# 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1995–96 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. 20 | Week 3 Nov. 27 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 25 | Week 8 Jan. 2 | 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. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Kentucky (1–0) | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (6–0) | UMass (7–0) | UMass (10–0) | UMass (12–0) | UMass (14–0) | UMass (16–0) | UMass (18–0) | UMass (21–0) | UMass (23–0) | UMass (25–0) | Kentucky (24–1) | Kentucky (26–1) | UMass (31–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Kansas | Kansas (0–0) | Kansas (1–0) | Villanova (5–0) | Villanova (7–0) | UMass (6–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kentucky (9–1) | Kentucky (11–1) | Kentucky (13–1) | Kentucky (15–1) | Kentucky (17–1) | Kentucky (18–1) | Kentucky (20–1) | Kentucky (22–1) | UMass (26–1) | UMass (28–1) | Kentucky (28–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Villanova | Villanova (0–0) | Villanova (3–0) | UMass (3–0) | UMass (5–0) | Arizona (8–0) | Memphis (7–0) | Memphis (8–0) | Kansas (10–1) | Cincinnati (11–0) | Kansas (14–1) | Kansas (16–1) | Kansas (18–1) | Connecticut (22–1) | Connecticut (24–1) | Kansas (23–2) | Connecticut (27–2) | Connecticut (30–2) | 3. |
| 4. | UCLA | UCLA (0–0) | Arizona (4–0) | Arizona (5–0) | Arizona (7–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Kansas (7–1) | Kansas (7–1) | Cincinnati (9–0) | Kansas (12–1) | Connecticut (16–1) | Connecticut (19–1) | Connecticut (21–1) | Villanova (20–3) | Villanova (23–3) | Connecticut (25–2) | Purdue (25–4) | Purdue (26–4) т | 4. |
| 5. | Georgetown | Georgetown (2–0) | UMass (0–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kentucky (4–1) | Memphis (5–0) | Cincinnati (7–0) | Cincinnati (8–0) | Georgetown (13–1) | Connecticut (14–1) | Cincinnati (12–1) | Cincinnati (14–1) | Cincinnati (17–1) | Kansas (19–2) | Kansas (21–2) | Purdue (23–4) | Kansas (24–3) | Georgetown (26–7) т | 5. |
| 6. | Connecticut | Connecticut (0–0) | Georgetown (3–1) | Georgetown (5–1) | Memphis (4–0) | Georgetown (7–1) | Georgetown (9–1) | Georgetown (11–1) | Connecticut (12–1) | Wake Forest (10–1) | Georgetown (16–2) | Villanova (16–3) | Villanova (18–3) | Cincinnati (18–2) | Cincinnati (19–2) | Villanova (23–4) | Georgetown (24–6) | Kansas (25–5) т | 6. |
| 7. | UMass | UMass (0–0) | Memphis (1–0) | Memphis (3–0) | Georgetown (7–1) | Villanova (7–1) | Connecticut (8–1) | Connecticut (10–1) | Villanova (12–1) | Villanova (13–2) | Villanova (14–3) | Utah (16–3) | Utah (18–3) | Utah (19–3) | Purdue (21–4) | Cincinnati (21–3) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Cincinnati (25–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Iowa | Utah (0–0) | Mississippi State (1–0) | Mississippi State (3–0) | Connecticut (6–1) | Connecticut (7–1) | Villanova (8–1) | Villanova (10–1) | Wake Forest (8–1) | Georgetown (14–2) | Virginia Tech (11–1) | North Carolina (15–4) | Georgetown (19–3) | Wake Forest (16–3) | Utah (21–4) | Georgetown (23–5) | Cincinnati (22–4) | Texas Tech (28–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Mississippi State | Mississippi State (0–0) | Connecticut (2–1) | Connecticut (4–1) | Iowa (7–1) | Cincinnati (6–0) | Arizona (8–1) | Arizona (10–1) | Memphis (8–2) | Memphis (11–2) | Wake Forest (12–2) | Georgetown (17–3) | Wake Forest (14–3) | Penn State (18–2) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Texas Tech (24–1) | Villanova (24–5) | Wake Forest (26–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Utah | Iowa (0–0) | Wake Forest (1–0) | Wake Forest (3–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | Iowa (8–1) | Iowa (10–1) | Iowa (11–1) | North Carolina (11–2) | North Carolina (12–3) | Utah (14–3) | Penn State (15–1) | Penn State (16–2) | Virginia Tech (18–2) | Wake Forest (17–4) | Utah (22–5) | Utah (23–5) | Villanova (25–6) | 10. |
