# 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1993–94 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 – Arkansas (9), North Carolina (5), Duke (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), UCLA (1).
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 22 | Week 3 Nov. 29 | Week 4 Dec. 6 | Week 5 Dec. 13 | Week 6 Dec. 20 | Week 7 Dec. 27 | Week 8 Jan. 3 | Week 9 Jan. 10 | Week 10 Jan. 17 | Week 11 Jan. 24 | Week 12 Jan. 31 | Week 13 Feb. 7 | Week 14 Feb. 14 | Week 15 Feb. 21 | Week 16 Feb. 28 | Week 17 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| 1. | North Carolina | North Carolina (2–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Arkansas (3–0) | Arkansas (5–0) | Arkansas (6–0) | Arkansas (7–0) | Arkansas (8–0) | North Carolina (12–1) | Kansas (16–1) | UCLA (13–0) | Duke (15–1) | North Carolina (19–3) | Arkansas (18–2) | Arkansas (20–2) | Arkansas (22–2) | Arkansas (24–2) | North Carolina (27–6) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky | Kentucky (0–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | North Carolina (10–1) | Duke (9–0) | UCLA (11–0) | Duke (13–1) | North Carolina (17–3) | Duke (16–2) | North Carolina (20–4) | Duke (19–3) | Duke (21–3) | Connecticut (26–3) | Arkansas (25–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Arkansas | Arkansas (0–0) | Kansas (5–1) | Michigan (4–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (6–0) | Duke (7–0) | Kansas (15–1) | Arkansas (12–1) | Kansas (17–2) | Kansas (19–2) | Arkansas (16–2) | Connecticut (21–2) | Michigan (19–4) | Michigan (20–4) | Missouri (24–2) | Purdue (26–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Duke | Duke (0–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | Duke (3–0) | Temple (3–0) | Temple (4–0) | Temple (4–0) | Kentucky (9–1) | Arkansas (10–1) | North Carolina (13–2) | North Carolina (14–3) | UCLA (14–1) | Kentucky (18–3) | Kansas (21–3) | North Carolina (21–5) | Connecticut (24–3) | North Carolina (24–6) | Connecticut (27–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Michigan | Michigan (0–0) | Michigan (1–0) | Temple (2–0) | Kentucky (3–1) | Kentucky (4–1) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kansas (13–1) | UCLA (9–0) | Duke (11–1) | Arkansas (13–2) | Connecticut (18–1) | Kansas (20–3) | Louisville (20–2) | Connecticut (22–3) | North Carolina (23–5) | Duke (22–4) | Missouri (25–3) | 5. |
| 6. | California | Kansas (2–0) | Duke (3–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (11–1) | UCLA (7–0) | Arizona (12–1) | UMass (13–1) | Connecticut (16–1) | Arkansas (14–2) | Connecticut (19–2) | Duke (17–3) | Missouri (20–2) | Missouri (22–2) | Purdue (25–4) | Duke (23–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Louisville | Louisville (0–0) | Temple (0–0) | Kansas (5–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Temple (6–1) | UMass (11–1) | Kentucky (13–2) | Purdue (16–1) | Kentucky (16–3) | Louisville (18–2) | Michigan (17–4) | Kentucky (20–5) | Kentucky (22–5) | Arizona (25–4) | Kentucky (26–6) | 7. |
| 8. | Temple | Temple (0–0) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (7–1) | UMass (7–1) | UCLA (6–0) | UMass (9–1) | Kentucky (11–2) | Indiana (10–2) | UMass (15–2) | Purdue (17–2) | Temple (16–2) | UCLA (17–2) | Temple (19–4) | Arizona (23–4) | Michigan (20–6) | UMass (27–6) | 8. |
