1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Season1972–73
NCAA Tournament1973
Preseason No. 1
UCLA
NCAA Tournament ChampionsUCLA
NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
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The 1972–73 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.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  New to rankings from previous week
Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

Preseason
 [1][2]		Week 1
Dec. 4[1][3]		Week 2
Dec. 11[1][4]		Week 3
Dec. 18[1][5]		Week 4
Dec. 26[1][6]		Week 5
Jan. 2[1][7]		Week 6
Jan. 8[1][8]		Week 7
Jan. 15[1][9]		Week 8
Jan. 22[1][10]		Week 9
Jan. 29[1][11]		Week 10
Feb. 5[1][12]		Week 11
Feb. 12[1][13]		Week 12
Feb. 19[14][15]		Week 13
Feb. 26[14][16]		Week 14
Mar. 5[14][17]		Final
Mar. 12[14][18]
1.UCLAUCLA (3–0)UCLA (3–0)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 (18–0)UCLA (21–0)UCLA (23–0)UCLA (25–0)UCLA (26–0)1.
2.Florida StateFlorida State (1–0)Florida State (3–0)Maryland (4–0)Maryland (5–0)Maryland (7–0)Maryland (9–0)NC State (12–0)NC State (12–0)NC State (14–0)NC State (16–0)NC State (19–0)NC State (21–0)NC State (23–0)NC State (25–0)NC State (27–0)2.
3.MarylandMaryland (2–0)Maryland (3–0)Marquette (4–0)Marquette (5–0)Marquette (8–0)NC State (9–0)Maryland (10–1)North Carolina (15–1)Maryland (14–1)Long Beach State (17–1)Long Beach State (19–1)Long Beach State (20–1)Minnesota (18–2)Minnesota (20–2)Long Beach State (24–2)3.
4.MinnesotaMinnesota (2–0)Marquette (3–0)NC State (6–0)NC State (8–0)NC State (8–0)Marquette (10–0)North Carolina (13–1)Maryland (12–1)Long Beach State (16–1)Indiana (14–2)Minnesota (15–2)Minnesota (16–2)Long Beach State (22–2)Long Beach State (24–2)Providence (23–2)4.
5.MarquetteMarquette (1–0)Minnesota (3–0)Minnesota (4–0)Minnesota (6–0)Long Beach State (11–0)Missouri (11–0)Long Beach State (13–1)Long Beach State (15–1)Indiana (13–2)Minnesota (14–2)Marquette (18–2)Marquette (20–2)Marquette (22–2)Providence (22–2)Marquette (23–3)5.
6.Long Beach StateNC State (2–0)NC State (4–0)Long Beach State (4–0)Long Beach State (8–0)Minnesota (9–0)Long Beach State (11–1)Minnesota (10–1)Indiana (11–2)Alabama (13–1)North Carolina (16–3)North Carolina (18–4)North Carolina (20–4)Providence (21–2)Marquette (22–3)Indiana (19–5)6.
7.Southwestern LouisianaLong Beach State (1–0)Long Beach State (3–0)Florida State (4–1)Missouri (8–0)Missouri (10–0)North Carolina (12–1)Marquette (11–1)Missouri (13–2)Missouri (14–2)Marquette (16–2)Houston (17–2)Providence (18–2)North Carolina (21–5)Houston (22–3)Southwestern Louisiana (23–3)7.
8.NC StateKentucky (1–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)Penn (5–0)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)Minnesota (9–1)Missouri (12–1)Minnesota (11–2)North Carolina (15–3)Missouri (15–2)Providence (16–2)Maryland (17–4)Houston (20–3)North Carolina (22–6)Maryland (22–6)8.
9.PennPenn (1–0)Penn (3–0)Indiana (5–0)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)North Carolina (10–1)Vanderbilt (10–1)Providence (10–1)Alabama (10–1)Minnesota (12–2)Maryland (14–3)St. John's (17–2)Houston (18–3)Maryland (19–4)Indiana (18–5)Kansas State (22–4)9.
10.Ohio StateSouthwestern Louisiana (1–0)Oral Roberts (2–0)Missouri (7–0)Vanderbilt (8–0)Houston (8–2)Houston (10–2)San Francisco (12–1)Marquette (12–2)Marquette (14–2)Alabama (14–2)Maryland (16–3)Indiana (15–5)Memphis State (21–4)Maryland (20–5)Minnesota (20–4)10.
11.Memphis StateMemphis State (1–0)North Carolina (4–0)Penn (4–0)North Carolina (7–1)Vanderbilt (8–1)Providence (7–1)Alabama (8–1)Houston (12–2)Houston (13–2)Houston (15–2)Indiana (14–4)St. John's (18–3)Southwestern Louisiana (22–2)Kansas State (21–4)North Carolina (22–7)11.
12.BYUOral Roberts (0–0)Missouri (5–0)Vanderbilt (7–0)Florida State (5–2)San Francisco (8–1)San Francisco (10–1)Houston (11–2)Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)Providence (12–2)Providence (14–2)Missouri (16–3)Southwestern Louisiana (19–2)Indiana (17–5)Missouri (20–4)Memphis State (21–5)12.
13.KentuckyNorth Carolina (2–0)Vanderbilt (5–0)North Carolina (6–1)Houston (7–1)Providence (5–1)Southwestern Louisiana (7–1)Southwestern Louisiana (10–1)Jacksonville (13–2)Southwestern Louisiana (13–1)Southwestern Louisiana (16–1)Jacksonville (18–3)Kansas State (18–3)Missouri (18–4)Syracuse (22–4)Houston (22–3)13.
14.TennesseeTennessee (1–0)Providence (1–0)Houston (7–1)BYU (6–1)Alabama (5–1)Alabama (7–1)Kansas State (11–2)Providence (10–2)St. John's (13–2)St. John's (15–2)Southwestern Louisiana (18–2)Memphis State (19–4)Syracuse (20–4)Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)Syracuse (22–4)14.
15.HoustonOhio State (1–1)Indiana (3–0)BYU (5–1)Indiana (5–1)BYU (8–2)Jacksonville (10–2)Jacksonville (11–2)St. John's (11–2)Jacksonville (14–3)Memphis State (16–3)Kansas State (16–3)New Mexico (21–3)New Mexico (23–4)Memphis State (21–5)Missouri (21–5)15.
16.South CarolinaKansas State (2–0)Houston (5–1)Oral Roberts (4–1)Kansas State (7–1)New Mexico (9–0)Indiana (8–2)Indiana (10–2)San Francisco (12–2)San Francisco (14–2)Jacksonville (16–3)Memphis State (17–4)Missouri (17–4)Kansas State (19–4)Jacksonville (21–5)Arizona State (18–7)16.
17.Kansas StateUSC (1–0)BYU (3–1)Kansas State (6–1)Providence (5–1)Penn (5–2)Kansas State (9–2)St. John's (9–2)Memphis State (12–3)Memphis State (14–3)San Francisco (16–2)Alabama (14–4)Purdue (14–5)St. John's (18–5)St. John's (19–6)Kentucky (19–7)17.
18.Oral RobertsMichigan (1–0)Michigan (3–1)Providence (3–1)Alabama (3–1)Kansas State (9–2)St. John's (8–2) тVanderbilt (10–3)Kansas State (11–3)Kansas State (13–3)Kansas State (14–3)New Mexico (18–3)Alabama (16–4)Jacksonville (20–5)Saint Joseph's (22–5)Penn (20–5)18.
19.MichiganProvidence (0–0)Memphis State (7–2)Oklahoma (6–0)Oklahoma (6–0)Florida State (7–3)Florida State (8–3) тFlorida State (10–3)New Mexico (15–2)Oral Roberts (15–2)Oral Roberts (16–3)Virginia Tech (14–3)Virginia Tech (15–4)South Carolina (18–5)Kentucky (18–7)Austin Peay (22–5)19.
20.USC т
Louisville т		Houston (3–1)Kansas State (3–1)Santa Clara (4–2)San Francisco (7–1)Indiana (6–2)Louisville (10–2)Louisville (11–2)Purdue (10–3)USC (13–4)New Mexico (16–3)BYU (17–4)Jacksonville (19–4)Purdue (15–6)San Francisco (21–4)San Francisco (22–4)20.
Preseason
 [1][2]		Week 1
Dec. 4[1][3]		Week 2
Dec. 11[1][4]		Week 3
Dec. 18[1][5]		Week 4
Dec. 26[1][6]		Week 5
Jan. 2[1][7]		Week 6
Jan. 8[1][8]		Week 7
Jan. 15[1][9]		Week 8
Jan. 22[1][10]		Week 9
Jan. 29[1][11]		Week 10
Feb. 5[1][12]		Week 11
Feb. 12[1][13]		Week 12
Feb. 19[14][15]		Week 13
Feb. 26[14][16]		Week 14
Mar. 5[14][17]		Final
Mar. 12[14][18]
Dropped:
  • BYU
  • South Carolina
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Tennessee
  • Ohio State
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • Memphis State
Dropped:
  • Oral Roberts
  • Santa Clara
Dropped:
Oklahoma		Dropped:
  • BYU
  • New Mexico
  • Penn (7–2)
NoneDropped:
  • Vanderbilt (12–3)
  • Florida State
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • New Mexico
  • Purdue
Dropped:
USC		Dropped:
  • San Francisco
  • Oral Roberts
Dropped:
  • BYU
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Virginia Tech
Dropped:
  • New Mexico (25–5)
  • South Carolina
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville
  • St. John's
  • Saint Joseph's

Coaches Poll

Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 4[1]		Week 2
Dec. 11[1]		Week 3
Dec. 18[1]		Week 4
Dec. 26[1]		Week 5
Jan. 2[1]		Week 6
Jan. 8[1]		Week 7
Jan. 15[1]		Week 8
Jan. 22[1]		Week 9
Jan. 29[1]		Week 10
Feb. 5[1]		Week 11
Feb. 12[1]		Week 12
Feb. 19[14]		Week 13
Feb. 26[14]		Week 14
Mar. 5[14]		Final
Mar. 12[14]
1.UCLAUCLA (3–0)UCLA (3–0)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 (18–0)UCLA (21–0)UCLA (23–0)UCLA (25–0)UCLA (26–0)1.
