Feb. 12 | Week 15 Feb. 19 | Week 16 Feb. 26 | Week 17 Mar. 5 | Final Mar. 12 | |
| | | Dropped: Texas (0–1)Oklahoma (1–1) | Dropped: Indiana (3–1)USC (1–1)Temple (0–2) | None | Dropped: Fresno State (7–2)Memphis (7–3)Western Kentucky (6–2) | Dropped: Indiana (6–3) | Dropped: Saint Joseph's (6–3)Ball State (7–3) | None | Dropped: Georgetown (10–4)Marquette (12–3) | Dropped: Mississippi StatePittsburghButler (15–2)Michigan State (10–6) | Dropped: Iowa (13–7)Indiana (12–6) | Dropped: Oregon (15–5)Texas (14–5) | Dropped: Connecticut (14–5)Pittsburgh (19–4) | Dropped: Missouri (16–8)Syracuse (18–7)Texas Tech (16–6) | Dropped: NC State (18–8) | Dropped: Virginia (17–8)UCLA (18–9) | Dropped: Wake Forest (19–11) | Dropped: Indiana (20–11)California (21–8) | |

## Coaches Poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 13 | Week 2 Nov. 20 | Week 3 Nov. 27 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 25 | Week 8 Jan. 1 | Week 9 Jan. 8 | Week 10 Jan. 15 | Week 11 Jan. 22 | Week 12 Jan. 29 | Week 13 Feb. 5 | Week 14 Feb. 12 | Week 15 Feb. 19 | Week 16 Feb. 26 | Week 17 Mar. 5 | Week 18 Mar. 12 | Final Apr. 1 | |
| 1. | Duke | Duke (0–0) | Duke (1–0) | Duke (4–0) | Duke (6–0) | Duke (8–0) | Duke (9–0) | Duke (10–0) | Duke (11–0) | Duke (12–1) | Duke (14–1) | Duke (16–1) | Duke (18–1) | Duke (20–1) | Duke (22–1) | Kansas (23–2) | Kansas (25–2) | Kansas (27–2) | Duke (29–3) | Maryland (32–4) | 1. |
| 2. | Illinois | Illinois (0–0) | Illinois (1–0) | Illinois (5–0) | Maryland (5–1) | Maryland (7–1) | Maryland (8–1) | Florida (9–1) | Florida (11–1) | Florida (12–1) | Florida (14–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Kansas (17–2) | Kansas (19–2) | Kansas (21–2) | Maryland (21–3) | Maryland (23–3) | Maryland (25–3) | Kansas (29–3) | Kansas (33–4) | 2. |
| 3. | Maryland | Kentucky (0–0) | Kansas (0–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Missouri (9–0) | Florida (7–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (10–1) | Kansas (12–1) | Maryland (13–2) | Maryland (14–3) | Maryland (16–3) | Maryland (18–3) | Maryland (19–3) | Duke (23–2) | Duke (25–2) | Duke (26–3) | Oklahoma (27–4) | Indiana (25–12) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | UCLA (0–0) | UCLA (0–0) | Maryland (3–1) | Florida (4–1) | Florida (6–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Virginia (8–0) | Virginia (9–0) | Maryland (11–2) | Kansas (13–2) | Florida (15–2) | Cincinnati (19–1) | Oklahoma (17–3) | Oklahoma (19–3) | Cincinnati (24–2) | Cincinnati (26–2) | Oklahoma (24–4) | Maryland (26–4) | Oklahoma (31–5) | 4. |
| 5. | Florida | Kansas (0–0) | Maryland (2–1) | Missouri (5–0) | Kansas (4–1) | Kansas (6–1) | Virginia (5–0) | Oklahoma State (12–0) | Oklahoma State (13–0) | Virginia (9–1) | Oklahoma (13–1) | Cincinnati (17–1) | Virginia (14–3) | Cincinnati (20–2) | Cincinnati (22–2) | Oklahoma (20–4) | Oklahoma (22–4) | Cincinnati (27–3) | Cincinnati (30–3) | Duke (31–4) | 5. |
| 6. | UCLA | Maryland (1–1) | Florida (2–1) | Florida (2–1) | Illinois (6–1) | Virginia (5–0) | Oklahoma State (9–0) | Maryland (8–2) | Maryland (10–2) | Oklahoma State (13–1) | Oklahoma State (15–1) | Oklahoma (14–2) | Florida (15–3) | Cincinnati (20–2) | Florida (18–4) | Alabama (22–4) | Alabama (23–5) | Gonzaga (28–3) | Gonzaga (29–3) | Connecticut (27–7) т | 6. |
| 7. | Kansas | Florida (1–1) | Arizona (3–0) | Kansas (2–1) | Virginia (4–0) | Arizona (5–1) | Illinois (8–2) | Illinois (10–2) | Illinois (11–2) | Oklahoma (11–1) | Syracuse (15–2) | Virginia (12–2) | Oklahoma (15–3) | Alabama (19–3) | Alabama (20–4) | Gonzaga (24–3) | Gonzaga (26–3) | Pittsburgh (25–4) | Pittsburgh (27–5) | Oregon (26–9) т | 7. |
| 8. | Iowa | Missouri (0–0) | Iowa (3–0) | Virginia (3–0) | Arizona (3–1) | Illinois (7–2) | Kentucky (6–1) | Kentucky (7–2) | Kentucky (8–2) | Syracuse (13–2) | Cincinnati (15–1) | Illinois (14–4) | Alabama (17–3) | Virginia (14–5) | Gonzaga (22–3) | Florida (19–5) | Pittsburgh (23–4) | Alabama (24–6) | Arizona (22–9) т | Cincinnati (31–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Missouri | Saint Joseph's (0–0) | Missouri (2–0) | Stanford (3–0) | Syracuse (8–0) | Oklahoma State (9–0) | Missouri (9–1) | Iowa (10–3) | Iowa (11–3) | Kentucky (9–3) | Virginia (10–2) | Kentucky (12–4) | Oklahoma State (17–3) | Kentucky (15–5) | Kentucky (16–6) | Marquette (22–3) | Marquette (23–4) | Oregon (22–7) | Alabama (26–7) т | Pittsburgh (29–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Saint Joseph's | Iowa (0–0) | Virginia (2–0) | Syracuse (5–0) | Oklahoma State (8–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Arizona (5–2) | Missouri (9–2) | Syracuse (11–2) | Illinois (12–3) | Illinois (13–4) | Syracuse (16–3) | Syracuse (17–4) | Gonzaga (20–3) | Arizona (17–6) | Pittsburgh (22–4) | Florida (20–6) | Marquette (24–5) | Marquette (26–6) | Arizona (24–10) | 10. |
| 11. | Virginia | Virginia (0–0) | Michigan State (2–0) | UCLA (2–1) | Iowa (6–2) | Boston College (7–0) | Boston College (9–0) | Syracuse (10–2) | Oklahoma (10–1) | Stanford (8–3) | UCLA (12–3) | Oklahoma State (15–3) | Kentucky (13–5) | Miami (FL) (19–3) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Stanford (17–6) | Kentucky (19–7) | Kentucky (20–8) | Oregon (23–8) | Illinois (26–9) | 11. |
| 12. | Michigan State | Arizona (2–0) | Kentucky (1–1) | Oklahoma State (6–0) | Kentucky (3–1) | Syracuse (9–1) | Iowa (9–3) | Michigan State (9–3) | Boston College (11–1) | Cincinnati (13–1) | Kentucky (10–4) | Arizona (13–4) | Illinois (15–5) | Oklahoma State (17–5) | Marquette (21–3) | Kentucky (17–7) | Oklahoma State (22–6) | Florida (21–7) | Ohio State (23–7) | Kent State (30–6) | 12. |
| 13. | Memphis | Michigan State (0–0) | Stanford (1–0) | Iowa (4–1) | Boston College (5–0) | Stanford (3–1) | Stanford (4–1) | Boston College (11–1) | Stanford (7–2) | Iowa (12–4) | Wake Forest (13–3) | UCLA (13–4) | UCLA (14–5) | Arizona (15–6) | Virginia (15–6) | Miami (FL) (21–5) | Oregon (20–7) | Oklahoma State (23–7) | Connecticut (24–6) | Kentucky (22–10) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgetown | Memphis (0–0) | Memphis (3–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Stanford (3–1) | Georgetown (6–1) | Syracuse (9–2) | Oklahoma (9–1) | Arizona (8–3) | UCLA (11–2) | Gonzaga (15–2) | Alabama (16–3) т | Gonzaga (18–3) | Illinois (15–7) | Stanford (15–6) | Oklahoma State (20–6) | Arizona (18–8) | Arizona (19–9) | Florida (22–8) | Alabama (27–8) | 14. |
| 15. | Stanford | Georgetown (0–0) | Georgetown (1–0) | Boston College (3–0) | Georgetown (5–1) | Iowa (7–3) | Marquette (9–0) | Stanford (6–2) | UCLA (9–2) | Alabama (13–2) | Iowa (13–5) | Stanford (11–4) т | Stanford (12–5) | Oregon (17–5) | Oklahoma State (18–6) | Virginia (16–7) | Georgia (20–7) | Illinois (23–7) | Kentucky (20–9) | Missouri (24–12) | 15. |
| 16. | Boston College | Stanford (0–0) | Oklahoma State (2–0) | Georgetown (3–1) | Fresno State (6–1) т | Marquette (9–0) | Georgetown (8–1) | Arizona (6–3) | Cincinnati (12–1) | Boston College (12–2) | Stanford (9–4) | Wake Forest (13–5) | Miami (FL) (18–2) | Wake Forest (16–6) | Pittsburgh (21–4) | Arizona (17–8) | Illinois (21–7) | Miami (FL) (23–6) | Illinois (24–8) т | Gonzaga (29–4) | 16. |
| 17. | Temple | Boston College (0–0) | Boston College (1–0) | Michigan State (2–2) | Michigan State (4–2) т | UCLA (4–2) | Michigan State (6–3) | UCLA (7–2) | Michigan State (9–4) | Missouri (11–3) | Alabama (14–3) | Georgia (15–3) | Georgia (16–4) | Syracuse (17–6) | Wake Forest (17–7) | Oregon (18–7) | Ohio State (19–6) | Ohio State (20–7) | USC (22–9) т | Ohio State (24–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State (0–0) | Syracuse (3–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) | UCLA (2–2) | Saint Joseph's (5–1) | Saint Joseph's (6–1) | Georgetown (9–2) | Missouri (9–3) | Gonzaga (12–2) | Arizona (11–4) | Gonzaga (16–3) | Arizona (13–6) | UCLA (15–6) | Oregon (17–7) | Ohio State (18–5) | Miami (FL) (21–6) | Stanford (19–8) | Mississippi State (26–7) | Marquette (26–7) | 18. |
| 19. | North Carolina | Syracuse (0–0) | Saint Joseph's (1–1) | Memphis (4–2) | Alabama (5–1) | Michigan State (5–3) | UCLA (5–2) | Marquette (10–1) | Alabama (10–2) | Wake Forest (11–3) | Missouri (12–4) | Miami (FL) (17–2) | Wake Forest (14–6) | Georgia (17–5) | Illinois (17–7) | Illinois (19–7) | Stanford (17–8) | Georgia (21–8) | Xavier (25–5) | Texas (22–12) | 19. |
| 20. | Syracuse | Indiana (0–0) т | Indiana (1–0) | Fresno State (3–1) | Ball State (4–1) | Wake Forest (6–2) | Wake Forest (7–2) | Cincinnati (11–1) | Butler (13–0) | Miami (FL) (14–1) | Miami (FL) (15–2) | Missouri (14–4) | USC (15–4) | Stanford (13–6) | Ohio State (17–5) | Georgia (19–7) | USC (19–7) | USC (20–8) | Western Kentucky (28–3) | UCLA (21–12) | 20. |
| 21. | Indiana | North Carolina (0–0) т | Fresno State (2–0) | Saint Joseph's (2–1) | Marquette (7–0) | Alabama (6–2) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Alabama (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–0) | Arizona (9–4) | Boston College (13–3) | Oregon (14–4) | Pittsburgh (18–3) | Pittsburgh (19–4) | Syracuse (18–7) | Wake Forest (18–8) | Indiana (18–9) | Western Kentucky (26–3) | Miami (FL) (24–7) | Mississippi State (27–8) | 21. |
| 22. | Texas | Texas (0–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Alabama (3–1) | Wake Forest (5–1) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Gonzaga (10–2) | Gonzaga (11–2) | Michigan State (9–5) | Oregon (12–4) | USC (14–3) | Connecticut (14–3) | Ohio State (17–3) | Georgia (18–6) | USC (18–6) | Wake Forest (18–10) | Indiana (19–10) | Oklahoma State (23–8) | Southern Illinois (28–8) | 22. |
| 23. | Oklahoma | USC (0–0) | Oklahoma (1–1) | Wake Forest (4–1) | Memphis (6–2) | Ball State (5–2) | Ball State (6–2) | Miami (FL) (11–0) | Georgetown (9–3) | Butler (13–1) | Georgia (14–2) | Ohio State (14–2) | Texas Tech (15–3) | Marquette (19–3) | UCLA (16–7) | Indiana (17–8) | Western Kentucky (25–3) | Xavier (22–5) | Stanford (19–9) | Florida (22–9) | 23. |
| 24. | USC | Oklahoma (0–0) | Texas (0–1) | Indiana (3–1) | Saint Joseph's (4–1) | Indiana (6–2) | Gonzaga (9–2) | Butler (11–0) | Wake Forest (9–3) | Mississippi State (14–1) | USC (13–2) | Iowa (13–7) | Missouri (15–5) | USC (16–5) | Indiana (16–7) | Xavier (19–4) | Xavier (20–5) | Connecticut (21–6) | Hawaii (27–5) | Xavier (26–6) | 24. |
| 25. | Fresno State | Temple (0–2) | Western Kentucky (2–0) | Ball State (2–1) | Western Kentucky (4–2) | Western Kentucky (6–2) | Cincinnati (7–1) | Wake Forest (8–3) | Marquette (11–2) | Pittsburgh (14–1) | Butler (15–2) | Pittsburgh (16–3) | Indiana (13–6) | Texas Tech (16–4) | USC (16–6) | Syracuse (19–7) | California (20–5) | California (21–7) | NC State (22–10) | NC State (23–11) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 13 | Week 2 Nov. 20 | Week 3 Nov. 27 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 25 | Week 8 Jan. 1 | Week 9 Jan. 8 | Week 10 Jan. 15 | Week 11 Jan. 22 | Week 12 Jan. 29 | Week 13 Feb. 5 | Week 14 Feb. 12 | Week 15 Feb. 19 | Week 16 Feb. 26 | Week 17 Mar. 5 | Week 18 Mar. 12 | Final Apr. 1 | |
| | | Dropped: Fresno State | Dropped: North Carolina (0–2)USC (1–1)Temple (0–2) | Dropped: OklahomaTexas | Dropped: Indiana (4–2) | Dropped: Fresno StateMemphis | Dropped: IndianaWestern Kentucky | Dropped: Saint Joseph'sBall State | None | Dropped: GeorgetownMarquette | Dropped: PittsburghMississippi StateMichigan State | Dropped: Butler | Dropped: OregonOhio StateIowa | Dropped: ConnecticutMissouriIndiana | Dropped: Texas Tech | Dropped: UCLA | Dropped: VirginiaSyracuse | Dropped: Wake Forest | Dropped: GeorgiaIndianaCalifornia | Dropped: USC (22–10)Western Kentucky (28–4)Miami (FL) (24–8)Oklahoma State (23–9)Stanford (19–10)Hawaii (27–6) | |