# 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1994–95 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

Six different teams held the top spot for at least one week – North Carolina (6), UMass (5), UCLA (3), Arkansas (2), Connecticut (1), and Kansas (1).
| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 21 | Week 2 Nov. 28 | Week 3 Dec. 5 | Week 4 Dec. 12 | Week 5 Dec. 19 | Week 6 Dec. 26 | Week 7 Jan. 2 | Week 8 Jan. 9 | Week 9 Jan. 16 | Week 10 Jan. 23 | Week 11 Jan. 30 | Week 12 Feb. 6 | Week 13 Feb. 13 | Week 14 Feb. 20 | Week 15 Feb. 27 | Week 16 Mar. 6 | Final Mar. 13 | |
| 1. | Arkansas | Arkansas (0–0) | UMass (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | North Carolina (5–0) | North Carolina (6–0) | North Carolina (7–0) | North Carolina (9–0) | UMass (8–1) | UMass (11–1) | UMass (13–1) | UMass (15–1) | North Carolina (18–1) | Connecticut (19–1) | Kansas (20–3) | UCLA (21–2) | UCLA (23–2) | UCLA (25–2) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina | North Carolina (0–0) | North Carolina (1–0) | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (5–0) | UCLA (6–0) | Connecticut (10–0) | Connecticut (12–0) | Connecticut (14–0) | North Carolina (16–1) | Kansas (17–2) | North Carolina (19–2) | UCLA (18–2) | North Carolina (21–3) | Kansas (22–4) | Kentucky (25–4) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass | UMass (0–0) | Kentucky (1–0) | Arkansas (3–1) | Kansas (5–0) | Arkansas (6–1) | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (11–1) | Kansas (10–1) | North Carolina (12–1) | North Carolina (14–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Connecticut (17–1) | Kansas (18–3) | North Carolina (20–3) | Kansas (21–4) | Kentucky (22–4) | Wake Forest (24–5) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Arkansas (1–1) | Kansas (2–0) | Arkansas (6–1) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (5–1) | North Carolina (10–1) | UCLA (9–1) | UCLA (11–1) | Connecticut (15–1) | UMass (17–2) | Kentucky (17–3) | Connecticut (20–2) | Connecticut (22–2) | North Carolina (22–4) | North Carolina (24–5) | 4. |
| 5. | UCLA | Arizona (0–0) | UCLA (1–0) | UMass (1–1) | UMass (3–1) | Kentucky (5–1) | Kentucky (5–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Arkansas (12–2) | Kentucky (10–2) | Kentucky (12–2) | Maryland (16–3) | Kentucky (15–3) | UMass (18–2) | UMass (20–3) | Kentucky (20–4) | Arkansas (25–5) | Kansas (23–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Arizona | UCLA (0–0) | Duke (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | Kentucky (4–1) | Arizona (7–1) | Kansas (7–1) | Connecticut (7–0) | UCLA (7–1) | Syracuse (12–1) | Syracuse (14–1) | Kentucky (13–3) | UCLA (14–2) | UCLA (16–2) | Kentucky (18–4) | Maryland (22–5) | Connecticut (23–3) | Arkansas (27–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Indiana | Maryland (0–0) | Kansas (1–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Arizona (5–1) | Kansas (5–1) | Duke (6–1) | Maryland (10–2) | Kentucky (8–2) | Kansas (11–2) | Kansas (13–2) | UCLA (12–2) | Michigan State (16–2) | Maryland (19–4) | Maryland (20–5) | Arkansas (23–5) | Wake Forest (21–5) | UMass (26–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Syracuse | Duke (0–0) | Florida (1–0) | Arizona (3–1) | Florida (4–1) | Florida (5–1) | Connecticut (5–0) | Kentucky (6–2) | Syracuse (10–1) | Maryland (13–3) | Maryland (14–3) | Arkansas (16–4) | Maryland (17–4) | Michigan State (17–3) | Arkansas (21–5) | UMass (21–4) | UMass (24–4) | Connecticut (25–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Duke | Kansas (0–0) | Arizona (2–1) | Duke (3–1) | Duke (5–1) | Duke (5–1) | Maryland (8–2) | Arizona (9–2) | Maryland (11–3) | Arkansas (13–3) | Arkansas (15–3) | Michigan State (14–2) | Arizona (17–4) | Missouri (18–3) | Villanova (19–5) | Wake Forest (19–5) | Michigan State (21–4) | Villanova (25–7) | 9. |
| 10. | Virginia | Florida (0–0) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Connecticut (3–0) | Connecticut (4–0) | Connecticut (4–0) | Arizona (7–2) | Syracuse (8–1) | Georgetown (9–1) | Georgetown (11–1) | Michigan State (12–2) | Syracuse (15–2) | Syracuse (16–3) | Arkansas (19–5) | Wake Forest (17–5) | Michigan State (20–4) | Maryland (23–6) | Maryland (24–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Cincinnati | Indiana (0–0) | Maryland (2–1) | Maryland (4–1) | Minnesota (6–0) | Maryland (7–2) | Syracuse (7–1) | Duke (9–2) | Michigan State (9–1) | Arizona (12–3) | Iowa State (15–2) | Iowa State (17–2) | Wake Forest (14–4) | Syracuse (17–4) | Virginia (18–6) | Villanova (21–6) | Virginia (21–7) | Michigan State (22–5) | 11. |
| 12. | Kansas | Cincinnati (0–0) | Arizona State (3–0) | Minnesota (5–0) | Maryland (6–2) | Georgetown (5–1) | Georgetown (5–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Arizona State (11–2) | Michigan State (10–2) | Arizona (13–4) | Arizona (15–4) | Arkansas (17–5) | Arizona (18–5) | Michigan State (18–4) | Arizona (21–6) | Arizona (23–6) | Purdue (24–6) | 12. |
| 13. | Florida | Michigan (0–0) | Wisconsin (1–0) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Arizona State (4–1) | Cincinnati (6–2) | Florida (5–2) | Florida (6–2) | Arizona (10–3) | Arizona State (12–3) | Arizona State (13–4) | Georgetown (14–3) | Missouri (16–3) | Arizona State (18–5) | Arizona (19–6) | Virginia (19–7) | Villanova (22–7) | Virginia (22–8) | 13. |
| 14. | Maryland | Georgetown (0–0) | Ohio (4–0) | Wisconsin (3–0) | Georgia Tech (5–0) | Syracuse (5–1) | California (6–0) | Michigan State (7–1) | Wake Forest (8–1) | Iowa State (13–2) | Georgetown (12–3) | Wake Forest (12–4) | Arizona State (16–5) | Wake Forest (15–5) | Missouri (18–4) | Mississippi State (19–5) | Purdue (22–6) | Oklahoma State (23–9) | 14. |
| 15. | Georgetown | Wisconsin (0–0) | Minnesota (3–0) | Michigan State (2–0) | Georgetown (4–1) | Arizona State (5–2) | Michigan State (5–1) | Arizona State (9–2) | Florida (7–3) | Wake Forest (9–2) | Virginia (11–4) | Virginia (12–5) | Stanford (15–3) | Villanova (17–5) | Arizona State (19–6) | Arizona State (20–7) | Mississippi State (20–6) | Arizona (23–7) | 15. |
