1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

AP Poll

After Cincinnati sat atop the poll for the initial three releases, Kansas assumed the top spot in the poll for the remainder of the season. Arizona, ranked number 15 in the final poll (released on March 10), became the first team to defeat three #1 seeds – Kansas, North Carolina, and Kentucky – en route to winning the NCAA Tournament. |Week1-1 = Cincinnati |Week1-2 = Kansas |Week1-3 = Kentucky |Week1-4 = Wake Forest |Week1-5 = UCLA |Week1-6 = Utah |Week1-7 = Villanova |Week1-8 = North Carolina |Week1-9 = Michigan |Week1-10 = Duke |Week1-11 = Iowa State |Week1-12 = |Week1-13 = Arkansas |Week1-14 = |Week1-15 = UMass |Week1-16 = Texas |Week1-17 = New Mexico |Week1-18 = Stanford |Week1-19 = Arizona |Week1-20 = Clemson |Week1-21 = Boston College |Week1-22 = Minnesota |Week1-23 = Iowa |Week1-24 = |Week1-25 = Marquette |Week2-1 = Cincinnati (0–0) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = Kansas (0–0) |Week2-2-Color = |Week2-3 = Wake Forest (0–0) |Week2-3-Color = u |Week2-4 = Utah (0–0) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = UCLA (0–0) |Week2-5-Color = |Week2-6 = Villanova (0–0) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = North Carolina (0–0) |Week2-7-Color = u |Week2-8 = Kentucky (0–1) |Week2-8-Color = d |Week2-9 = Michigan (0–0) |Week2-9-Color = |Week2-10 = Duke (0–0) |Week2-10-Color = |Week2-11 = Iowa State (0–0) |Week2-11-Color = |Week2-12 = Clemson (1–0) |Week2-12-Color = u |Week2-13 = Syracuse (0–0) |Week2-13-Color = d |Week2-14 = Fresno State (0–0) |Week2-14-Color = |Week2-15 = UMass (0–0) |Week2-15-Color = |Week2-16 = Arkansas (0–0) |Week2-16-Color = d |Week2-17 = Texas (0–0) |Week2-17-Color = d |Week2-18 = New Mexico (0–0) |Week2-18-Color = d |Week2-19 = Arizona (0–0) |Week2-19-Color = |Week2-20 = Stanford (0–0) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week2-21 = Boston College (0–0) |Week2-21-Color = |Week2-22 = Indiana (1–0) |Week2-22-Color = npr |Week2-23 = Minnesota (0–0) |Week2-23-Color = d |Week2-24 = George Washington (0–0) |Week2-24-Color = |Week2-25 = Iowa (0–0) |Week2-25-Color = d |Week3-1 = Cincinnati (1–0) |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = Kansas (1–0) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = Wake Forest (1–0) |Week3-3-Color = |Week3-4 = Utah (1–0) |Week3-4-Color = |Week3-5 = Villanova (0–0) |Week3-5-Color = u |Week3-6 = Duke (2–0) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = Michigan (0–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Kentucky (0–1) |Week3-8-Color = |Week3-9 = Iowa State (0–0) |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = Clemson (2–0) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Arizona (1–0) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = Syracuse (1–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = UCLA (0–1) |Week3-13-Color = d |Week3-14 = North Carolina (0–1) |Week3-14-Color = d |Week3-15 = Fresno State (1–0) |Week3-15-Color = d |Week3-16 = Arkansas (1–0) |Week3-16-Color = |Week3-17 = UMass (0–0) |Week3-17-Color = d |Week3-18 = Texas (1–0) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = New Mexico (3–0) |Week3-19-Color = d |Week3-20 = Indiana (3–0) |Week3-20-Color = u |Week3-21 = Stanford (0–0) |Week3-21-Color = d |Week3-22 = Tulsa (2–0) |Week3-22-Color = npr |Week3-23 = Boston College (1–0) |Week3-23-Color = d |Week3-24 = Minnesota (1–0) |Week3-24-Color = d |Week3-25 = George Washington (2–0) |Week3-25-Color = d |Week4-1 = Kansas (5–0) |Week4-1-Color = u |Week4-2 = Wake Forest (4–0) |Week4-2-Color = u |Week4-3 = Utah (3–0) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Cincinnati (2–1) |Week4-4-Color = d |Week4-5 = Villanova (3–0) |Week4-5-Color = |Week4-6 = Kentucky (3–1) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Michigan (2–0) |Week4-7-Color = |Week4-8 = Indiana (4–0) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = Iowa State (3–0) |Week4-9-Color = |Week4-10 = Duke (2–1) |Week4-10-Color = d |Week4-11 = New Mexico (5–0) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Clemson (4–1) |Week4-12-Color = d |Week4-13 = Fresno State (4–0) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = North Carolina (2–1) |Week4-14-Color = |Week4-15 = Arizona (2–1) |Week4-15-Color = d |Week4-16 = Minnesota (5–0) |Week4-16-Color = u |Week4-17 = UCLA (0–1) |Week4-17-Color = d |Week4-18 = Texas (2–0) |Week4-18-Color = |Week4-19 = Syracuse (3–1) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = Boston College (2–0) |Week4-20-Color = u |Week4-21 = Tulsa (2–1) |Week4-21-Color = u |Week4-22 = Arkansas (2–1) |Week4-22-Color = d |Week4-23 = Xavier (3–0) |Week4-23-Color = npr |Week4-24 = Stanford (2–1) |Week4-24-Color = d |Week4-25 = Virginia (3–1) |Week4-25-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Kansas (7–0) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Wake Forest (6–0) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Kentucky (5–1) |Week5-3-Color = u |Week5-4 = Villanova (5–0) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = Michigan (5–0) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Iowa State (4–0) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Cincinnati (2–2) |Week5-7-Color = d |Week5-8 = Arizona (3–1) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Utah (4–1) |Week5-9-Color = d |Week5-10 = Clemson (6–1) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = North Carolina (5–1) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Indiana (6–1) |Week5-12-Color = d |Week5-13 = Texas (4–0) |Week5-13-Color = u |Week5-14 = Duke (5–2) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = New Mexico (6–1) |Week5-15-Color = d |Week5-16 = Fresno State (5–1) |Week5-16-Color = d |Week5-17 = Minnesota (5–1) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Texas Tech (5–0) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = Xavier (5–0) |Week5-19-Color = u |Week5-20 = Arkansas (3–1) |Week5-20-Color = u |Week5-21 = Stanford (3–1) |Week5-21-Color = u |Week5-22 = Louisville (4–0) |Week5-22-Color = npr |Week5-23 = UCLA (1–2) |Week5-23-Color = d |Week5-24 = Alabama (7–0) |Week5-24-Color = npr |Week5-25 = Boston College (3–1) |Week5-25-Color = d |Week6-1 = Kansas (9–0) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Wake Forest (7–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Kentucky (7–1) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Michigan (7–0) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Iowa State (6–0) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Arizona (5–1) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = Cincinnati (2–2) |Week6-7-Color = |Week6-8 = Clemson (7–1) |Week6-8-Color = u |Week6-9 = Utah (5–1) |Week6-9-Color = |Week6-10 = Villanova (6–1) |Week6-10-Color = d |Week6-11 = Duke (7–2) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = North Carolina (6–1) |Week6-12-Color = d |Week6-13 = Indiana (9–1) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = Texas (5–1) |Week6-14-Color = d |Week6-15 = New Mexico (7–1) |Week6-15-Color = |Week6-16 = Minnesota (6–1) |Week6-16-Color = u |Week6-17 = Xavier (7–0) |Week6-17-Color = u |Week6-18 = Louisville (6–0) |Week6-18-Color = u |Week6-19 = Arkansas (4–1) |Week6-19-Color = u |Week6-20 = Alabama (8–0) |Week6-20-Color = u |Week6-21 = Fresno State (6–2) |Week6-21-Color = d |Week6-22 = Stanford (4–1) |Week6-22-Color = d |Week6-23 = Texas Tech (5–1) |Week6-23-Color = d |Week6-24 = UCLA (2–2) |Week6-24-Color = d |Week6-25 = Maryland (7–0) |Week6-25-Color = npr |Week7-1 = Kansas (10–0) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Kentucky (8–1) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = Michigan (8–0) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = Iowa State (8–0) |Week7-5-Color = |Week7-6 = Clemson (10–1) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Cincinnati (4–2) |Week7-7-Color = |Week7-8 = Utah (6–1) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Arizona (5–2) |Week7-9-Color = d |Week7-10 = Villanova (7–1) |Week7-10-Color = |Week7-11 = North Carolina (9–1) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Duke (8–2) |Week7-12-Color = d |Week7-13 = Indiana (10–1) |Week7-13-Color = |Week7-14 = New Mexico (8–1) |Week7-14-Color = u |Week7-15 = Minnesota (8–1) |Week7-15-Color = u |Week7-16 = Louisville (8–0) |Week7-16-Color = u |Week7-17 = Xavier (8–0) |Week7-17-Color = |Week7-18 = Texas (6–2) |Week7-18-Color = d |Week7-19 = Alabama (10–0) |Week7-19-Color = u |Week7-20 = Texas Tech (7–1) |Week7-20-Color = u |Week7-21 = Maryland (8–0) |Week7-21-Color = u |Week7-22 = Arkansas (5–2) |Week7-22-Color = d |Week7-23 = Stanford (6–1) |Week7-23-Color = d |Week7-24 = (7–0) |Week7-24-Color = npr |Week7-25 = Boston College (5–1) |Week7-25-Color = npr |Week8-1 = Kansas (10–0) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Kentucky (10–1) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = Iowa State (8–0) |Week8-4-Color = u |Week8-5 = Clemson (10–1) |Week8-5-Color = u |Week8-6 = Cincinnati (5–2) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = Utah (8–1) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = Michigan (9–1) |Week8-8-Color = d |Week8-9 = Arizona (6–2) |Week8-9-Color = |Week8-10 = Villanova (9–1) |Week8-10-Color = |Week8-11 = North Carolina (9–1) |Week8-11-Color = |Week8-12 = Indiana (13–1) |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Duke (8–2) |Week8-13-Color = d |Week8-14 = Louisville (10–0) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Minnesota (10–1) |Week8-15-Color = |Week8-16 = New Mexico (11–1) |Week8-16-Color = d |Week8-17 = Xavier (9–0) |Week8-17-Color = |Week8-18 = Texas (6–2) |Week8-18-Color = |Week8-19 = Maryland (11–0) |Week8-19-Color = u |Week8-20 = Oregon (9–0) |Week8-20-Color = u |Week8-21 = Stanford (7–1) |Week8-21-Color = u |Week8-22 = Arkansas (6–2) |Week8-22-Color = |Week8-23 = Texas Tech (8–2) |Week8-23-Color = d |Week8-24 = Illinois (10–2) |Week8-24-Color = npr |Week8-25 = Boston College (6–2) |Week8-25-Color = |Week9-1 = Kansas (13–0) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = Wake Forest (10–0) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = Kentucky (12–1) |Week9-3-Color = |Week9-4 = Iowa State (10–0) |Week9-4-Color = |Week9-5 = Clemson (12–1) |Week9-5-Color = |Week9-6 = Cincinnati (8–2) |Week9-6-Color = |Week9-7 = Arizona (9–2) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = Villanova (11–1) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Utah (9–1) |Week9-9-Color = d |Week9-10 = Duke (11–2) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Minnesota (13–1) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Xavier (10–0) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = North Carolina (9–2) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = Louisville (11–1) |Week9-14-Color = |Week9-15 = Indiana (14–2) |Week9-15-Color = d |Week9-16 = Michigan (10–3) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = Oregon (10–0) |Week9-17-Color = u |Week9-18 = New Mexico (11–2) |Week9-18-Color = d |Week9-19 = Maryland (12–1) |Week9-19-Color = |Week9-20 = Texas Tech (9–2) |Week9-20-Color = u |Week9-21 = Stanford (8–2) |Week9-21-Color = |Week9-22 = Texas (7–3) |Week9-22-Color = d |Week9-23 = Boston College (8–2) |Week9-23-Color = u |Week9-24 = (11–2) |Week9-24-Color = npr |Week9-25 = Illinois (11–3) |Week9-25-Color = d |Week10-1 = Kansas (16–0) |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = Wake Forest (12–0) |Week10-2-Color = |Week10-3 = Clemson (14–1) |Week10-3-Color = u |Week10-4 = Cincinnati (11–2) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = Kentucky (14–2) |Week10-5-Color = d |Week10-6 = Arizona (10–2) |Week10-6-Color = u |Week10-7 = Minnesota (15–1) |Week10-7-Color = u |Week10-8 = Iowa State (11–1) |Week10-8-Color = d |Week10-9 = Utah (10–2) |Week10-9-Color = |Week10-10 = Louisville (13–1) |Week10-10-Color = u |Week10-11 = Maryland (14–1) |Week10-11-Color = u |Week10-12 = New Mexico (13–2) |Week10-12-Color = u |Week10-13 = Duke (11–4) |Week10-13-Color = d |Week10-14 = Xavier (11–1) |Week10-14-Color = d |Week10-15 = Stanford (10–2) |Week10-15-Color = u |Week10-16 = Villanova (12–3) |Week10-16-Color = d |Week10-17 = Indiana (14–3) |Week10-17-Color = d |Week10-18 = Michigan (11–4) |Week10-18-Color = d |Week10-19 = Boston College (10–2) |Week10-19-Color = u |Week10-20 = Ole Miss (11–3) |Week10-20-Color = npr |Week10-21 = Georgia (12–2) |Week10-21-Color = u |Week10-22 = North Carolina (9–4) |Week10-22-Color = d |Week10-23 = Texas (8–4) |Week10-23-Color = d |Week10-24 = Oregon (10–2) |Week10-24-Color = d |Week10-25 = Texas Tech (10–3) |Week10-25-Color = d |Week11-1 = Kansas (18–0) |Week11-1-Color = |Week11-2 = Clemson (16–1) |Week11-2-Color = u |Week11-3 = Kentucky (16–2) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = Wake Forest (13–1) |Week11-4-Color = d |Week11-5 = Utah (12–2) |Week11-5-Color = u |Week11-6 = Louisville (15–1) |Week11-6-Color = u |Week11-7 = Maryland (15–2) |Week11-7-Color = u |Week11-8 = Minnesota (16–2) |Week11-8-Color = d |Week11-9 = Cincinnati (12–3) |Week11-9-Color = d |Week11-10 = Duke (14–4) |Week11-10-Color = u |Week11-11 = Arizona (10–4) |Week11-11-Color = d |Week11-12 = Villanova (14–3) |Week11-12-Color = u |Week11-13 = Michigan (13–4) |Week11-13-Color = u |Week11-14 = Iowa State (11–3) |Week11-14-Color = d |Week11-15 = New Mexico (14–3) |Week11-15-Color = d |Week11-16 = Xavier (12–2) |Week11-16-Color = d |Week11-17 = Stanford (11–3) |Week11-17-Color = d |Week11-18 = Colorado (14–3) |Week11-18-Color = npr |Week11-19 = North Carolina (11–4) |Week11-19-Color = u |Week11-20 = Texas Tech (12–3) |Week11-20-Color = u |Week11-21 = Indiana (15–4) |Week11-21-Color = d |Week11-22 = Boston College (12–3) |Week11-22-Color = d |Week11-23 = Texas (9–5) |Week11-23-Color = |Week11-24 = Tulsa (14–4) |Week11-24-Color = npr |Week11-25 = Marquette (12–3) |Week11-25-Color = npr |Week12-1 = Kansas (20–0) |Week12-1-Color = |Week12-2 = Wake Forest (15–1) |Week12-2-Color = u |Week12-3 = Kentucky (18–2) |Week12-3-Color = |Week12-4 = Utah (13–2) |Week12-4-Color = u |Week12-5 = Maryland (17–2) |Week12-5-Color = u |Week12-6 = Minnesota (18–2) |Week12-6-Color = u |Week12-7 = Clemson (16–3) |Week12-7-Color = d |Week12-8 = Cincinnati (14–3) |Week12-8-Color = u |Week12-9 = Louisville (16–2) |Week12-9-Color = d |Week12-10 = Arizona (12–4) |Week12-10-Color = u |Week12-11 = Iowa State (13–3) |Week12-11-Color = u |Week12-12 = Duke (15–5) |Week12-12-Color = d |Week12-13 = New Mexico (15–3) |Week12-13-Color = u |Week12-14 = Villanova (15–4) |Week12-14-Color = d |Week12-15 = Stanford (13–3) |Week12-15-Color = u |Week12-16 = Michigan (14–5) |Week12-16-Color = d |Week12-17 = Indiana (17–4) |Week12-17-Color = u |Week12-18 = Colorado (15–4) |Week12-18-Color = |Week12-19 = North Carolina (12–5) |Week12-19-Color = |Week12-20 = Xavier (13–3) |Week12-20-Color = d |Week12-21 = Tulsa (15–4) |Week12-21-Color = u |Week12-22 = Texas Tech (13–4) |Week12-22-Color = d |Week12-23 = Texas (11–5) |Week12-23-Color = |Week12-24 = Marquette (13–3) |Week12-24-Color = u |Week12-25 = South Carolina (13–5) |Week12-25-Color = npr |Week13-1 = Kansas (22–0) |Week13-1-Color = |Week13-2 = Wake Forest (18–1) |Week13-2-Color = |Week13-3 = Kentucky (20–2) |Week13-3-Color = |Week13-4 = Minnesota (19–2) |Week13-4-Color = u |Week13-5 = Utah (15–3) |Week13-5-Color = d |Week13-6 = Iowa State (15–3) |Week13-6-Color = u |Week13-7 = Maryland (17–4) |Week13-7-Color = d |Week13-8 = Duke (17–5) |Week13-8-Color = u |Week13-9 = New Mexico (16–3) |Week13-9-Color = u |Week13-10 = Clemson (17–4) |Week13-10-Color = d |Week13-11 = Louisville (18–3) |Week13-11-Color = d |Week13-12 = Cincinnati (15–4) |Week13-12-Color = d |Week13-13 = Michigan (16–5) |Week13-13-Color = u |Week13-14 = Arizona (13–5) |Week13-14-Color = d |Week13-15 = Colorado (16–4) |Week13-15-Color = u |Week13-16 = Villanova (16–5) |Week13-16-Color = d |Week13-17 = Xavier (15–3) |Week13-17-Color = u |Week13-18 = Stanford (13–4) |Week13-18-Color = d |Week13-19 = South Carolina (15–5) |Week13-19-Color = u |Week13-20 = North Carolina (13–6) |Week13-20-Color = d |Week13-21 = Tulane (16–5) |Week13-21-Color = npr |Week13-22 = Tulsa (17–5) |Week13-22-Color = d |Week13-23 = Texas Tech (13–5) |Week13-23-Color = d |Week13-24 = Indiana (17–6) |Week13-24-Color = d |Week13-25 = Iowa (15–5) |Week13-25-Color = npr |Week14-1 = Kansas (23–1) |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Wake Forest (19–2) |Week14-2-Color = |Week14-3 = Minnesota (20–2) |Week14-3-Color = u |Week14-4 = Kentucky (22–3) |Week14-4-Color = d |Week14-5 = Utah (17–3) |Week14-5-Color = |Week14-6 = Duke (19–5) |Week14-6-Color = u |Week14-7 = Clemson (19–4) |Week14-7-Color = u |Week14-8 = Cincinnati (17–4) |Week14-8-Color = u |Week14-9 = Iowa State (16–4) |Week14-9-Color = d |Week14-10 = Maryland (18–5) |Week14-10-Color = d |Week14-11 = Arizona (15–5) |Week14-11-Color = u |Week14-12 = South Carolina (17–5) |Week14-12-Color = u |Week14-13 = New Mexico (18–4) |Week14-13-Color = d |Week14-14 = Michigan (17–6) |Week14-14-Color = d |Week14-15 = Colorado (17–6) |Week14-15-Color = |Week14-16 = North Carolina (15–6) |Week14-16-Color = u |Week14-17 = Louisville (18–5) |Week14-17-Color = d |Week14-18 = Villanova (17–6) |Week14-18-Color = d |Week14-19 = Xavier (16–4) |Week14-19-Color = d |Week14-20 = Illinois (17–6) |Week14-20-Color = npr |Week14-21 = Texas Tech (14–6) |Week14-21-Color = u |Week14-22 = Stanford (13–6) |Week14-22-Color = d |Week14-23 = Tulane (16–7) |Week14-23-Color = d |Week14-24 = UCLA (13–7) |Week14-24-Color = npr |Week14-25 = College of Charleston (21–2) |Week14-25-Color = npr |Week15-1 = Kansas (25–1) |Week15-1-Color = |Week15-2 = Minnesota (22–2) |Week15-2-Color = u |Week15-3 = Kentucky (24–3) |Week15-3-Color = u |Week15-4 = Wake Forest (20–3) |Week15-4-Color = d |Week15-5 = Utah (19–3) |Week15-5-Color = |Week15-6 = Duke (21–5) |Week15-6-Color = |Week15-7 = Iowa State (18–4) |Week15-7-Color = u |Week15-8 = Clemson (20–5) |Week15-8-Color = d |Week15-9 = South Carolina (18–6) |Week15-9-Color = u |Week15-10 = New Mexico (20–4) |Week15-10-Color = u |Week15-11 = Cincinnati (19–5) |Week15-11-Color = d |Week15-12 = North Carolina (17–6) |Week15-12-Color = u |Week15-13 = Arizona (16–6) |Week15-13-Color = d |Week15-14 = Maryland (19–6) |Week15-14-Color = d |Week15-15 = Louisville (19–5) |Week15-15-Color = u |Week15-16 = Xavier (18–4) |Week15-16-Color = u |Week15-17 = UCLA (15–7) |Week15-17-Color = u |Week15-18 = Michigan (17–7) |Week15-18-Color = d |Week15-19 = Villanova (18–7) |Week15-19-Color = d |Week15-20 = Stanford (15–6) |Week15-20-Color = u |Week15-21 = Colorado (17–7) |Week15-21-Color = d |Week15-22 = College of Charleston (23–2) |Week15-22-Color = u |Week15-23 = Illinois (18–7) |Week15-23-Color = d |Week15-24 = Indiana (20–7) |Week15-24-Color = npr |Week15-25 = California (18–6) |Week15-25-Color = npr |Week16-1 = Kansas (27–1) |Week16-1-Color = |Week16-2 = Minnesota (24–2) |Week16-2-Color = |Week16-3 = Kentucky (26–3) |Week16-3-Color = |Week16-4 = Utah (20–3) |Week16-4-Color = u |Week16-5 = Wake Forest (21–4) |Week16-5-Color = d |Week16-6 = South Carolina (21–6) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = Duke (22–6) |Week16-7-Color = d |Week16-8 = North Carolina (19–6) |Week16-8-Color = u |Week16-9 = Cincinnati (22–5) |Week16-9-Color = u |Week16-10 = UCLA (17–7) |Week16-10-Color = u |Week16-11 = New Mexico (21–5) |Week16-11-Color = d |Week16-12 = Clemson (20–7) |Week16-12-Color = d |Week16-13 = Iowa State (18–6) |Week16-13-Color = d |Week16-14 = Xavier (20–4) |Week16-14-Color = u |Week16-15 = Arizona (17–7) |Week16-15-Color = d |Week16-16 = Maryland (20–7) |Week16-16-Color = d |Week16-17 = Louisville (21–6) |Week16-17-Color = d |Week16-18 = Villanova (20–7) |Week16-18-Color = u |Week16-19 = Colorado (19–7) |Week16-19-Color = u |Week16-20 = College of Charleston (25–2) |Week16-20-Color = u |Week16-21 = Illinois (18–8) |Week16-21-Color = u |Week16-22 = Indiana (21–8) |Week16-22-Color = u |Week16-23 = Saint Joseph's (19–6) |Week16-23-Color = npr |Week16-24 = Michigan (17–9) |Week16-24-Color = d |Week16-25 = Stanford (16–7) |Week16-25-Color = d |Week17-1 = Kansas (29–1) |Week17-1-Color = |Week17-2 = Minnesota (26–2) |Week17-2-Color = |Week17-3 = Utah (23–3) |Week17-3-Color = u |Week17-4 = South Carolina (23–6) |Week17-4-Color = u |Week17-5 = North Carolina (21–6) |Week17-5-Color = u |Week17-6 = Kentucky (27–4) |Week17-6-Color = d |Week17-7 = Duke (23–7) |Week17-7-Color = |Week17-8 = Wake Forest (22–5) |Week17-8-Color = d |Week17-9 = UCLA (19–7) |Week17-9-Color = u |Week17-10 = Cincinnati (24–6) |Week17-10-Color = d |Week17-11 = Xavier (22–4) |Week17-11-Color = u |Week17-12 = Arizona (19–7) |Week17-12-Color = u |Week17-13 = Clemson (21–8) |Week17-13-Color = d |Week17-14 = New Mexico (22–6) |Week17-14-Color = d |Week17-15 = Illinois (20–8) |Week17-15-Color = u |Week17-16 = Iowa State (19–7) |Week17-16-Color = d |Week17-17 = College of Charleston (28–2) |Week17-17-Color = u |Week17-18 = Colorado (21–8) |Week17-18-Color = u |Week17-19 = Saint Joseph's (21–6) |Week17-19-Color = u |Week17-20 = Louisville (22–7) |Week17-20-Color = d |Week17-21 = Villanova (21–8) |Week17-21-Color = d |Week17-22 = Maryland (20–9) |Week17-22-Color = d |Week17-23 = Stanford (18–7) |Week17-23-Color = u |Week17-24 = Georgia (21–7) |Week17-24-Color = npr |Week17-25 = Indiana (21–9) |Week17-25-Color = d |Week18-1 = Kansas (32–1) |Week18-1-Color = |Week18-2 = Utah (26–3) |Week18-2-Color = u |Week18-3 = Minnesota (27–3) |Week18-3-Color = d |Week18-4 = North Carolina (24–6) |Week18-4-Color = u |Week18-5 = Kentucky (30–4) |Week18-5-Color = u |Week18-6 = South Carolina (24–7) |Week18-6-Color = d |Week18-7 = UCLA (21–7) |Week18-7-Color = u |Week18-8 = Duke (23–8) |Week18-8-Color = d |Week18-9 = Wake Forest (23–6) |Week18-9-Color = d |Week18-10 = Cincinnati (25–7) |Week18-10-Color = |Week18-11 = New Mexico (24–7) |Week18-11-Color = u |Week18-12 = Saint Joseph's (24–6) |Week18-12-Color = u |Week18-13 = Xavier (22–5) |Week18-13-Color = d |Week18-14 = Clemson (21–9) |Week18-14-Color = d |Week18-15 = Arizona (19–9) |Week18-15-Color = d |Week18-16 = College of Charleston (28–2) |Week18-16-Color = u |Week18-17 = Georgia (24–8) |Week18-17-Color = u |Week18-18 = Iowa State (20–8) |Week18-18-Color = d |Week18-19 = Illinois (21–9) |Week18-19-Color = d |Week18-20 = Villanova (23–9) |Week18-20-Color = u |Week18-21 = Stanford (20–7) |Week18-21-Color = u |Week18-22 = Maryland (21–10) |Week18-22-Color = |Week18-23 = Boston College (21–8) |Week18-23-Color = npr |Week18-24 = Colorado (21–9) |Week18-24-Color = d |Week18-25 = Louisville (23–8) |Week18-25-Color = d

