1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Basketball rankings of 1971–72 NCAA
1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings Season 1971–72 NCAA Tournament 1972 Preseason No. 1 NCAA Tournament Champions UCLA
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The 1971–72 NCAA University Division 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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AP Poll
Preseason[ 1] [ 2] Week 1[ 1] [ 3] Week 2[ 1] [ 4] Week 3[ 1] [ 5] Week 4[ 1] [ 6] Week 5[ 1] [ 7] Week 6[ 1] [ 8] Week 7[ 1] [ 9] Week 8[ 1] [ 10] Week 9[ 1] [ 11] Week 10[ 1] [ 12] Week 11[ 1] [ 13] Week 12[ 14] [ 15] Week 13[ 14] [ 16] Week 14[ 14] [ 17] Final[ 14] [ 18] 1. UCLA UCLA (2–0) UCLA (4–0) UCLA (4–0) UCLA (6–0) UCLA (8–0) UCLA (10–0) UCLA (12–0) UCLA (14–0) UCLA (16–0) UCLA (17–0) UCLA (19–0) UCLA (20–0) UCLA (23–0) UCLA (25–0) UCLA (26–0) 1. 2. North Carolina Marquette (2–0) Marquette (4–0) Marquette (5–0) Marquette (6–0) Marquette (8–0) Marquette (10–0) Marquette (12–0) Marquette (14–0) Marquette (16–0) Marquette (17–0) Marquette (19–0) Marquette (22–0) Louisville (20–2) Penn (23–2) North Carolina (23–4) 2. 3. USC North Carolina (2–0) South Carolina (4–0) South Carolina (4–0) South Carolina (5–0) North Carolina (8–1) North Carolina (9–1) North Carolina (11–1) Louisville (12–1) Louisville (15–1) North Carolina (16–2) North Carolina (17–2) Louisville (19–2) North Carolina (20–3) North Carolina (21–4) Penn (23–2) 3. 4. Marquette Ohio State (2–0) North Carolina (3–1) North Carolina (5–1) North Carolina (5–1) South Carolina (7–1) South Carolina (7–2) Long Beach State (14–1) Long Beach State (15–1) North Carolina (13–2) Louisville (16–2) Louisville (18–2) Penn (18–2) Penn (20–2) Louisville (20–3) Louisville (24–3) 4. 5. Ohio State Maryland (2–0) Penn (4–0) USC (5–1) USC (6–1) Indiana (8–1) Louisville (9–1) South Carolina (8–2) North Carolina (12–2) Long Beach State (16–1) Penn (14–2) Penn (16–2) North Carolina (18–3) Marquette (22–1) Long Beach State (23–3) Long Beach State (23–3) 5. 6. Maryland Long Beach State (2–0) BYU (4–0) Ohio State (4–1) Ohio State (6–1) Penn (7–1) Penn (9–1) Louisville (11–1) Ohio State (11–2) Penn (12–2) Virginia (15–1) Virginia (17–1) Long Beach State (21–3) Long Beach State (23–3) South Carolina (22–4) South Carolina (22–4) 6. 7. Houston Kentucky (2–0) Kentucky (3–1) BYU (6–1) Indiana (6–1) Louisville (8–1) Long Beach State (12–1) Ohio State (10–2) USC (11–2) Virginia (13–1) Ohio State (14–3) South Carolina (16–3) BYU (18–3) BYU (20–3) Marquette (24–2) Marquette (24–2) 7. 8. Long Beach State Jacksonville (2–0) St. John's (3–1) Indiana (5–1) BYU (7–1) Long Beach State (9–1) Virginia (11–0) USC (11–2) Virginia (12–1) South Carolina (12–3) Long Beach State (18–2) Ohio State (15–4) Marshall (21–2) South Carolina (19–4) BYU (20–4) Southwestern Louisiana (24–3) 8. 9. Louisville Michigan (2–0) Florida State (5–0) Long Beach State (5–1) St. John's (7–1) Virginia (9–0) Ohio State (9–2) Virginia (12–1) Penn (10–2) Ohio State (12–3) South Carolina (16–3) Long Beach State (19–3) South Carolina (17–4) Marshall (22–2) Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) BYU (21–5) 9. 10. Kentucky Penn (2–0) Ohio State (3–1) St. John's (5–1) Long Beach State (7–1) Ohio State (7–2) USC (9–2) Penn (9–2) Florida State (15–2) BYU (14–2) BYU (16–2) Marshall (19–2) Southwestern Louisiana (20–2) Florida State (23–4) Marshall (23–3) Florida State (24–5) 10. 