| 9. | Kansas | Minnesota (2–0) | UMass (5–1) | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (5–0) | UMass (7–1) | Arizona (10–1) | Purdue (13–0) | Arizona (13–2) | Kentucky (14–3) | Louisville (16–2) | UCLA (15–2) | Purdue (20–3) | Arizona (21–4) | Purdue (23–4) | UMass (24–6) | Arizona (25–5) | 9. |
| 10. | Minnesota | Oklahoma State (0–0) | UCLA (2–0) | Louisville (1–1) | Louisville (3–1) | Purdue (8–0) | Purdue (9–0) | Purdue (11–0) | Michigan (10–2) | Connecticut (14–1) | Temple (11–2) | Temple (13–2) | Purdue (18–3) | UMass (19–4) | Kansas (21–5) | Louisville (22–4) | Kentucky (23–6) | Louisville (26–5) | 10. |
| 11. | Oklahoma State | Indiana (0–0) | Louisville (1–1) | Purdue (5–0) | Purdue (7–0) | Louisville (4–1) | Louisville (5–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Indiana (8–2) | Temple (9–2) | Indiana (11–3) | UMass (16–3) | Michigan (15–4) | Kentucky (18–5) | UMass (21–5) | UMass (23–6) | Kansas (24–6) | Michigan (21–7) | 11. |
| 12. | Indiana | California (1–1) | Virginia (0–0) | Indiana (1–1) | Indiana (4–1) | Indiana (5–1) | Arizona (8–1) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Wisconsin (11–0) | Purdue (14–1) | Louisville (14–2) | Arizona (16–3) | Indiana (14–4) | Missouri (18–2) | Indiana (16–5) | Temple (20–6) | Temple (20–6) | Temple (22–7) | 12. |
| 13. | UCLA | Georgia Tech (0–0) | California (2–2) | Syracuse (4–0) | Arizona (4–0) | Arizona (6–0) | Indiana (5–2) | Michigan (7–2) | Temple (7–2) | Louisville (12–2) | Arizona (14–3) | Michigan (13–4) | UMass (17–4) | Temple (17–4) | Louisville (20–4) | Kansas (22–6) | Syracuse (21–5) | Kansas (25–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgia Tech | UCLA (0–0) | Purdue (3–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | Connecticut (7–0) | Indiana (7–2) | Connecticut (12–1) | Wisconsin (12–1) | Syracuse (12–2) | Indiana (12–4) | Syracuse (15–3) | Syracuse (16–4) | Purdue (21–4) | Syracuse (19–5) | Louisville (24–5) | Florida (25–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Georgetown | Georgetown (0–0) | Minnesota (4–2) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Minnesota (4–2) | Connecticut (6–0) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | Wisconsin (9–0) | Louisville (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | Michigan (12–4) | Syracuse (13–3) | Missouri (16–2) | Arizona (19–4) | UCLA (18–3) | UCLA (19–4) | UCLA (20–5) | Syracuse (21–6) | 15. |
| 16. | Virginia | Virginia (0–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Connecticut (5–0) | Minnesota (6–2) | Minnesota (7–2) | Connecticut (10–1) | Syracuse (9–1) | Syracuse (10–2) | Wisconsin (12–2) | Wisconsin (13–3) | Arizona (17–4) | Indiana (15–5) | Florida (21–4) | Saint Louis (22–3) | California (21–6) | California (22–7) | 16. |
| 17. | Illinois | Illinois (0–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Minnesota (4–2) | Cincinnati (6–1) | Wisconsin (5–0) | Wisconsin (6–0) | Cincinnati (10–2) | Georgia Tech (9–3) | Georgia Tech (10–4) | Minnesota (13–4) | UAB (16–2) | Saint Louis (18–1) | Florida (19–4) | California (18–5) | Indiana (17–6) | Florida (23–6) | UCLA (21–6) | 17. |
| 18. | Arizona | UMass (2–0) | Syracuse (4–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Wisconsin (4–0) | Boston College (6–0) | Cincinnati (8–2) | Syracuse (8–1) | Minnesota (10–3) | UAB (13–1) | Maryland (11–3) | Saint Louis (16–1) | California (14–4) | Saint Louis (19–2) | Syracuse (17–5) | Minnesota (19–9) | Indiana (18–7) | Indiana (19–8) | 18. |
