2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

AP poll

The Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released on October 31, 2008. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness.

|Week1-1 = North Carolina (72) |Week1-2 = Connecticut |Week1-3 = Louisville |Week1-4 = UCLA |Week1-5 = Pittsburgh |Week1-6 = Michigan State |Week1-7 = Texas |Week1-8 = Duke |Week1-9 = Notre Dame |Week1-10 = Gonzaga |Week1-11 = Purdue |Week1-12 = Oklahoma |Week1-13 = Memphis |Week1-14 = Tennessee |Week1-15 = Arizona State |Week1-16 = Marquette |Week1-17 = Miami (FL) |Week1-18 = USC |Week1-19 = Florida |Week1-20 = Davidson |Week1-21 = Wake Forest |Week1-22 = Georgetown |Week1-23 = Villanova |Week1-24 = Kansas |Week1-25 = Wisconsin |Week2-1 = North Carolina (2–0) 72 |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = Connecticut (1–0) |Week2-2-Color = |Week2-3 = Louisville (0–0) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = UCLA (2–0) |Week2-4-Color = |Week2-5 = Michigan State (1–0) |Week2-5-Color = u |Week2-6 = Pittsburgh (1–0) |Week2-6-Color = d |Week2-7 = Texas (1–0) |Week2-7-Color = |Week2-8 = Notre Dame (1–0) |Week2-8-Color = u |Week2-9 = Gonzaga (1–0) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Duke (3–0) |Week2-10-Color = d |Week2-11 = Purdue (1–0) |Week2-11-Color = |Week2-12 = Oklahoma (1–0) |Week2-12-Color = |Week2-13 = Memphis (1–0) |Week2-13-Color = |Week2-14 = Tennessee (1–0) |Week2-14-Color = |Week2-15 = Arizona State (1–0) т |Week2-15-Color = t |Week2-16 = Marquette (1–0) т |Week2-16-Color = |Week2-17 = Miami (FL) (1–0) |Week2-17-Color = |Week2-18 = Florida (2–0) |Week2-18-Color = u |Week2-19 = USC (1–0) |Week2-19-Color = d |Week2-20 = Wake Forest (1–0) |Week2-20-Color = u |Week2-21 = Davidson (1–0) |Week2-21-Color = d |Week2-22 = Georgetown (0–0) |Week2-22-Color = |Week2-23 = Villanova (1–0) |Week2-23-Color = |Week2-24 = Kansas (1–0) |Week2-24-Color = |Week2-25 = Wisconsin (1–0) |Week2-25-Color = |Week3-1 = North Carolina (3–0) 72 |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = Connecticut (4–0) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = Louisville (2–0) |Week3-3-Color = |Week3-4 = Pittsburgh (4–0) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = Michigan State (2–0) |Week3-5-Color = |Week3-6 = Texas (2–0) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = Duke (6–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Notre Dame (2–0) |Week3-8-Color = |Week3-9 = Gonzaga (2–0) |Week3-9-Color = |Week3-10 = Purdue (4–0) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Oklahoma (4–0) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = Tennessee (3–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = UCLA (3–1) |Week3-13-Color = d |Week3-14 = Arizona State (3–0) |Week3-14-Color = u |Week3-15 = Marquette (3–0) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = Xavier (5–0) |Week3-16-Color = npr |Week3-17 = Florida (3–0) |Week3-17-Color = u |Week3-18 = Memphis (4–1) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = Wake Forest (2–0) |Week3-19-Color = u |Week3-20 = Villanova (3–0) |Week3-20-Color = u |Week3-21 = Georgetown (2–0) |Week3-21-Color = u |Week3-22 = Miami (FL) (2–1) т |Week3-22-Color = td |Week3-23 = Kansas (2–0) т |Week3-23-Color = u |Week3-24 = Davidson (3–1) |Week3-24-Color = d |Week3-25 = Wisconsin (4–0) |Week3-25-Color = |Week4-1 = North Carolina (7–0) 72 |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Connecticut (6–0) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Pittsburgh (7–0) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Duke (7–0) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Gonzaga (5–0) |Week4-5-Color = u |Week4-6 = Oklahoma (6–0) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Notre Dame (5–1) |Week4-7-Color = u |Week4-8 = Texas (5–1) |Week4-8-Color = d |Week4-9 = Purdue (5–1) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Tennessee (5–1) |Week4-10-Color = u |Week4-11 = Louisville (2–1) |Week4-11-Color = d |Week4-12 = UCLA (4–1) |Week4-12-Color = u |Week4-13 = Michigan State (4–1) |Week4-13-Color = d |Week4-14 = Xavier (6–0) |Week4-14-Color = u |Week4-15 = Wake Forest (6–0) |Week4-15-Color = u |Week4-16 = Syracuse (6–0) |Week4-16-Color = npr |Week4-17 = Villanova (6–0) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Memphis (4–1) |Week4-18-Color = |Week4-19 = Arizona State (5–1) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = Georgetown (4–1) |Week4-20-Color = u |Week4-21 = Miami (FL) (4–1) |Week4-21-Color = u |Week4-22 = Davidson (5–1) |Week4-22-Color = u |Week4-23 = Florida (5–1) |Week4-23-Color = d |Week4-24 = Baylor (6–1) |Week4-24-Color = npr |Week4-25 = Marquette (5–1) |Week4-25-Color = d |Week5-1 = North Carolina (8–0) 72 |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Connecticut (8–0) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Pittsburgh (9–0) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Gonzaga (6–0) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = Oklahoma (8–0) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Texas (6–1) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Duke (8–1) |Week5-7-Color = d |Week5-8 = Tennessee (6–1) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Louisville (4–1) |Week5-9-Color = u |Week5-10 = Xavier (7–0) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Notre Dame (6–2) |Week5-12-Color = d |Week5-13 = Syracuse (8–0) |Week5-13-Color = u |Week5-14 = Purdue (6–2) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = Villanova (8–0) |Week5-15-Color = u |Week5-16 = UCLA (5–2) |Week5-16-Color = d |Week5-17 = Memphis (5–1) |Week5-17-Color = u |Week5-18 = Michigan State (5–2) |Week5-18-Color = d |Week5-19 = Georgetown (5–1) |Week5-19-Color = u |Week5-20 = Arizona State (7–1) |Week5-20-Color = d |Week5-21 = Ohio State (5–0) |Week5-21-Color = npr |Week5-22 = Baylor (7–1) |Week5-22-Color = u |Week5-23 = Davidson (7–1) |Week5-23-Color = d |Week5-24 = Marquette (7–1) |Week5-24-Color = u |Week5-25 = Kansas (7–1) |Week5-25-Color = npr |Week6-1 = North Carolina (9–0) 72 |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Connecticut (8–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Pittsburgh (10–0) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Oklahoma (10–0) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Texas (8–1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Duke (8–1) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = Xavier (9–0) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = Gonzaga (7–1) |Week6-8-Color = d |Week6-9 = Louisville (6–1) |Week6-9-Color = |Week6-10 = Wake Forest (9–0) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Syracuse (9–0) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = Notre Dame (7–2) |Week6-12-Color = |Week6-13 = Purdue (8–2) |Week6-13-Color = u |Week6-14 = UCLA (6–2) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = Georgetown (7–1) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Tennessee (6–2) |Week6-16-Color = d |Week6-17 = Ohio State (6–0) |Week6-17-Color = u |Week6-18 = Villanova (10–1) |Week6-18-Color = d |Week6-19 = Michigan State (6–2) |Week6-19-Color = d |Week6-20 = Arizona State (8–1) |Week6-20-Color = |Week6-21 = Baylor (8–1) |Week6-21-Color = u |Week6-22 = Davidson (8–1) |Week6-22-Color = u |Week6-23 = Memphis (5–2) |Week6-23-Color = d |Week6-24 = Marquette (8–1) |Week6-24-Color = |Week6-25 = Clemson (10–0) |Week6-25-Color = npr |Week7-1 = North Carolina (11–0) 71 |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Connecticut (10–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Pittsburgh (12–0) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = Oklahoma (11–0) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = Duke (10–1) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Wake Forest (10–0) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Gonzaga (8–2) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Notre Dame (8–2) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Texas (9–2) |Week7-9-Color = d |Week7-10 = Purdue (9–2) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Michigan State (8–2) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Georgetown (8–1) |Week7-12-Color = u |Week7-13 = UCLA (8–2) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Xavier (9–1) |Week7-14-Color = d |Week7-15 = Ohio State (8–0) |Week7-15-Color = u |Week7-16 = Tennessee (8–2) |Week7-16-Color = |Week7-17 = Syracuse (11–1) |Week7-17-Color = d |Week7-18 = Villanova (10–1) |Week7-18-Color = |Week7-19 = Louisville (7–2) |Week7-19-Color = d |Week7-20 = Arizona State (9–1) |Week7-20-Color = |Week7-21 = Baylor (9–1) |Week7-21-Color = |Week7-22 = Clemson (12–0) |Week7-22-Color = u |Week7-23 = Minnesota (10–0) |Week7-23-Color = npr |Week7-24 = Michigan (8–2) |Week7-24-Color = npr |Week7-25 = Missouri (9–1) |Week7-25-Color = npr |Week8-1 = North Carolina (12–0) 72 |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Connecticut (11–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Pittsburgh (12–0) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = Oklahoma (12–0) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Duke (10–1) |Week8-5-Color = |Week8-6 = Wake Forest (11–0) |Week8-6-Color = |Week8-7 = Notre Dame (9–2) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = Texas (10–2) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Purdue (11–2) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Michigan State (9–2) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = Georgetown (9–1) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = UCLA (10–2) |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Syracuse (12–1) |Week8-13-Color = u |Week8-14 = Tennessee (8–2) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Villanova (11–1) |Week8-15-Color = u |Week8-16 = Gonzaga (8–3) |Week8-16-Color = d |Week8-17 = Arizona State (10–1) |Week8-17-Color = u |Week8-18 = Louisville (8–2) |Week8-18-Color = u |Week8-19 = Baylor (10–1) |Week8-19-Color = u |Week8-20 = Clemson (12–0) |Week8-20-Color = u |Week8-21 = Minnesota (12–0) |Week8-21-Color = u |Week8-22 = Xavier (9–2) |Week8-22-Color = d |Week8-23 = Michigan (9–2) |Week8-23-Color = u |Week8-24 = Ohio State (9–1) |Week8-24-Color = d |Week8-25 = Butler (10–1) |Week8-25-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Pittsburgh (14–0) 70 |Week9-1-Color = u |Week9-2 = Duke (12–1) |Week9-2-Color = u |Week9-3 = North Carolina (13–1) 2 |Week9-3-Color = d |Week9-4 = Wake Forest (13–0) |Week9-4-Color = u |Week9-5 = Connecticut (12–1) |Week9-5-Color = d |Week9-6 = Oklahoma (13–1) |Week9-6-Color = d |Week9-7 = Texas (11–2) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = Michigan State (11–2) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Georgetown (10–2) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = UCLA (12–2) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Syracuse (14–1) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Clemson (14–0) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Notre Dame (10–3) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = Purdue (11–3) |Week9-14-Color = d |Week9-15 = Tennessee (9–3) |Week9-15-Color = d |Week9-16 = Xavier (11–2) |Week9-16-Color = u |Week9-17 = Boston College (13–2) |Week9-17-Color = npr |Week9-18 = Marquette (13–2) |Week9-18-Color = npr |Week9-19 = Villanova (12–2) |Week9-19-Color = d |Week9-20 = Arizona State (12–2) |Week9-20-Color = d |Week9-21 = Butler (12–1) |Week9-21-Color = u |Week9-22 = Minnesota (13–1) |Week9-22-Color = d |Week9-23 = Baylor (12–2) |Week9-23-Color = d |Week9-24 = Louisville (9–3) |Week9-24-Color = d |Week9-25 = West Virginia (11–2) |Week9-25-Color = npr |Week10-1 = Pittsburgh (15–0) 70 |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = Wake Forest (14–0) 2 |Week10-2-Color = u |Week10-3 = Duke (14–1) |Week10-3-Color = d |Week10-4 = Connecticut (14–1) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = North Carolina (14–2) |Week10-5-Color = d |Week10-6 = Oklahoma (15–1) |Week10-6-Color = |Week10-7 = Michigan State (13–2) |Week10-7-Color = u |Week10-8 = Syracuse (16–1) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = UCLA (13–2) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Clemson (16–0) |Week10-10-Color= u |Week10-11 = Texas (12–3) |Week10-11-Color= d |Week10-12 = Notre Dame (12–3) |Week10-12-Color= u |Week10-13 = Georgetown (11–3) |Week10-13-Color= d |Week10-14 = Marquette (15–2) |Week10-14-Color= u |Week10-15 = Xavier (13–2) |Week10-15-Color= u |Week10-16 = Arizona State (14–2) |Week10-16-Color= u |Week10-17 = Butler (14–1) |Week10-17-Color= u |Week10-18 = Minnesota (15–1) |Week10-18-Color= u |Week10-19 = Purdue (12–4) |Week10-19-Color= d |Week10-20 = Louisville (11–3) |Week10-20-Color= u |Week10-21 = Baylor (13–2) |Week10-21-Color= u |Week10-22 = California (15–2) |Week10-22-Color= npr |Week10-23 = Villanova (13–3) |Week10-23-Color= d |Week10-24 = Tennessee (10–4) |Week10-24-Color= d |Week10-25 = Michigan (13–3) |Week10-25-Color= npr |Week11-1 = Wake Forest (16–0) 68 |Week11-1-Color = u |Week11-2 = Duke (16–1) 4 |Week11-2-Color = u |Week11-3 = Connecticut (16–1) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = Pittsburgh (16–1) |Week11-4-Color = d |Week11-5 = North Carolina (16–2) |Week11-5-Color = |Week11-6 = Oklahoma (17–1) |Week11-6-Color = |Week11-7 = Michigan State (15–2) |Week11-7-Color = |Week11-8 = Syracuse (17–2) |Week11-8-Color = |Week11-9 = Louisville (13–3) |Week11-9-Color = u |Week11-10 = Clemson (16–1) |Week11-10-Color= |Week11-11 = Marquette (16–2) |Week11-11-Color= u |Week11-12 = Georgetown (12–4) |Week11-12-Color= u |Week11-13 = UCLA (14–3) |Week11-13-Color= d |Week11-14 = Texas (13–4) |Week11-14-Color= d |Week11-15 = Xavier (15–2) |Week11-15-Color= |Week11-16 = Butler (16–1) |Week11-16-Color= u |Week11-17 = Arizona State (15–3) |Week11-17-Color= d |Week11-18 = Purdue (14–4) |Week11-18-Color= u |Week11-19 = Notre Dame (12–5) |Week11-19-Color= d |Week11-20 = Villanova (14–3) |Week11-20-Color= u |Week11-21 = Minnesota (16–2) |Week11-21-Color= d |Week11-22 = Memphis (14–3) |Week11-22-Color= npr |Week11-23 = Gonzaga (12–4) |Week11-23-Color= npr |Week11-24 = Florida (16–2) |Week11-24-Color= npr |Week11-25 = Illinois (15–3) |Week11-25-Color= npr |Week12-1 = Duke (18–1) 62 |Week12-1-Color = u |Week12-2 = Connecticut (18–1) 6 |Week12-2-Color = u |Week12-3 = Pittsburgh (18–1) 3 |Week12-3-Color = u |Week12-4 = Oklahoma (19–1) 1 |Week12-4-Color = u |Week12-5 = North Carolina (17–2) |Week12-5-Color = |Week12-6 = Wake Forest (16–1) |Week12-6-Color = d |Week12-7 = Louisville (15–3) |Week12-7-Color = u |Week12-8 = Marquette (17–2) |Week12-8-Color = u |Week12-9 = Michigan State (16–3) |Week12-9-Color = d |Week12-10 = Xavier (17–2) |Week12-10-Color= u |Week12-11 = Texas (14–4) |Week12-11-Color= u |Week12-12 = Clemson (17–2) |Week12-12-Color= d |Week12-13 = Butler (18–1) |Week12-13-Color= u |Week12-14 = Arizona State (16–3) |Week12-14-Color= u |Week12-15 = Syracuse (17–4) |Week12-15-Color= d |Week12-16 = Purdue (15–4) |Week12-16-Color= u |Week12-17 = UCLA (15–4) |Week12-17-Color= d |Week12-18 = Memphis (16–3) |Week12-18-Color= u |Week12-19 = Illinois (17–3) |Week12-19-Color= u |Week12-20 = Gonzaga (14–4) |Week12-20-Color= u |Week12-21 = Villanova (15–4) |Week12-21-Color= d |Week12-22 = Saint Mary's (18–1) |Week12-22-Color= npr |Week12-23 = Washington (15–4) |Week12-23-Color= npr |Week12-24 = Kentucky (16–4) |Week12-24-Color= npr |Week12-25 = Georgetown (12–6) |Week12-25-Color= d |Week13-1 = Connecticut (20–1) 64 |Week13-1-Color = u |Week13-2 = Oklahoma (21–1) 5 |Week13-2-Color = u |Week13-3 = North Carolina (19–2) 3 |Week13-3-Color = u |Week13-4 = Duke (19–2) |Week13-4-Color = d |Week13-5 = Louisville (17–3) |Week13-5-Color = u |Week13-6 = Pittsburgh (19–2) |Week13-6-Color = d |Week13-7 = Wake Forest (17–2) |Week13-7-Color = d |Week13-8 = Marquette (19–2) |Week13-8-Color = |Week13-9 = Xavier (19–2) |Week13-9-Color = u |Week13-10 = Clemson (18–2) |Week13-10-Color= u |Week13-11 = Butler (19–1) |Week13-11-Color= u |Week13-12 = Purdue (17–4) |Week13-12-Color= u |Week13-13 = Michigan State (17–4) |Week13-13-Color= d |Week13-14 = Memphis (18–3) |Week13-14-Color= u |Week13-15 = UCLA (17–4) |Week13-15-Color= u |Week13-16 = Texas (15–5) |Week13-16-Color= d |Week13-17 = Villanova (17–4) |Week13-17-Color= u |Week13-18 = Gonzaga (16–4) |Week13-18-Color= u |Week13-19 = Minnesota (18–3) |Week13-19-Color= npr |Week13-20 = Syracuse (17–5) |Week13-20-Color= d |Week13-21 = Kansas (17–4) |Week13-21-Color= npr |Week13-22 = Washington (16–5) |Week13-22-Color= u |Week13-23 = Illinois (18–4) |Week13-23-Color= d |Week13-24 = Arizona State (16–5) |Week13-24-Color= d |Week13-25 = Utah State (21–1) |Week13-25-Color= npr |Week14-1 = Connecticut (22–1) 67 |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Oklahoma (23–1) 3 |Week14-2-Color = |Week14-3 = North Carolina (21–2) 2 |Week14-3-Color = |Week14-4 = Pittsburgh (21–2) |Week14-4-Color = u |Week14-5 = Louisville (18–4) |Week14-5-Color = |Week14-6 = Duke (20–3) |Week14-6-Color = d |Week14-7 = Wake Forest (18–3) |Week14-7-Color = |Week14-8 = Memphis (20–3) |Week14-8-Color = u |Week14-9 = Michigan State (19–4) |Week14-9-Color = u |Week14-10 = Marquette (20–3) |Week14-10-Color= d |Week14-11 = UCLA (19–4) |Week14-11-Color= u |Week14-12 = Clemson (19–3) |Week14-12-Color= d |Week14-13 = Villanova (19–4) |Week14-13-Color= u |Week14-14 = Xavier (20–3) |Week14-14-Color= d |Week14-15 = Butler (21–2) |Week14-15-Color= d |Week14-16 = Kansas (19–4) |Week14-16-Color= u |Week14-17 = Missouri (20–4) |Week14-17-Color= npr |Week14-18 = Arizona State (18–5) |Week14-18-Color= u |Week14-19 = Gonzaga (17–5) |Week14-19-Color= d |Week14-20 = Purdue (17–6) |Week14-20-Color= d |Week14-21 = Utah State (23–1) |Week14-21-Color= u |Week14-22 = Illinois (19–5) |Week14-22-Color= u |Week14-23 = Syracuse (18–6) |Week14-23-Color= d |Week14-24 = Ohio State (17–5) |Week14-24-Color= npr |Week14-25 = Florida State (18–5) |Week14-25-Color= npr |Week15-1 = Connecticut (24–1) 66 |Week15-1-Color = |Week15-2 = Oklahoma (25–1) 4 |Week15-2-Color = |Week15-3 = North Carolina (23–2) 2 |Week15-3-Color = |Week15-4 = Pittsburgh (23–2) |Week15-4-Color = |Week15-5 = Memphis (22–3) |Week15-5-Color = u |Week15-6 = Michigan State (20–4) |Week15-6-Color = u |Week15-7 = Louisville (19–5) |Week15-7-Color = d |Week15-8 = Wake Forest (19–4) |Week15-8-Color = d |Week15-9 = Duke (20–5) |Week15-9-Color = d |Week15-10 = Marquette (21–4) |Week15-10-Color= |Week15-11 = Missouri (22–4) |Week15-11-Color= u |Week15-12 = Villanova (20–5) |Week15-12-Color= u |Week15-13 = Clemson (20–4) |Week15-13-Color= d |Week15-14 = Arizona State (20–5) |Week15-14-Color= u |Week15-15 = Kansas (20–5) |Week15-15-Color= u |Week15-16 = Xavier (21–4) |Week15-16-Color= d |Week15-17 = Gonzaga (19–5) |Week15-17-Color= u |Week15-18 = Illinois (21–5) |Week15-18-Color= u |Week15-19 = Purdue (19–6) |Week15-19-Color= u |Week15-20 = UCLA (19–6) |Week15-20-Color= d |Week15-21 = Butler (22–3) |Week15-21-Color= d |Week15-22 = Washington (19–6) |Week15-22-Color= npr |Week15-23 = LSU (21–4) |Week15-23-Color= npr |Week15-24 = Syracuse (19–7) |Week15-24-Color= d |Week15-25 = Dayton (23–3) |Week15-25-Color= npr |Week16-1 = Pittsburgh (25–2) 69 |Week16-1-Color = u |Week16-2 = Connecticut (25–2) 1 |Week16-2-Color = d |Week16-3 = Oklahoma (25–2) 2 |Week16-3-Color = d |Week16-4 = North Carolina (24–3) |Week16-4-Color = d |Week16-5 = Memphis (24–3) |Week16-5-Color = |Week16-6 = Louisville (21–5) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = Duke (22–5) |Week16-7-Color = u |Week16-8 = Marquette (23–4) |Week16-8-Color = u |Week16-9 = Michigan State (21–5) |Week16-9-Color = d |Week16-10 = Villanova (22–5) |Week16-10-Color= u |Week16-11 = Missouri (23–4) |Week16-11-Color= |Week16-12 = Clemson (22–4) |Week16-12-Color= u |Week16-13 = Wake Forest (20–5) |Week16-13-Color= d |Week16-14 = Arizona State (21–5) |Week16-14-Color= |Week16-15 = Kansas (22–5) |Week16-15-Color= |Week16-16 = Purdue (21–6) |Week16-16-Color= u |Week16-17 = Gonzaga (21–5) |Week16-17-Color= |Week16-18 = LSU (23–4) |Week16-18-Color= u |Week16-19 = Xavier (22–5) |Week16-19-Color= d |Week16-20 = Illinois (22–6) |Week16-20-Color= d |Week16-21 = Washington (20–7) |Week16-21-Color= u |Week16-22 = UCLA (20–7) |Week16-22-Color= d |Week16-23 = Florida State (21–6) |Week16-23-Color= npr |Week16-24 = Butler (23–4) |Week16-24-Color= d |Week16-25 = Texas (18–8) |Week16-25-Color= npr |Week17-1 = Connecticut (27–2) 67 |Week17-1-Color = u |Week17-2 = North Carolina (25–3) 3 |Week17-2-Color = u |Week17-3 = Pittsburgh (26–3) 1 |Week17-3-Color = d |Week17-4 = Oklahoma (26–3) |Week17-4-Color = d |Week17-5 = Memphis (26–3) 1 |Week17-5-Color = |Week17-6 = Louisville (23–5) |Week17-6-Color = |Week17-7 = Duke (24–5) |Week17-7-Color = |Week17-8 = Michigan State (23–5) |Week17-8-Color = u |Week17-9 = Kansas (24–5) |Week17-9-Color = u |Week17-10 = Wake Forest (22–5) |Week17-10-Color= u |Week17-11 = Villanova (23–6) |Week17-11-Color= d |Week17-12 = LSU (25–4) |Week17-12-Color= u |Week17-13 = Marquette (23–6) |Week17-13-Color= d |Week17-14 = Gonzaga (23–5) |Week17-14-Color= u |Week17-15 = Missouri (24–5) |Week17-15-Color= d |Week17-16 = Washington (22–7) |Week17-16-Color= u |Week17-17 = Xavier (23–5) |Week17-17-Color= u |Week17-18 = Clemson (22–6) |Week17-18-Color= d |Week17-19 = Purdue (22–7) |Week17-19-Color= d |Week17-20 = UCLA (22–7) |Week17-20-Color= u |Week17-21 = Arizona State (21–7) |Week17-21-Color= d |Week17-22 = Butler (25–4) |Week17-22-Color= u |Week17-23 = Illinois (23–7) |Week17-23-Color= d |Week17-24 = Florida State (22–7) |Week17-24-Color= d |Week17-25 = Syracuse (21–8) |Week17-25-Color= npr |Week18-1 = North Carolina (27–3) 35 |Week18-1-Color = u |Week18-2 = Pittsburgh (28–3) 33 |Week18-2-Color = u |Week18-3 = Connecticut (27–3) |Week18-3-Color = d |Week18-4 = Memphis (28–3) 2 |Week18-4-Color = u |Week18-5 = Louisville (25–5) 1 |Week18-5-Color = u |Week18-6 = Oklahoma (27–4) |Week18-6-Color = d |Week18-7 = Michigan State (25–5) |Week18-7-Color = u |Week18-8 = Wake Forest (24–5) |Week18-8-Color = u |Week18-9 = Duke (25–6) |Week18-9-Color = d |Week18-10 = Villanova (25–6) |Week18-10-Color= u |Week18-11 = Kansas (25–6) |Week18-11-Color= d |Week18-12 = Gonzaga (25–5) |Week18-12-Color= u |Week18-13 = Washington (24–7) |Week18-13-Color= u |Week18-14 = Missouri (25–6) |Week18-14-Color= u |Week18-15 = UCLA (24–7) |Week18-15-Color= u |Week18-16 = Butler (26–4) |Week18-16-Color= u |Week18-17 = Clemson (23–7) |Week18-17-Color= u |Week18-18 = Syracuse (23–8) |Week18-18-Color= u |Week18-19 = Xavier (24–6) |Week18-19-Color= d |Week18-20 = LSU (25–6) |Week18-20-Color= d |Week18-21 = Marquette (23–8) |Week18-21-Color= d |Week18-22 = Florida State (23–8) |Week18-22-Color= u |Week18-23 = Arizona State (22–8) |Week18-23-Color= d |Week18-24 = Purdue (22–9) |Week18-24-Color= d |Week18-25 = BYU (24–6) |Week18-25-Color= npr |Week19-1 = Louisville (28–5) 45 |Week19-1-Color = u |Week19-2 = North Carolina (28–4) 11 |Week19-2-Color = d |Week19-3 = Memphis (31–3) 11 |Week19-3-Color = u |Week19-4 = Pittsburgh (28–4) 3 |Week19-4-Color = d |Week19-5 = Connecticut (27–4) 1 |Week19-5-Color = d |Week19-6 = Duke (28–6) |Week19-6-Color = u |Week19-7 = Oklahoma (27–5) |Week19-7-Color = d |Week19-8 = Michigan State (26–6) |Week19-8-Color = d |Week19-9 = Missouri (28–6) |Week19-9-Color = u |Week19-10 = Gonzaga (26–5) |Week19-10-Color= u |Week19-11 = Villanova (26–7) |Week19-11-Color= d |Week19-12 = Wake Forest (24–6) |Week19-12-Color= d |Week19-13 = Syracuse (26–9) |Week19-13-Color= u |Week19-14 = Kansas (25–7) |Week19-14-Color= d |Week19-15 = Washington (25–8) |Week19-15-Color= d |Week19-16 = Florida State (25–9) |Week19-16-Color= u |Week19-17 = Purdue (25–9) |Week19-17-Color= u |Week19-18 = UCLA (25–8) |Week19-18-Color= d |Week19-19 = Arizona State (24–9) |Week19-19-Color= u |Week19-20 = Xavier (25–7) |Week19-20-Color= d |Week19-21 = LSU (26–7) |Week19-21-Color= d |Week19-22 = Butler (26–5) |Week19-22-Color= d |Week19-23 = Marquette (24–9) |Week19-23-Color= d |Week19-24 = Clemson (23–8) |Week19-24-Color= d |Week19-25 = Utah (24–9) |Week19-25-Color= npr

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

The Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first-place votes noted in the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 is listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum number of points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on October 30, 2008.