| 16. | Michigan | Connecticut (0–0) | Connecticut (1–0) | Arizona State (4–1) | Syracuse (4–1) | Minnesota (6–2) | Arizona State (5–1) | Iowa State (10–1) | Duke (9–4) | Missouri (12–2) | Wake Forest (10–3) | Arizona State (14–5) | Villanova (15–5) | Virginia (16–6) | Mississippi State (17–5) | Oklahoma (21–6) | Oklahoma (22–7) | Arizona State (22–8) | 16. |
| 17. | Wisconsin | Michigan State (0–0) | Michigan (2–1) | Georgia Tech (4–0) | Cincinnati (4–2) | Michigan State (4–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | California (7–1) | Missouri (10–1) | Oregon (11–1) | Stanford (12–2) | Stanford (13–3) | Virginia (13–6) | Stanford (15–5) | Syracuse (17–6) | Purdue (20–6) | Missouri (19–7) | Oklahoma (23–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Connecticut | Syracuse (0–1) | Michigan State (0–0) | Georgetown (2–1) | Michigan State (2–1) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | Wake Forest (6–1) | Wake Forest (7–1) | Clemson (10–0) | Virginia (10–3) | Oregon (12–2) | Missouri (14–3) | Georgia Tech (15–6) | Alabama (17–5) | Oklahoma State (18–7) | Oklahoma State (19–8) | Arizona State (21–8) | Mississippi State (20–7) | 18. |
| 19. | Alabama | Oklahoma State (0–0) | Georgetown (0–1) | Syracuse (3–1) | Ohio (6–2) | Wake Forest (5–1) | Wisconsin (6–1) | Nebraska (11–1) | Iowa (11–3) | New Mexico State (12–3) | Cincinnati (14–5) | Villanova (13–5) | Iowa State (17–5) | Oregon (14–5) | Stanford (16–5) | Missouri (18–6) | Oklahoma State (20–9) | Utah (27–5) | 19. |
| 20. | Michigan State | Virginia (1–1) | Georgia Tech (1–0) | Virginia (3–1) | Wisconsin (4–1) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Cincinnati (7–3) | New Mexico State (9–2) | California (8–2) | Illinois (13–3) | Missouri (13–3) | Alabama (14–4) | Georgetown (14–5) | Georgia Tech (15–8) | Alabama (18–6) | Stanford (17–6) | Alabama (20–8) | Alabama (22–9) | 20. |
| 21. | Villanova | Villanova (0–0) | Wake Forest (1–0) | Ohio (5–2) | Wake Forest (4–1) | New Mexico State (7–2) | Iowa State (8–1) | Indiana (8–4) | Penn (8–1) | Stanford (11–2) | Georgia Tech (11–6) | Georgia Tech (13–6) | Mississippi State (14–4) | Iowa State (18–6) | Purdue (18–6) | Alabama (19–7) | Syracuse (19–8) | Western Kentucky (26–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Oklahoma State т | Georgia Tech (0–0) | Syracuse (0–1) | New Mexico State (5–1) | Villanova (4–2) | Virginia (5–2) | New Mexico State (8–2) | Iowa (10–2) | Georgia Tech (9–4) | Georgia Tech (9–5) | Villanova (11–5) | Oregon (12–4) | Oregon (13–5) | Oklahoma State (16–7) | Minnesota (17–7) | Syracuse (18–7) | Utah (24–5) | Georgetown (19–9) | 22. |
| 23. | Georgia Tech т | Ohio (2–0) | Virginia (1–1) | Michigan (3–2) | Virginia (5–2) | Illinois (7–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | Stanford (9–0) | Iowa State (11–2) | Cincinnati (12–5) | Florida (9–5) | Cincinnati (15–6) | Alabama (15–5) | Mississippi State (15–5) | Iowa State (19–7) | Georgetown (17–7) | Western Kentucky (25–3) | Missouri (19–8) | 23. |
