1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1997–98 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 1
Nov. 17[2]
Week 2
Nov. 24[3]
Week 3
Dec. 1[4]
Week 4
Dec. 8[5]
Week 5
Dec. 15[6]
Week 6
Dec. 22[7]
Week 7
Dec. 29[8]
Week 8
Jan. 5[9]
Week 9
Jan. 12[10]
Week 10
Jan. 19[11]
Week 11
Jan. 26[12]
Week 12
Feb. 2[13]
Week 13
Feb. 9[14]
Week 14
Feb. 16[15]
Week 15
Feb. 23[16]
Week 16
Mar. 2[17]
Final
Mar. 9[18]
1.ArizonaArizona (0–0)Arizona (1–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (8–0)North Carolina (10–0)North Carolina (12–0)North Carolina (13–0)North Carolina (15–0)North Carolina (17–0)Duke (16–1)Duke (18–1)Duke (20–1)North Carolina (24–1)North Carolina (26–1)Duke (25–2)Duke (27–2)North Carolina (30–3)1.
2.KansasKansas (2–0)Kansas (4–0)Kansas (6–0)North Carolina (9–0)Kansas (11–1)Kansas (13–1)Kansas (15–1)Duke (12–1)Duke (14–1)North Carolina (18–1)North Carolina (20–1)North Carolina (22–1)Duke (21–2)Duke (23–2)Arizona (24–3)Arizona (25–3)Kansas (34–3)2.
3.DukeDuke (1–0)Duke (2–0)North Carolina (6–0)Kansas (8–1)Duke (9–1)Duke (10–1)Duke (10–1)Utah (12–0)Kansas (19–2)Kansas (21–2)Utah (17–0)Kansas (24–3)Arizona (21–3)Arizona (22–3)North Carolina (26–2)Kansas (31–3)Duke (29–3)3.
4.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (1–0)North Carolina (3–0)Arizona (4–1)Kentucky (6–1)Kentucky (8–1)Kentucky (9–2)Utah (11–0)Kansas (17–2)Utah (13–0)Utah (15–0)Stanford (18–0)Arizona (19–3)Kansas (26–3)Kansas (28–3)Kansas (30–3)North Carolina (27–3)Arizona (27–4)4.
5.ClemsonClemson (1–0)South Carolina (2–0)South Carolina (3–0)South Carolina (5–0)Arizona (7–2)Arizona (7–2)Purdue (11–2)Arizona (10–3)Arizona (13–3)Stanford (16–0)Kansas (22–3)Utah (18–1)Utah (20–1)Purdue (22–4)Utah (22–2)Utah (25–2)Kentucky (29–4)5.
6.UCLASouth Carolina (1–0)Purdue (3–0)Purdue (5–1)Arizona (5–2)South Carolina (5–0)Utah (10–0)Kentucky (10–2)Kentucky (12–2)Kentucky (14–2)Arizona (15–3)Arizona (17–3)UCLA (17–3)Connecticut (21–3)Utah (21–2)Connecticut (24–4)Connecticut (26–4)Connecticut (29–4)6.
7.South CarolinaUCLA (0–0)UCLA (0–0)Kentucky (4–1)Xavier (5–0)Utah (9–0)Purdue (9–2)Stanford (9–0)Stanford (12–0)Stanford (14–0)Kentucky (16–2)Kentucky (18–2)Connecticut (19–3)Kentucky (21–3)Connecticut (22–4)Kentucky (24–4)Kentucky (26–4)Utah (25–3)7.
8.KentuckyPurdue (2–0)Kentucky (1–0)New Mexico (5–0)Purdue (6–2)Purdue (8–2)Stanford (7–0)Arizona (8–3)Connecticut (13–1)UCLA (12–2)Connecticut (16–2)UCLA (15–3)Kentucky (19–3)Purdue (20–4)Kentucky (22–4)Stanford (23–3)Princeton (25–1)Princeton (26–1)8.
9.PurdueKentucky (0–0)Xavier (2–0)Xavier (3–0)Utah (7–0)Stanford (5–0)UCLA (6–1)UCLA (8–1)Purdue (12–3)Purdue (14–3)UCLA (13–3)Connecticut (17–3)Stanford (18–2)UCLA (18–4)Princeton (20–1)Princeton (23–1)Purdue (24–6)Cincinnati (26–5)9.
10.XavierXavier (0–0)New Mexico (4–0)Iowa (3–0)Iowa (6–0)Xavier (6–1)South Carolina (6–1)Connecticut (11–1)UCLA (9–2)Connecticut (14–2)Iowa (15–2)Purdue (17–4)Purdue (19–4)Princeton (18–1)Stanford (21–3)Michigan State (20–5)Ole Miss (21–5)Stanford (26–4)10.
11.New MexicoNew Mexico (1–0)Connecticut (3–0)Utah (5–0)Stanford (5–0)UCLA (4–1)Connecticut (9–1)South Carolina (7–1)Iowa (13–1)Ole Miss (12–1)Princeton (13–1)Princeton (14–1)Princeton (16–1)New Mexico (18–3)New Mexico (19–3)Purdue (22–6)Stanford (24–4)Purdue (26–7)11.
12.ConnecticutConnecticut (2–0)Fresno State (2–0)Stanford (4–0)UCLA (3–1)Connecticut (8–1)Arkansas (8–0)New Mexico (8–1)New Mexico (10–1)Princeton (13–1)Purdue (15–4)Ole Miss (14–2)New Mexico (16–3)Arkansas (20–3)UCLA (19–5)Arkansas (22–5)Michigan State (20–6)Michigan (24–8)12.
13.Fresno StateFresno State (1–0)Clemson (3–1)Connecticut (5–1)Connecticut (7–1)Arkansas (7–0)Xavier (6–2)Xavier (7–2)Florida State (12–2)Iowa (13–2)Ole Miss (12–2)South Carolina (13–3)South Carolina (16–3)Michigan State (17–4)South Carolina (19–4)Ole Miss (19–5)TCU (26–4)Ole Miss (22–6)13.
14.StanfordIowa (2–0)Iowa (2–0)Ole Miss (3–0)New Mexico (5–1)New Mexico (7–1)New Mexico (7–1)Iowa (11–1)Ole Miss (10–1)South Carolina (10–2)South Carolina (11–3)New Mexico (14–3)Arkansas (18–3)Stanford (19–3)Michigan State (18–5)South Carolina (20–5)Cincinnati (23–5)South Carolina (22–6)14.
15.IowaStanford (0–0)Stanford (1–0)UCLA (2–1)Arkansas (6–0)Iowa (7–1)Iowa (8–1)Florida State (9–2)Princeton (11–1)New Mexico (11–2)Syracuse (15–2)Arkansas (16–3)West Virginia (18–3)South Carolina (17–4)Ole Miss (17–5)TCU (24–4)South Carolina (21–6)TCU (27–5)15.
16.UtahUtah (1–0)Utah (3–0)Fresno State (3–1)Florida State (6–1)Temple (6–1)Ole Miss (7–1)Ole Miss (8–1)South Carolina (8–2)Syracuse (14–1)Michigan (14–4)Iowa (15–4)Michigan State (15–4)West Virginia (19–4)Arkansas (20–5)New Mexico (21–4)Arkansas (22–7)Michigan State (20–7)16.
17.IndianaCharlotte (0–0)Ole Miss (2–0)Clemson (3–2)Clemson (5–2)Florida State (7–1)Florida State (8–2)Princeton (10–1)Michigan (12–3)Florida State (12–4)New Mexico (13–3)West Virginia (17–3)Ole Miss (14–4)George Washington (20–3)Cincinnati (19–5)Cincinnati (21–5)Michigan (21–8)Arkansas (23–8)17.
18.CharlotteTemple (2–0)Oklahoma (3–0)Arkansas (4–0)Fresno State (3–1)Ole Miss (5–1)Princeton (8–1)Michigan (10–3)Syracuse (12–1)Xavier (10–3)Arkansas (14–3)Cincinnati (15–3)Michigan (16–6)Ole Miss (15–5)UMass (19–6)UCLA (20–6)Illinois (21–8)New Mexico (23–7)18.
19.GeorgiaOklahoma (1–0)Louisville (0–0)Florida State (4–1)Maryland (4–2)Princeton (7–1)Syracuse (9–0)Syracuse (11–1)Xavier (8–3)Michigan (13–4)Xavier (11–4)Michigan (15–5)Syracuse (17–4)Cincinnati (17–5)TCU (22–4)West Virginia (22–5)UCLA (21–7)UCLA (22–8)19.
20.OklahomaRhode Island (1–0)Temple (2–1)Temple (2–1)Temple (4–1)Georgia (7–2)Maryland (5–3)Maryland (7–3)Marquette (10–0)Rhode Island (10–2)Florida State (13–5)Syracuse (15–4)Cincinnati (16–4)UMass (17–6)West Virginia (20–5)UMass (20–7)New Mexico (21–6)Maryland (19–10)20.
21.Rhode IslandOle Miss (0–0)Indiana (1–1)Georgia (5–1)Ole Miss (4–1)Michigan (6–2)Clemson (7–3)Clemson (9–3)Hawaii (11–1)West Virginia (14–2)Cincinnati (13–2)Rhode Island (13–4)Xavier (14–5)Michigan (17–7)Syracuse (19–5)Michigan (19–8)Maryland (18–9)Syracuse (24–8)21.
22.TexasLouisville (0–0)Georgia (3–1)Georgia Tech (4–0)Princeton (6–0)Maryland (5–3)Rhode Island (5–1)West Virginia (11–1)Arkansas (11–2)Arkansas (13–2)Rhode Island (12–3)Michigan State (13–4)George Washington (18–3)TCU (20–4)Michigan (18–7)Illinois (20–8)Syracuse (22–7)Illinois (22–9)22.
23.Ole MissIndiana (0–1)Rhode Island (1–1)Maryland (3–1)Georgia (5–2)Wake Forest (6–1)West Virginia (9–1)Arkansas (9–2)Rhode Island (8–2)Marquette (10–2)West Virginia (15–3)Maryland (12–6)UMass (16–5)Syracuse (17–5)Illinois (18–8)Syracuse (20–6)West Virginia (22–7)Xavier (22–7)23.
24.TempleIllinois State (1–0)Maryland (2–1)Wake Forest (5–0)Georgia Tech (5–1)TCU (9–0)Temple (6–3)Rhode Island (6–1)Clemson (10–4)Hawaii (11–2)Hawaii (12–2)Xavier (12–5)Iowa (15–6)Maryland (14–7)George Washington (20–5)Temple (19–6)Temple (20–7)Temple (21–8)24.
25.LouisvilleGeorgia (1–1)Charlotte (0–1)Princeton (4–0)Wake Forest (6–1)Syracuse (7–0)TCU (9–1)Marquette (8–0)West Virginia (12–2)Oklahoma State (12–1)Clemson (11–6)Indiana (14–5)Maryland (13–7)Rhode Island (17–5)Maryland (15–8)Oklahoma State (20–4)Oklahoma State (21–5)Murray State (29–3)25.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Nov. 17[2]
Week 2
Nov. 24[3]
Week 3
Dec. 1[4]
Week 4
Dec. 8[5]
Week 5
Dec. 15[6]
Week 6
Dec. 22[7]
Week 7
Dec. 29[8]
Week 8
Jan. 5[9]
Week 9
Jan. 12[10]
Week 10
Jan. 19[11]
Week 11
Jan. 26[12]
Week 12
Feb. 2[13]
Week 13
Feb. 9[14]
Week 14
Feb. 16[15]
Week 15
Feb. 23[16]
Week 16
Mar. 2[17]
Final
Mar. 9[18]
Dropped:
  • Texas (0–2)
Dropped:
  • Illinois State (2–1)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma (4–2)
  • Louisville (2–1)
  • Indiana (2–2)
  • Rhode Island (2–1)
  • Charlotte (1–2)
NoneDropped:
  • Fresno State (4–2)
  • Clemson (5–3)
  • Georgia Tech (5–2)
Dropped:
  • Georgia (7–4)
  • Michigan (7–3)
  • Wake Forest (6–3)
Dropped:
  • Temple (6–3)
  • TCU (10–2)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (8–4)
Dropped:
  • Clemson (10–5)
Dropped:
  • Marquette (11–3)
  • Oklahoma State (12–3)
Dropped:
  • Florida State (13–7)
  • Hawaii (12–4)
  • Clemson (12–7)
Dropped:
  • Rhode Island (14–5)
  • Indiana (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Xavier (15–6)
  • Iowa (16–7)
Dropped:
  • Rhode Island (18–6)
Dropped:
  • George Washington (21–6)
  • Maryland (16–9)
Dropped:
  • UMass (20–9)
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (22–8)
  • Oklahoma State (21–7)

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
 [19]
Week 2
Nov. 26[19]
Week 3
Dec. 3[19]
Week 4
Dec. 10[19]
Week 5
Dec. 17[19]
Week 6
Dec. 24[19]
Week 7
Dec. 31[19]
Week 8
Jan. 7[19]
Week 9
Jan. 14[19]
Week 10
Jan. 21[19]
Week 11
Jan. 28[19]
Week 12
Feb. 4[20]
Week 13
Feb. 11[20]
Week 14
Feb. 18[20]
Week 15
Feb. 25[20]
Week 16
Mar. 4[20]
Week 17
Mar. 11[20]
Final
Apr. 1[20]
1.ArizonaArizona (1–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (8–0)North Carolina (10–0)North Carolina (12–0)North Carolina (13–0)North Carolina (15–0)North Carolina (17–0)Duke (16–1)Duke (18–1)Duke (20–1)North Carolina (24–1)North Carolina (26–1)Duke (25–2)Duke (27–2)North Carolina (30–3)Kentucky (35–4)1.
2.Duke тKansas (4–0)North Carolina (6–0)North Carolina (9–0)Duke (9–1)Duke (10–1)Duke (10–1)Duke (12–1)Duke (14–1)North Carolina (18–1)North Carolina (20–1)North Carolina (22–1)Duke (21–2)Duke (23–2)Arizona (24–3)Arizona (25–3)Kansas (34–3)Utah (30–4)2.
3.North Carolina тNorth Carolina (3–0)Kansas (6–0)Kansas (8–1)Kansas (11–1)Kansas (13–1)Kansas (15–1)Utah (12–0)Kansas (19–2)Kansas (21–2)Utah (17–0)Kansas (24–3)Kansas (26–3)Arizona (22–3)North Carolina (26–2)Kansas (31–3)Duke (29–3)North Carolina (34–4)3.
4.KansasDuke (2–0)Arizona (4–1)Arizona (5–2)Kentucky (8–1)Kentucky (9–2)Utah (11–0)Kansas (17–2)Utah (13–0)Utah (15–0)Stanford (18–0)Arizona (19–3)Arizona (21–3)Kansas (28–3)Kansas (30–3)North Carolina (27–3)Arizona (27–4)Stanford (30–5)4.
5.UCLAPurdue (3–0)Purdue (5–1)Kentucky (6–1)Arizona (7–2)Arizona (7–2)Purdue (11–2)Arizona (10–3)Arizona (13–3)Arizona (15–3)Kansas (22–3)Utah (18–1)Utah (20–1)Utah (21–2)Utah (22–2)Utah (25–2)Connecticut (29–4)Duke (32–4)5.
6.PurdueUCLA (0–0)South Carolina (3–0)Utah (7–0)Utah (9–0)Utah (10–0)Arizona (8–3)Kentucky (12–2)Kentucky (14–2)Stanford (16–0)Arizona (17–3)UCLA (17–3)Connecticut (21–3)Purdue (22–4)Connecticut (24–4)Connecticut (26–4)Kentucky (29–4)Arizona (30–5)6.
7.ClemsonKentucky (1–0)Kentucky (4–1)Purdue (6–2)Purdue (8–2)Purdue (9–2)Kentucky (10–2)Stanford (12–0)Stanford (14–0)Kentucky (16–2)Kentucky (18–2)Connecticut (19–3)Kentucky (21–3)Connecticut (22–4)Princeton (23–1)Kentucky (26–4)Utah (25–3)Connecticut (32–5)7.
8.South CarolinaSouth Carolina (2–0)New Mexico (5–0)South Carolina (5–0)South Carolina (5–0)Stanford (7–0)Stanford (9–0)Connecticut (13–1) тPurdue (14–3)Connecticut (16–2)Connecticut (17–3)Purdue (19–4)Purdue (20–4)Princeton (20–1)Kentucky (24–4)Princeton (25–1)Princeton (26–1)Kansas (35–4)8.
9.KentuckyNew Mexico (4–0)Xavier (3–0)Xavier (5–0)Stanford (5–0)UCLA (6–1)UCLA (8–1)Purdue (12–3) тUCLA (12–2)Purdue (15–4)UCLA (15–3)Kentucky (19–3)Princeton (18–1)New Mexico (19–3)Stanford (23–3)Purdue (24–6)Purdue (26–7)Purdue (28–8)9.
10.New MexicoXavier (2–0)Utah (5–0)Iowa (6–0)Xavier (6–1)South Carolina (6–1)South Carolina (7–1)New Mexico (10–1)Connecticut (14–2)UCLA (13–3)Purdue (17–4)Stanford (18–2)UCLA (18–4)Kentucky (22–4)Purdue (22–6)Ole Miss (21–5)Stanford (26–4)Michigan State (22–8)10.
11.XavierConnecticut (3–0)Stanford (4–0)Stanford (5–0)UCLA (4–1)Connecticut (9–1)Connecticut (11–1)Iowa (13–1)Ole Miss (12–1)Princeton (13–1)Princeton (14–1)Princeton (16–1)New Mexico (18–3)Stanford (21–3)South Carolina (20–5)Stanford (24–4)Cincinnati (26–5)Rhode Island (25–9)11.
12.StanfordClemson (3–1)Iowa (3–0)New Mexico (5–1)Connecticut (8–1)New Mexico (7–1)Xavier (7–2)UCLA (9–2)Princeton (13–1)Iowa (15–2)Ole Miss (14–2)New Mexico (16–3)Arkansas (20–3)UCLA (19–5)Michigan State (20–5)Michigan State (20–6)Michigan (24–8)UCLA (24–9)12.
13.ConnecticutStanford (1–0)Connecticut (5–1)Connecticut (7–1)Iowa (7–1)Xavier (6–2)New Mexico (8–1)Florida State (12–2)New Mexico (11–2)New Mexico (13–3)New Mexico (14–3)South Carolina (16–3)Stanford (19–3)South Carolina (19–4)Ole Miss (19–5)Cincinnati (23–5)South Carolina (22–6)Syracuse (26–9)13.
14.UtahUtah (3–0)Ole Miss (3–0)UCLA (3–1)Arkansas (7–0)Arkansas (8–0)Iowa (11–1)Ole Miss (10–1)Iowa (13–2)Ole Miss (12–2)South Carolina (13–3)Arkansas (18–3)South Carolina (17–4)Ole Miss (17–5)Arkansas (22–5)TCU (26–4)Ole Miss (22–6)Cincinnati (27–6)14.
15.Fresno StateFresno State (2–0)UCLA (2–1)Florida State (6–1)New Mexico (7–1)Iowa (8–1)Florida State (9–2)Princeton (11–1)Syracuse (14–1)Syracuse (15–2)Arkansas (16–3)West Virginia (18–3)Michigan State (17–4)Michigan State (18–5)New Mexico (21–4)South Carolina (21–6)Michigan State (20–7)Maryland (21–11)15.
16.IowaIowa (2–0)Clemson (3–2)Arkansas (6–0)Temple (6–1)Ole Miss (7–1)Princeton (10–1)South Carolina (8–2)Florida State (12–4)Michigan (14–4)Iowa (15–4)Ole Miss (14–4)Ole Miss (15–5)Arkansas (20–5)UCLA (20–6)Arkansas (22–7)TCU (27–5)Princeton (27–2)16.
17.CharlotteOklahoma (3–0)Fresno State (3–1)Temple (4–1)Florida State (7–1)Princeton (8–1)Ole Miss (8–1)Xavier (8–3)South Carolina (10–2)South Carolina (11–3)Michigan (15–5)Syracuse (17–4)West Virginia (19–4)Syracuse (19–5)Cincinnati (21–5)UCLA (21–7)Arkansas (23–8)Michigan (25–9)17.
18.IndianaOle Miss (2–0)Florida State (4–1)Clemson (5–2)Ole Miss (5–1)Florida State (8–2)Maryland (7–3)Michigan (12–3)Michigan (13–4)Xavier (11–4)Syracuse (15–4)Michigan (16–6)George Washington (20–3)Cincinnati (19–5)TCU (24–4)Michigan (21–8)New Mexico (23–7)West Virginia (24–9)18.
19.LouisvilleLouisville (0–0)Temple (2–1)Ole Miss (4–1)Princeton (7–1)Syracuse (9–0)Syracuse (11–1)Syracuse (12–1)Xavier (10–3)Arkansas (14–3)West Virginia (17–3)Michigan State (15–4)Michigan (17–7)West Virginia (20–5)West Virginia (22–5)New Mexico (21–6)Syracuse (24–8)South Carolina (23–8)19.
20.MichiganTemple (2–1)Princeton (4–0)Princeton (6–0)Maryland (5–3)Maryland (5–3)Michigan (11–3)Marquette (10–0)West Virginia (14–2)Florida State (13–5)Cincinnati (15–3)Cincinnati (16–4)Syracuse (17–5)UMass (19–6)UMass (20–7)Illinois (21–8)UCLA (22–8)Ole Miss (22–7)20.
21.OklahomaIndiana (1–1)Arkansas (4–0)Fresno State (3–1)Georgia (7–2)Temple (6–3)Clemson (9–3)West Virginia (12–2)Marquette (10–2)West Virginia (15–3)Rhode Island (13–4)Iowa (15–6)Cincinnati (17–5)Michigan (18–7)Michigan (19–8)Syracuse (22–7)Xavier (22–7)New Mexico (24–8)21.
22.GeorgiaPrinceton (3–0)Georgia (5–1)Maryland (4–2)Wake Forest (6–1)Clemson (7–3)Temple (6–3)Clemson (10–4)Arkansas (13–2)Rhode Island (12–3)Xavier (12–5)Xavier (14–5)UMass (17–6)TCU (22–4)Syracuse (20–6)West Virginia (22–7)Maryland (19–10)Arkansas (24–9)22.
23.MarylandCharlotte (0–1)Georgia Tech (4–0)Georgia Tech (5–1)Syracuse (7–0)Georgia Tech (7–2)West Virginia (11–1)Hawaii (11–1)Rhode Island (10–2)Clemson (11–6)Florida State (13–7)Rhode Island (14–5)Xavier (15–6)George Washington (20–5)Illinois (20–8)UMass (20–9)Illinois (22–9)Valparaiso (23–10)23.
24.TexasGeorgia (3–1)Wake Forest (5–0)Wake Forest (6–1)TCU (9–0)Marquette (6–0)Arkansas (9–2)Arkansas (11–2)Hawaii (11–2)Hawaii (12–2)Maryland (12–6)UMass (16–5)Rhode Island (17–5)Xavier (16–6)Xavier (18–6)Maryland (18–9)Temple (21–8)Washington (20–10)24.
25.Rhode IslandFlorida State (3–0) т
Wake Forest (3–0) т
Louisville (2–1)Georgia (5–2)Clemson (5–3)TCU (9–1)Marquette (8–0)Rhode Island (8–2)Clemson (10–5)Cincinnati (13–2)Michigan State (13–4)George Washington (18–3)Maryland (14–7)Rhode Island (18–6)Maryland (16–9)Temple (20–7)Oklahoma (22–10)TCU (27–6)25.
Preseason
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Week 2
Nov. 26[19]
Week 3
Dec. 3[19]
Week 4
Dec. 10[19]
Week 5
Dec. 17[19]
Week 6
Dec. 24[19]
Week 7
Dec. 31[19]
Week 8
Jan. 7[19]
Week 9
Jan. 14[19]
Week 10
Jan. 21[19]
Week 11
Jan. 28[19]
Week 12
Feb. 4[20]
Week 13
Feb. 11[20]
Week 14
Feb. 18[20]
Week 15
Feb. 25[20]
Week 16
Mar. 4[20]
Week 17
Mar. 11[20]
Final
Apr. 1[20]
Dropped:
  • Michigan (2–1)
  • Maryland (2–1)
  • Texas (1–2)
  • Rhode Island (1–1)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma (3–2)
  • Indiana (2–2)
  • Charlotte (1–2)
Dropped:
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Fresno State (4–2)
  • Georgia Tech (5–2)
Dropped:
  • Georgia (7–4)
  • Wake Forest (6–3)
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • TCU (10–2)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (8–4)
  • Temple
NoneDropped:
  • Marquette (11–3)
Dropped:
  • Hawaii (12–4)
  • Clemson (12–7)
Dropped:
  • Florida State
  • Maryland (13–7)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (16–7)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (15–8)
Dropped:
  • George Washington (21–6)
  • Rhode Island
Dropped:
  • Xavier (18–6)
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (22–8)
  • UMass
Dropped:
  • Xavier (22–8)
  • Illinois (22–9)
  • Temple (21–9)
  • Oklahoma (22–11)

References

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