11. Jacksonville South Carolina (1–0) USC (3–1) Kentucky (5–2) Virginia (7–0) USC (7–2) Villanova (10–1) Florida State (13–2) South Carolina (10–3) Marshall (15–2) Marshall (17–2) BYU (17–3) Florida State (21–4) Southwestern Louisiana (22–3) Memphis State (21–5) Minnesota (17–6) 11. 12. South Carolina Houston (2–1) Indiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1) Kentucky (5–2) Maryland (8–1) Florida State (11–2) Southwestern Louisiana (11–1) Southwestern Louisiana (12–1) Florida State (16–3) Providence (14–2) Southwestern Louisiana (17–2) Maryland (17–3) Virginia (20–4) Hawaii (24–2) Marshall (23–4) 12. 13. Michigan USC (1–1) Long Beach State (3–0) Penn (4–1) Southwestern Louisiana (4–1) Marshall (9–1) Southwestern Louisiana (8–1) BYU (11–2) BYU (12–2) Southwestern Louisiana (13–2) Southwestern Louisiana (14–2) Providence (14–2) Virginia (18–3) Houston (19–5) Maryland (21–4) Memphis State (21–6) 13. 14. Kansas St. John's (1–0) Jacksonville (4–1) Florida State (5–1) Penn (5–1) Villanova (9–1) BYU (10–2) Princeton (14–2) Marshall (14–2) Hawaii (17–1) Florida State (17–4) Florida State (19–4) Missouri (19–3) Ohio State (16–5) Florida State (23–5) Maryland (23–5) 14. 15. Penn BYU (2–0) Maryland (2–1) Maryland (4–1) Louisville (5–1) Southwestern Louisiana (5–1) Kentucky (8–2) Villanova (11–2) Hawaii (15–1) Missouri (14–2) Memphis State (14–4)Missouri (17–3) Ohio State (15–5) Hawaii (24–2) Virginia (20–5) Villanova (19–6) 15. 16. New Mexico Louisville (1–1) Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Jacksonville (5–1) Maryland (6–1) Hawaii (9–0) Illinois (9–1)Marshall (12–2) Minnesota (10–3) Providence (13–2)Jacksonville (14–2) Hawaii (20–2) Houston (17–5) Michigan (13–7) Minnesota (16–6) Oral Roberts (25–1) 16. 17. St. John's Arizona State (2–0)Louisville (3–1) Ohio (3–1)Marshall (7–0) St. John's (8–2) Indiana (8–3) Minnesota (8–3)Princeton (14–3) Jacksonville (12–2) Missouri (15–3) Kentucky (15–4) Hawaii (22–2) Oral Roberts (22–1) Oral Roberts (24–1) Indiana (17–7) 17. 18. Villanova Florida State (2–0) тPrinceton (3–1)Virginia (5–0) Hawaii (6–0)BYU (8–2) Missouri (11–1)Hawaii (13–1) Maryland (11–2) USC (11–5) Hawaii (18–2) Memphis State (15–5) Kentucky (17–4) Maryland (18–4) Missouri (21–4) Kentucky (20–6) 18. 19. BYU Villanova (2–1) т Virginia (4–0)Louisville (3–1) West Virginia (5–0)Kentucky (7–2) Hawaii (10–1) Tennessee (8–2) Northern Illinois (10–1) Minnesota (11–4) Minnesota (12–4) Maryland (16–3) Memphis State (17–5) Missouri (19–4) Houston (20–6) Ohio State (18–6) 19. 20. Oklahoma NC State (2–0)Houston (3–2) Marshall (6–0)Tennessee (3–1)Florida State (8–2) Marshall (10–2) Northern Illinois (10–1)Missouri (13–2) Michigan (10–6) Duquesne (14–2)Tennessee (13–4) Oral Roberts (20–1)Memphis State (19–5) Indiana (15–7) Virginia (21–6) 20. Preseason[ 1] [ 2] Week 1[ 1] [ 3] Week 2[ 1] [ 4] Week 3[ 1] [ 5] Week 4[ 1] [ 6] Week 5[ 1] [ 7] Week 6[ 1] [ 8] Week 7[ 1] [ 9] Week 8[ 1] [ 10] Week 9[ 1] [ 11] Week 10[ 1] [ 12] Week 11[ 1] [ 13] Week 12[ 14] [ 15] Week 13[ 14] [ 16] Week 14[ 14] [ 17] Final[ 14] [ 18] Dropped: Dropped: Michigan Arizona State Villanova NC State (3–1) Dropped: Dropped: Florida State (5–2) Jacksonville (5–1) Ohio Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Kentucky Illinois Indiana Missouri (12–2) Dropped: Dropped: Princeton Maryland Northern Illinois Dropped: Dropped: Jacksonville Minnesota Duquesne Dropped: Providence (16–4) Tennessee Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Hawaii Missouri (21–5) Houston