| 24. | Wake Forest | Wake Forest (0–0) | Villanova (2–1) | Villanova (3–1) | New Mexico State (6–2) | California (5–0) | Indiana (6–4) | Georgia Tech (8–3) | New Mexico State (10–3) | Florida (7–5) | New Mexico State (13–4) | Oklahoma (15–4) | Oklahoma State (16–6) | Minnesota (16–6) | Georgia Tech (16–9) | Iowa State (19–7) | Georgetown (18–8) | Iowa State (22–10) | 24. |
| 25. | Illinois | Alabama (1–1) | New Mexico State (3–1) | Wake Forest (2–1) | Michigan (4–3) | Iowa State (7–1) | St. John's (7–0) | Penn (6–1) | Oregon (10–1) | Penn (8–2) | Oklahoma (14–3) | Florida (10–6) | Purdue (15–5) | Purdue (16–6) | Oklahoma (19–6) | Xavier (23–3) | Oregon (18–7) | Syracuse (19–9) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Nov. 21 | Week 2 Nov. 28 | Week 3 Dec. 5 | Week 4 Dec. 12 | Week 5 Dec. 19 | Week 6 Dec. 26 | Week 7 Jan. 2 | Week 8 Jan. 9 | Week 9 Jan. 16 | Week 10 Jan. 23 | Week 11 Jan. 30 | Week 12 Feb. 6 | Week 13 Feb. 13 | Week 14 Feb. 20 | Week 15 Feb. 27 | Week 16 Mar. 6 | Final Mar. 13 | |
| | | Dropped: Illinois (0–0) | Dropped: Indiana (1–2)Oklahoma StateAlabama | None | None | Dropped: OhioVillanovaMichigan | Dropped: Minnesota (7–3)VirginiaIllinois | Dropped: WisconsinCincinnati (8–5)St. John's | Dropped: NebraskaIndiana (9–5)Stanford | Dropped: DukeClemson (10–2)Iowa (11–5)California | Dropped: IllinoisPenn | Dropped: New Mexico State (14–5) | Dropped: CincinnatiOklahomaFlorida | Dropped: Georgetown (14–6) | Dropped: Oregon (15–6) | Dropped: MinnesotaGeorgia Tech | Dropped: Stanford (17–8)Iowa State (20–9)Xavier | Dropped: Oregon (19–8) | |

## Coaches Poll

| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 28 | Week 3 Dec. 5 | Week 4 Dec. 12 | Week 5 Dec. 19 | Week 6 Dec. 26 | Week 7 Jan. 2 | Week 8 Jan. 9 | Week 9 Jan. 16 | Week 10 Jan. 23 | Week 11 Jan. 30 | Week 12 Feb. 6 | Week 13 Feb. 13 | Week 14 Feb. 20 | Week 15 Feb. 27 | Week 16 Mar. 6 | Week 17 Mar. 13 | Final Apr. 4 | |
| 1. | Arkansas | UMass (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | North Carolina (5–0) | North Carolina (6–0) | North Carolina (7–0) | North Carolina (9–0) | UMass (8–1) | UMass (11–1) | UMass (13–1) | UMass (15–1) | North Carolina (18–1) | Connecticut (19–1) | Kansas (20–3) | UCLA (21–2) | UCLA (23–2) | UCLA (25–2) | UCLA (31–2) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina | North Carolina (1–0) | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (5–0) | UCLA (6–0) | North Carolina (10–1) | Connecticut (12–0) | Connecticut (14–0) | North Carolina (16–1) | Kansas (17–2) | North Carolina (19–2) | North Carolina (20–3) | North Carolina (21–3) | Kansas (22–4) | Kentucky (25–4) | Arkansas (32–7) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass | Kentucky (1–0) | Arkansas (3–1) | Arkansas (6–1) | Arkansas (6–1) | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (11–1) | Connecticut (10–0) | North Carolina (12–1) | North Carolina (14–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Kentucky (15–3) | Kansas (18–3) т | UCLA (18–2) | Kentucky (20–4) | North Carolina (22–4) | Wake Forest (24–5) | North Carolina (28–6) | 3. |