| 11. | Wake Forest | Wake Forest (0–0) | Iowa (2–1) | Missouri (4–0) | Wake Forest (4–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | Syracuse (11–1) | Iowa (12–2) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | North Carolina (13–4) | Memphis (14–3) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Purdue (19–4) | Georgetown (21–5) | Arizona (21–5) | Arizona (23–5) | Arizona (24–6) | 11. |
| 12. | Louisville | Memphis (0–0) | Duke (3–0) | Iowa (5–1) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Wake Forest (4–1) | Illinois (9–0) | Wake Forest (6–1) | Mississippi State (10–1) | Syracuse (13–2) | Memphis (12–3) | Wake Forest (13–3) | North Carolina (16–5) | Texas Tech (20–1) | Virginia Tech (19–3) | Penn State (19–4) | Wake Forest (20–5) | Utah (25–6) | 12. |
| 13. | Memphis | Louisville (0–0) | Missouri (1–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | Utah (5–1) | Utah (6–1) | Syracuse (9–0) | Illinois (11–1) | Utah (9–2) | UCLA (11–3) | Arizona (13–3) | Virginia Tech (13–2) | Texas Tech (18–1) | Arizona (18–4) | Arizona (19–5) | Wake Forest (18–5) | Syracuse (22–7) | Georgia Tech (22–11) | 13. |
| 14. | Missouri | Maryland (0–0) | Utah (0–1) | Utah (2–1) | Missouri (5–1) | Illinois (7–0) | Wake Forest (6–1) | Georgia (9–1) | Syracuse (11–2) | Penn State (13–0) | Penn State (13–1) | Arizona (15–3) | Purdue (17–4) | Georgetown (19–5) | Penn State (18–4) | Memphis (20–5) | Memphis (21–6) | UCLA (23–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Maryland | Missouri (0–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Virginia (2–1) | Mississippi State (4–1) | Missouri (6–1) | Utah (7–2) | Utah (8–2) | Virginia Tech (7–1) | Utah (11–3) | UCLA (12–4) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Memphis (16–4) | Memphis (17–4) | Syracuse (19–6) | Syracuse (20–7) | Virginia Tech (22–4) | Syracuse (24–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Arkansas | Michigan (2–0) | Stanford (2–0) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Illinois (6–0) | Mississippi State (5–1) | Georgia (8–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | Clemson (10–0) | Iowa (13–3) | Michigan (14–4) | Iowa (15–4) | Arizona (16–4) | Syracuse (18–6) | UCLA (18–6) | Virginia Tech (20–4) | Penn State (20–5) | Memphis (22–7) | 16. |
| 17. | Michigan | Virginia (0–0) | North Carolina (2–1) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | Michigan (8–2) | Mississippi State (6–1) | Mississippi State (8–1) | UCLA (9–3) | Purdue (13–2) | Syracuse (13–4) | Purdue (15–4) | UCLA (15–5) | North Carolina (16–7) | North Carolina (18–7) | UCLA (19–7) | UCLA (21–7) | Iowa State (23–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Stanford | Stanford (0–0) | Louisville (2–1) | Duke (4–1) | Michigan (7–2) | Georgia (6–1) | Missouri (7–2) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Arizona (10–3) | Arizona (11–3) | Clemson (12–2) | Syracuse (14–5) | Syracuse (16–6) | UCLA (16–6) | Iowa (18–6) | Georgia Tech (18–10) | Georgia Tech (20–10) | Penn State (21–6) | 18. |