| 19. | Cincinnati | Arizona (0–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | Illinois (4–1) | Illinois (5–1) | Syracuse (7–1) | Minnesota (8–3) | California (9–2) | Cincinnati (12–3) | West Virginia (12–2) | California (12–4) | UAB (17–3) | California (16–5) | Saint Louis (20–3) | Florida (22–5) | Marquette (22–7) | Oklahoma State (23–9) | 19. |
| 20. | Syracuse | Syracuse (0–0) | Vanderbilt (1–0) | Cincinnati (4–1) | Boston College (6–0) | Cincinnati (7–2) | Oklahoma State (7–2) | Boston College (9–2) | Boston College (10–3) | Minnesota (11–4) | UAB (14–2) | Missouri (14–2) | Florida (18–3) | Minnesota (17–7) | Minnesota (18–8) | California (19–6) | Minnesota (20–10) | Texas (25–7) | 20. |
| 21. | Purdue | Purdue (0–0) | Indiana (1–1) | Connecticut (3–0) | Syracuse (4–1) | Syracuse (6–1) | George Washington (5–1) | Illinois (7–2) | Cincinnati (11–3) | California (10–3) | Georgia Tech (11–5) | Maryland (12–4) | Wisconsin (14–4) | UAB (18–4) | Boston College (18–7) | Oklahoma State (20–7) | Saint Louis (22–4) | Marquette (22–8) | 21. |
| 22. | UMass | Cincinnati (1–1) | George Washington (2–1) | Virginia (2–1) | Oklahoma State (5–2) | Oklahoma State (6–2) | Illinois (6–2) | Vanderbilt (7–2) | UAB (11–1) | Xavier (11–1) | Marquette (11–4) | Minnesota (14–6) | Marquette (15–5) | Marquette (16–6) | Marquette (18–7) | Marquette (20–7) | UAB (22–6) | Nebraska (20–9) | 22. |
| 23. | Vanderbilt | George Washington (0–0) | Cincinnati (4–1) | Vanderbilt (3–1) | George Washington (4–1) | George Washington (5–1) | Boston College (7–2) | George Washington (6–2) | West Virginia (8–1) | Saint Louis (14–0) | Saint Louis (14–1) | New Mexico State (16–1) | Minnesota (15–7) | Cincinnati (16–7) | Georgia Tech (14–9) | Boston College (19–8) | Oklahoma State (21–8) | Minnesota (20–11) | 23. |
| 24. | George Washington | Vanderbilt (0–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | George Washington (2–1) | Vanderbilt (4–1) | Marquette (5–2) | Marquette (6–2) | California (7–2) | Vanderbilt (8–3) | West Virginia (10–2) | Missouri (13–2) | Florida (16–3) | Illinois (12–5) | Wisconsin (15–5) | Oklahoma State (18–7) | UAB (20–6) т | Penn (23–2) | Saint Louis (23–5) | 24. |
| 25. | Florida State | Wisconsin (0–0) | Georgetown (1–1) | California (2–2) | LSU (3–0) | Western Kentucky (3–1) | Western Kentucky (3–2) | Marquette (7–3) | Missouri (10–1) т Xavier (8–1) т | Maryland (10–3) | New Mexico State (14–1) | Cincinnati (14–5) | Xavier (16–3) | Georgia Tech (13–9) | New Mexico State (19–3) т Penn (19–2) т | Penn (21–2) т | Texas (22–7) | Cincinnati (22–9) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 22 | Week 3 Nov. 29 | Week 4 Dec. 6 | Week 5 Dec. 13 | Week 6 Dec. 20 | Week 7 Dec. 27 | Week 8 Jan. 3 | Week 9 Jan. 10 | Week 10 Jan. 17 | Week 11 Jan. 24 | Week 12 Jan. 31 | Week 13 Feb. 7 | Week 14 Feb. 14 | Week 15 Feb. 21 | Week 16 Feb. 28 | Week 17 Mar. 7 | Final Mar. 14 | |
| | | Dropped: Florida State (0–0) | None | Dropped: Georgetown (2–2) | Dropped: VirginiaCalifornia | Dropped: VanderbiltLSU | None | Dropped: Oklahoma State (8–4)Western Kentucky | Dropped: Illinois (7–3)George WashingtonMarquette | Dropped: Boston College (11–4)VanderbiltMissouri (11–2) | Dropped: Cincinnati (12–5)California (10–4)Xavier | Dropped: West VirginiaGeorgia TechMarquette (12–5) | Dropped: MarylandNew Mexico StateCincinnati (15–6) | Dropped: IllinoisXavier | Dropped: UAB (18–6)Cincinnati (17–8)Wisconsin | Dropped: Georgia TechNew Mexico State | Dropped: Boston College (20–9) | Dropped: UAB (22–7)Penn (24–2) | |