| 4. | Kentucky | UCLA (1–0) | Kansas (2–0) | Kansas (5–0) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (5–1) | Arkansas (12–2) | UCLA (9–1) | UCLA (11–1) | Kentucky (13–3) | Connecticut (17–1) | Kentucky (17–3) т | Kentucky (18–4) | Kansas (21–4) | Kentucky (22–4) | Kansas (23–5) | Oklahoma State (27–10) | 4. |
| 5. | UCLA | Arkansas (1–1) | UMass (1–1) | UMass (3–1) | Duke (5–1) | Kentucky (5–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Kansas (10–1) | Kentucky (10–2) | Kentucky (12–2) | Connecticut (15–1) | UMass (17–2) | UMass (18–2) | Connecticut (20–2) | Connecticut (22–2) | Connecticut (23–3) | North Carolina (24–5) | Kentucky (28–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Arizona | Duke (2–0) | Duke (3–1) | Kentucky (4–1) | Kentucky (5–1) | Connecticut (5–0) | Kentucky (6–2) | UCLA (7–1) | Syracuse (12–1) | Syracuse (14–1) | UCLA (12–2) | UCLA (14–2) | UCLA (16–2) | UMass (20–3) | Maryland (22–5) | Arkansas (25–5) | Arkansas (27–6) | Connecticut (28–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Indiana | Kansas (1–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Arizona (5–1) | Arizona (7–1) | Duke (6–1) | Connecticut (7–0) | Kentucky (8–2) | Arkansas (13–3) | Kansas (13–2) | Syracuse (15–2) | Michigan State (16–2) | Maryland (19–4) | Maryland (20–5) | Arkansas (23–5) | UMass (24–4) | UMass (26–4) | UMass (29–5) | 7. |
| 8. | Syracuse | Arizona (2–1) | Arizona (3–1) | Florida (4–1) | Florida (5–1) | Kansas (7–1) | Arizona (9–2) | Syracuse (10–1) | Kansas (11–2) | Arkansas (15–3) | Maryland (16–3) | Arizona (17–4) | Michigan State (17–3) | Arkansas (21–5) | UMass (21–4) | Wake Forest (21–5) | Connecticut (25–4) | Virginia (25–9) | 8. |
| 9. | Duke | Cincinnati (1–0) | Florida (3–0) | Duke (5–1) | Connecticut (4–0) | Arizona (7–2) | Duke (9–2) | Arizona (10–3) | Maryland (13–3) | Maryland (14–3) | Arkansas (16–4) | Syracuse (16–3) | Syracuse (17–4) | Arizona (19–6) | Michigan State (20–4) | Michigan State (21–4) | Michigan State (22–5) | Wake Forest (26–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Virginia | Maryland (2–1) | Connecticut (3–0) | Connecticut (4–0) | Kansas (5–1) | Syracuse (7–1) | Syracuse (8–1) | Arizona State (11–2) | Georgetown (11–1) | Arizona (13–4) | Michigan State (14–2) | Maryland (17–4) | Arizona (18–5) | Michigan State (18–4) | Arizona (21–6) | Maryland (23–6) | Maryland (24–7) | Kansas (25–6) | 10. |
| 11. | Cincinnati | Minnesota (3–0) | Maryland (4–1) | Minnesota (6–0) | Maryland (7–2) | Maryland (8–2) | Maryland (10–2) | Michigan State (9–1) | Arizona (12–3) | Michigan State (12–2) | Iowa State (17–2) | Arkansas (17–5) | Missouri (18–3) | Villanova (19–5) | Wake Forest (19–5) | Arizona (23–6) | Purdue (24–6) | Maryland (26–8) | 11. |