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Coaches Poll

|Week1-1 = Kansas |Week1-2 = Cincinnati |Week1-3 = Wake Forest |Week1-4 = Kentucky |Week1-5 = Utah |Week1-6 = UCLA |Week1-7 = North Carolina |Week1-8 = Villanova |Week1-9 = Michigan |Week1-10 = Duke |Week1-11 = Iowa State |Week1-12 = |Week1-13 = UMass |Week1-14 = Stanford |Week1-15 = Texas |Week1-16 = Arizona |Week1-17 = Clemson |Week1-18 = Arkansas |Week1-19 = |Week1-20 = Iowa |Week1-21 = Boston College |Week1-22 = New Mexico |Week1-23 = |Week1-24 = Indiana |Week1-25 = Louisville |Week2-1 = Cincinnati (1–0) |Week2-1-Color = u |Week2-2 = Kansas (1–0) |Week2-2-Color = d |Week2-3 = Wake Forest (1–0) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = Utah (1–0) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Duke (2–0) |Week2-5-Color = u |Week2-6 = Villanova (0–0) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Michigan (0–0) |Week2-7-Color = u |Week2-8 = Kentucky (0–1) |Week2-8-Color = d |Week2-9 = Clemson (2–0) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Arizona (1–0) |Week2-10-Color = u |Week2-11 = Syracuse (1–0) |Week2-11-Color = u |Week2-12 = North Carolina (0–1) |Week2-12-Color = d |Week2-13 = Texas (1–0) |Week2-13-Color = u |Week2-14 = Stanford (0–0) |Week2-14-Color = |Week2-15 = Iowa State (0–0) |Week2-15-Color = d |Week2-16 = UMass (0–0) |Week2-16-Color = d |Week2-17 = Indiana (3–0) |Week2-17-Color = u |Week2-18 = UCLA (0–1) |Week2-18-Color = d |Week2-19 = Fresno State (1–0) |Week2-19-Color = |Week2-20 = Arkansas (1–0) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week2-21 = Tulsa (2–0) |Week2-21-Color = npr |Week2-22 = New Mexico (3–0) |Week2-22-Color = |Week2-23 = Iowa (1–0) |Week2-23-Color = d |Week2-24 = Boston College (1–0) |Week2-24-Color = d |Week2-25 = (2–0) |Week2-25-Color = npr |Week3-1 = Kansas (5–0) |Week3-1-Color = u |Week3-2 = Wake Forest (4–0) |Week3-2-Color = u |Week3-3 = Utah (3–0) |Week3-3-Color = u |Week3-4 = Cincinnati (2–1) |Week3-4-Color = d |Week3-5 = Kentucky (3–1) |Week3-5-Color = u |Week3-6 = Indiana (4–0) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = Michigan (2–0) |Week3-7-Color = |Week3-8 = Villanova (3–0) |Week3-8-Color = d |Week3-9 = Clemson (4–1) |Week3-9-Color = |Week3-10 = Duke (2–1) |Week3-10-Color = d |Week3-11 = Texas (2–0) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = New Mexico (5–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = Arizona (2–1) |Week3-13-Color = d |Week3-14 = North Carolina (2–1) |Week3-14-Color = d |Week3-15 = Iowa State (3–0) |Week3-15-Color = |Week3-16 = Fresno State (4–0) |Week3-16-Color = u |Week3-17 = UCLA (0–1) |Week3-17-Color = u |Week3-18 = Syracuse (3–1) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = Tulsa (2–1) |Week3-19-Color = u |Week3-20 = Minnesota (5–0) |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week3-21 = Stanford (2–1) |Week3-21-Color = d |Week3-22 = Boston College (2–0) |Week3-22-Color = u |Week3-23 = Arkansas (2–1) |Week3-23-Color = d |Week3-24 = Georgetown (3–0) |Week3-24-Color = npr |Week3-25 = Texas Tech (3–0) |Week3-25-Color = npr |Week4-1 = Kansas (7–0) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Wake Forest (6–0) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Kentucky (5–1) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Villanova (5–0) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Michigan (5–0) |Week4-5-Color = u |Week4-6 = Clemson (6–1) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Utah (4–1) |Week4-7-Color = d |Week4-8 = Arizona (3–1) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = Cincinnati (2–2) |Week4-9-Color = d |Week4-10 = Indiana (6–1) |Week4-10-Color = d |Week4-11 = North Carolina (5–1) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Iowa State (4–0) |Week4-12-Color = u |Week4-13 = Texas (4–0) |Week4-13-Color = d |Week4-14 = Duke (5–2) |Week4-14-Color = d |Week4-15 = New Mexico (6–1) |Week4-15-Color = d |Week4-16 = Fresno State (5–1) |Week4-16-Color = |Week4-17 = Minnesota (5–1) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Stanford (3–1) |Week4-18-Color = u |Week4-19 = Texas Tech (5–0) |Week4-19-Color = u |Week4-20 = Arkansas (3–1) |Week4-20-Color = u |Week4-21 = Xavier (5–0) |Week4-21-Color = npr |Week4-22 = Louisville (4–0) |Week4-22-Color = npr |Week4-23 = Boston College (3–1) |Week4-23-Color = d |Week4-24 = Georgetown (5–1) |Week4-24-Color = |Week4-25 = George Washington (5–1) |Week4-25-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Kansas (9–0) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Wake Forest (7–0) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Kentucky (7–1) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Michigan (7–0) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = Iowa State (6–0) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Arizona (5–1) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Utah (5–1) |Week5-7-Color = |Week5-8 = Clemson (7–1) |Week5-8-Color = d |Week5-9 = Indiana (9–1) |Week5-9-Color = u |Week5-10 = Cincinnati (2–2) |Week5-10-Color = d |Week5-11 = Duke (7–2) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Villanova (6–1) |Week5-12-Color = d |Week5-13 = North Carolina (6–1) |Week5-13-Color = d |Week5-14 = Texas (5–1) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = New Mexico (7–1) |Week5-15-Color = |Week5-16 = Minnesota (6–1) |Week5-16-Color = u |Week5-17 = Fresno State (6–2) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Louisville (6–0) |Week5-18-Color = u |Week5-19 = Xavier (7–0) |Week5-19-Color = u |Week5-20 = Stanford (4–1) |Week5-20-Color = d |Week5-21 = Arkansas (4–1) |Week5-21-Color = d |Week5-22 = Alabama (8–0) |Week5-22-Color = npr |Week5-23 = Texas Tech (5–1) |Week5-23-Color = d |Week5-24 = Boston College (4–1) |Week5-24-Color = d |Week5-25 = Maryland (7–0) |Week5-25-Color = npr |Week6-1 = Kansas (10–0) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Kentucky (8–1) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Michigan (8–0) |Week6-4-Color = |Week6-5 = Iowa State (8–0) |Week6-5-Color = |Week6-6 = Cincinnati (4–2) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = Utah (6–1) |Week6-7-Color = |Week6-8 = Duke (8–2) |Week6-8-Color = u |Week6-9 = Clemson (10–1) |Week6-9-Color = d |Week6-10 = North Carolina (9–1) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Indiana (10–1) |Week6-11-Color = d |Week6-12 = Villanova (7–1) |Week6-12-Color = |Week6-13 = Arizona (5–2) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = New Mexico (8–1) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = Louisville (8–0) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Texas (6–2) |Week6-16-Color = d |Week6-17 = Minnesota (8–1) |Week6-17-Color = d |Week6-18 = Xavier (8–0) |Week6-18-Color = u |Week6-19 = Alabama (10–0) |Week6-19-Color = u |Week6-20 = Stanford (6–1) |Week6-20-Color = |Week6-21 = Maryland (8–0) |Week6-21-Color = u |Week6-22 = Texas Tech (7–1) |Week6-22-Color = u |Week6-23 = Fresno State (7–0) |Week6-23-Color = d |Week6-24 = Arkansas (5–2) |Week6-24-Color = d |Week6-25 = Boston College (5–1) |Week6-25-Color = d |Week7-1 = Kansas (10–0) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Kentucky (10–1) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = Iowa State (8–0) |Week7-4-Color = u |Week7-5 = Michigan (9–1) |Week7-5-Color = d |Week7-6 = Cincinnati (5–2) |Week7-6-Color = |Week7-7 = Clemson (10–1) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Utah (8–1) |Week7-8-Color = d |Week7-9 = North Carolina (9–1) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = Indiana (13–1) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Duke (8–2) |Week7-11-Color = d |Week7-12 = Villanova (9–1) |Week7-12-Color = |Week7-13 = Arizona (6–2) |Week7-13-Color = |Week7-14 = New Mexico (11–1) |Week7-14-Color = |Week7-15 = Louisville (10–0) |Week7-15-Color = |Week7-16 = Minnesota (10–1) |Week7-16-Color = u |Week7-17 = Texas (6–2) |Week7-17-Color = d |Week7-18 = Maryland (11–0) |Week7-18-Color = u |Week7-19 = Xavier (9–0) |Week7-19-Color = d |Week7-20 = Stanford (7–1) |Week7-20-Color = |Week7-21 = Texas Tech (8–2) |Week7-21-Color = u |Week7-22 = (9–0) |Week7-22-Color = npr |Week7-23 = Alabama (10–2) |Week7-23-Color = d |Week7-24 = Arkansas (6–2) |Week7-24-Color = |Week7-25 = Boston College (6–2) |Week7-25-Color = |Week8-1 = Kansas (13–0) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Wake Forest (10–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Kentucky (12–1) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = Iowa State (10–0) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Clemson (12–1) |Week8-5-Color = u |Week8-6 = Cincinnati (8–2) |Week8-6-Color = |Week8-7 = Villanova (11–1) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = Arizona (9–2) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Duke (11–2) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Utah (9–1) |Week8-10-Color = d |Week8-11 = Minnesota (13–1) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = North Carolina (9–2) |Week8-12-Color = d |Week8-13 = Xavier (10–0) |Week8-13-Color = u |Week8-14 = Michigan (10–3) |Week8-14-Color = d |Week8-15 = Indiana (14–2) |Week8-15-Color = d |Week8-16 = Louisville (11–1) |Week8-16-Color = d |Week8-17 = Maryland (12–1) |Week8-17-Color = u |Week8-18 = New Mexico (11–2) |Week8-18-Color = d |Week8-19 = Texas (7–3) |Week8-19-Color = d |Week8-20 = Oregon (10–0) |Week8-20-Color = u |Week8-21 = Texas Tech (9–2) |Week8-21-Color = |Week8-22 = Stanford (8–2) |Week8-22-Color = d |Week8-23 = Boston College (8–2) |Week8-23-Color = u |Week8-24 = Illinois (10–2) |Week8-24-Color = npr |Week8-25 = (11–2) |Week8-25-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Kansas (16–0) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = Wake Forest (12–0) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = Clemson (14–1) |Week9-3-Color = u |Week9-4 = Kentucky (14–2) |Week9-4-Color = d |Week9-5 = Iowa State (11–1) |Week9-5-Color = d |Week9-6 = Cincinnati (11–2) |Week9-6-Color = |Week9-7 = Arizona (10–2) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = Minnesota (15–1) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Utah (10–2) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = Louisville (13–1) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Xavier (11–1) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Maryland (14–1) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Duke (11–4) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = New Mexico (13–2) |Week9-14-Color = u |Week9-15 = Villanova (12–3) |Week9-15-Color = d |Week9-16 = Indiana (14–3) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = Stanford (10–2) |Week9-17-Color = u |Week9-18 = Michigan (11–4) |Week9-18-Color = d |Week9-19 = Boston College (10–2) |Week9-19-Color = u |Week9-20 = Texas (8–4) |Week9-20-Color = d |Week9-21 = North Carolina (9–4) |Week9-21-Color = d |Week9-22 = Oregon (10–2) |Week9-22-Color = d |Week9-23 = Texas Tech (10–3) |Week9-23-Color = d |Week9-24 = Georgia (12–2) |Week9-24-Color = u |Week9-25 = Ole Miss (11–3) |Week9-25-Color = npr |Week10-1 = Kansas (18–0) |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = Wake Forest (13–1) |Week10-2-Color = |Week10-3 = Clemson (16–1) |Week10-3-Color = |Week10-4 = Kentucky (16–2) |Week10-4-Color = |Week10-5 = Utah (12–2) |Week10-5-Color = u |Week10-6 = Minnesota (16–2) |Week10-6-Color = u |Week10-7 = Cincinnati (12–3) |Week10-7-Color = d |Week10-8 = Louisville (15–1) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = Duke (14–4) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Maryland (15–2) |Week10-10-Color = u |Week10-11 = Arizona (10–4) |Week10-11-Color = d |Week10-12 = Iowa State (11–3) |Week10-12-Color = d |Week10-13 = Villanova (14–3) |Week10-13-Color = u |Week10-14 = New Mexico (14–3) |Week10-14-Color = |Week10-15 = Xavier (12–2) |Week10-15-Color = d |Week10-16 = Michigan (13–4) |Week10-16-Color = u |Week10-17 = Stanford (11–3) |Week10-17-Color = |Week10-18 = North Carolina (11–4) |Week10-18-Color = u |Week10-19 = Indiana (15–4) |Week10-19-Color = d |Week10-20 = Texas Tech (12–3) |Week10-20-Color = u |Week10-21 = Texas (9–5) |Week10-21-Color = d |Week10-22 = Colorado (14–3) |Week10-22-Color = npr |Week10-23 = Boston College (12–3) |Week10-23-Color = d |Week10-24 = Iowa (14–4) |Week10-24-Color = npr |Week10-25 = Illinois (13–4) |Week10-25-Color = npr |Week11-1 = Kansas (20–0) |Week11-1-Color = |Week11-2 = Wake Forest (15–1) |Week11-2-Color = |Week11-3 = Kentucky (18–2) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = Utah (13–2) |Week11-4-Color = u |Week11-5 = Minnesota (18–2) |Week11-5-Color = u |Week11-6 = Clemson (16–3) |Week11-6-Color = d |Week11-7 = Cincinnati (14–3) |Week11-7-Color = |Week11-8 = Louisville (16–2) |Week11-8-Color = |Week11-9 = Maryland (17–2) |Week11-9-Color = u |Week11-10 = Arizona (12–4) |Week11-10-Color = u |Week11-11 = Duke (15–5) |Week11-11-Color = d |Week11-12 = Iowa State (13–3) |Week11-12-Color = |Week11-13 = Villanova (15–4) |Week11-13-Color = |Week11-14 = New Mexico (15–3) |Week11-14-Color = |Week11-15 = Stanford (13–3) |Week11-15-Color = u |Week11-16 = Michigan (14–5) |Week11-16-Color = |Week11-17 = Indiana (17–4) |Week11-17-Color = u |Week11-18 = North Carolina (12–5) |Week11-18-Color = |Week11-19 = Xavier (13–3) |Week11-19-Color = d |Week11-20 = Colorado (15–4) |Week11-20-Color = u |Week11-21 = Texas (11–5) |Week11-21-Color = |Week11-22 = Texas Tech (13–4) |Week11-22-Color = d |Week11-23 = Marquette (13–3) |Week11-23-Color = npr |Week11-24 = Tulsa (15–4) |Week11-24-Color = npr |Week11-25 = Boston College (13–4) |Week11-25-Color = d |Week12-1 = Kansas (22–0) |Week12-1-Color = |Week12-2 = Wake Forest (18–1) |Week12-2-Color = |Week12-3 = Kentucky (20–2) |Week12-3-Color = |Week12-4 = Minnesota (19–2) |Week12-4-Color = u |Week12-5 = Louisville (18–3) |Week12-5-Color = u |Week12-6 = Cincinnati (15–4) |Week12-6-Color = u |Week12-7 = Utah (15–3) |Week12-7-Color = d |Week12-8 = Clemson (17–4) |Week12-8-Color = d |Week12-9 = Maryland (17–4) |Week12-9-Color = |Week12-10 = New Mexico (16–3) |Week12-10-Color = u |Week12-11 = Duke (17–5) т |Week12-11-Color = t |Week12-12 = Arizona (13–5) т |Week12-12-Color = d |Week12-13 = Iowa State (15–3) |Week12-13-Color = d |Week12-14 = Villanova (16–5) |Week12-14-Color = d |Week12-15 = Michigan (16–5) |Week12-15-Color = u |Week12-16 = 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|Week13-11-Color = |Week13-12 = New Mexico (18–4) |Week13-12-Color = d |Week13-13 = South Carolina (17–5) |Week13-13-Color = u |Week13-14 = Michigan (17–6) |Week13-14-Color = u |Week13-15 = Louisville (18–5) |Week13-15-Color = d |Week13-16 = Colorado (17–6) |Week13-16-Color = u |Week13-17 = North Carolina (15–6) |Week13-17-Color = u |Week13-18 = Villanova (17–6) |Week13-18-Color = d |Week13-19 = Xavier (16–4) |Week13-19-Color = d |Week13-20 = Texas Tech (14–6) |Week13-20-Color = u |Week13-21 = Illinois (17–6) |Week13-21-Color = u |Week13-22 = Stanford (13–6) |Week13-22-Color = d |Week13-23 = Tulane (16–7) |Week13-23-Color = u |Week13-24 = Tulsa (17–6) |Week13-24-Color = d |Week13-25 = UCLA (13–7) |Week13-25-Color = npr |Week14-1 = Kansas (25–1) |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Minnesota (22–2) |Week14-2-Color = u |Week14-3 = Kentucky (24–3) |Week14-3-Color = u |Week14-4 = Wake Forest (20–3) |Week14-4-Color = d |Week14-5 = Utah (19–3) |Week14-5-Color = |Week14-6 = Duke (21–5) |Week14-6-Color = u |Week14-7 = Clemson (20–5) |Week14-7-Color = d |Week14-8 = Iowa State (18–4) |Week14-8-Color = u |Week14-9 = South Carolina (18–6) |Week14-9-Color = u |Week14-10 = New Mexico (20–4) |Week14-10-Color = u |Week14-11 = Cincinnati (19–5) |Week14-11-Color = d |Week14-12 = Arizona (16–6) |Week14-12-Color = d |Week14-13 = Maryland (19–6) |Week14-13-Color = d |Week14-14 = North Carolina (17–6) |Week14-14-Color = u |Week14-15 = Louisville (19–5) |Week14-15-Color = |Week14-16 = Michigan (17–7) |Week14-16-Color = d |Week14-17 = Xavier (18–4) |Week14-17-Color = u |Week14-18 = Villanova (18–7) |Week14-18-Color = |Week14-19 = UCLA (15–7) |Week14-19-Color = u |Week14-20 = Colorado (17–7) |Week14-20-Color = d |Week14-21 = Illinois (18–7) |Week14-21-Color = |Week14-22 = Stanford (15–6) |Week14-22-Color = |Week14-23 = Texas Tech (15–7) |Week14-23-Color = d |Week14-24 = College of Charleston (23–2) |Week14-24-Color = npr |Week14-25 = Indiana (20–7) |Week14-25-Color = npr |Week15-1 = Kansas (27–1) |Week15-1-Color = |Week15-2 = Minnesota (24–2) |Week15-2-Color = |Week15-3 = Kentucky (26–3) |Week15-3-Color = |Week15-4 = Utah (20–3) |Week15-4-Color = u |Week15-5 = Wake Forest (21–4) |Week15-5-Color = d |Week15-6 = South Carolina (21–6) |Week15-6-Color = u |Week15-7 = Duke (22–6) |Week15-7-Color = d |Week15-8 = Cincinnati (22–5) |Week15-8-Color = u |Week15-9 = North Carolina (19–6) |Week15-9-Color = u |Week15-10 = Clemson (20–7) |Week15-10-Color = d |Week15-11 = New Mexico (21–5) |Week15-11-Color = d |Week15-12 = Iowa State (18–6) |Week15-12-Color = d |Week15-13 = Arizona (17–7) |Week15-13-Color = d |Week15-14 = UCLA (17–7) |Week15-14-Color = u |Week15-15 = Louisville (21–6) |Week15-15-Color = |Week15-16 = Maryland (20–7) |Week15-16-Color = d |Week15-17 = Xavier (20–4) |Week15-17-Color = |Week15-18 = Villanova (20–7) |Week15-18-Color = |Week15-19 = Colorado (19–7) |Week15-19-Color = u |Week15-20 = College of Charleston (25–2) |Week15-20-Color = u |Week15-21 = Michigan (17–9) |Week15-21-Color = d |Week15-22 = Indiana (21–8) |Week15-22-Color = u |Week15-23 = Illinois (18–8) |Week15-23-Color = d |Week15-24 = Stanford (16–7) |Week15-24-Color = d |Week15-25 = California (19–7) |Week15-25-Color = npr |Week16-1 = Kansas (29–1) |Week16-1-Color = |Week16-2 = Minnesota (26–2) |Week16-2-Color = |Week16-3 = Utah (23–3) |Week16-3-Color = u |Week16-4 = South Carolina (23–6) |Week16-4-Color = u |Week16-5 = Kentucky (27–4) |Week16-5-Color = d |Week16-6 = North Carolina (21–6) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = Duke (23–7) |Week16-7-Color = |Week16-8 = UCLA (19–7) |Week16-8-Color = u |Week16-9 = Wake Forest (22–5) |Week16-9-Color = d |Week16-10 = Cincinnati (24–6) |Week16-10-Color = d |Week16-11 = Arizona (19–7) |Week16-11-Color = u |Week16-12 = New Mexico (22–6) |Week16-12-Color = u |Week16-13 = Clemson (21–8) |Week16-13-Color = d |Week16-14 = Xavier (22–4) |Week16-14-Color = u |Week16-15 = Iowa State (19–7) |Week16-15-Color = d |Week16-16 = Colorado (21–8) |Week16-16-Color = u |Week16-17 = Villanova (21–8) |Week16-17-Color = u |Week16-18 = College of Charleston (28–2) |Week16-18-Color = u |Week16-19 = Louisville (22–7) |Week16-19-Color = d |Week16-20 = Maryland (20–9) |Week16-20-Color = d |Week16-21 = Illinois (20–8) |Week16-21-Color = u |Week16-22 = Stanford (18–7) |Week16-22-Color = u |Week16-23 = Saint Joseph's (21–6) |Week16-23-Color = npr |Week16-24 = Indiana (21–9) |Week16-24-Color = d |Week16-25 = Princeton (22–3) |Week16-25-Color = npr |Week17-1 = Kansas (32–1) |Week17-1-Color = |Week17-2 = Utah (26–3) |Week17-2-Color = u |Week17-3 = Minnesota (27–3) |Week17-3-Color = d |Week17-4 = Kentucky (30–4) |Week17-4-Color = u |Week17-5 = North Carolina (24–6) |Week17-5-Color = u |Week17-6 = South Carolina (24–7) |Week17-6-Color = d |Week17-7 = UCLA (21–7) |Week17-7-Color = u |Week17-8 = Duke (23–8) |Week17-8-Color = d |Week17-9 = Wake Forest (23–6) |Week17-9-Color = |Week17-10 = Cincinnati (25–7) |Week17-10-Color = |Week17-11 = New Mexico (24–7) |Week17-11-Color = u |Week17-12 = Clemson (21–9) |Week17-12-Color = u |Week17-13 = Arizona (19–9) |Week17-13-Color = d |Week17-14 = Xavier (22–5) |Week17-14-Color = |Week17-15 = Saint Joseph's (24–6) |Week17-15-Color = u |Week17-16 = Villanova (23–9) |Week17-16-Color = u |Week17-17 = Iowa State (20–8) |Week17-17-Color = d |Week17-18 = College of Charleston (28–2) |Week17-18-Color = |Week17-19 = Maryland (21–10) |Week17-19-Color = u |Week17-20 = Boston College (21–8) |Week17-20-Color = npr |Week17-21 = Stanford (20–7) |Week17-21-Color = u |Week17-22 = Georgia (24–8) |Week17-22-Color = npr |Week17-23 = Colorado (21–9) |Week17-23-Color = d |Week17-24 = Illinois (21–9) |Week17-24-Color = d |Week17-25 = Louisville (23–8) |Week17-25-Color = d |Week18-1 = Arizona (25–9) |Week18-1-Color = u |Week18-2 = Kentucky (35–5) |Week18-2-Color = d |Week18-3 = Minnesota (31–4) |Week18-3-Color = |Week18-4 = North Carolina (28–7) |Week18-4-Color = u |Week18-5 = Kansas (34–2) |Week18-5-Color = d |Week18-6 = Utah (29–4) |Week18-6-Color = d |Week18-7 = UCLA (24–8) |Week18-7-Color = |Week18-8 = Clemson (23–10) |Week18-8-Color = u |Week18-9 = Wake Forest (24–7) |Week18-9-Color = |Week18-10 = Louisville (26–9) |Week18-10-Color = u |Week18-11 = Duke (24–9) |Week18-11-Color = d |Week18-12 = Stanford (22–8) |Week18-12-Color = u |Week18-13 = Iowa State (22–9) |Week18-13-Color = u |Week18-14 = South Carolina (24–8) |Week18-14-Color = d |Week18-15 = Providence (24–12) |Week18-15-Color = npr |Week18-16 = Cincinnati (26–8) |Week18-16-Color = d |Week18-17 = Saint Joseph's (26–7) |Week18-17-Color = d |Week18-18 = California (25–9) |Week18-18-Color = npr |Week18-19 = New Mexico (25–8) |Week18-19-Color = d |Week18-20 = Texas (18–12) |Week18-20-Color = npr |Week18-21 = College of Charleston (29–3) |Week18-21-Color = d |Week18-22 = Xavier (23–6) |Week18-22-Color = d |Week18-23 = Boston College (22–9) |Week18-23-Color = d |Week18-24 = Michigan (23–11) |Week18-24-Color = npr |Week18-25 = Colorado (22–10) |Week18-25-Color = d

References

References

1. (2009). "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game". [[Random House]].
2. "1997 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive.