# 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1982–83 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 | Week 2 Nov. 29 | Week 3 Dec. 6 | Week 4 Dec. 13 | Week 5 Dec. 20 | Week 6 Dec. 27 | Week 7 Jan. 3 | Week 8 Jan. 10 | Week 9 Jan. 17 | Week 10 Jan. 24 | Week 11 Jan. 31 | Week 12 Feb. 7 | Week 13 Feb. 14 | Week 14 Feb. 21 | Week 15 Feb. 28 | Week 16 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| 1. | Virginia | Virginia (2–0) | Virginia (4–0) | Virginia (6–0) | Virginia (8–0) | Indiana (8–0) | Indiana (10–0) | Memphis State (11–1) | UCLA (11–1) | UCLA (13–1) | North Carolina (17–3) | North Carolina (20–3) | UNLV (22–0) | UNLV (24–0) | Houston (23–2) | Houston (25–2) | Houston (27–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Georgetown | Georgetown (2–0) | Kentucky (3–0) | Kentucky (5–0) | Kentucky (7–0) | Memphis State (8–0) | Memphis State (9–0) | Virginia (11–1) | Indiana (12–1) | Indiana (14–1) | UNLV (18–0) | UNLV (20–0) | Indiana (19–2) | Houston (22–2) | Virginia (23–3) | Virginia (25–3) | Louisville (29–3) | 2. |
| 3. | North Carolina | Kentucky (1–0) | Georgetown (5–0) | Memphis State (6–0) | UCLA (5–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kentucky (8–1) | St. John's (13–0) | North Carolina (12–3) | North Carolina (15–3) | Virginia (17–2) | Virginia (19–2) | North Carolina (21–4) | Virginia (21–3) | Louisville (24–3) | Louisville (27–3) | St. John's (27–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | Villanova (1–0) | Memphis State (4–0) | UCLA (4–0) | Memphis State (7–0) | Virginia (8–1) | Virginia (10–1) | Indiana (10–1) | Arkansas (13–0) | UNLV (16–0) | Memphis State (16–1) | Indiana (16–2) | Houston (20–2) | Indiana (20–3) | Villanova (21–4) | UCLA (22–4) | Virginia (27–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Villanova | Memphis State (2–0) | UCLA (3–0) | Indiana (6–0) т | Indiana (7–0) | UCLA (6–1) | Alabama (8–0) | UCLA (9–1) | UNLV (14–0) | Memphis State (14–1) | St. John's (18–1) | UCLA (16–2) | Virginia (19–3) | Louisville (22–3) | Arkansas (24–1) | North Carolina (25–6) | Indiana (23–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Memphis State | UCLA (1–0) | Indiana (3–0) | Georgetown (6–1) т | Missouri (6–0) | Alabama (6–0) | UCLA (7–1) | Kentucky (11–2) | Memphis State (12–1) | Virginia (15–2) | Indiana (15–2) | Houston (18–2) | St. John's (20–2) | Arkansas (22–1) | UCLA (21–3) | Arkansas (25–2) | UNLV (28–2) | 6. |
| 7. | UCLA | Louisville (3–0) | Iowa (4–0) | Iowa (6–0) | St. John's (9–0) | St. John's (9–0) | St. John's (10–0) | Arkansas (11–0) | Virginia (12–2) | St. John's (17–1) | UCLA (14–2) | St. John's (19–2) | Arkansas (20–1) | Villanova (19–4) | Kentucky (20–5) | Indiana (22–5) | UCLA (23–5) | 7. |
| 8. | Louisville | Indiana (2–0) | Missouri (2–0) | Missouri (6–0) | Alabama (5–0) | Tennessee (7–0) | Iowa (8–1) | UNLV (12–0) | St. John's (14–1) | Louisville (15–2) | Houston (16–2) | Arkansas (19–1) | Villanova (17–4) | UCLA (19–3) | North Carolina (23–6) | St. John's (24–4) | North Carolina (26–7) | 8. |