| 12. | Kansas | Florida (1–0) | Minnesota (5–0) | Maryland (6–2) | Arizona State (5–2) | Florida (5–2) | Florida (6–2) | Georgetown (9–1) | Michigan State (10–2) | Iowa State (15–2) | Arizona (15–4) | Missouri (16–3) | Arkansas (19–5) | Wake Forest (17–5) | Villanova (21–6) | Virginia (21–7) | Villanova (25–7) | Mississippi State (22–8) | 12. |
| 13. | Florida | Arizona State (3–0) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Georgia Tech (5–0) | Cincinnati (6–2) | Arizona State (5–1) | Georgetown (7–1) | Maryland (11–3) | Arizona State (12–3) | Georgetown (12–3) | Georgetown (14–3) | Wake Forest (14–4) | Arizona State (18–5) | Virginia (18–6) | Virginia (19–7) | Purdue (22–6) | Arizona (23–7) | Arizona State (24–9) | 13. |
| 14. | Maryland | Connecticut (1–0) | Wisconsin (3–0) | Syracuse (4–1) | Georgetown (5–1) | Georgetown (5–1) | Arizona State (9–2) | Duke (9–4) | Missouri (12–2) | Arizona State (13–4) | Arizona State (14–5) | Arizona State (16–5) | Wake Forest (15–5) | Arizona State (19–6) | Arizona State (20–7) | Villanova (22–7) | Oklahoma State (23–9) | Memphis State (24–10) | 14. |
| 15. | Georgetown | Ohio (4–0) | Georgia Tech (4–0) | Arizona State (4–1) | Minnesota (6–2) | Michigan State (5–1) | Michigan State (7–1) | Florida (7–3) | Iowa State (13–2) | Wake Forest (10–3) | Wake Forest (12–4) | Georgia Tech (15–6) | Villanova (17–5) | Missouri (18–4) | Syracuse (18–7) | Mississippi State (20–6) | Virginia (22–8) | Tulsa (24–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Michigan | Michigan (2–1) | Arizona State (4–1) | Georgetown (4–1) | Syracuse (5–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | California (7–1) | Wake Forest (8–1) | Wake Forest (9–2) | Missouri (13–3) | Missouri (14–3) | Stanford (15–3) | Virginia (16–6) | Syracuse (17–6) | Purdue (20–6) | Arizona State (21–8) | Arizona State (22–8) | Georgetown (21–10) | 16. |
| 17. | Wisconsin | Georgetown (0–1) | Michigan State (2–0) | Cincinnati (4–2) | Michigan State (4–1) | California (6–0) | New Mexico State (9–2) | Georgia Tech (9–4) | New Mexico State (12–3) | Virginia (11–4) | Virginia (12–5) | Virginia (13–6) | Georgia Tech (15–8) | Oklahoma State (18–7) | Mississippi State (19–5) | Oklahoma State (20–9) | Utah (27–5) | Syracuse (20–10) | 17. |
| 18. | Connecticut | Wisconsin (1–0) | Georgetown (2–1) | Michigan State (2–1) | New Mexico State (7–2) | Cincinnati (7–3) | Nebraska (11–1) | New Mexico State (10–3) | Georgia Tech (9–5) | Cincinnati (14–5) | Stanford (13–3) | Villanova (15–5) | Oregon (14–5) | Stanford (16–5) | Oklahoma (21–6) | Oklahoma (22–7) | Iowa State (22–10) | Missouri (20–9) | 18. |
| 19. | Alabama | Georgia Tech (1–0) | Syracuse (3–1) | New Mexico State (6–2) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | New Mexico State (8–2) | Indiana (8–4) | Iowa (11–3) | Virginia (10–3) | Stanford (12–2) | Villanova (13–5) | Georgetown (14–5) | Stanford (15–5) | Mississippi State (17–5) | Stanford (17–6) | Missouri (19–7) | Mississippi State (20–7) | Purdue (25–7) | 19. |