## Coaches Poll

| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 22 | Week 3 Nov. 29 | Week 4 Dec. 6 | Week 5 Dec. 13 | Week 6 Dec. 20 | Week 7 Dec. 27 | Week 8 Jan. 3 | Week 9 Jan. 10 | Week 10 Jan. 17 | Week 11 Jan. 24 | Week 12 Jan. 31 | Week 13 Feb. 7 | Week 14 Feb. 14 | Week 15 Feb. 21 | Week 16 Feb. 28 | Week 17 Mar. 7 | Week 18 Mar. 14 | Final Apr. 5 | |
| 1. | North Carolina | Kentucky (0–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | Arkansas (5–0) | Arkansas (6–0) | Arkansas (7–0) | Arkansas (8–0) | North Carolina (12–1) | Kansas (16–1) т | UCLA (13–0) | Duke (15–1) | North Carolina (19–3) | Arkansas (18–2) | Arkansas (20–2) | Arkansas (22–2) | Arkansas (24–2) | Arkansas (25–3) | Arkansas (31–3) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky | Kansas (2–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | North Carolina (6–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | North Carolina (8–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | North Carolina (10–1) | Duke (9–0) | UCLA (11–0) т | Duke (13–1) | North Carolina (17–3) | Duke (16–2) | Kansas (21–3) | Duke (19–3) | Duke (21–3) | Connecticut (26–3) | North Carolina (27–6) | Duke (28–6) | 2. |
| 3. | Duke | Michigan (0–0) | Temple (2–0) | Temple (2–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (6–0) | Duke (7–0) | Arkansas (10–1) | North Carolina (13–2) | Kansas (17–2) | UCLA (14–1) | Arkansas (16–2) | Connecticut (21–2) | Connecticut (22–3) | Connecticut (24–3) | Missouri (24–2) т | Connecticut (27–4) | Arizona (29–6) | 3. |
| 4. | Arkansas | Duke (0–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Temple (3–0) | Temple (4–0) | Temple (4–0) | Kentucky (9–1) | Kansas (15–1) | Arkansas (12–1) | North Carolina (14–3) | Kansas (19–2) | Kansas (20–3) | North Carolina (20–4) | North Carolina (21–5) | North Carolina (23–5) | North Carolina (24–6) т | Purdue (26–4) | Florida (29–8) | 4. |
| 5. | Michigan | North Carolina (2–0) | Duke (3–0) | Duke (3–0) | Kentucky (3–1) | Kentucky (4–1) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kansas (13–1) | UCLA (9–0) | Duke (11–1) | Arkansas (13–2) | Arkansas (14–2) | Kentucky (18–3) | Duke (17–3) | Kansas (21–5) | Michigan (20–4) | Duke (22–4) | Missouri (25–3) | Purdue (29–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Louisville | Arkansas (0–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (11–1) | UCLA (7–0) | Arizona (12–1) | Kentucky (13–2) | Purdue (16–1) | Connecticut (18–1) | Connecticut (19–2) | Louisville (20–2) | Michigan (19–4) | Missouri (22–2) | Arizona (25–4) | Duke (23–5) | Missouri (28–4) | 6. |
| 7. | Indiana | Temple (0–0) | Kansas (5–1) | Kansas (5–1) | Michigan (5–1) | UCLA (5–0) | UCLA (6–0) | Temple (6–1) | Kentucky (11–2) | UMass (13–1) | Kentucky (14–3) | Kentucky (16–3) | UCLA (15–2) | UCLA (17–2) | Kentucky (20–5) | Arizona (23–4) | Michigan (20–6) | UMass (27–6) | Connecticut (29–5) | 7. |
| 8. | Temple | UCLA (0–0) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | UCLA (4–0) | Indiana (5–1) | Purdue (9–0) | Purdue (11–0) | Purdue (13–0) | Indiana (10–2) | UMass (15–2) | Purdue (17–2) | Temple (16–2) | Purdue (20–3) | Missouri (20–2) | Kentucky (22–5) | Purdue (25–4) | Kentucky (26–6) | Michigan (24–8) | 8. |
| 9. | Kansas | UMass (2–0) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (7–1) | Michigan (5–1) | UMass (7–1) | Arizona (10–1) | UMass (11–1) | Arizona (13–2) | Connecticut (16–1) | Arizona (16–3) | Louisville (18–2) | Temple (17–4) | Temple (19–4) | Louisville (22–4) | Louisville (24–5) | Louisville (26–5) | North Carolina (28–7) | 9. |
| 10. | California | Oklahoma State (0–0) | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (2–0) | Indiana (4–1) | UMass (7–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Indiana (7–2) | Indiana (8–2) | Purdue (14–1) | Indiana (11–3) | Louisville (16–2) | Purdue (18–3) | Kentucky (18–5) | Louisville (20–4) | UMass (23–6) | UMass (24–6) | Arizona (25–5) | Louisville (28–6) | 10. |
| 11. | Minnesota | Louisville (0–0) | Purdue (3–0) | Purdue (5–0) | Purdue (7–0) | Purdue (8–0) | Indiana (5–2) | UMass (9–1) | Temple (7–2) | Temple (9–2) | Arizona (14–3) | Indiana (12–4) | Indiana (14–4) | Michigan (17–4) | Arizona (21–4) | Kansas (22–6) | Kansas (24–6) | Michigan (21–7) | Boston College (23–11) | 11. |
| 12. | Georgetown | Arizona (0–0) | Indiana (1–1) | Indiana (1–1) | Arizona (4–0) | Arizona (6–0) | Louisville (5–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Wisconsin (11–0) | Connecticut (14–1) | Louisville (14–2) | UMass (16–3) | UMass (17–4) | UMass (19–4) | Purdue (21–4) | Purdue (23–4) | Kentucky (23–6) | Temple (22–7) | Kansas (27–8) | 12. |
| 13. | Oklahoma State | Purdue (0–0) | Syracuse (4–0) | Syracuse (4–0) | Louisville (3–1) | Louisville (4–1) | Arizona (8–1) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Michigan (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | Temple (11–2) | Temple (13–2) | Michigan (15–4) | Syracuse (16–4) | Indiana (16–5) | Temple (20–6) | Syracuse (21–5) | Kansas (25–7) | Kentucky (27–7) | 13. |
| 14. | UCLA | Minnesota (2–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Arizona (3–0) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Connecticut (6–0) | Connecticut (7–0) | Michigan (7–2) | Connecticut (12–1) | Louisville (12–2) | Syracuse (12–2) | Michigan (13–4) | Syracuse (15–3) | Missouri (18–2) | UMass (21–5) | UCLA (19–4) | Temple (20–6) | Syracuse (21–6) | Syracuse (23–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Georgia Tech | California (1–1) | Louisville (1–1) | Louisville (1–1) | Connecticut (5–0) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | Wisconsin (9–0) | Louisville (10–2) | Wisconsin (12–1) | Michigan (12–4) | Syracuse (13–3) | Arizona (17–4) | Arizona (19–4) | UCLA (18–3) | Syracuse (19–5) | UCLA (20–5) | Florida (25–7) | UMass (28–7) | 15. |
| 16. | Illinois | Syracuse (0–0) | Minnesota (4–2) | Minnesota (4–2) | Oklahoma State (5–2) | Minnesota (6–2) | Minnesota (7–2) | Connecticut (10–1) | Syracuse (9–1) | Syracuse (10–2) | Minnesota (13–4) | Wisconsin (13–3) | Missouri (16–2) | Indiana (15–5) | Syracuse (17–5) | Indiana (17–6) | Indiana (18–7) | UCLA (21–6) | Indiana (21–9) | 16. |
| 17. | Cincinnati | Georgia Tech (0–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Cincinnati (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–2) | Wisconsin (6–0) | Cincinnati (10–2) | Cincinnati (11–3) | Georgia Tech (10–4) | Wisconsin (12–2) | UAB (16–2) | UAB (17–3) | Saint Louis (19–2) | Saint Louis (20–3) | Saint Louis (22–3) | California (21–6) | California (22–7) | Marquette (24–9) | 17. |
| 18. | Virginia | Virginia (0–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Illinois (2–0) | Minnesota (4–2) | Syracuse (6–1) | Cincinnati (8–2) | Syracuse (8–1) | Georgia Tech (9–3) | Cincinnati (12–3) | UAB (14–2) | Minnesota (14–6) | Saint Louis (18–1) | California (16–5) | California (18–5) | California (19–6) | Florida (23–6) | Indiana (19–8) | Temple (23–8) | 18. |
| 19. | Syracuse | Indiana (0–0) | Cincinnati (4–1) | Cincinnati (4–1) | Wisconsin (4–0) | Illinois (5–1) | Oklahoma State (7–2) | Minnesota (8–3) | Minnesota (10–3) | Minnesota (11–4) | Georgia Tech (11–5) | Cincinnati (14–5) | California (14–4) | Minnesota (17–7) | Florida (21–4) | Florida (22–5) | Minnesota (20–10) | Oklahoma State (23–9) | Tulsa (23–8) | 19. |
| 20. | Arizona | Cincinnati (1–1) | Connecticut (3–0) | Connecticut (3–0) | Illinois (4–1) | Wisconsin (5–0) | Syracuse (7–1) | Illinois (7–2) | Boston College (10–3) | UAB (13–1) | Cincinnati (12–5) | Saint Louis (16–1) | Marquette (15–5) | UAB (18–4) | Minnesota (18–8) | Minnesota (19–9) | UAB (22–6) | Minnesota (20–11) | Maryland (18–12) | 20. |
| 21. | UMass | Illinois (0–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | Syracuse (4–1) | Cincinnati (7–2) | Illinois (6–2) | Boston College (9–2) | Oklahoma State (10–4) | Oklahoma State (12–4) | Maryland (11–3) | Maryland (12–4) | Florida (18–3) | Marquette (16–6) | Boston College (18–7) | Marquette (20–7) | Marquette (22–7) | Saint Louis (23–5) | Oklahoma State (24–10) | 21. |
| 22. | Wisconsin | Georgetown (0–0) | Virginia (0–0) | Virginia (2–1) | Boston College (6–0) | Boston College (6–0) | George Washington (5–1) | Oklahoma State (8–4) | Illinois (7–3) | Saint Louis (14–0) | Marquette (11–4) | California (12–4) | Wisconsin (14–4) | Florida (19–4) | Marquette (18–7) | Oklahoma State (20–7) | Saint Louis (22–4) | Marquette (22–8) | UCLA (21–7) | 22. |
| 23. | Marquette | Vanderbilt (0–0) | George Washington (2–1) | George Washington (2–1) | George Washington (4–1) | George Washington (5–1) | Boston College (7–2) | Marquette (7–3) | Vanderbilt (8–3) | Boston College (11–4) | California (10–4) | Marquette (12–5) | Minnesota (15–7) | Wisconsin (15–5) | UAB (18–6) | Boston College (19–8) т | Oklahoma State (21–8) | UAB (22–7) | Minnesota (21–12) | 23. |
| 24. | Florida State | Florida State (0–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Vanderbilt (4–1) | Marquette (5–2) | Marquette (6–2) | George Washington (6–2) | California (9–2) | California (10–3) | West Virginia (12–2) | Boston College (15–5) | Illinois (12–5) | Cincinnati (16–7) | Cincinnati (17–8) | UAB (20–6) т | Boston College (20–9) | Texas (25–7) | Texas (26–8) | 24. |
| 25. | Purdue | Marquette (2–1) | California (2–2) | California (2–2) | LSU (3–0) | Vanderbilt (4–2) | Vanderbilt (5–2) | Vanderbilt (7–2) | UAB (11–1) | Xavier (11–1) | Boston College (13–5) | Missouri (14–2) | Cincinnati (15–6) | Boston College (16–7) | New Mexico State (19–3) | Cincinnati (18–9) | Penn (23–2) | Cincinnati (22–9) | Penn (25–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 2 Nov. 22 | Week 3 Nov. 29 | Week 4 Dec. 6 | Week 5 Dec. 13 | Week 6 Dec. 20 | Week 7 Dec. 27 | Week 8 Jan. 3 | Week 9 Jan. 10 | Week 10 Jan. 17 | Week 11 Jan. 24 | Week 12 Jan. 31 | Week 13 Feb. 7 | Week 14 Feb. 14 | Week 15 Feb. 21 | Week 16 Feb. 28 | Week 17 Mar. 7 | Week 18 Mar. 14 | Final Apr. 5 | |
| | | Dropped: Wisconsin (0–0) | Dropped: Georgetown (1–1)Vanderbilt (1–0)Marquette | None | Dropped: VirginiaFlorida StateCalifornia | Dropped: LSU | None | None | Dropped: MarquetteGeorge Washington | Dropped: IllinoisVanderbilt | Dropped: Oklahoma StateSaint Louis (14–1)Xavier | Dropped: Georgia TechWest Virginia | Dropped: CaliforniaBoston College | Dropped: Illinois | Dropped: Wisconsin | Dropped: New Mexico State | Dropped: Cincinnati | Dropped: Boston CollegePenn | Dropped: California (22–8)Saint Louis (23–6)UAB (22–8)Cincinnati (22–10) | |