| 9. | Indiana | Missouri (1–0) | Houston (4–0) | St. John's (7–0) | Tennessee (6–0) | Iowa (6–1) | Syracuse (10–0) | Louisville (11–2) | Louisville (13–2) | Houston (15–2) | Arkansas (17–1) | Memphis State (18–2) | Louisville (21–3) | St. John's (22–3) | UNLV (24–2) | UNLV (25–2) | Arkansas (25–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Oregon State | Iowa (2–0) | Villanova (1–1) | Alabama (4–0) | Iowa (6–1) | Georgetown (7–2) | Arkansas (7–0) | Alabama (9–2) | Iowa (10–2) | Kentucky (13–3) | Missouri (16–3) | Missouri (18–3) | UCLA (17–3) | Kentucky (18–5) | St. John's (23–4) | Kentucky (21–6) | Missouri (26–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Iowa | Houston (2–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Tennessee (4–0) | Georgetown (6–2) | Arkansas (6–0) | UNLV (10–0) | North Carolina (10–3) | Kentucky (11–3) | Villanova (12–3) | Villanova (13–3) | Louisville (19–3) | Kentucky (16–5) | North Carolina (21–6) | Indiana (20–5) | Wichita State (25–3) | Boston College (24–6) | 11. |
| 12. | Alabama | St. John's (3–0) | St. John's (5–0) | Louisville (5–1) | Arkansas (5–0) | Missouri (8–1) | Tennessee (8–1) | Iowa (9–2) | Missouri (12–2) | Arkansas (15–1) | Louisville (16–3) | Villanova (14–4) | Missouri (19–4) | Wichita State (21–3) | Wichita State (23–3) | Missouri (24–6) | Kentucky (21–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Tennessee | Alabama (1–0) | Louisville (4–1) | Arkansas (4–0) | Syracuse (8–0) | Louisville (8–1) | Louisville (8–2) | Syracuse (11–2) | Villanova (10–2) | Missouri (14–3) | Iowa (13–4) | Kentucky (14–5) | Memphis State (18–4) | Syracuse (18–5) | Missouri (22–6) | Villanova (21–6) | Villanova (22–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Houston | Tennessee (1–0) | Tennessee (2–0) | Houston (5–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Syracuse (9–0) | Villanova (6–2) | Missouri (10–2) | Houston (13–2) | Iowa (12–3) | Georgetown (15–4) | Georgetown (16–5) | Georgetown (16–6) | Memphis State (19–4) | Ohio State (18–7) | Boston College (22–5) | Wichita State (25–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Missouri | North Carolina (0–2) | Arkansas (3–0) | NC State (4–0) | NC State (4–0) | UNLV (7–0) | Missouri (9–2) | Villanova (8–2) | Syracuse (12–2) | Georgetown (13–4) | Kentucky (13–4) | Syracuse (15–5) | Wichita State (18–3) | Missouri (20–6) т | Boston College (20–5) | Georgetown (21–8) | Chattanooga (26–3) | 15. |
| 16. | NC State | Arkansas (1–0) | Marquette (2–0) | Syracuse (6–0) | West Virginia (8–0) | Villanova (4–2) | NC State (5–1) | Houston (11–2) | Minnesota (10–3) | Minnesota (12–3) | Illinois State (15–1) | Wichita State (17–3) | Iowa (15–6) | Ohio State (17–6) т | Georgetown (19–7) | Ohio State (19–8) | NC State (20–10) | 16. |
| 17. | Arkansas | Marquette (0–0) | North Carolina (2–2) | North Carolina (3–2) | UNLV (5–0) | NC State (4–1) | Georgetown (8–3) | Minnesota (10–1) | Virginia Tech (14–1) | Illinois State (14–1) | Minnesota (13–3) | Illinois State (17–2) | Syracuse (16–5) | Iowa (16–7) | Memphis State (19–5) | Memphis State (21–6) | Memphis State (22–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Marquette | NC State (1–0) | NC State (2–0) т | UNLV (5–0) | Villanova (3–2) | Houston (7–2) | North Carolina (8–3) | Tennessee (10–2) | Oklahoma State (12–1) | Syracuse (13–3) | Washington State (15–2) | Purdue (15–4) | Boston College (17–4) | Georgetown (17–7) | Syracuse (18–6) | Chattanooga (23–3) | Georgia (21–9) | 18. |