|Week1-1 = North Carolina (31) |Week1-2 = Connecticut |Week1-3 = Louisville |Week1-4 = UCLA |Week1-5 = Duke |Week1-6 = Pittsburgh |Week1-7 = Michigan State |Week1-8 = Texas |Week1-9 = Notre Dame |Week1-10 = Purdue |Week1-11 = Gonzaga |Week1-12 = Memphis |Week1-13 = Tennessee |Week1-14 = Oklahoma |Week1-15 = Arizona State |Week1-16 = Miami (FL) |Week1-17 = Marquette |Week1-18 = Georgetown |Week1-19 = Florida |Week1-20 = Davidson |Week1-21 = USC т |Week1-22 = Wisconsin т |Week1-23 = Kansas |Week1-24 = Wake Forest |Week1-25 = Villanova |Week2-1 = North Carolina (1–0) 30 |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = Connecticut (1–0) 1 |Week2-2-Color = |Week2-3 = Louisville (0–0) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = UCLA (2–0) |Week2-4-Color = |Week2-5 = Duke (3–0) |Week2-5-Color = |Week2-6 = Pittsburgh (1–0) |Week2-6-Color = |Week2-7 = Michigan State (1–0) |Week2-7-Color = |Week2-8 = Texas (1–0) |Week2-8-Color = |Week2-9 = Notre Dame (1–0) |Week2-9-Color = |Week2-10 = Purdue (1–0) |Week2-10-Color = |Week2-11 = Gonzaga (1–0) |Week2-11-Color = |Week2-12 = Memphis (1–0) |Week2-12-Color = |Week2-13 = Tennessee (1–0) |Week2-13-Color = |Week2-14 = Oklahoma (1–0) |Week2-14-Color = |Week2-15 = Arizona State (1–0) |Week2-15-Color = |Week2-16 = Miami (FL) (1–0) |Week2-16-Color = |Week2-17 = Marquette (1–0) |Week2-17-Color = |Week2-18 = Georgetown (0–0) |Week2-18-Color = |Week2-19 = Florida (2–0) |Week2-19-Color = |Week2-20 = USC (1–0) |Week2-20-Color = u |Week2-21 = Davidson (1–0) |Week2-21-Color = d |Week2-22 = Wisconsin (1–0) |Week2-22-Color = d |Week2-23 = Villanova (1–0) |Week2-23-Color = u |Week2-24 = Kansas (1–0) |Week2-24-Color = d |Week2-25 = Wake Forest (1–0) |Week2-25-Color = d |Week3-1 = North Carolina (3–0) 31 |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = Connecticut (4–0) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = Louisville (2–0) |Week3-3-Color = |Week3-4 = Pittsburgh (4–0) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = Duke (6–0) |Week3-5-Color = |Week3-6 = Michigan State (2–0) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = Texas (2–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Notre Dame (2–0) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Purdue (4–0) |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = Gonzaga (2–0) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = UCLA (3–1) |Week3-11-Color = d |Week3-12 = Tennessee (3–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = Oklahoma (4–0) |Week3-13-Color = u |Week3-14 = Arizona State (3–0) |Week3-14-Color = u |Week3-15 = Marquette (3–0) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = Georgetown (2–0) |Week3-16-Color = u |Week3-17 = Memphis (4–1) |Week3-17-Color = d |Week3-18 = Florida (3–0) |Week3-18-Color = u |Week3-19 = Wisconsin (4–0) |Week3-19-Color = u |Week3-20 = Xavier (5–0) |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week3-21 = Miami (FL) (2–1) |Week3-21-Color = d |Week3-22 = Villanova (3–0) |Week3-22-Color = u |Week3-23 = Kansas (2–0) |Week3-23-Color = u |Week3-24 = Wake Forest (2–0) |Week3-24-Color = u |Week3-25 = Davidson (3–1) |Week3-25-Color = d |Week4-1 = North Carolina (7–0) 31 |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Connecticut (6–0) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Pittsburgh (7–0) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Duke (7–0) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Gonzaga (5–0) |Week4-5-Color = u |Week4-6 = Oklahoma (6–0) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Notre Dame (5–1) |Week4-7-Color = u |Week4-8 = Texas (5–1) |Week4-8-Color = d |Week4-9 = UCLA (4–1) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Purdue (5–1) |Week4-10-Color = d |Week4-11 = Louisville (2–1) |Week4-11-Color = d |Week4-12 = Michigan State (4–1) |Week4-12-Color = d |Week4-13 = Tennessee (5–1) |Week4-13-Color = d |Week4-14 = Xavier (6–0) |Week4-14-Color = u |Week4-15 = Memphis (4–1) |Week4-15-Color = u |Week4-16 = Villanova (6–0) |Week4-16-Color = u |Week4-17 = Wake Forest (6–0) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Georgetown (4–1) |Week4-18-Color = d |Week4-19 = Arizona State (5–1) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = Syracuse (6–0) |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week4-21 = Florida (5–1) |Week4-21-Color = d |Week4-22 = Miami (FL) (4–1) т |Week4-22-Color = td |Week4-23 = Wisconsin (5–1) т |Week4-23-Color = d |Week4-24 = Davidson (5–1) |Week4-24-Color = u |Week4-25 = Kansas (4–1) |Week4-25-Color = d |Week5-1 = North Carolina (8–0) 31 |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Connecticut (8–0) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Pittsburgh (9–0) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Gonzaga (6–0) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = Oklahoma (8–0) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Texas (6–1) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Duke (8–1) |Week5-7-Color = d |Week5-8 = Tennessee (6–1) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Xavier (7–0) |Week5-9-Color = u |Week5-10 = Louisville (4–1) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Wake Forest (8–0) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Villanova (8–0) |Week5-12-Color = u |Week5-13 = Notre Dame (6–2) |Week5-13-Color = d |Week5-14 = UCLA (5–2) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = Memphis (5–1) |Week5-15-Color = |Week5-16 = Syracuse (8–0) |Week5-16-Color = u |Week5-17 = Purdue (6–2) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Arizona State (7–1) |Week5-18-Color = u |Week5-19 = Georgetown (5–1) |Week5-19-Color = d |Week5-20 = Michigan State (5–2) |Week5-20-Color = d |Week5-21 = Ohio State (5–0) |Week5-21-Color = npr |Week5-22 = Davidson (6–1) |Week5-22-Color = u |Week5-23 = Kansas (7–1) |Week5-23-Color = u |Week5-24 = Marquette (7–1) |Week5-24-Color = npr |Week5-25 = Miami (FL) (5–2) |Week5-25-Color = d |Week6-1 = North Carolina (9–0) 31 |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Connecticut (8–0) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Pittsburgh (10–0) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Oklahoma (10–0) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Texas (8–1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Duke (8–1) |Week6-6-Color = u |Week6-7 = Gonzaga (7–1) т |Week6-7-Color = td |Week6-8 = Xavier (9–0) т |Week6-8-Color = u |Week6-9 = Louisville (6–1) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Wake Forest (9–0) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Syracuse (9–0) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = UCLA (6–2) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Georgetown (7–1) |Week6-13-Color = u |Week6-14 = Notre Dame (7–2) |Week6-14-Color = d |Week6-15 = Villanova (10–1) |Week6-15-Color = d |Week6-16 = Ohio State (6–0) |Week6-16-Color = u |Week6-17 = Arizona State (8–1) |Week6-17-Color = u |Week6-18 = Purdue (8–2) |Week6-18-Color = d |Week6-19 = Tennessee (6–2) |Week6-19-Color = d |Week6-20 = Davidson (8–1) |Week6-20-Color = u |Week6-21 = Memphis (5–2) |Week6-21-Color = d |Week6-22 = Michigan State (6–2) |Week6-22-Color = d |Week6-23 = Marquette (8–1) |Week6-23-Color = u |Week6-24 = Baylor (8–1) |Week6-24-Color = npr |Week6-25 = Clemson (10–0) |Week6-25-Color = npr |Week7-1 = North Carolina (11–0) 31 |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Connecticut (10–0) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Pittsburgh (12–0) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = Oklahoma (11–0) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = Duke (10–1) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Wake Forest (10–0) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Gonzaga (8–2) |Week7-7-Color = |Week7-8 = Texas (9–2) |Week7-8-Color = d |Week7-9 = Georgetown (8–1) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = UCLA (8–2) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Notre Dame (8–2) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Xavier (9–1) |Week7-12-Color = d |Week7-13 = Ohio State (8–0) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Syracuse (11–1) |Week7-14-Color = d |Week7-15 = Purdue (9–2) |Week7-15-Color = u |Week7-16 = Villanova (10–1) |Week7-16-Color = d |Week7-17 = Arizona State (9–1) |Week7-17-Color = |Week7-18 = Michigan State (8–2) |Week7-18-Color = u |Week7-19 = Louisville (7–2) |Week7-19-Color = d |Week7-20 = Clemson (12–0) |Week7-20-Color = u |Week7-21 = Tennessee (8–2) |Week7-21-Color = d |Week7-22 = Baylor (9–1) |Week7-22-Color = u |Week7-23 = Minnesota (10–0) |Week7-23-Color = npr |Week7-24 = Memphis (6–3) |Week7-24-Color = d |Week7-25 = Marquette (9–2) |Week7-25-Color = d |Week8-1 = North Carolina (12–0) 31 |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Connecticut (11–0) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Pittsburgh (12–0) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = Oklahoma (12–0) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Duke (10–1) |Week8-5-Color = |Week8-6 = Wake Forest (11–0) |Week8-6-Color = |Week8-7 = Texas (10–2) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = Georgetown (9–1) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = UCLA (10–2) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Notre Dame (9–2) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = Purdue (11–2) т |Week8-11-Color = tu |Week8-12 = Syracuse (12–1) т |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Villanova (11–1) |Week8-13-Color = u |Week8-14 = Arizona State (10–1) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Michigan State (9–2) |Week8-15-Color = u |Week8-16 = Clemson (12–0) |Week8-16-Color = u |Week8-17 = Gonzaga (8–3) |Week8-17-Color = d |Week8-18 = Louisville (8–2) т |Week8-18-Color = tu |Week8-19 = Tennessee (8–2) т |Week8-19-Color = u |Week8-20 = Baylor (10–1) |Week8-20-Color = u |Week8-21 = Minnesota (12–0) |Week8-21-Color = u |Week8-22 = Xavier (9–2) |Week8-22-Color = d |Week8-23 = Ohio State (9–1) |Week8-23-Color = npr |Week8-24 = Michigan (9–2) |Week8-24-Color = npr |Week8-25 = Marquette (11–2) |Week8-25-Color = |Week9-1 = Pittsburgh (14–0) 30 |Week9-1-Color = u |Week9-2 = Duke (12–1) |Week9-2-Color = u |Week9-3 = North Carolina (13–1) 1 |Week9-3-Color = d |Week9-4 = Wake Forest (13–0) |Week9-4-Color = u |Week9-5 = Connecticut (12–1) |Week9-5-Color = d |Week9-6 = Oklahoma (13–1) |Week9-6-Color = d |Week9-7 = Texas (11–2) т |Week9-7-Color = t |Week9-8 = UCLA (12–2) т |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Syracuse (14–1) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = Georgetown (10–2) |Week9-10-Color = d |Week9-11 = Clemson (14–0) |Week9-11-Color = u |Week9-12 = Michigan State (11–2) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Notre Dame (10–3) |Week9-13-Color = d |Week9-14 = Purdue (11–3) |Week9-14-Color = d |Week9-15 = Marquette (13–2) |Week9-15-Color = u |Week9-16 = Arizona State (12–2) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = Villanova (12–2) |Week9-17-Color = d |Week9-18 = Xavier (11–2) |Week9-18-Color = u |Week9-19 = Minnesota (13–1) |Week9-19-Color = u |Week9-20 = Butler (12–1) |Week9-20-Color = npr |Week9-21 = Louisville (9–3) |Week9-21-Color = d |Week9-22 = West Virginia (11–2) |Week9-22-Color = npr |Week9-23 = Baylor (12–2) |Week9-23-Color = d |Week9-24 = Boston College (13–2) |Week9-24-Color = npr |Week9-25 = Tennessee (9–3) |Week9-25-Color = d |Week10-1 = Pittsburgh (15–0) 29 |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = Duke (14–1) |Week10-2-Color = |Week10-3 = Wake Forest (14–0) 2 |Week10-3-Color = u |Week10-4 = Connecticut (14–1) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = Oklahoma (15–1) |Week10-5-Color = u |Week10-6 = North Carolina (14–2) |Week10-6-Color = d |Week10-7 = UCLA (13–2) |Week10-7-Color = u |Week10-8 = Syracuse (16–1) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = Clemson (16–0) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Michigan State (13–2) |Week10-10-Color= u |Week10-11 = Texas (12–3) |Week10-11-Color= d |Week10-12 = Georgetown (11–3) |Week10-12-Color= d |Week10-13 = Notre Dame (12–3) |Week10-13-Color= u |Week10-14 = Marquette (15–2) |Week10-14-Color= u |Week10-15 = Arizona State (14–2) |Week10-15-Color= u |Week10-16 = Xavier (13–2) |Week10-16-Color= u |Week10-17 = Minnesota (15–1) |Week10-17-Color= u |Week10-18 = Butler (14–1) |Week10-18-Color= u |Week10-19 = Purdue (12–4) |Week10-19-Color= d |Week10-20 = Louisville (11–3) |Week10-20-Color= u |Week10-21 = Baylor (13–2) |Week10-21-Color= u |Week10-22 = Villanova (13–3) |Week10-22-Color= d |Week10-23 = California (15–2) |Week10-23-Color= npr |Week10-24 = Michigan (13–3) |Week10-24-Color= npr |Week10-25 = Saint Mary's (15–1) |Week10-25-Color= npr |Week11-1 = Wake Forest (16–0) 25 |Week11-1-Color = u |Week11-2 = Duke (16–1) 6 |Week11-2-Color = |Week11-3 = Connecticut (16–1) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = Pittsburgh (16–1) |Week11-4-Color = d |Week11-5 = Oklahoma (17–1) |Week11-5-Color = |Week11-6 = North Carolina (16–2) |Week11-6-Color = |Week11-7 = Michigan State (15–2) |Week11-7-Color = u |Week11-8 = Syracuse (17–2) |Week11-8-Color = |Week11-9 = Clemson (16–1) |Week11-9-Color = |Week11-10 = Marquette (16–2) |Week11-10-Color= u |Week11-11 = UCLA (14–3) |Week11-11-Color= d |Week11-12 = Louisville (13–3) |Week11-12-Color= u |Week11-13 = Xavier (15–2) |Week11-13-Color= u |Week11-14 = Georgetown (12–4) |Week11-14-Color= d |Week11-15 = Texas (13–4) |Week11-15-Color= u |Week11-16 = Arizona State (15–3) |Week11-16-Color= u |Week11-17 = Butler (16–1) |Week11-17-Color= u |Week11-18 = Purdue (14–4) |Week11-18-Color= u |Week11-19 = Notre Dame (12–5) |Week11-19-Color= d |Week11-20 = Minnesota (16–2) |Week11-20-Color= d |Week11-21 = Villanova (14–3) |Week11-21-Color= u |Week11-22 = Saint Mary's (17–1) |Week11-22-Color= u |Week11-23 = Baylor (14–3) |Week11-23-Color= d |Week11-24 = Illinois (15–3) т |Week11-24-Color= tnpr |Week11-25 = Memphis (14–3) т |Week11-25-Color= npr |Week12-1 = Duke (18–1) 30 |Week12-1-Color = u |Week12-2 = Connecticut (18–1) 1 |Week12-2-Color = u |Week12-3 = Pittsburgh (18–1) |Week12-3-Color = u |Week12-4 = Wake Forest (16–1) |Week12-4-Color = d |Week12-5 = Oklahoma (19–1) |Week12-5-Color = |Week12-6 = North Carolina (17–2) |Week12-6-Color = |Week12-7 = Louisville (15–3) |Week12-7-Color = u |Week12-8 = Marquette (17–2) |Week12-8-Color = u |Week12-9 = Michigan State (16–3) |Week12-9-Color = d |Week12-10 = Xavier (17–2) |Week12-10-Color= u |Week12-11 = Clemson (17–2) |Week12-11-Color= d |Week12-12 = Texas (14–4) |Week12-12-Color= u |Week12-13 = Butler (18–1) |Week12-13-Color= u |Week12-14 = Arizona State (16–3) |Week12-14-Color= u |Week12-15 = Syracuse (17–4) |Week12-15-Color= d |Week12-16 = UCLA (15–4) |Week12-16-Color= d |Week12-17 = Purdue (15–4) |Week12-17-Color= u |Week12-18 = Saint Mary's (18–1) |Week12-18-Color= u |Week12-19 = Memphis (16–3) |Week12-19-Color= u |Week12-20 = Illinois (17–3) |Week12-20-Color= u |Week12-21 = Villanova (15–4) |Week12-21-Color= |Week12-22 = Notre Dame (12–6) |Week12-22-Color= d |Week12-23 = Georgetown (12–6) |Week12-23-Color= d |Week12-24 = Minnesota (17–3) |Week12-24-Color= d |Week12-25 = Gonzaga (14–4) |Week12-25-Color= npr |Week13-1 = Connecticut (20–1) 28 |Week13-1-Color = u |Week13-2 = Oklahoma (21–1) 3 |Week13-2-Color = u |Week13-3 = Duke (19–2) |Week13-3-Color = d |Week13-4 = North Carolina (19–2) |Week13-4-Color = u |Week13-5 = Pittsburgh (19–2) |Week13-5-Color = d |Week13-6 = Wake Forest (17–2) |Week13-6-Color = d |Week13-7 = Louisville (17–3) |Week13-7-Color = |Week13-8 = Marquette (19–2) |Week13-8-Color = |Week13-9 = Xavier (19–2) |Week13-9-Color = u |Week13-10 = Clemson (18–2) |Week13-10-Color= u |Week13-11 = Butler (19–1) |Week13-11-Color= u |Week13-12 = UCLA (17–4) |Week13-12-Color= u |Week13-13 = Purdue (17–4) |Week13-13-Color= u |Week13-14 = Michigan State (17–4) |Week13-14-Color= d |Week13-15 = Memphis (18–3) |Week13-15-Color= u |Week13-16 = Villanova (17–4) |Week13-16-Color= u |Week13-17 = Texas (15–5) |Week13-17-Color= d |Week13-18 = Gonzaga (16–4) |Week13-18-Color= u |Week13-19 = Minnesota (18–3) |Week13-19-Color= u |Week13-20 = Syracuse (17–5) |Week13-20-Color= d |Week13-21 = Illinois (18–4) |Week13-21-Color= d |Week13-22 = Utah State (21–1) |Week13-22-Color= npr |Week13-23 = Arizona State (16–5) |Week13-23-Color= d |Week13-24 = Kansas (17–4) |Week13-24-Color= npr |Week13-25 = Washington (16–5) |Week13-25-Color= npr |Week14-1 = Connecticut (22–1) 30 |Week14-1-Color = |Week14-2 = Oklahoma (23–1) 1 |Week14-2-Color = |Week14-3 = North Carolina (21–2) |Week14-3-Color = u |Week14-4 = Pittsburgh (21–2) |Week14-4-Color = u |Week14-5 = Duke (20–3) |Week14-5-Color = d |Week14-6 = UCLA (19–4) |Week14-6-Color = u |Week14-7 = Louisville (18–4) |Week14-7-Color = |Week14-8 = Wake Forest (18–3) |Week14-8-Color = d |Week14-9 = Michigan State (19–4) |Week14-9-Color = u |Week14-10 = Memphis (20–3) |Week14-10-Color= u |Week14-11 = Clemson (19–3) |Week14-11-Color= d |Week14-12 = Marquette (20–3) |Week14-12-Color= d |Week14-13 = Villanova (19–4) |Week14-13-Color= u |Week14-14 = Xavier (20–3) |Week14-14-Color= d |Week14-15 = Butler (21–2) |Week14-15-Color= d |Week14-16 = Kansas (19–4) |Week14-16-Color= u |Week14-17 = Utah State (23–1) |Week14-17-Color= u |Week14-18 = Arizona State (18–5) |Week14-18-Color= u |Week14-19 = Missouri (20–4) |Week14-19-Color= npr |Week14-20 = Illinois (19–5) |Week14-20-Color= u |Week14-21 = Gonzaga (17–5) |Week14-21-Color= d |Week14-22 = Syracuse (18–6) |Week14-22-Color= d |Week14-23 = Purdue (17–6) |Week14-23-Color= d |Week14-24 = Washington (17–6) |Week14-24-Color= u |Week14-25 = Florida State (18–5) |Week14-25-Color= npr |Week15-1 = Connecticut (24–1) 30 |Week15-1-Color = |Week15-2 = Oklahoma (25–1) 1 |Week15-2-Color = |Week15-3 = North Carolina (23–2) |Week15-3-Color = |Week15-4 = Pittsburgh (23–2) |Week15-4-Color = |Week15-5 = Michigan State (20–4) |Week15-5-Color = u |Week15-6 = Memphis (22–3) |Week15-6-Color = u |Week15-7 = Louisville (19–5) |Week15-7-Color = |Week15-8 = Wake Forest (19–4) |Week15-8-Color = |Week15-9 = Duke (20–5) |Week15-9-Color = d |Week15-10 = Missouri (22–4) |Week15-10-Color= u |Week15-11 = Marquette (21–4) т |Week15-11-Color= tu |Week15-12 = Arizona State (20–5) т |Week15-12-Color= u |Week15-13 = Clemson (20–4) |Week15-13-Color= d |Week15-14 = Villanova (20–5) |Week15-14-Color= d |Week15-15 = UCLA (19–6) |Week15-15-Color= d |Week15-16 = Illinois (21–5) |Week15-16-Color= u |Week15-17 = Xavier (21–4) |Week15-17-Color= d |Week15-18 = Kansas (20–5) |Week15-18-Color= d |Week15-19 = Washington (19–6) |Week15-19-Color= u |Week15-20 = Gonzaga (19–5) |Week15-20-Color= u |Week15-21 = Purdue (19–6) |Week15-21-Color= u |Week15-22 = Butler (22–3) |Week15-22-Color= d |Week15-23 = Utah State (24–2) |Week15-23-Color= d |Week15-24 = LSU (21–4) |Week15-24-Color= npr |Week15-25 = Syracuse (19–7) |Week15-25-Color= d |Week16-1 = Pittsburgh (25–2) 30 |Week16-1-Color = u |Week16-2 = Connecticut (25–2) 1 |Week16-2-Color = d |Week16-3 = Oklahoma (25–2) |Week16-3-Color = d |Week16-4 = Memphis (24–3) |Week16-4-Color = u |Week16-5 = North Carolina (24–3) |Week16-5-Color = d |Week16-6 = Louisville (21–5) |Week16-6-Color = u |Week16-7 = Duke (22–5) |Week16-7-Color = u |Week16-8 = Missouri (23–4) |Week16-8-Color = u |Week16-9 = Michigan State (21–5) |Week16-9-Color = d |Week16-10 = Marquette (23–4) |Week16-10-Color= u |Week16-11 = Arizona