| 20. | Michigan State | Syracuse (0–1) | Michigan (3–2) | Virginia (5–2) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Indiana (6–4) | Georgia Tech (8–3) | Missouri (10–1) | Florida (7–5) | New Mexico State (13–4) | Georgia Tech (13–6) | Oregon (13–5) | Oklahoma State (16–7) | Purdue (18–6) | Oklahoma State (19–8) | Syracuse (19–8) | Oklahoma (23–8) | Michigan State (22–6) | 20. |
| 21. | Villanova | Texas (0–1) | New Mexico State (5–1) | Ohio (6–2) | Virginia (5–2) | Wisconsin (6–1) | Iowa State (10–1) | Penn (8–1) | Oregon (11–1) | Georgia Tech (11–6) | Oregon (12–4) | Iowa State (17–5) | BYU (20–5) | Minnesota (17–7) | Missouri (18–6) | Utah (24–5) | Alabama (22–9) | Alabama (23–10) | 21. |
| 22. | Oklahoma State т | Indiana (1–2) | Ohio (5–2) | Michigan (4–3) | Wake Forest (5–1) | Wake Forest (6–1) | Wake Forest (7–1) | California (8–2) | Illinois (13–3) | Oregon (12–2) | Cincinnati (15–6) | New Mexico State (16–5) | Georgetown (14–6) | Georgia Tech (16–9) | Alabama (19–7) т | Alabama (20–8) | Syracuse (19–9) | Utah (28–6) | 22. |
| 23. | Georgia Tech т | BYU (2–1) | Virginia (3–1) | Wisconsin (4–1) | Indiana (5–4) | Nebraska (9–1) | Iowa (10–2) | Indiana (9–5) | Stanford (11–2) | Florida (9–5) | New Mexico State (14–5) | Mississippi State (14–4) | Iowa State (18–6) | Oregon (15–6) | Georgetown (17–7) т | Oregon (18–7) | Missouri (19–8) | Villanova (25–8) | 23. |
| 24. | Wake Forest | New Mexico State (3–1) | BYU (3–2) | Nebraska (6–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Iowa State (8–1) | Cincinnati (8–5) | Iowa State (11–2) | Clemson (10–2) | Iowa (12–5) | Alabama (14–4) | Minnesota (15–6) | Purdue (16–6) | Iowa State (19–7) | Iowa State (19–7) т | Stanford (17–8) | Oregon (19–8) | Texas (23–7) | 24. |
| 25. | Memphis State | Michigan State (0–0) | Indiana (2–3) | Villanova (4–2) | Oklahoma State (7–2) | Minnesota (7–3) | Virginia Tech (10–1) | Clemson (10–0) | Iowa (11–5) | Villanova (11–5) | Oklahoma (15–4) | Purdue (15–5) | Minnesota (16–6) | Alabama (18–6) | Utah (23–5) | Iowa State (20–9) | Stanford (19–8) | Arizona (23–8) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 28 | Week 3 Dec. 5 | Week 4 Dec. 12 | Week 5 Dec. 19 | Week 6 Dec. 26 | Week 7 Jan. 2 | Week 8 Jan. 9 | Week 9 Jan. 16 | Week 10 Jan. 23 | Week 11 Jan. 30 | Week 12 Feb. 6 | Week 13 Feb. 13 | Week 14 Feb. 20 | Week 15 Feb. 27 | Week 16 Mar. 6 | Week 17 Mar. 13 | Final Apr. 4 | |
| | | Dropped: Virginia (1–1)AlabamaVillanova (2–1)Oklahoma StateWake Forest (1–0)Memphis State | Dropped: Texas | Dropped: BYUIndiana | Dropped: OhioVillanovaMichigan | Dropped: VirginiaOklahoma State | Dropped: WisconsinMinnesota | Dropped: NebraskaCincinnatiVirginia Tech | Dropped: DukePenn (8–2)CaliforniaIndiana | Dropped: IllinoisClemson | Dropped: Florida (10–6)Iowa | Dropped: CincinnatiAlabama (15–5)Oklahoma | Dropped: New Mexico StateMississippi State (15–5) | Dropped: BYUGeorgetown | Dropped: MinnesotaGeorgia TechOregon | Dropped: Georgetown | None | Dropped: Oklahoma (23–9)Iowa State (23–11)Oregon (19–9)Stanford (20–9) | |