| 19. | St. John's | UNLV (1–0) т | UNLV (3–0) т | Villanova (2–2) | Houston (6–2) | Tulsa (5–1) | Houston (8–2) | NC State (7–2) | Georgetown (11–4) | Wake Forest (13–2) | Georgia (14–3) | Minnesota (14–4) | Oklahoma (18–6) | Boston College (18–5) | Chattanooga (21–3) | Oklahoma (23–7) | Oklahoma State (24–6) | 19. |
| 20. | UNLV | Oregon State (0–1) т | Purdue (4–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | Tulsa (5–1) | West Virginia (8–1) | Purdue (9–1) | Ohio State (9–2) | Auburn (10–3) | Oklahoma State (13–2) | Oklahoma State (13–2) | Iowa (13–6) | Ohio State (15–6) | Tennessee (16–7) | Purdue (18–6) | Syracuse (19–8) | Georgetown (21–9) | 20. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 29 | Week 3 Dec. 6 | Week 4 Dec. 13 | Week 5 Dec. 20 | Week 6 Dec. 27 | Week 7 Jan. 3 | Week 8 Jan. 10 | Week 9 Jan. 17 | Week 10 Jan. 24 | Week 11 Jan. 31 | Week 12 Feb. 7 | Week 13 Feb. 14 | Week 14 Feb. 21 | Week 15 Feb. 28 | Week 16 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| | | None | Dropped: Oregon State (1–2) | Dropped: Purdue (4–1) | Dropped: North Carolina (4–3) | None | Dropped: Tulsa (6–2)West Virginia (8–3) | Dropped: Georgetown (9–4)Purdue (9–3) | Dropped: Alabama (9–4)Tennessee (10–3)NC State (8–3)Ohio State (9–4) | Dropped: Virginia Tech (14–3)Auburn (10–5) | Dropped: Wake Forest (13–4)Oklahoma State (13–4) | Dropped: Washington State (15–4)Georgia (15–4) | Dropped: Illinois State (17–4)Purdue (15–6)Minnesota (14–6) | Dropped: Oklahoma (19–7) | Dropped: Iowa (17–8)Tennessee (17–8) | Dropped: Purdue (18–8) | Dropped: Ohio State (19–9)Oklahoma (23–8)Syracuse (19–9) | |

## Coaches Poll

| | Preseason | Week 3 Dec. 6 | Week 4 Dec. 13 | Week 5 Dec. 20 | Week 6 Dec. 27 | Week 7 Jan. 3 | Week 8 Jan. 10 | Week 9 Jan. 17 | Week 10 Jan. 24 | Week 11 Jan. 31 | Week 12 Feb. 7 | Week 13 Feb. 14 | Week 14 Feb. 21 | Week 15 Feb. 28 | Week 16 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| 1. | Virginia | Virginia (4–0) | Virginia (6–0) | Virginia (8–0) | Indiana (8–0) | Indiana (10–0) | Memphis State (11–1) | UCLA (11–1) | UCLA (13–1) | North Carolina (17–3) | North Carolina (20–3) | Indiana (19–2) | UNLV (24–0) | Houston (23–2) | Houston (25–2) | Houston (27–2) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina | Kentucky (3–0) | Kentucky (5–0) | Kentucky (7–0) | Memphis State (8–0) | Memphis State (9–0) | Virginia (11–1) | Indiana (12–1) | Indiana (14–1) | Virginia (17–2) | Virginia (19–2) | UNLV (22–0) | Houston (22–2) | Virginia (23–3) | Virginia (25–3) | Louisville (29–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Georgetown | Georgetown (5–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (5–0) | Virginia (8–1) | Kentucky (8–1) | St. John's (13–0) | North Carolina (12–3) т | North Carolina (15–3) | UNLV (18–0) | UNLV (20–0) | North Carolina (21–4) | Virginia (21–3) | Louisville (24–3) | Louisville (27–3) | St. John's (27–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | UCLA (3–0) | Memphis State (6–0) | Memphis State (7–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Virginia (10–1) | Indiana (10–1) | Memphis State (12–1) т | Virginia (15–2) | St. John's (18–1) | Indiana (16–2) | Houston (20–2) | Indiana (20–3) | Arkansas (24–1) | UCLA (22–4) | Virginia (27–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Louisville | Memphis State (4–0) | Indiana (6–0) | Indiana (7–0) | UCLA (6–1) | Alabama (8–0) | UCLA (9–1) | Arkansas (13–0) | Memphis State (14–1) | Memphis State (16–1) | UCLA (16–2) | Virginia (19–3) | Arkansas (22–1) | Villanova (21–4) | Arkansas (25–2) | Indiana (23–5) | 5. |
| 6. | UCLA | Iowa (4–0) | Iowa (6–0) | Missouri (6–0) | Alabama (6–0) | UCLA (7–1) | Kentucky (11–2) | Virginia (12–2) | St. John's (17–1) | Indiana (15–2) | Houston (18–2) | St. John's (20–2) | Louisville (22–3) | Kentucky (20–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | UNLV (28–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Villanova т | Indiana (3–0) | Georgetown (6–1) | Alabama (5–0) | St. John's (9–0) | St. John's (10–0) | Arkansas (11–0) | St. John's (14–1) | Louisville (15–2) | UCLA (14–2) | St. John's (19–2) | Arkansas (20–1) | Villanova (19–4) | UCLA (21–3) | Indiana (22–5) | UCLA (23–5) | 7. |
| 8. | Indiana т | Missouri (2–0) | Missouri (6–0) | St. John's (9–0) | Tennessee (7–0) | Iowa (8–1) | Louisville (11–2) | Louisville (13–2) | UNLV (16–0) | Houston (16–2) | Missouri (18–3) | Louisville (21–3) | St. John's (22–3) | St. John's (23–4) | St. John's (24–4) | North Carolina (26–7) | 8. |
| 9. | Memphis State | Villanova (1–1) | Alabama (4–0) | Iowa (6–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Syracuse (10–0) | UNLV (12–0) | UNLV (14–0) | Houston (15–2) | Arkansas (17–1) | Arkansas (19–1) | Villanova (17–4) | UCLA (19–3) | Missouri (22–6) | Missouri (24–6) | Arkansas (25–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Oregon State | Houston (4–0) | St. John's (7–0) | Tennessee (6–0) | Iowa (6–1) | Louisville (8–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Iowa (10–2) | Kentucky (13–3) | Missouri (16–3) | Memphis State (18–2) | Missouri (19–4) | Kentucky (18–5) | North Carolina (23–6) | Kentucky (21–6) | Kentucky (21–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Houston | Alabama (2–0) | Louisville (5–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Syracuse (9–0) | Tennessee (8–1) | North Carolina (10–3) | Missouri (12–2) | Arkansas (15–1) | Villanova (13–3) | Louisville (19–3) | UCLA (17–3) | North Carolina (21–6) | UNLV (24–2) | UNLV (25–2) | Villanova (22–7) | 11. |
| 12. | Iowa | Louisville (4–1) | Tennessee (4–0) | Georgetown (6–2) | Missouri (8–1) | Arkansas (7–0) | Iowa (9–2) | Houston (13–2) | Villanova (12–3) | Louisville (16–3) | Kentucky (14–5) | Kentucky (16–5) | Missouri (20–6) | Indiana (20–5) | Villanova (21–6) | Missouri (26–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Alabama | St. John's (5–0) | Arkansas (4–0) | Syracuse (8–0) | Georgetown (7–2) | UNLV (10–0) | Houston (11–2) | Kentucky (11–3) | Missouri (14–3) | Iowa (13–4) | Georgetown (16–5) | Memphis State (18–4) | Memphis State (19–4) | Boston College (20–5) | Boston College (22–5) | Boston College (24–6) | 13. |
| 14. | Missouri | Tennessee (2–0) | Houston (5–1) | Arkansas (5–0) | Arkansas (6–0) | Villanova (6–2) | Syracuse (11–2) | Villanova (10–2) | Illinois State (14–1) | Illinois State (15–1) | Villanova (14–4) | Georgetown (16–6) | Syracuse (18–5) | Ohio State (18–7) | Georgetown (21–8) | NC State (20–10) | 14. |
| 15. | Tennessee | Purdue (4–0) | Syracuse (6–0) | NC State (4–0) | UNLV (7–0) | Missouri (9–2) | Missouri (10–2) | Syracuse (12–2) | Georgetown (13–4) | Kentucky (13–4) | Minnesota (14–4) | Iowa (15–6) | Ohio State (17–6) | Washington State (20–5) | Chattanooga (23–3) | Georgia (21–9) | 15. |
| 16. | Marquette | Arkansas (3–0) | North Carolina (3–2) | Villanova (3–2) | Houston (7–2) | North Carolina (8–3) | Minnesota (10–1) | Georgetown (11–4) | Iowa (12–3) | Georgetown (15–4) | Syracuse (15–5) т | Tennessee (15–7) | Boston College (18–5) | Georgetown (19–7) | Washington State (21–5) | Chattanooga (26–3) | 16. |
| 17. | DePaul | North Carolina (2–2) | NC State (4–0) | Houston (6–2) | Villanova (4–2) | Georgetown (8–3) | Villanova (8–2) | Illinois State (12–1) | Minnesota (12–3) | Washington State (15–2) | Illinois State (17–2) т | Syracuse (16–5) | Iowa (16–7) | Chattanooga (21–3) | Ohio State (19–8) | Memphis State (22–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Oklahoma | NC State (2–0) | Villanova (2–2) | UNLV (5–0) | NC State (4–1) | NC State (5–1) | Tennessee (10–2) | Minnesota (10–3) | Syracuse (13–3) т | Minnesota (13–3) | Purdue (15–4) | Boston College (17–4) | Georgetown (17–7) | Memphis State (19–5) | Memphis State (21–6) | Illinois State (24–6) | 18. |
| 19. | St. John's | Marquette (2–0) | UNLV (5–0) | San Diego State (6–0) | Louisiana-Lafayette (8–0) | Houston (8–2) | NC State (7–2) | Oklahoma State (12–1) | Washington State (13–2) т | Oklahoma (16–4) | Georgia (15–4) | Chattanooga (17–3) | Chattanooga (19–3) | Oklahoma (20–7) | Oklahoma (23–7) | Oklahoma State (24–6) | 19. |
| 20. | Arkansas | DePaul (3–1) | Minnesota (5–0) | West Virginia (8–0) | Tulsa (5–1) | Minnesota (7–1) | Illinois State (10–1) | NC State (8–3) Tennessee (10–3) | Wake Forest (13–2) | Auburn (12–5) | Tennessee (14–5) | Oklahoma State (17–4) | Tennessee (16–7) | Iowa (17–8) | Illinois State (21–6) | Georgetown (21–9) | 20. |
| | Preseason | Week 3 Dec. 6 | Week 4 Dec. 13 | Week 5 Dec. 20 | Week 6 Dec. 27 | Week 7 Jan. 3 | Week 8 Jan. 10 | Week 9 Jan. 17 | Week 10 Jan. 24 | Week 11 Jan. 31 | Week 12 Feb. 7 | Week 13 Feb. 14 | Week 14 Feb. 21 | Week 15 Feb. 28 | Week 16 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| | | Dropped: Oregon State (1–2)Oklahoma (2–2) | Dropped: Purdue (5–1)Marquette (3–1)DePaul (4–2) | Dropped: North Carolina (4–3)Minnesota | Dropped: West Virginia (8–1)San Diego State (6–1) | Dropped: Louisiana-Lafayette (8–2)Tulsa (6–2) | Dropped: Georgetown (9–4) | Dropped: Alabama (9–4) | Dropped: Oklahoma State (13–2)NC State (9–4)Tennessee (10–5) | Dropped: Syracuse (13–4)Wake Forest (13–4) | Dropped: Iowa (13–6)Washington State (15–4)Oklahoma (16–6)Auburn (12–6) | Dropped: Minnesota (14–6)Illinois State (17–4)Purdue (15–6)Georgia (15–6) | Dropped: Oklahoma State (17–6) | Dropped: Syracuse (18–6)Tennessee (17–8) | Dropped: Iowa (17–9) | Dropped: Washington State (21–7)Ohio State (19–9)Oklahoma (23–8) | |