State (21–5) |Week16-11-Color= |Week16-12 = Villanova (22–5) |Week16-12-Color= u |Week16-13 = Clemson (22–4) |Week16-13-Color= |Week16-14 = Wake Forest (20–5) |Week16-14-Color= d |Week16-15 = Kansas (22–5) |Week16-15-Color= u |Week16-16 = Purdue (21–6) |Week16-16-Color= u |Week16-17 = Gonzaga (21–5) |Week16-17-Color= u |Week16-18 = LSU (23–4) |Week16-18-Color= u |Week16-19 = UCLA (20–7) |Week16-19-Color= d |Week16-20 = Illinois (22–6) |Week16-20-Color= d |Week16-21 = Washington (20–7) |Week16-21-Color= d |Week16-22 = Xavier (22–5) |Week16-22-Color= d |Week16-23 = Butler (23–4) |Week16-23-Color= d |Week16-24 = Texas (18–8) |Week16-24-Color= npr |Week16-25 = Florida State (21–6) |Week16-25-Color= npr |Week17-1 = Connecticut (27–2) 27 |Week17-1-Color = u |Week17-2 = North Carolina (25–3) |Week17-2-Color = u |Week17-3 = Memphis (26–3) 4 |Week17-3-Color = u |Week17-4 = Pittsburgh (26–3) |Week17-4-Color = d |Week17-5 = Oklahoma (26–3) |Week17-5-Color = d |Week17-6 = Louisville (23–5) |Week17-6-Color = |Week17-7 = Duke (24–5) |Week17-7-Color = |Week17-8 = Michigan State (23–5) |Week17-8-Color = u |Week17-9 = Kansas (24–5) |Week17-9-Color = u |Week17-10 = Wake Forest (22–5) |Week17-10-Color= u |Week17-11 = LSU (25–4) |Week17-11-Color= u |Week17-12 = Missouri (24–5) |Week17-12-Color= d |Week17-13 = Washington (22–7) |Week17-13-Color= u |Week17-14 = Gonzaga (23–5) |Week17-14-Color= u |Week17-15 = Marquette (23–6) |Week17-15-Color= d |Week17-16 = Villanova (23–6) |Week17-16-Color= d |Week17-17 = UCLA (22–7) |Week17-17-Color= u |Week17-18 = Xavier (23–5) |Week17-18-Color= u |Week17-19 = Clemson (22–6) |Week17-19-Color= d |Week17-20 = Purdue (22–7) |Week17-20-Color= d |Week17-21 = Arizona State (21–7) |Week17-21-Color= d |Week17-22 = Butler (25–4) |Week17-22-Color= u |Week17-23 = Illinois (23–7) |Week17-23-Color= d |Week17-24 = Florida State (22–7) |Week17-24-Color= u |Week17-25 = Syracuse (21–8) |Week17-25-Color= npr |Week18-1 = North Carolina (27–3) 23 |Week18-1-Color = u |Week18-2 = Pittsburgh (28–3) 5 |Week18-2-Color = u |Week18-3 = Memphis (28–3) 3 |Week18-3-Color = |Week18-4 = Connecticut (27–3) |Week18-4-Color = d |Week18-5 = Louisville (25–5) |Week18-5-Color = u |Week18-6 = Michigan State (25–5) |Week18-6-Color = u |Week18-7 = Oklahoma (27–4) |Week18-7-Color = d |Week18-8 = Duke (25–6) |Week18-8-Color = d |Week18-9 = Wake Forest (24–5) |Week18-9-Color = u |Week18-10 = Washington (24–7) |Week18-10-Color= u |Week18-11 = Kansas (25–6) |Week18-11-Color= d |Week18-12 = Gonzaga (25–5) |Week18-12-Color= u |Week18-13 = Villanova (25–6) |Week18-13-Color= u |Week18-14 = UCLA (24–7) |Week18-14-Color= u |Week18-15 = Missouri (25–6) |Week18-15-Color= d |Week18-16 = LSU (25–6) |Week18-16-Color= d |Week18-17 = Butler (26–4) |Week18-17-Color= u |Week18-18 = Clemson (23–7) |Week18-18-Color= u |Week18-19 = Xavier (24–6) |Week18-19-Color= d |Week18-20 = Syracuse (23–8) |Week18-20-Color= u |Week18-21 = Marquette (23–8) |Week18-21-Color= d |Week18-22 = Florida State (23–8) |Week18-22-Color= u |Week18-23 = Arizona State (22–8) |Week18-23-Color= d |Week18-24 = Purdue (22–9) |Week18-24-Color= d |Week18-25 = Illinois (23–8) |Week18-25-Color= d |Week19-1 = Louisville (28–5) 14 |Week19-1-Color = u |Week19-2 = Memphis (31–3) 11 |Week19-2-Color = u |Week19-3 = North Carolina (28–4) 6 |Week19-3-Color = d |Week19-4 = Pittsburgh (28–4) |Week19-4-Color = d |Week19-5 = Duke (28–6) |Week19-5-Color = u |Week19-6 = Connecticut (27–4) |Week19-6-Color = d |Week19-7 = Michigan State (26–6) |Week19-7-Color = d |Week19-8 = Oklahoma (27–5) |Week19-8-Color = d |Week19-9 = Missouri (28–6) |Week19-9-Color = u |Week19-10 = Gonzaga (26–5) |Week19-10-Color= u |Week19-11 = Wake Forest (24–6) |Week19-11-Color= d |Week19-12 = Villanova (26–7) |Week19-12-Color= u |Week19-13 = Kansas (25–7) |Week19-13-Color= d |Week19-14 = Washington (25–8) |Week19-14-Color= d |Week19-15 = Syracuse (26–9) |Week19-15-Color= u |Week19-16 = Florida State (25–9) |Week19-16-Color= u |Week19-17 = UCLA (25–8) |Week19-17-Color= d |Week19-18 = Purdue (25–9) |Week19-18-Color= u |Week19-19 = Arizona State (24–9) |Week19-19-Color= u |Week19-20 = LSU (26–7) |Week19-20-Color= d |Week19-21 = Clemson (23–8) |Week19-21-Color= d |Week19-22 = Xavier (25–7) |Week19-22-Color= d |Week19-23 = Butler (26–5) |Week19-23-Color= d |Week19-24 = Marquette (24–9) |Week19-24-Color= d |Week19-25 = Utah State (30–4) |Week19-25-Color= npr |Week20-1 = North Carolina (34–4) 31 |Week20-1-Color = u |Week20-2 = Michigan State (31–7) |Week20-2-Color = u |Week20-3 = Connecticut (31–5) |Week20-3-Color = u |Week20-4 = Villanova (30–8) |Week20-4-Color = u |Week20-5 = Louisville (31–6) |Week20-5-Color = d |Week20-6 = Pittsburgh (31–5) |Week20-6-Color = d |Week20-7 = Oklahoma (30–6) |Week20-7-Color = u |Week20-8 = Missouri (31–7) |Week20-8-Color = u |Week20-9 = Memphis (33–4) |Week20-9-Color = d |Week20-10 = Kansas (27–8) |Week20-10-Color= u |Week20-11 = Duke (30–7) |Week20-11-Color= d |Week20-12 = Syracuse (28-10) |Week20-12-Color= u |Week20-13 = Gonzaga (28–6) |Week20-13-Color= d |Week20-14 = Purdue (27-10) |Week20-14-Color= u |Week20-15 = Xavier (27–8) |Week20-15-Color= u |Week20-16 = Washington (26–9) |Week20-16-Color= d |Week20-17 = LSU (27–8) |Week20-17-Color= u |Week20-18 = UCLA (26–9) |Week20-18-Color= d |Week20-19 = Arizona State (25-10) |Week20-19-Color= |Week20-20 = Wake Forest (24–7) |Week20-20-Color= d |Week20-21 = Marquette (25-10) |Week20-21-Color= u |Week20-22 = Florida State (25-10) |Week20-22-Color= d |Week20-23 = Texas (23-12) |Week20-23-Color= npr |Week20-24 = Arizona (21-14) |Week20-24-Color= npr |Week20-25 = Butler (26–6) |Week20-25-Color= d

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33. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=14&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 13]
34. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=15&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 14]
35. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=16&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 15]
36. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=17&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 16]
37. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=18&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 17]
38. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=19&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 18]
39. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=20&seasonType=2 2008-09 ESPN Poll Week 19]