1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

AP Poll

|Week1-1 = Georgetown |Week1-2 = Illinois |Week1-3 = DePaul |Week1-4 = Indiana |Week1-5 = Oklahoma |Week1-6 = Duke |Week1-7 = St. John's |Week1-8 = Memphis State |Week1-9 = Washington |Week1-10 = SMU |Week1-11 = |Week1-12 = Syracuse |Week1-13 = NC State |Week1-14 = LSU |Week1-15 = Virginia Tech |Week1-16 = Arkansas |Week1-17 = Louisville |Week1-18 = Kentucky |Week1-19 = Kansas |Week1-20 = Georgia Tech |Week2-1 = Georgetown (1–0) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = DePaul (1–0) |Week2-2-Color = u |Week2-3 = St. John's (0–0) |Week2-3-Color = u |Week2-4 = Duke (0–0) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Memphis State (0–0) |Week2-5-Color = u |Week2-6 = Louisville (1–0) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Illinois (3–1) |Week2-7-Color = d |Week2-8 = Washington (0–0) |Week2-8-Color = u |Week2-9 = SMU (1–0) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Oklahoma (1–1) |Week2-10-Color = d |Week2-11 = NC State (1–0) |Week2-11-Color = u |Week2-12 = Indiana (0–1) |Week2-12-Color = d |Week2-13 = UAB (3–0) |Week2-13-Color = npr |Week2-14 = Syracuse (0–0) |Week2-14-Color = d |Week2-15 = Virginia Tech (1–0) |Week2-15-Color = |Week2-16 = LSU (0–0) |Week2-16-Color = d |Week2-17 = Arkansas (1–0) |Week2-17-Color = d |Week2-18 = Georgia Tech (1–0) |Week2-18-Color = u |Week2-19 = North Carolina (1–0) |Week2-19-Color = npr |Week2-20 = Kansas (2–1) UNLV (0–1) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week3-1 = Georgetown (3–0) |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = DePaul (2–0) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = St. John's (2–0) |Week3-3-Color = |Week3-4 = Duke (3–0) |Week3-4-Color = |Week3-5 = Memphis State (2–0) |Week3-5-Color = |Week3-6 = Louisville (2–0) |Week3-6-Color = |Week3-7 = Illinois (5–1) |Week3-7-Color = |Week3-8 = SMU (1–0) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Washington (2–0) |Week3-9-Color = d |Week3-10 = NC State (2–0) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Indiana (1–1) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = Syracuse (1–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = LSU (2–0) |Week3-13-Color = u |Week3-14 = Virginia Tech (2–0) |Week3-14-Color = u |Week3-15 = Georgia Tech (3–0) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = North Carolina (2–0) |Week3-16-Color = u |Week3-17 = Oklahoma (2–2) |Week3-17-Color = d |Week3-18 = UAB (4–1) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = Kansas (3–1) |Week3-19-Color = u |Week3-20 = UNLV (1–1) |Week3-20-Color = |Week4-1 = Georgetown (5–0) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = DePaul (5–0) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Duke (5–0) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = St. John's (4–0) |Week4-4-Color = d |Week4-5 = Memphis State (4–0) |Week4-5-Color = |Week4-6 = Illinois (9–1) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = SMU (4–0) |Week4-7-Color = u |Week4-8 = Washington (4–0) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = NC State (5–0) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Syracuse (4–0) |Week4-10-Color = u |Week4-11 = Virginia Tech (4–0) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Georgia Tech (3–0) |Week4-12-Color = u |Week4-13 = North Carolina (4–0) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = Louisville (3–1) |Week4-14-Color = d |Week4-15 = Oklahoma (5–2) |Week4-15-Color = u |Week4-16 = Indiana (2–2) |Week4-16-Color = d |Week4-17 = UAB (5–1) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Kansas (6–1) |Week4-18-Color = u |Week4-19 = LSU (4–1) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = Michigan (5–0) |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Georgetown (7–0) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Duke (5–0) |Week5-2-Color = u |Week5-3 = Memphis State (5–0) |Week5-3-Color = u |Week5-4 = Illinois (10–1) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = DePaul (6–1) |Week5-5-Color = d |Week5-6 = SMU (6–0) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Washington (4–0) |Week5-7-Color = u |Week5-8 = St. John's (5–1) |Week5-8-Color = d |Week5-9 = Syracuse (5–0) |Week5-9-Color = u |Week5-10 = North Carolina (5–0) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Oklahoma (6–2) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Louisville (4–1) |Week5-12-Color = u |Week5-13 = Georgia Tech (4–1) |Week5-13-Color = d |Week5-14 = NC State (5–1) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = Kansas (7–1) |Week5-15-Color = u |Week5-16 = Indiana (5–2) |Week5-16-Color = |Week5-17 = Virginia Tech (6–1) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Michigan (6–0) |Week5-18-Color = u |Week5-19 = LSU (4–1) |Week5-19-Color = |Week5-20 = Louisiana Tech (8–0) |Week5-20-Color = npr |Week6-1 = Georgetown (9–0) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Duke (7–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Memphis State (8–0) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = SMU (9–0) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = St. John's (6–1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Syracuse (6–0) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = North Carolina (7–0) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = Illinois (11–2) |Week6-8-Color = d |Week6-9 = DePaul (7–2) |Week6-9-Color = d |Week6-10 = Georgia Tech (6–1) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Washington (5–1) |Week6-11-Color = d |Week6-12 = Kansas (8–1) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Michigan (8–0) |Week6-13-Color = u |Week6-14 = NC State (6–1) |Week6-14-Color = |Week6-15 = Indiana (6–2) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Virginia Tech (7–1) |Week6-16-Color = u |Week6-17 = Oklahoma (6–3) |Week6-17-Color = d |Week6-18 = LSU (6–1) |Week6-18-Color = u |Week6-19 = Louisiana Tech (9–0) |Week6-19-Color = u |Week6-20 = Louisville (6–2) |Week6-20-Color = d |Week7-1 = Georgetown (11–0) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Duke (9–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Memphis State (8–0) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = St. John's (8–1) |Week7-4-Color = u |Week7-5 = Syracuse (8–0) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Illinois (11–2) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = SMU (9–1) |Week7-7-Color = d |Week7-8 = Georgia Tech (9–1) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = North Carolina (8–1) |Week7-9-Color = d |Week7-10 = DePaul (8–2) |Week7-10-Color = d |Week7-11 = Kansas (8–2) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Indiana (8–2) |Week7-12-Color = u |Week7-13 = Oklahoma (9–3) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = LSU (8–1) |Week7-14-Color = u |Week7-15 = Washington (7–2) |Week7-15-Color = d |Week7-16 = Michigan (8–1) |Week7-16-Color = d |Week7-17 = NC State (7–2) |Week7-17-Color = d |Week7-18 = Louisiana Tech (10–1) |Week7-18-Color = u |Week7-19 = Maryland (10–2) |Week7-19-Color = npr |Week7-20 = VCU (8–1) |Week7-20-Color = npr |Week8-1 = Georgetown (13–0) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Duke (10–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = St. John's (10–1) |Week8-3-Color = u |Week8-4 = SMU (11–1) |Week8-4-Color = u |Week8-5 = North Carolina (10–1) |Week8-5-Color = u |Week8-6 = Memphis State (9–1) |Week8-6-Color = d |Week8-7 = Syracuse (8–1) |Week8-7-Color = d |Week8-8 = Oklahoma (10–3) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Georgia Tech (10–2) |Week8-9-Color = d |Week8-10 = Kansas (10–2) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = Indiana (9–3) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Boston College (10–1) |Week8-12-Color = npr |Week8-13 = DePaul (9–3) |Week8-13-Color = d |Week8-14 = Louisiana Tech (11–1) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Illinois (11–4) |Week8-15-Color = d |Week8-16 = Villanova (9–1) |Week8-16-Color = npr |Week8-17 = Michigan State (11–1) |Week8-17-Color = npr |Week8-18 = VCU (9–1) |Week8-18-Color = u |Week8-19 = Iowa (13–2) |Week8-19-Color = npr |Week8-20 = Oregon State (11–1) |Week8-20-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Georgetown (15–0) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = Duke (12–0) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = SMU (14–1) |Week9-3-Color = u |Week9-4 = St. John's (11–1) |Week9-4-Color = d |Week9-5 = Memphis State (11–1) |Week9-5-Color = u |Week9-6 = North Carolina (12–2) |Week9-6-Color = d |Week9-7 = Syracuse (10–1) |Week9-7-Color = |Week9-8 = Indiana (11–3) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Kansas (12–2) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = DePaul (10–3) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Illinois (13–4) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Louisiana Tech (13–1) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Oklahoma (11–3) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = Oregon State (13–1) |Week9-14-Color = u |Week9-15 = Boston College (11–2) |Week9-15-Color = d |Week9-16 = VCU (10–1) |Week9-16-Color = u |Week9-17 = Georgia Tech (10–3) |Week9-17-Color = d |Week9-18 = Villanova (9–3) |Week9-18-Color = d |Week9-19 = Michigan State (12–2) |Week9-19-Color = d |Week9-20 = Tulsa (11–2) |Week9-20-Color = npr |Week10-1 = Georgetown (17–0) |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = SMU (15–1) |Week10-2-Color = u |Week10-3 = St. John's (13–1) |Week10-3-Color = u |Week10-4 = Memphis State (13–1) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = Duke (13–2) |Week10-5-Color = d |Week10-6 = Illinois (15–4) |Week10-6-Color = u |Week10-7 = DePaul (13–3) |Week10-7-Color = u |Week10-8 = North Carolina (14–3) |Week10-8-Color = d |Week10-9 = Oklahoma (13–4) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Oregon State (14–1) |Week10-10-Color = u |Week10-11 = Syracuse (11–2) |Week10-11-Color = d |Week10-12 = Louisiana Tech (15–1) |Week10-12-Color = |Week10-13 = Indiana (11–4) |Week10-13-Color = d |Week10-14 = Villanova (12–3) |Week10-14-Color = u |Week10-15 = Kansas (13–3) |Week10-15-Color = d |Week10-16 = Georgia Tech (13–3) |Week10-16-Color = u |Week10-17 = Tulsa (14–2) |Week10-17-Color = u |Week10-18 = Michigan (12–3) |Week10-18-Color = npr |Week10-19 = VCU (12–2) |Week10-19-Color = d |Week10-20 = UNLV (13–2) |Week10-20-Color = npr |Week11-1 = St. John's (15–1) |Week11-1-Color = u |Week11-2 = Georgetown (18–1) |Week11-2-Color = d |Week11-3 = Memphis State (15–1) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = SMU (16–2) |Week11-4-Color = d |Week11-5 = Illinois (17–4) |Week11-5-Color = u |Week11-6 = Duke (14–3) |Week11-6-Color = d |Week11-7 = Oklahoma (15–4) |Week11-7-Color = u |Week11-8 = Georgia Tech (15–3) |Week11-8-Color = u |Week11-9 = Syracuse (12–3) |Week11-9-Color = u |Week11-10 = Michigan (14–3) |Week11-10-Color = u |Week11-11 = North Carolina (14–4) |Week11-11-Color = d |Week11-12 = Tulsa (16–2) |Week11-12-Color = u |Week11-13 = DePaul (13–4) |Week11-13-Color = d |Week11-14 = Oregon State (14–2) |Week11-14-Color = d |Week11-15 = Louisiana Tech (16–2) |Week11-15-Color = d |Week11-16 = UNLV (15–2) |Week11-16-Color = u |Week11-17 = Maryland (16–5) |Week11-17-Color = npr |Week11-18 = Villanova (13–4) |Week11-18-Color = d |Week11-19 = Kansas (15–4) |Week11-19-Color = d |Week11-20 = UAB (18–4) |Week11-20-Color = npr |Week12-1 = St. John's (18–1) |Week12-1-Color = |Week12-2 = Georgetown (19–2) |Week12-2-Color = |Week12-3 = Memphis State (17–1) |Week12-3-Color = |Week12-4 = SMU (18–2) |Week12-4-Color = |Week12-5 = Duke (16–3) |Week12-5-Color = u |Week12-6 = Syracuse (15–3) |Week12-6-Color = u |Week12-7 = Oklahoma (17–4) |Week12-7-Color = |Week12-8 = Michigan (16–3) |Week12-8-Color = u |Week12-9 = Illinois (18–5) |Week12-9-Color = d |Week12-10 = Georgia Tech (16–4) |Week12-10-Color = d |Week12-11 = UNLV (17–2) |Week12-11-Color = u |Week12-12 = Iowa (18–4) |Week12-12-Color = npr |Week12-13 = Kansas (18–4) |Week12-13-Color = u |Week12-14 = Louisiana Tech (18–2) |Week12-14-Color = u |Week12-15 = North Carolina (16–5) |Week12-15-Color = d |Week12-16 = Oregon State (16–4) |Week12-16-Color = d |Week12-17 = Tulsa (17–3) |Week12-17-Color = d |Week12-18 = DePaul (14–5) |Week12-18-Color = d |Week12-19 = Villanova (14–5) |Week12-19-Color = d |Week12-20 = Maryland (18–6) |Week12-20-Color = d |Week13-1 = St. John's (19–1) |Week13-1-Color = |Week13-2 = Georgetown (21–2) |Week13-2-Color = |Week13-3 = Michigan (18–3) |Week13-3-Color = u |Week13-4 = Oklahoma (19–4) |Week13-4-Color = u |Week13-5 = Memphis State (17–2) |Week13-5-Color = d |Week13-6 = Georgia Tech (18–4) |Week13-6-Color = u |Week13-7 = Duke (17–4) |Week13-7-Color = d |Week13-8 = Syracuse (16–4) |Week13-8-Color = d |Week13-9 = SMU (18–4) |Week13-9-Color = d |Week13-10 = Kansas (20–4) |Week13-10-Color = u |Week13-11 = Iowa (19–4) |Week13-11-Color = u |Week13-12 = Louisiana Tech (20–2) |Week13-12-Color = u |Week13-13 = North Carolina (18–5) |Week13-13-Color = u |Week13-14 = UNLV (18–3) |Week13-14-Color = d |Week13-15 = Tulsa (18–4) |Week13-15-Color = u |Week13-16 = Villanova (15–6) |Week13-16-Color = u |Week13-17 = Illinois (18–7) |Week13-17-Color = d |Week13-18 = Oregon State (17–4) |Week13-18-Color = d |Week13-19 = UAB (21–5) |Week13-19-Color = npr |Week13-20 = Maryland (19–7) |Week13-20-Color = |Week14-1 = St. John's (22–1) |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Georgetown (23–2) |Week14-2-Color = |Week14-3 = Michigan (20–3) |Week14-3-Color = |Week14-4 = Memphis State (20–2) |Week14-4-Color = u |Week14-5 = Oklahoma (21–4) |Week14-5-Color = d |Week14-6 = Duke (18–4) |Week14-6-Color = u |Week14-7 = Syracuse (19–4) |Week14-7-Color = u |Week14-8 = Georgia Tech (18–5) |Week14-8-Color = d |Week14-9 = SMU (20–5) |Week14-9-Color = |Week14-10 = Louisiana Tech (22–2) |Week14-10-Color = u |Week14-11 = UNLV (20–3) |Week14-11-Color = u |Week14-12 = Tulsa (19–4) |Week14-12-Color = u |Week14-13 = North Carolina (19–6) |Week14-13-Color = |Week14-14 = Iowa (19–6) |Week14-14-Color = d |Week14-15 = Kansas (20–6) |Week14-15-Color = d |Week14-16 = Illinois (20–7) |Week14-16-Color = u |Week14-17 = VCU (20–4) |Week14-17-Color = npr |Week14-18 = Georgia (17–6) |Week14-18-Color = npr |Week14-19 = Oregon State (18–5) |Week14-19-Color = d |Week14-20 = Boston College (18–6) |Week14-20-Color = npr |Week15-1 = St. John's (24–1) |Week15-1-Color = |Week15-2 = Georgetown (25–2) |Week15-2-Color = |Week15-3 = Michigan (21–3) |Week15-3-Color = |Week15-4 = Memphis State (22–2) |Week15-4-Color = |Week15-5 = Duke (20–5) |Week15-5-Color = u |Week15-6 = Oklahoma (22–5) |Week15-6-Color = d |Week15-7 = Louisiana Tech (24–2) |Week15-7-Color = u |Week15-8 = North Carolina (21–6) |Week15-8-Color = u |Week15-9 = UNLV (23–3) |Week15-9-Color = u |Week15-10 = Georgia Tech (19–6) |Week15-10-Color = d |Week15-11 = Kansas (22–6) |Week15-11-Color = u |Week15-12 = Syracuse (19–6) |Week15-12-Color = d |Week15-13 = SMU (21–6) |Week15-13-Color = d |Week15-14 = Georgia (19–6) |Week15-14-Color = u |Week15-15 = Tulsa (20–5) |Week15-15-Color = d |Week15-16 = NC State (18–7) |Week15-16-Color = npr |Week15-17 = VCU (21–5) |Week15-17-Color = |Week15-18 = Illinois (21–8) |Week15-18-Color = d |Week15-19 = Arizona (20–7) |Week15-19-Color = npr |Week15-20 = Loyola-Chicago (20–5) |Week15-20-Color = npr |Week16-1 = Georgetown (27–2) |Week16-1-Color = u |Week16-2 = St. John's (25–2) |Week16-2-Color = d |Week16-3 = Michigan (23–3) |Week16-3-Color = |Week16-4 = Oklahoma (25–5) |Week16-4-Color = u |Week16-5 = Memphis State (24–3) |Week16-5-Color = d |Week16-6 = North Carolina (22–7) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = Duke (21–6) |Week16-7-Color = d |Week16-8 = Louisiana Tech (25–2) |Week16-8-Color = d |Week16-9 = Georgia Tech (21–7) |Week16-9-Color = u |Week16-10 = Kansas (24–6) |Week16-10-Color = u |Week16-11 = UNLV (24–3) |Week16-11-Color = d |Week16-12 = VCU (25–5) |Week16-12-Color = u |Week16-13 = Syracuse (20–7) |Week16-13-Color = d |Week16-14 = Illinois (22–8) |Week16-14-Color = u |Week16-15 = Tulsa (21–6) |Week16-15-Color = |Week16-16 = Loyola-Chicago (22–5) |Week16-16-Color = u |Week16-17 = Georgia (20–7) |Week16-17-Color = d |Week16-18 = NC State (19–8) |Week16-18-Color = d |Week16-19 = LSU (19–8) |Week16-19-Color = npr |Week16-20 = SMU (21–8) |Week16-20-Color = d |Week17-1 = Georgetown (30–2) |Week17-1-Color = |Week17-2 = Michigan (25–3) |Week17-2-Color = u |Week17-3 = St. John's (27–3) |Week17-3-Color = d |Week17-4 = Oklahoma (28–5) |Week17-4-Color = |Week17-5 = Memphis State (27–3) |Week17-5-Color = |Week17-6 = Georgia Tech (24–7) |Week17-6-Color = u |Week17-7 = North Carolina (24–8) |Week17-7-Color = d |Week17-8 = Louisiana Tech (27–2) |Week17-8-Color = |Week17-9 = UNLV (27–3) |Week17-9-Color = u |Week17-10 = Duke (22–7) |Week17-10-Color = d |Week17-11 = VCU (25–5) |Week17-11-Color = u |Week17-12 = Illinois (24–8) |Week17-12-Color = u |Week17-13 = Kansas (25–7) |Week17-13-Color = d |Week17-14 = Loyola-Chicago (25–5) |Week17-14-Color = u |Week17-15 = Syracuse (21–8) |Week17-15-Color = d |Week17-16 = NC State (20–9) |Week17-16-Color = u |Week17-17 = Texas Tech (23–7) |Week17-17-Color = npr |Week17-18 = Tulsa (23–7) |Week17-18-Color = d |Week17-19 = Georgia (21–8) |Week17-19-Color = d |Week17-20 = LSU (19–9) |Week17-20-Color = d

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Coaches Poll

|Week1-1 = Georgetown (1–0) |Week1-2 = DePaul (1–0) |Week1-3 = St. John's (0–0) |Week1-4 = Louisville (1–0) |Week1-5 = Illinois (3–1) |Week1-6 = Duke (0–0) |Week1-7 = Memphis State (0–0) |Week1-8 = SMU (1–0) |Week1-9 = Washington (0–0) |Week1-10 = Oklahoma (1–1) |Week1-11 = UAB (3–0) |Week1-12 = NC State (1–0) |Week1-13 = Indiana (0–1) |Week1-14 = LSU (0–0) |Week1-15 = Kansas (2–1) |Week1-16 = (0–1) |Week1-17 = Kentucky (0–0) |Week1-18 = Arkansas (1–0) |Week1-19 = North Carolina (1–0) |Week1-20 = Virginia Tech (1–0) |Week2-1 = Georgetown (3–0) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = DePaul (2–0) |Week2-2-Color = |Week2-3 = St. John's (2–0) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = Duke (3–0) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Illinois (5–1) |Week2-5-Color = |Week2-6 = Memphis State (2–0) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Louisville (2–0) |Week2-7-Color = d |Week2-8 = Washington (2–0) |Week2-8-Color = u |Week2-9 = SMU (1–0) |Week2-9-Color = d |Week2-10 = NC State (2–0) |Week2-10-Color = u |Week2-11 = LSU (2–0) |Week2-11-Color = u |Week2-12 = Indiana (1–1) |Week2-12-Color = u |Week2-13 = Syracuse (1–0) |Week2-13-Color = npr |Week2-14 = Georgia Tech (3–0) |Week2-14-Color = npr |Week2-15 = UAB (4–1) |Week2-15-Color = d |Week2-16 = Oklahoma (2–2) |Week2-16-Color = d |Week2-17 = Kansas (3–1) |Week2-17-Color = d |Week2-18 = North Carolina (2–0) |Week2-18-Color = u |Week2-19 = Virginia Tech (2–0) |Week2-19-Color = u |Week2-20 = UNLV (1–1) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week3-1 = Georgetown (5–0) |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = DePaul (5–0) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = Duke (5–0) |Week3-3-Color = u |Week3-4 = St. John's (5–0) |Week3-4-Color = d |Week3-5 = Memphis State (4–0) |Week3-5-Color = u |Week3-6 = Illinois (9–1) |Week3-6-Color = d |Week3-7 = SMU (4–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = NC State (5–0) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Washington (4–0) |Week3-9-Color = d |Week3-10 = Syracuse (4–0) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Virginia Tech (4–0) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = North Carolina (4–0) т |Week3-12-Color = tu |Week3-13 = Oklahoma (5–2) т |Week3-13-Color = u |Week3-14 = Georgia Tech (3–0) |Week3-14-Color = |Week3-15 = Kansas (6–1) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = Indiana (2–2) |Week3-16-Color = d |Week3-17 = Louisville (3–1) |Week3-17-Color = d |Week3-18 = UAB (5–1) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = LSU (4–1) |Week3-19-Color = d |Week3-20 = Arkansas (3–1) т Louisiana Tech (5–0) т |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week4-1 = Georgetown (7–0) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Duke (5–0) |Week4-2-Color = u |Week4-3 = Illinois (10–1) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Memphis State (5–0) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = DePaul (6–1) |Week4-5-Color = d |Week4-6 = SMU (6–0) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Washington (4–0) |Week4-7-Color = u |Week4-8 = St. John's (5–1) |Week4-8-Color = d |Week4-9 = North Carolina (5–0) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Syracuse (5–0) |Week4-10-Color = |Week4-11 = Oklahoma (6–2) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Kansas (7–1) |Week4-12-Color = u |Week4-13 = Georgia Tech (4–1) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = Indiana (5–2) |Week4-14-Color = u |Week4-15 = Louisville (4–1) |Week4-15-Color = u |Week4-16 = Arkansas (5–1) |Week4-16-Color = u |Week4-17 = NC State (5–1) |Week4-17-Color = d |Week4-18 = Maryland (7–1) |Week4-18-Color = npr |Week4-19 = LSU (4–1) |Week4-19-Color = |Week4-20 = Michigan (6–0) |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Georgetown (9–0) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Duke (7–0) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = SMU (9–0) |Week5-3-Color = u |Week5-4 = Memphis State (8–0) |Week5-4-Color = |Week5-5 = North Carolina (7–0) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Syracuse (6–0) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Illinois (11–2) |Week5-7-Color = d |Week5-8 = St. John's (6–1) |Week5-8-Color = |Week5-9 = DePaul (7–2) |Week5-9-Color = d |Week5-10 = Indiana (6–2) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Kansas (8–1) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Washington (5–1) |Week5-12-Color = d |Week5-13 = Georgia Tech (6–1) |Week5-13-Color = |Week5-14 = Michigan (8–0) |Week5-14-Color = u |Week5-15 = Arkansas (8–1) |Week5-15-Color = u |Week5-16 = Louisiana Tech (9–0) |Week5-16-Color = npr |Week5-17 = Oklahoma (6–3) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Virginia Tech (7–1) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = LSU (6–1) |Week5-19-Color = |Week5-20 = Maryland (8–1) |Week5-20-Color = d |Week6-1 = Georgetown (11–0) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Duke (9–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Memphis State (8–0) |Week6-3-Color = u |Week6-4 = St. John's (8–1) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Syracuse (8–0) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Illinois (11–2) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = Georgia Tech (9–1) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = SMU (9–1) |Week6-8-Color = d |Week6-9 = North Carolina (8–1) |Week6-9-Color = d |Week6-10 = DePaul (8–2) |Week6-10-Color = d |Week6-11 = Kansas (8–2) |Week6-11-Color = |Week6-12 = Indiana (8–2) |Week6-12-Color = d |Week6-13 = Washington (7–2) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = Oklahoma (9–3) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = LSU (8–1) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Maryland (10–2) |Week6-16-Color = u |Week6-17 = Michigan (8–1) |Week6-17-Color = d |Week6-18 = Louisiana Tech (10–1) |Week6-18-Color = d |Week6-19 = VCU (8–1) |Week6-19-Color = npr |Week6-20 = Ohio State (8–1) |Week6-20-Color = npr |Week7-1 = Georgetown (13–0) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Duke (10–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = SMU (11–1) |Week7-3-Color = u |Week7-4 = St. John's (10–1) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = Memphis State (9–1) |Week7-5-Color = d |Week7-6 = North Carolina (10–1) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Oklahoma (10–3) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Syracuse (8–1) |Week7-8-Color = d |Week7-9 = Kansas (10–2) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = Georgia Tech (10–2) |Week7-10-Color = d |Week7-11 = Indiana (9–3) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Oregon State (11–1) |Week7-12-Color = npr |Week7-13 = Louisiana Tech (11–1) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Michigan State (11–1) |Week7-14-Color = npr |Week7-15 = DePaul (9–3) |Week7-15-Color = d |Week7-16 = Illinois (11–4) |Week7-16-Color = d |Week7-17 = Boston College (10–1) |Week7-17-Color = npr |Week7-18 = LSU (9–2) |Week7-18-Color = d |Week7-19 = Washington (9–3) |Week7-19-Color = d |Week7-20 = Villanova (9–1) |Week7-20-Color = npr |Week8-1 = Georgetown (15–0) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Duke (12–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = SMU (14–1) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = St. John's (11–1) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Memphis State (11–1) |Week8-5-Color = |Week8-6 = Syracuse (10–1) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = North Carolina (12–2) |Week8-7-Color = d |Week8-8 = Kansas (12–2) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Indiana (11–3) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Oklahoma (11–3) |Week8-10-Color = d |Week8-11 = Oregon State (13–1) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Louisiana Tech (13–1) |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Illinois (13–4) |Week8-13-Color = u |Week8-14 = DePaul (10–3) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Georgia Tech (10–3) |Week8-15-Color = d |Week8-16 = Villanova (9–3) |Week8-16-Color = u |Week8-17 = Boston College (11–2) |Week8-17-Color = |Week8-18 = Michigan State (12–2) |Week8-18-Color = d |Week8-19 = VCU (10–1) |Week8-19-Color = npr |Week8-20 = Tulsa (11–2) |Week8-20-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Georgetown (17–0) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = SMU (15–1) |Week9-2-Color = u |Week9-3 = St. John's (13–1) |Week9-3-Color = u |Week9-4 = Memphis State (13–1) |Week9-4-Color = u |Week9-5 = Duke (13–2) |Week9-5-Color = d |Week9-6 = Illinois (15–4) |Week9-6-Color = u |Week9-7 = Oklahoma (13–4) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = Oregon State (14–1) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = North Carolina (14–3) |Week9-9-Color = d |Week9-10 = DePaul (13–3) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Louisiana Tech (15–1) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Syracuse (11–2) |Week9-12-Color = d |Week9-13 = Indiana (11–4) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = Kansas (13–3) |Week9-14-Color = d |Week9-15 = Villanova (12–3) |Week9-15-Color = u |Week9-16 = Tulsa (14–2) |Week9-16-Color = u |Week9-17 = Georgia Tech (13–3) |Week9-17-Color = d |Week9-18 = Washington (12–5) |Week9-18-Color = npr |Week9-19 = UNLV (13–2) т |Week9-19-Color = tnpr |Week9-20 = UAB (13–4) т |Week9-20-Color = npr |Week10-1 = St. John's (15–1) |Week10-1-Color = u |Week10-2 = Georgetown (18–1) |Week10-2-Color = d |Week10-3 = Memphis State (15–1) |Week10-3-Color = u |Week10-4 = SMU (16–2) |Week10-4-Color = d |Week10-5 = Duke (14–3) |Week10-5-Color = |Week10-6 = Oklahoma (15–4) |Week10-6-Color = u |Week10-7 = Illinois (17–4) |Week10-7-Color = d |Week10-8 = Syracuse (12–3) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = Georgia Tech (15–3) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Tulsa (16–2) |Week10-10-Color = u |Week10-11 = Michigan (14–3) |Week10-11-Color = u |Week10-12 = Oregon State (14–2) |Week10-12-Color = d |Week10-13 = UNLV (15–2) |Week10-13-Color = u |Week10-14 = North Carolina (14–4) |Week10-14-Color = d |Week10-15 = DePaul (13–4) |Week10-15-Color = d |Week10-16 = Louisiana Tech (16–2) |Week10-16-Color = d |Week10-17 = Maryland (16–5) |Week10-17-Color = npr |Week10-18 = Villanova (13–4) |Week10-18-Color = d |Week10-19 = UAB (18–4) |Week10-19-Color = |Week10-20 = Kansas (15–4) |Week10-20-Color = d |Week11-1 = St. John's (18–1) |Week11-1-Color = |Week11-2 = Georgetown (19–2) |Week11-2-Color = |Week11-3 = Memphis State (17–1) |Week11-3-Color = |Week11-4 = SMU (18–2) |Week11-4-Color = |Week11-5 = Duke (16–3) |Week11-5-Color = |Week11-6 = Illinois (18–5) |Week11-6-Color = u |Week11-7 = Georgia Tech (16–4) |Week11-7-Color = u |Week11-8 = Syracuse (15–3) |Week11-8-Color = |Week11-9 = Oklahoma (17–4) |Week11-9-Color = d |Week11-10 = Michigan (16–3) |Week11-10-Color = u |Week11-11 = Oregon State (16–4) |Week11-11-Color = u |Week11-12 = UNLV (17–2) |Week11-12-Color = u |Week11-13 = Iowa (18–4) |Week11-13-Color = npr |Week11-14 = Kansas (18–4) |Week11-14-Color = u |Week11-15 = North Carolina (16–5) |Week11-15-Color = d |Week11-16 = Louisiana Tech (18–2) |Week11-16-Color = |Week11-17 = Tulsa (17–3) |Week11-17-Color = d |Week11-18 = Villanova (14–5) |Week11-18-Color = |Week11-19 = Maryland (18–6) |Week11-19-Color = d |Week11-20 = UAB (19–5) |Week11-20-Color = d |Week12-1 = St. John's (19–1) |Week12-1-Color = |Week12-2 = Georgetown (21–2) |Week12-2-Color = |Week12-3 = Memphis State (17–2) |Week12-3-Color = |Week12-4 = Duke (17–4) |Week12-4-Color = u |Week12-5 = Oklahoma (19–4) |Week12-5-Color = tu |Week12-6 = Georgia Tech (18–4) |Week12-6-Color = u |Week12-7 = Michigan (18–3) |Week12-7-Color = u |Week12-8 = Syracuse (16–4) |Week12-8-Color = |Week12-9 = SMU (18–4) |Week12-9-Color = d |Week12-10 = Kansas (20–4) |Week12-10-Color = u |Week12-11 = Iowa (19–4) |Week12-11-Color = u |Week12-12 = North Carolina (18–5) |Week12-12-Color = u |Week12-13 = Louisiana Tech (20–2) |Week12-13-Color = u |Week12-14 = Tulsa (18–4) |Week12-14-Color = u |Week12-15 = Illinois (18–7) |Week12-15-Color = d |Week12-16 = UNLV (18–3) |Week12-16-Color = d |Week12-17 = Oregon State (17–4) |Week12-17-Color = d |Week12-18 = Villanova (15–6) |Week12-18-Color = |Week12-19 = Maryland (19–7) |Week12-19-Color = |Week12-20 = DePaul (15–6) |Week12-20-Color = npr |Week13-1 = St. John's (22–1) |Week13-1-Color = |Week13-2 = Georgetown (23–2) |Week13-2-Color = |Week13-3 = Oklahoma (21–4) |Week13-3-Color = u |Week13-4 = Memphis State (20–2) |Week13-4-Color = d |Week13-5 = Duke (18–4) |Week13-5-Color = d |Week13-6 = Michigan (20–3) |Week13-6-Color = u |Week13-7 = Syracuse (19–4) |Week13-7-Color = u |Week13-8 = SMU (20–5) |Week13-8-Color = u |Week13-9 = Georgia Tech (18–5) |Week13-9-Color = d |Week13-10 = Louisiana Tech (22–2) |Week13-10-Color = u |Week13-11 = UNLV (20–3) |Week13-11-Color = u |Week13-12 = Tulsa (19–4) |Week13-12-Color = u |Week13-13 = Kansas (20–6) |Week13-13-Color = d |Week13-14 = Illinois (20–7) |Week13-14-Color = u |Week13-15 = North Carolina (19–6) |Week13-15-Color = d |Week13-16 = Iowa (19–6) |Week13-16-Color = d |Week13-17 = Oregon State (18–5) |Week13-17-Color = |Week13-18 = VCU (20–4) |Week13-18-Color = npr |Week13-19 = Maryland (19–9) |Week13-19-Color = |Week13-20 = UAB (21–6) т USC (16–6) т |Week13-20-Color = npr |Week14-1 = St. John's (24–1) |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Georgetown (25–2) |Week14-2-Color = |Week14-3 = Michigan (21–3) |Week14-3-Color = u |Week14-4 = Memphis State (22–2) |Week14-4-Color = |Week14-5 = Duke (20–5) |Week14-5-Color = |Week14-6 = Oklahoma (22–5) |Week14-6-Color = d |Week14-7 = Louisiana Tech (24–2) |Week14-7-Color = u |Week14-8 = Kansas (22–6) |Week14-8-Color = u |Week14-9 = SMU (21–6) |Week14-9-Color = d |Week14-10 = UNLV (23–3) |Week14-10-Color = u |Week14-11 = North Carolina (21–6) |Week14-11-Color = u |Week14-12 = Syracuse (19–6) |Week14-12-Color = d |Week14-13 = Georgia Tech (19–6) |Week14-13-Color = d |Week14-14 = Tulsa (20–5) |Week14-14-Color = d |Week14-15 = Georgia (19–6) |Week14-15-Color = npr |Week14-16 = Illinois (21–8) |Week14-16-Color = d |Week14-17 = Arizona (20–7) |Week14-17-Color = npr |Week14-18 = VCU (21–5) |Week14-18-Color = |Week14-19 = NC State (18–7) |Week14-19-Color = npr |Week14-20 = LSU (17–8) |Week14-20-Color = npr |Week15-1 = Georgetown (27–2) |Week15-1-Color = u |Week15-2 = St. John's (25–2) |Week15-2-Color = d |Week15-3 = Michigan (23–3) |Week15-3-Color = |Week15-4 = Memphis State (24–3) |Week15-4-Color = |Week15-5 = Oklahoma (25–5) |Week15-5-Color = u |Week15-6 = Louisiana Tech (25–2) |Week15-6-Color = u |Week15-7 = North Carolina (22–7) |Week15-7-Color = u |Week15-8 = Kansas (24–6) |Week15-8-Color = |Week15-9 = Duke (21–6) |Week15-9-Color = d |Week15-10 = UNLV (24–3) |Week15-10-Color = |Week15-11 = Georgia Tech (21–7) |Week15-11-Color = u |Week15-12 = Syracuse (20–7) |Week15-12-Color = |Week15-13 = Tulsa (21–6) |Week15-13-Color = u |Week15-14 = Illinois (22–8) |Week15-14-Color = u |Week15-15 = VCU (25–5) |Week15-15-Color = u |Week15-16 = SMU (21–8) |Week15-16-Color = d |Week15-17 = NC State (19–8) |Week15-17-Color = u |Week15-18 = Loyola-Chicago (22–5) |Week15-18-Color = npr |Week15-19 = LSU (19–8) |Week15-19-Color = u |Week15-20 = Georgia (20–7) |Week15-20-Color = d |Week16-1 = Georgetown (30–2) |Week16-1-Color = |Week16-2 = Michigan (25–3) |Week16-2-Color = u |Week16-3 = St. John's (27–3) |Week16-3-Color = d |Week16-4 = Memphis State (27–3) |Week16-4-Color = |Week16-5 = Oklahoma (28–5) |Week16-5-Color = |Week16-6 = Georgia Tech (24–7) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = North Carolina (24–8) |Week16-7-Color = |Week16-8 = Louisiana Tech (27–2) |Week16-8-Color = d |Week16-9 = UNLV (27–3) |Week16-9-Color = u |Week16-10 = Illinois (24–8) |Week16-10-Color = u |Week16-11 = VCU (25–5) |Week16-11-Color = u |Week16-12 = Duke (22–7) |Week16-12-Color = d |Week16-13 = Kansas (25–7) |Week16-13-Color = d |Week16-14 = Tulsa (23–7) |Week16-14-Color = d |Week16-15 = Syracuse (21–8) |Week16-15-Color = d |Week16-16 = Texas Tech (23–7) |Week16-16-Color = npr |Week16-17 = Loyola-Chicago (25–5) |Week16-17-Color = u |Week16-18 = NC State (20–9) |Week16-18-Color = d |Week16-19 = LSU (19–9) |Week16-19-Color = |Week16-20 = Michigan State (19–9) |Week16-20-Color = npr

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