Coaches Poll
Preseason[ 1] Week 1[ 1] Week 2[ 1] Week 3[ 1] Week 4[ 1] Week 5[ 1] Week 6[ 1] Week 7[ 1] Week 8[ 1] Week 9[ 1] Week 10[ 1] Week 11[ 1] Week 12[ 14] Week 13[ 14] Week 14[ 14] Final[ 14] 1. UCLA UCLA (2–0) UCLA (4–0) UCLA (4–0) UCLA (6–0) UCLA (8–0) UCLA (10–0) UCLA (12–0) UCLA (14–0) UCLA (16–0) UCLA (17–0) UCLA (19–0) UCLA (20–0) UCLA (23–0) UCLA (25–0) UCLA (26–0) 1. 2. Marquette North Carolina (2–0) Marquette (4–0) Marquette (5–0) Marquette (6–0) Marquette (8–0) Marquette (10–0) Marquette (12–0) Marquette (14–0) Marquette (16–0) Marquette (17–0) Marquette (19–0) Marquette (22–0) North Carolina (20–3) North Carolina (21–4) North Carolina (23–4) 2. 3. USC Marquette (2–0) South Carolina (4–0) South Carolina (4–0) South Carolina (5–0) North Carolina (8–1) North Carolina (9–1) North Carolina (11–1) Louisville (12–1) Louisville (15–1) North Carolina (16–2) North Carolina (17–2) North Carolina (18–3) Louisville (20–2) Penn (23–2) Penn (23–2) 3. 4. North Carolina Ohio State (2–0) BYU (4–0) North Carolina (5–1) North Carolina (5–1) South Carolina (7–1) South Carolina (7–2) South Carolina (8–2) Long Beach State (15–1) North Carolina (13–2) Louisville (16–2) South Carolina (16–3) Penn (18–2) Penn (20–2) South Carolina (22–4) Louisville (24–3) 4. 5. Ohio State Maryland (2–0) North Carolina (3–1) USC (5–1) USC (6–1) Indiana (8–1) Penn (9–1) Louisville (11–1) North Carolina (12–2) Long Beach State (16–1) Penn (14–2) Penn (16–2) Louisville (19–2) Marquette (22–1) Long Beach State (23–3) South Carolina (22–4) 5. 6. Houston Kentucky (2–0) St. John's (3–1) Ohio State (4–1) Ohio State (6–1) Louisville (8–1) Louisville (9–1) Long Beach State (14–1) т Ohio State (11–2) South Carolina (12–3) South Carolina (16–3) Louisville (18–2) Long Beach State (21–3) South Carolina (19–4) Louisville (20–3) Long Beach State (23–3) 6. 7. Maryland Long Beach State (2–0) Ohio State (3–1) Long Beach State (5–1) Indiana (6–1) Penn (7–1) Long Beach State (12–1) Ohio State (10–2) т USC (11–2) Penn (12–2) Ohio State (14–3) Virginia (17–1) BYU (18–3) т BYU (20–3) Marquette (24–2) Marquette (24–2) 7. 8. Louisville South Carolina (1–0) USC (3–1) Indiana (5–1) St. John's (7–1) Long Beach State (9–1) Ohio State (9–2) USC (11–2) South Carolina (10–3) Ohio State (12–3) Long Beach State (18–2) Long Beach State (19–3) South Carolina (17–4) т Long Beach State (23–3) BYU (20–4) Southwestern Louisiana (24–3) 8. 9. Long Beach State Michigan (2–0) Penn (4–0) St. John's (5–1) BYU (7–1) Ohio State (7–2) Virginia (11–0) Penn (9–2) Penn (10–2) Virginia (13–1) Virginia (15–1) Ohio State (15–4) Missouri (19–3) Virginia (20–4) Memphis State (21–5) BYU (21–5) 9. 10. Kentucky Houston (2–1) Indiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1) Long Beach State (7–1) Maryland (8–1) USC (9–2) Florida State (13–2) Florida State (15–2) BYU (14–2) BYU (16–2) BYU (17–3) Virginia (18–3) Marshall (22–2) Marshall (23–3) Florida State (24–5) 10. 11. Jacksonville Jacksonville (2–0) Kentucky (3–1) BYU (6–1) Southwestern Louisiana (4–1) USC (7–2) Missouri (11–1) Virginia (12–1) Virginia (12–1) Florida State (16–3) Southwestern Louisiana (14–2) Florida State (19–4) Maryland (17–3) Florida State (23–4) Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) Maryland (23–5) 11. 12. New Mexico State USC (1–1) Southwestern Louisiana (4–1)Florida State (5–1) Hawaii (6–0)Florida State (8–2) Florida State (11–2) Southwestern Louisiana (11–1) Southwestern Louisiana (12–1) Missouri (14–2) Florida State (17–4) Missouri (17–3) Southwestern Louisiana (20–2) Southwestern Louisiana (22–3) Missouri (21–4) Minnesota (17–6) 12. 13. South Carolina St. John's (1–0) Florida State (5–0)Maryland (4–1) Louisville (5–1) St. John's (8–2) Villanova (10–1) Princeton (14–2) BYU (12–2) Southwestern Louisiana (13–2) Providence (14–2) Southwestern Louisiana (17–2) Florida State (21–4) Maryland (18–4) Hawaii (24–2) Memphis State (21–6) 13. 14. BYU BYU (2–0) Arizona State (4–1) Kentucky (5–2) Maryland (6–1) Hawaii (9–0) Illinois (9–1)BYU (11–2) Minnesota (10–3) Providence (13–2)Kentucky (13–4) Maryland (16–3) Ohio State (15–5) Houston (19–5) Maryland (21–4) Kentucky (20–6) 14. 15. St. John's Penn (2–0)Maryland (2–1) Ohio (3–1)Kentucky (5–2) Villanova (9–1) т BYU (10–2) Maryland (10–2) Missouri (13–2) Hawaii (17–1) Missouri (15–3) Providence (14–2) Kentucky (17–4) Ohio State (16–5) т Houston (20–6) Villanova (19–6) 15. 16. Kansas Minnesota (2–0)Long Beach State (3–0) Louisville (3–1) Jacksonville (5–1) Kentucky (7–2) т Southwestern Louisiana (8–1) Villanova (11–2) Maryland (11–2) Marshall (15–2) Marshall (17–2) Marshall (19–2) Marshall (21–2) Michigan (13–7) т Minnesota (16–6) Kansas State (18–8)16. 17. Villanova Arizona State (2–0)Louisville (3–1) Arizona State (5–2) Florida State (5–2) Southwestern Louisiana (5–1) Duquesne (8–0)Hawaii (13–1) Princeton (14–3) Jacksonville (12–2) Hawaii (18–2) т Hawaii (20–2) Houston (17–5) Memphis State (19–5) UTEP (20–5) UTEP (20–6) 17. 18. Michigan Kansas (1–1) Princeton (3–1)Minnesota (3–1) Villanova (6–1) Virginia (9–0)Kentucky (8–2) Minnesota (8–3) т Marshall (14–2)UTEP (15–3) Maryland (14–3) т Kentucky (15–4) Hawaii (22–2) Detroit (17–5)Virginia (20–5) Marshall (23–4) 18. 19. Harvard Villanova (2–1) NC State (3–1) Penn (4–1) т Penn (5–1) Missouri (10–1)UTEP (11–2)Tennessee (8–2) тHawaii (15–1) т Washington (13–3)Villanova (13–5) т Houston (14–5) т Providence (16–4) т Missouri (19–4) Providence (19–5) Missouri (21–5) т 19. 20. Pacific NC State (2–0)Saint Louis (3–1)Jacksonville (5–1) т Arizona State (6–2) BYU (8–2) Maryland (9–2) Missouri (12–2) т Fordham (10–4) тMinnesota (11–4) Washington (14–3) т Saint Joseph's (15–4) тToledo (16–4) тDuquesne (18–4) Temple (23–7)Weber State (17–9) т20. Preseason[ 1] Week 1[ 1] Week 2[ 1] Week 3[ 1] Week 4[ 1] Week 5[ 1] Week 6[ 1] Week 7[ 1] Week 8[ 1] Week 9[ 1] Week 10[ 1] Week 11[ 1] Week 12[ 14] Week 13[ 14] Week 14[ 14] Final[ 14] Dropped: Louisville New Mexico State Harvard Pacific Dropped: Michigan Houston (3–2) Jacksonville (3–1) Minnesota Kansas Villanova Dropped: Princeton NC State Saint Louis Dropped: Dropped: Jacksonville Arizona State Dropped: Dropped: Illinois Duquesne Kentucky UTEP Dropped: Dropped: USC Maryland Princeton Fordham Dropped: Jacksonville UTEP Minnesota Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Kentucky Hawaii Providence Toledo Dropped: Florida State Ohio State Michigan Detroit Duquesne Dropped: Hawaii Houston Virginia (21–6) Providence Temple
References
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