1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 1[1]
Week 3
Dec. 8[1]
Week 4
Dec. 15[1]
Week 5
Dec. 22[1]
Week 6
Dec. 29[1]
Week 7
Jan. 5[1]
Week 8
Jan. 12[1]
Week 9
Jan. 19[1]
Week 10
Jan. 26[1]
Week 11
Feb. 2[1]
Week 12
Feb. 9[1]
Week 13
Feb. 16[2]
Week 14
Feb. 23[2]
Week 15
Mar. 1[2]
Week 16
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][3]
1.SyracuseNorth Carolina (3–0)Kentucky (3–0)Kentucky (4–0)Arizona (9–0)Arizona (10–0)Kentucky (9–0)Arizona (14–1)Arizona (16–1)Arizona (18–1)Arizona (20–1)Temple (18–1) (23)Temple (20–1)Temple (22–1)Temple (25–1)Temple (27–1)Temple (29–1)1.
2.PurdueKentucky (1–0)Pittsburgh (2–0)Arizona (7–0)Kentucky (6–0)Kentucky (6–0)Pittsburgh (9–0)North Carolina (11–1)North Carolina (13–1)Purdue (17–1)UNLV (19–1)Purdue (19–2) (16)Purdue (20–2)Purdue (22–2)Purdue (24–2)Purdue (26–2)Arizona (31–2)2.
3.North CarolinaSyracuse (2–1)Iowa (6–0)Pittsburgh (4–0)Pittsburgh (4–0)Pittsburgh (6–0)Arizona (12–1)Oklahoma (14–0)Temple (12–0)North Carolina (14–2)BYU (15–0)Arizona (21–2) (15)Arizona (23–2)Arizona (25–2)Arizona (26–2)Arizona (26–2)Purdue (27–3)3.
4.PittsburghPittsburgh (1–0)Arizona (5–0)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (9–1)Temple (10–0)Kentucky (12–1)UNLV (17–1)Duke (13–2)Oklahoma (20–2) (9)Oklahoma (22–2)Oklahoma (24–2)Oklahoma (26–2)Oklahoma (27–3)Oklahoma (30–3)4.
5.KentuckyIndiana (1–0)North Carolina (4–1)Indiana (5–1)Wyoming (6–0)Wyoming (8–0)Wyoming (11–0)Kentucky (10–1)Purdue (15–1)Duke (12–2)Temple (16–1)Pittsburgh (16–2) (2)North Carolina (18–3)Duke (20–3)UNLV (25–3)Pittsburgh (22–5)Duke (24–6)5.
6.IndianaIowa (3–0)Indiana (2–1)Wyoming (4–0)Temple (5–0)Temple (5–0)Temple (7–0)Pittsburgh (10–1)Pittsburgh (13–1)Temple (14–1)Purdue (17–2)North Carolina (16–3)Duke (18–3)Pittsburgh (19–3)North Carolina (21–4)Kentucky (22–5)Kentucky (25–5)6.
7.KansasFlorida (4–0)Wyoming (3–0)Iowa (6–1)Syracuse (7–2)Syracuse (8–2)Syracuse (10–2)Duke (9–1)Michigan (14–1)BYU (14–0)Oklahoma (18–2)UNLV (20–2)BYU (20–1)Michigan (21–4)Pittsburgh (20–4)UNLV (26–4)North Carolina (24–6)7.
8.MissouriMissouri (0–0)Syracuse (4–2)Temple (4–0)Florida (6–1)Florida (7–1)Oklahoma (12–0)Purdue (13–1)UNLV (14–1)Michigan (14–2)North Carolina (15–3)BYU (17–1)Pittsburgh (17–3)UNLV (23–3)Kentucky (20–5)Duke (21–6)Pittsburgh (23–6)8.
9.MichiganArizona (2–0)Missouri (2–0)Syracuse (6–2)Duke (4–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (6–1)Syracuse (12–2)Duke (10–2)Kentucky (13–2)Pittsburgh (15–2)Duke (16–3)Kentucky (18–3)North Carolina (20–4)Duke (20–5)North Carolina (22–5)Syracuse (25–8)9.
10.WyomingWyoming (1–0)Duke (3–0)Duke (4–0)Purdue (7–1)Oklahoma (10–0)Purdue (10–1)Michigan (13–1)Iowa State (15–2)Oklahoma (16–2)Kentucky (14–3)Kentucky (16–3)Michigan (20–4)Syracuse (20–6)Michigan (22–5)Michigan (23–6)Michigan (24–7)10.
11.IowaPurdue (1–1)Temple (1–0)Florida (5–1)Michigan (8–1)Purdue (8–1)Michigan (11–1)Georgetown (11–1)Oklahoma (14–2)Pittsburgh (13–2)Michigan (17–3)Syracuse (17–5)UNLV (21–3)BYU (21–2)Iowa (20–7)NC State (23–6)Bradley (26–4)11.
12.TempleTemple (0–0)Florida (4–1)Purdue (6–1)Oklahoma (7–0)Michigan (9–1)Indiana (8–2)Wyoming (11–2)BYU (12–0)Iowa State (16–3)Syracuse (15–5)Michigan (18–4)Syracuse (18–6)Kentucky (18–5)Syracuse (21–7)Bradley (25–4)UNLV (27–5)12.
13.LouisvilleDuke (1–0)Purdue (4–1)Michigan (7–1)Indiana (6–2)Indiana (7–2)UNLV (10–0)UNLV (12–1)Illinois (13–3)Illinois (14–4)Iowa (15–5)Iowa (16–6)Iowa (17–6)Iowa (18–7)Georgia Tech (21–6)Syracuse (22–8)Wyoming (26–5)13.
14.FloridaLouisville (0–0)Georgetown (3–0)Oklahoma (6–0)Iowa (6–2)Iowa (7–2)Georgetown (9–1)Iowa State (13–2)Syracuse (12–4)Florida (14–4)Georgetown (14–4)Kansas State (14–4)NC State (16–5)Bradley (19–4)Bradley (22–4)Wyoming (23–5)NC State (24–7)14.
15.DukeMichigan (2–1)Michigan (4–1)UNLV (5–0)UNLV (5–0)UNLV (7–0)Florida (8–3)Indiana (8–3)Georgetown (11–3)Georgetown (12–4)Vanderbilt (13–4)Bradley (14–3)Missouri (16–5)Missouri (17–6)BYU (23–3)Iowa (21–8)Loyola Marymount (27–3)15.
16.GeorgetownKansas (1–2)Oklahoma (3–0)Missouri (3–1)Iowa State (8–1)Iowa State (9–1)Iowa (8–3)Kansas (11–3)Kansas (12–4)Iowa (12–5)Iowa State (15–5)NC State (14–4)Vanderbilt (16–5)Wyoming (20–5)NC State (20–6)Loyola Marymount (26–3)Illinois (22–9)16.
17.ArizonaGeorgetown (2–0)UNLV (3–0)Kansas (6–2)Missouri (4–1)Kansas (7–2)Iowa State (11–2)Iowa (9–4)Wyoming (12–3)Syracuse (13–5)Illinois (14–6)Vanderbilt (14–5)Bradley (16–4)Vanderbilt (17–6)Wyoming (22–5)BYU (24–4)Iowa (22–9)17.
18.Georgia TechOklahoma (1–0)Kansas (4–2)Georgetown (4–1)Kansas (7–2)Georgetown (7–1)Kansas (8–3)New Mexico (14–3)UTEP (15–2)UTEP (16–3)Bradley (13–2)Wyoming (17–4)Georgetown (16–6)Southern Miss (16–6)Loyola Marymount (24–3)Georgia Tech (21–8)Xavier (26–3)18.
19.OklahomaUNLV (0–0)Notre Dame (1–1)Memphis State (4–1)Georgetown (6–1)Memphis State (6–2)Illinois (9–2)Auburn (9–2)Iowa (11–5)Villanova (14–4)Florida (15–5)Indiana (13–6)Wyoming (18–5)Loyola Marymount (22–3)Vanderbilt (18–7)Illinois (20–9)BYU (25–5)19.
20.DePaulMemphis State (2–0)Memphis State (3–0)Iowa State (7–1)Memphis State (5–1)Louisville (3–2)St. John's (8–1)Illinois (11–3)NC State (10–2)Southern Miss (14–2)St. John's (14–3)Villanova (16–6)Loyola Marymount (20–3)Georgia Tech (19–6)Xavier (22–3)Xavier (24–3)Kansas State (22–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 1[1]
Week 3
Dec. 8[1]
Week 4
Dec. 15[1]
Week 5
Dec. 22[1]
Week 6
Dec. 29[1]
Week 7
Jan. 5[1]
Week 8
Jan. 12[1]
Week 9
Jan. 19[1]
Week 10
Jan. 26[1]
Week 11
Feb. 2[1]
Week 12
Feb. 9[1]
Week 13
Feb. 16[2]
Week 14
Feb. 23[2]
Week 15
Mar. 1[2]
Week 16
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][3]
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • DePaul
Dropped:
Louisville (0–1)
Dropped:
Notre Dame (3–2)
NoneDropped:
Missouri (4–2)
Dropped:
  • Memphis State (7–2)
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Florida (10–4)
  • St. John's (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • New Mexico
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • Wyoming
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • UTEP (17–4)
  • Villanova
  • Southern Miss
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (14–6)
  • Iowa State
  • Florida (16–6)
  • St. John's
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Indiana
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • NC State (18–6)
  • Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Missouri
  • Southern Miss
Dropped:
Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (21–9)

Coaches Poll

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Week 1
Dec. 1[1]
Week 2
Dec. 8[1]
Week 3
Dec. 15[1]
Week 4
Dec. 22[1]
Week 5
Dec. 29[1]
Week 6
Jan. 5[1]
Week 7
Jan. 12[1]
Week 8
Jan. 19[1]
Week 9
Jan. 26[1]
Week 10
Feb. 2[1]
Week 11
Feb. 9[1]
Week 12
Feb. 16[2]
Week 13
Feb. 23[2]
Week 14
Mar. 1[2]
Week 15
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][4]
1.North Carolina (3–0)Kentucky (3–0)Kentucky (4–0)Kentucky (6–0)Arizona (10–0)Kentucky (9–0)Arizona (14–1)Arizona (16–1)Arizona (18–1)Arizona (20–1)Temple (18–1)Temple (20–1)Temple (22–1)Temple (25–1)Temple (27–1)Temple (29–1)1.
2.Syracuse (2–1)Arizona (5–0)Arizona (7–0)Arizona (9–0)Kentucky (6–0)Pittsburgh (9–0)North Carolina (11–1)North Carolina (13–1)Purdue (17–1)BYU (15–0)Purdue (19–2)Arizona (23–2)Purdue (22–2)Arizona (26–2)Purdue (26–2)Arizona (31–2)2.
3.Indiana (1–0)Iowa (6–0)Pittsburgh (4–0)Pittsburgh (4–0)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (9–1)Oklahoma (14–0)Kentucky (12–1)North Carolina (14–2)UNLV (19–1)Arizona (21–2)Purdue (20–2)Arizona (25–2)Oklahoma (26–2)Arizona (26–2)Oklahoma (30–3)3.
4.Pittsburgh (1–0)North Carolina (4–1)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (7–1)Pittsburgh (6–0)Arizona (12–1)Temple (10–0)Purdue (15–1)Duke (12–2)Temple (16–1)Oklahoma (20–2)Oklahoma (22–2)Oklahoma (24–2)Purdue (24–2)Oklahoma (27–3)Purdue (27–3)4.
5.Kentucky (1–0)Pittsburgh (2–0)Indiana (5–1)Wyoming (6–0)Wyoming (8–0)Wyoming (11–0)Kentucky (10–1)Temple (12–0)UNLV (17–1)Duke (13–2)North Carolina (16–3)North Carolina (18–3)Duke (20–3)North Carolina (21–4)Pittsburgh (22–5)Kentucky (25–5)5.
6.Florida (4–0)Indiana (2–1)Wyoming (4–0)Duke (4–0)Duke (5–0)Temple (7–0)Duke (9–1)Pittsburgh (13–1)Temple (14–1)Purdue (17–2)BYU (17–1)Duke (18–3)Pittsburgh (19–3)UNLV (25–3)Kentucky (22–5)Duke (24–6)6.
7.Arizona (2–0)Syracuse (4–2)Duke (4–0)Syracuse (7–2)Syracuse (8–2)Syracuse (10–2)Pittsburgh (10–1)UNLV (14–1)BYU (14–0)North Carolina (15–3)UNLV (20–2)BYU (20–1)BYU (21–2)Pittsburgh (20–4)Duke (21–6)North Carolina (24–6)7.
8.Missouri (0–0)Wyoming (3–0)Iowa (6–1)Temple (5–0)Temple (5–0)Oklahoma (12–0)Purdue (13–1)Michigan (14–1)Michigan (14–2)Oklahoma (18–2)Pittsburgh (16–2)Pittsburgh (17–3)UNLV (23–3)Duke (20–5)UNLV (26–4)Pittsburgh (23–6)8.
9.Duke (1–0)Duke (3–0)Syracuse (6–2)Florida (6–1)Florida (7–1)Duke (6–1)Syracuse (12–2)Duke (10–2) тKentucky (13–2)Pittsburgh (15–2)Duke (16–3)Kentucky (18–3)North Carolina (20–4)Michigan (22–5)North Carolina (22–5)Syracuse (25–8)9.
10.Iowa (3–0)Missouri (2–0)Temple (4–0)Purdue (7–1)Oklahoma (10–0)Purdue (10–1)Michigan (13–1)BYU (12–0) тOklahoma (16–2)Kentucky (14–3)Kentucky (16–3)Michigan (20–4)Michigan (21–4)Kentucky (20–5)Michigan (23–6)Michigan (24–7)10.
11.Wyoming (1–0)Georgetown (3–0)Florida (5–1)Michigan (8–1)Purdue (8–1)Michigan (11–1)Georgetown (11–1)Oklahoma (14–2)Pittsburgh (13–2)Michigan (17–3)Syracuse (17–5)UNLV (21–3)Syracuse (20–6)Iowa (20–7)NC State (23–6)NC State (24–7)11.
12.Georgetown (2–0)Florida (4–1)Michigan (7–1)Indiana (6–2)Michigan (9–1)UNLV (10–0)Wyoming (11–2)Iowa State (15–2)Florida (14–4)Syracuse (15–5)Michigan (18–4)Syracuse (18–6)Kentucky (18–5)NC State (20–6)Bradley (25–4)Bradley (26–4)12.
13.Michigan (2–1)Temple (1–0)Purdue (6–1)Oklahoma (7–0)Indiana (7–2)Indiana (8–2)UNLV (12–1)Syracuse (12–4)Syracuse (13–5)Georgetown (14–4)NC State (14–4)Iowa (17–6)Iowa (18–7)Syracuse (21–7)Syracuse (22–8)Wyoming (26–5)13.
14.Purdue (1–1)Purdue (4–1)Oklahoma (6–0)UNLV (5–0)UNLV (7–0)Georgetown (9–1)BYU (11–0)Illinois (13–3)Illinois (14–4)Iowa (15–5)Kansas State (14–4)NC State (16–5)Bradley (19–4)Georgia Tech (21–6)BYU (24–4)Loyola Marymount (27–3)14.
15.Temple (0–0)Michigan (4–1)UNLV (5–0)Georgetown (6–1)Iowa (7–2)Florida (8–3)Indiana (8–3)Georgetown (11–3)Georgetown (12–4)Vanderbilt (13–4)Iowa (16–6)Georgetown (16–6)Loyola Marymount (22–3)BYU (23–3)Iowa (21–8)UNLV (27–5)15.
16.Louisville (0–0)Oklahoma (3–0)Georgetown (4–1)Iowa State (8–1)Georgetown (7–1)Iowa (8–3)Kansas (11–3)Wyoming (12–3) тUTEP (16–3)Bradley (13–2)Wyoming (17–4)Vanderbilt (16–5)Georgia Tech (19–6)Loyola Marymount (24–3)Loyola Marymount (26–3)Iowa (22–9)16.
17.Oklahoma (1–0)UNLV (3–0)Missouri (3–1)Iowa (6–2)Iowa State (9–1) тKansas (8–3)Iowa State (13–2)UTEP (15–2) тIowa State (16–3)Illinois (14–6)Indiana (13–6)Missouri (16–5)Missouri (17–6)Bradley (22–4)Wyoming (23–5)Illinois (22–9)17.
18.UNLV (0–0)Notre Dame (1–1)Kansas (6–2)Kansas (7–2)Kansas (7–2) тIllinois (9–2)Iowa (9–4)Kansas (12–4)Iowa (12–5)St. John's (14–3)Vanderbilt (14–5)Bradley (16–4) тNC State (18–6)Vanderbilt (18–7)Georgia Tech (21–8)DePaul (21–7)18.
19.Kansas (1–2)Kansas (4–2)Illinois (7–1)Missouri (4–1)Illinois (4–2)Iowa State (11–2) тNew Mexico (14–3)Iowa (11–5)Villanova (14–4)UTEP (17–4)Florida (16–6)Wyoming (18–5) тVanderbilt (17–6)Wyoming (22–5)Illinois (20–9)Xavier (26–3)19.
20.NC State (0–0)Auburn (2–0)Memphis State (3–1)Georgia Tech (6–1)Missouri (4–2)St. John's (8–1) тFlorida (10–4)NC State (10–2) т
Florida (12–4) т
Southern Miss (14–2) т
Missouri (11–4) т
Florida (15–5)Bradley (14–3) т
Georgetown (14–6) т
Loyola Marymount (20–3)Wyoming (20–5)Xavier (22–3)UTEP (21–8)Kansas State (22–8)20.
Week 1
Dec. 1[1]
Week 2
Dec. 8[1]
Week 3
Dec. 15[1]
Week 4
Dec. 22[1]
Week 5
Dec. 29[1]
Week 6
Jan. 5[1]
Week 7
Jan. 12[1]
Week 8
Jan. 19[1]
Week 9
Jan. 26[1]
Week 10
Feb. 2[1]
Week 11
Feb. 9[1]
Week 12
Feb. 16[2]
Week 13
Feb. 23[2]
Week 14
Mar. 1[2]
Week 15
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][4]
Dropped:
  • Louisville (0–1)
  • NC State (2–0)
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (3–2)
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Illinois (7–2)
  • Memphis State (3–1)
Dropped:
Georgia Tech (6–2)
Dropped:
Missouri
Dropped:
  • Illinois (11–3)
  • St. John's (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (9–5)
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
  • Kansas
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (15–5)
  • Villanova
  • Southern Miss
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Illinois (14–8)
  • St. John's
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Indiana
  • Florida
Dropped:
Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Xavier (24–3)
Dropped:
  • BYU (25–5)
  • Georgia Tech (21–9)
  • UTEP (23–9)

References

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  4. ^ "UPI Men's Basketball Ratings" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 15, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved February 18, 2018.