| 19. | Virginia | Arizona (2–0) | Maryland (0–1) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Georgia Tech (5–2) | Syracuse (8–0) | Michigan (9–2) | Duke (9–2) | Georgia (10–2) | Clemson (11–1) | Purdue (14–3) | UCLA (13–5) | Iowa (15–6) | Iowa (17–6) | Memphis (17–5) | North Carolina (19–8) | Iowa (21–7) | Mississippi State (22–7) | 19. |
| 20. | North Carolina | North Carolina (0–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Maryland (2–2) | Louisville (5–2) | Duke (5–2) | Duke (7–2) | UCLA (7–3) | Penn State (11–0) | Michigan (13–4) | Boston College (12–3) | Michigan (14–6) | Louisville (16–6) | Stanford (15–5) | Boston College (16–6) | Iowa (19–7) | North Carolina (20–9) | Marquette (22–7) | 20. |
| 21. | Cincinnati | Cincinnati (0–0) | Cincinnati (0–0) | Illinois (3–0) | Duke (5–2) | Georgia Tech (6–3) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Michigan (10–3) | Illinois (11–3) | Mississippi State (10–3) | Auburn (15–3) | Boston College (12–4) | Iowa State (16–4) | Boston College (15–5) | Louisville (18–7) | Louisville (19–8) | Marquette (20–6) | Iowa (22–8) | 21. |
| 22. | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Michigan (5–2) | Santa Clara (5–1) | Virginia Tech (3–1) | Virginia (4–2) | Clemson (9–0) | Purdue (11–2) | Georgia (10–3) | Iowa (14–4) | Auburn (15–4) | Boston College (13–5) | Iowa State (17–5) | Iowa State (18–6) | Wisconsin-Green Bay (24–2) | Louisville (19–10) | Virginia Tech (22–5) | 22. |
| 23. | Indiana | Indiana (0–0) | UCLA (1–2) | Louisville (3–2) | Virginia (3–2) | Virginia (3–2) | UCLA (6–3) | Texas (7–2) | Michigan (11–4) | Auburn (14–3) | Texas Tech (14–1) | Eastern Michigan (15–1) | Michigan (15–7) | Eastern Michigan (18–2) | Georgia Tech (16–10) | Iowa State (19–7) | Iowa State (20–8) | New Mexico (28–5) | 23. |
| 24. | Purdue | Purdue (0–0) | Michigan (2–2) | Stanford (3–2) | UCLA (3–3) | California (4–0) | Clemson (8–0) | Boston College (8–2) | Stanford (8–2) | Boston College (11–3) | Marquette (12–3) | Clemson (12–4) | Eastern Michigan (16–2) | Louisville (17–7) | Stanford (16–6) | George Washington (18–5) | Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3) | Louisville (20–11) | 24. |
| 25. | California | Georgia Tech (2–0) | Arkansas (1–1) | Santa Clara (4–1) | Syracuse (6–0) | Louisville (6–3) | Tulsa (5–0) | New Mexico (10–0) | New Mexico (11–1) | Texas Tech (12–1) | California (10–4) | Georgia Tech (13–8) | Stanford (13–5) | Mississippi State (16–5) | Wisconsin-Green Bay (21–2) | Stanford (17–7) | Mississippi State (19–7) | North Carolina (20–10) | 25. |
| | Preseason | 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. 2 | 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: ArkansasCalifornia | Dropped: IndianaPurdue | Dropped: UCLAArkansas | Dropped: MarylandStanford | Dropped: Santa ClaraUCLA | Dropped: Georgia TechCaliforniaLouisville | Dropped: MissouriVirginiaTulsa | Dropped: Duke (9–4)TexasBoston College | Dropped: IllinoisStanfordNew Mexico | Dropped: Mississippi StateGeorgia | Dropped: MarquetteCalifornia | Dropped: AuburnClemsonGeorgia Tech | Dropped: Michigan | Dropped: Eastern MichiganMississippi State | Dropped: Boston College (16–8) | Dropped: George WashingtonStanford (17–8) | Dropped: Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3) | |

## Coaches Poll

| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 20 | Week 3 Nov. 27 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 26 | Week 8 Jan. 2 | 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. 2 | |
| 1. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Kentucky (1–0) | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (6–0) | UMass (7–0) | UMass (10–0) | UMass (12–0) | UMass (14–0) | UMass (16–0) | UMass (18–0) | UMass (21–0) | UMass (23–0) | UMass (25–0) | Kentucky (24–1) | Kentucky (26–1) | UMass (31–1) | Kentucky (34–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Kansas | Kansas (0–0) | Kansas (1–0) | Villanova (5–0) | Villanova (7–0) | UMass (6–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kentucky (9–1) | Kentucky (11–1) | Kentucky (13–1) | Kentucky (15–1) | Kentucky (17–1) | Kentucky (18–1) | Kentucky (20–1) | Kentucky (22–1) | UMass (26–1) | UMass (28–1) | Kentucky (28–2) | UMass (35–2) | 2. |
| 3. | UCLA | Villanova (0–0) | Villanova (3–0) | UMass (3–0) | UMass (5–0) | Arizona (8–0) | Kansas (7–1) | Kansas (7–1) | Kansas (10–1) | Kansas (12–1) | Cincinnati (12–1) | Kansas (16–1) | Kansas (18–1) | Connecticut (22–1) | Connecticut (24–1) | Kansas (23–2) | Connecticut (27–2) | Connecticut (30–2) | Syracuse (29–9) | 3. |
| 4. | Villanova | Georgetown (2–0) | Arizona (4–0) | Arizona (5–0) | Arizona (7–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Georgetown (9–1) т | Cincinnati (8–0) | Cincinnati (9–0) | Cincinnati (11–0) | Kansas (14–1) | Connecticut (19–1) | Connecticut (21–1) | Cincinnati (18–2) | Kansas (21–2) | Connecticut (25–2) | Purdue (25–4) | Purdue (26–4) | Mississippi State (26–8) | 4. |
| 5. | Georgetown | UCLA (0–0) | Georgetown (3–1) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kentucky (4–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Connecticut (8–1) т | Memphis (8–0) | Georgetown (13–1) | Connecticut (14–1) | Connecticut (16–1) | Cincinnati (14–1) | Cincinnati (17–1) | Kansas (19–2) | Villanova (23–3) | Purdue (23–4) | Kansas (24–3) | Georgetown (26–7) | Kansas (29–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Connecticut | Connecticut (0–0) | UMass (0–0) | Georgetown (5–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Connecticut (7–1) | Cincinnati (7–0) | Connecticut (10–1) | Connecticut (12–1) | Wake Forest (10–1) | Georgetown (16–2) | Villanova (16–3) | Villanova (18–3) | Villanova (20–3) | Cincinnati (19–2) | Cincinnati (21–3) | Georgetown (24–6) | Cincinnati (25–4) | Cincinnati (28–5) | 6. |
| 7. | UMass | UMass (0–0) | Wake Forest (1–0) | Mississippi State (3–0) | Connecticut (6–1) | Villanova (7–1) | Memphis (7–0) | Georgetown (11–1) | Villanova (12–1) | Georgetown (14–2) | Villanova (14–3) | Utah (16–3) | Utah (18–3) | Utah (19–3) | Purdue (21–4) | Villanova (23–4) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Texas Tech (28–1) | Georgetown (29–8) | 7. |
| 8. | Wake Forest | Wake Forest (0–0) | Mississippi State (1–0) | Wake Forest (3–0) | Memphis (4–0) | Memphis (5–0) | Arizona (8–1) | Villanova (10–1) | Wake Forest (8–1) | Villanova (13–2) | Wake Forest (12–2) | North Carolina (15–4) | Georgetown (19–3) | Penn State (18–2) | Utah (21–4) | Texas Tech (24–1) | Utah (23–5) | Kansas (25–5) | Connecticut (32–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Louisville | Arizona (2–0) | Connecticut (2–1) | Memphis (3–0) | Iowa (7–1) | Cincinnati (6–0) | Villanova (8–1) | Arizona (10–1) | North Carolina (11–2) | North Carolina (12–3) | Utah (14–3) | Georgetown (17–3) | Wake Forest (14–3) | Wake Forest (16–3) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Georgetown (23–5) | Cincinnati (22–4) | Wake Forest (23–5) | Wake Forest (26–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Iowa | Utah (0–0) | Memphis (1–0) | Iowa (5–1) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Iowa (8–1) | Iowa (10–1) | Iowa (11–1) | Utah (9–2) | Memphis (11–2) | Virginia Tech (11–1) | Wake Forest (13–3) | Penn State (16–2) | Virginia Tech (18–2) | Wake Forest (17–4) | Utah (22–5) | Wake Forest (20–5) | Utah (25–6) | Texas Tech (30–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Utah | Iowa (0–0) | Iowa (2–1) | Connecticut (4–1) | Wake Forest (4–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | Wake Forest (6–1) | Iowa (12–2) | Utah (11–3) | North Carolina (13–4) | Penn State (15–1) | North Carolina (16–5) | Purdue (19–4) | Georgetown (21–5) | Arizona (21–5) | Arizona (23–5) | Arizona (24–6) | Arizona (26–7) | 11. |
| 12. | Mississippi State | Mississippi State (0–0) | Duke (3–0) | Missouri (4–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | Wake Forest (4–1) | Illinois (9–0) | Syracuse (11–1) | Mississippi State (10–1) | Syracuse (13–2) | Arizona (13–3) | Arizona (15–3) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Texas Tech (20–1) | Penn State (18–4) | Wake Forest (18–5) | Villanova (24–5) | Villanova (25–6) | Utah (27–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Memphis | Michigan (2–0) | Louisville (2–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Missouri (5–1) | Missouri (6–1) | Wake Forest (6–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | Memphis (8–2) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | Syracuse (13–4) | Memphis (14–3) | Purdue (17–4) | Georgetown (19–5) | Virginia Tech (19–3) | Penn State (19–4) | Syracuse (22–7) | UCLA (23–7) | Georgia Tech (24–12) | 13. |
| 14. | Virginia | Maryland (0–0) | Missouri (1–0) | Utah (2–1) | Utah (5–1) | Utah (6–1) | Syracuse (9–0) | Georgia (9–1) | Syracuse (11–2) | Penn State (13–0) | Penn State (13–1) | Virginia Tech (13–2) | Texas Tech (18–1) | Memphis (17–4) | Arizona (19–5) | Syracuse (20–7) | Memphis (21–6) | Syracuse (24–8) | Louisville (22–12) | 14. |
| 15. | Missouri | Memphis (0–0) | Stanford (2–0) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Mississippi State (4–1) | Illinois (7–0) | Mississippi State (6–1) | Illinois (11–1) | Virginia Tech (7–1) | UCLA (11–3) | Memphis (12–3) | Purdue (15–4) | Arizona (16–4) | Arizona (18–4) | UCLA (18–6) | Memphis (20–5) | UCLA (21–7) | Georgia Tech (22–11) | Purdue (26–6) | 15. |
| 16. | Michigan т | Louisville (0–0) | Maryland (0–1) | Virginia (2–1) | Michigan (7–2) | Mississippi State (5–1) | Utah (7–2) т | Utah (8–2) | Arizona (10–3) | Iowa (13–3) | Michigan (14–4) | Syracuse (14–5) | Memphis (16–4) | Syracuse (18–6) | Syracuse (19–6) | Virginia Tech (20–4) | Virginia Tech (22–4) | Iowa State (23–8) | Georgia (21–10) | 16. |
| 17. | Stanford т | Missouri (0–0) | Utah (0–1) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | Michigan (8–2) | Georgia (8–1) т | Mississippi State (8–1) | Georgia (10–2) | Arizona (11–3) | UCLA (12–4) | Iowa (15–4) | UCLA (15–5) | North Carolina (16–7) | North Carolina (18–7) | UCLA (19–7) | Penn State (20–5) | Memphis (22–7) | Villanova (26–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Arkansas | Stanford (0–0) | North Carolina (2–1) | Duke (4–1) | Illinois (6–0) | Georgia Tech (6–3) | Missouri (7–2) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Michigan (11–4) | Purdue (13–2) | Iowa (14–4) | Michigan (14–6) | Syracuse (16–6) | UCLA (16–6) | Memphis (17–5) | Louisville (19–8) | Georgia Tech (20–10) | Penn State (21–6) | Arkansas (20–13) | 18. |
| 19. | Maryland | Virginia (0–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Maryland (2–2) | Louisville (5–2) | Georgia (6–1) | Michigan (9–2) | Michigan (10–3) | UCLA (9–3) | Michigan (13–4) | Purdue (14–3) | UCLA (13–5) | Michigan (15–7) | Iowa (17–6) | Iowa (18–6) | North Carolina (19–8) | Iowa (21–7) | Iowa (22–8) | UCLA (23–8) | 19. |
| 20. | Cincinnati | Georgia Tech (2–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Georgia Tech (5–2) | Duke (5–2) | Duke (7–2) | Duke (9–2) | Clemson (10–0) | Clemson (11–1) | Clemson (12–2) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Iowa (15–6) | Stanford (15–5) | Boston College (16–6) | Georgia Tech (18–10) | North Carolina (20–9) | Mississippi State (22–7) | Iowa State (24–9) | 20. |
| 21. | North Carolina | Cincinnati (0–0) | Cincinnati (0–0) | Michigan (5–2) т | Virginia (3–2) | Virginia (3–2) | Virginia (4–2) | UCLA (7–3) | Illinois (11–3) | Mississippi State (10–3) | Boston College (12–3) | Clemson (12–4) | Boston College (13–5) | Boston College (15–5) | Eastern Michigan (19–3) | Iowa (19–7) | Louisville (19–10) | Virginia Tech (22–5) | Virginia Tech (23–6) | 21. |
| 22. | Virginia Tech | North Carolina (0–0) | UCLA (1–2) | Louisville (3–2) т | Duke (5–2) | Syracuse (8–0) т | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Virginia (5–3) | Penn State (11–0) | Georgia (10–3) | Auburn (15–3) | Auburn (15–4) | Auburn (15–6) | Eastern Michigan (18–2) | Georgia Tech (16–10) | Wisconsin-Green Bay (24–2) | Iowa State (20–8) | Marquette (22–7) | Iowa (23–9) | 22. |
| 23. | Purdue | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Virginia Tech (0–0) | Stanford (3–2) | Santa Clara (5–1) | Louisville (6–3) т | Georgia Tech (6–5) | Missouri (8–4) | Duke (9–4) | Auburn (14–3) | Texas Tech (14–1) | Boston College (12–4) | Eastern Michigan (16–2) | Louisville (17–7) | Stanford (16–6) | Iowa State (19–7) | Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3) | Louisville (20–11) | Marquette (23–8) | 23. |
| 24. | Indiana | Indiana (0–0) | Michigan (2–2) | Illinois (3–0) | Maryland (3–3) | Virginia Tech (3–1) | Maryland (5–3) | Clemson (9–0) | Stanford (8–2) | Stanford (8–4) | Georgia (11–4) | Stanford (11–6) | Stanford (13–5) | Iowa State (17–5) | Iowa State (18–6) | Stanford (17–7) | Stanford (17–8) | North Carolina (20–10) | North Carolina (21–11) | 24. |
| 25. | Arizona | Purdue (0–0) | Tulane (0–1) | Santa Clara (4–1) | UCLA (3–3) | Maryland (4–3) | Louisville (7–4) | Penn State (9–0) | Purdue (11–2) | Illinois (11–5) | Stanford (10–4) | Georgia Tech (13–8) | Louisville (16–6) | Michigan (15–8) | Louisville (18–7) | Boston College (16–8) | Marquette (20–6) | Stanford (19–8) | New Mexico (28–5) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 20 | Week 3 Nov. 27 | Week 4 Dec. 4 | Week 5 Dec. 11 | Week 6 Dec. 18 | Week 7 Dec. 26 | Week 8 Jan. 2 | 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. 2 | |
| | | Dropped: Arkansas | Dropped: IndianaPurdue | Dropped: UCLATulane | Dropped: Stanford | Dropped: Santa ClaraUCLA | None | Dropped: Georgia TechLouisvilleMaryland | Dropped: VirginiaMissouri | Dropped: Duke | Dropped: Mississippi StateIllinois | Dropped: Georgia | Dropped: ClemsonGeorgia Tech | Dropped: Auburn | Dropped: Michigan | Dropped: Eastern Michigan | Dropped: Boston College | Dropped: Wisconsin-Green Bay | Dropped: Memphis (22–8)Penn State (21–8)Stanford (19–8) | |