2.Florida StateFlorida State (1–0)Florida State (3–0)Marquette (4–0)Marquette (5–0)Marquette (8–0)Maryland (9–0)NC State (12–0)NC State (12–0)NC State (14–0)NC State (16–0)NC State (19–0)NC State (21–0)NC State (23–0)NC State (25–0)NC State (27–0)2.
3.MarylandMaryland (2–0)Marquette (3–0)Maryland (4–0)NC State (8–0)Minnesota (9–0)Marquette (10–0)Maryland (10–1)North Carolina (15–1)Maryland (14–1)Long Beach State (17–1)Long Beach State (19–1)Long Beach State (20–1)Minnesota (18–2)Long Beach State (24–2)Long Beach State (24–2)3.
4.MinnesotaMinnesota (2–0)Maryland (3–0)NC State (6–0)Maryland (5–0)Maryland (7–0)NC State (9–0)North Carolina (13–1)Maryland (12–1)Long Beach State (16–1)Indiana (14–2)Minnesota (15–2)Minnesota (16–2)Marquette (22–2)Minnesota (20–2)Marquette (23–3)4.
5.MarquetteMarquette (1–0)Minnesota (3–0)Minnesota (4–0)Minnesota (6–0)NC State (8–0)Missouri (11–0)Minnesota (10–1)Long Beach State (15–1)Indiana (13–2)Minnesota (14–2)Marquette (18–2)Marquette (20–2)Long Beach State (22–2)Marquette (22–3)Providence (23–2)5.
6.Ohio StateLong Beach State (1–0)NC State (4–0)Long Beach State (4–0)Long Beach State (8–0)Long Beach State (11–0)North Carolina (12–1)Long Beach State (13–1)Indiana (11–2)Minnesota (12–2)North Carolina (16–3)North Carolina (18–4)North Carolina (20–4)Providence (21–2)Providence (22–2)Indiana (19–5)6.
7.KentuckyNC State (2–0)Long Beach State (3–0)Missouri (7–0)Missouri (8–0)Missouri (10–0)Minnesota (9–1)Marquette (11–1)Minnesota (11–2)Alabama (13–1)Alabama (14–2)Maryland (16–3)Kansas State (18–3)North Carolina (21–5)North Carolina (22–6)Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) т7.
8.Long Beach StateSouthwestern Louisiana (1–0)Southwestern Louisiana (4–0)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)Penn (5–0)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)Long Beach State (11–1)Missouri (12–1)Marquette (12–2)North Carolina (15–3)Maryland (14–3)Houston (17–2)Providence (18–2)Kansas State (19–4)Kansas State (21–4)Kansas State (22–4) т8.
9.PennKentucky (1–0)North Carolina (4–0)Florida State (4–1)Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)North Carolina (10–1)Vanderbilt (10–1)Providence (10–1)Houston (12–2)Marquette (14–2)Missouri (15–2)Kansas State (16–3)Maryland (17–4)Houston (20–3)Houston (22–3)Minnesota (20–4)9.
10.NC StatePenn (1–0)Missouri (5–0)Indiana (5–0)Vanderbilt (8–0)New Mexico (9–0)Providence (7–1)Kansas State (11–2)Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)Missouri (14–2)Marquette (16–2)Indiana (14–4)Houston (18–3)Memphis State (21–4)Indiana (18–5)Maryland (22–6)10.
11.HoustonKansas State (2–0)Penn (3–0)Penn (4–0)Kansas State (7–1)Vanderbilt (8–1)San Francisco (10–1)Indiana (10–2)Missouri (13–2) тHouston (13–2)Houston (15–2)Providence (16–2)Memphis State (19–4)Maryland (19–4)Memphis State (21–5)Memphis State (21–5)11.
12.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (2–0)Indiana (3–0)Vanderbilt (7–0)North Carolina (7–1) тSt. John's (8–2)St. John's (8–2)Houston (11–2)Alabama (10–1) тProvidence (12–2)Kansas State (14–3)Missouri (16–3)New Mexico (21–3)Southwestern Louisiana (22–2)Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)North Carolina (22–7)12.
13.Southwestern LouisianaMemphis State (1–0) тSouth Carolina (2–1)Providence (3–1)Providence (5–1) тProvidence (5–1)Southwestern Louisiana (7–1)San Francisco (12–1)Providence (10–2)Kansas State (13–3)St. John's (15–2)St. John's (17–2)St. John's (18–3)Indiana (17–5)Maryland (20–5)Arizona State (18–7)13.
14.Memphis StateMichigan (1–0) тProvidence (1–0)North Carolina (6–1)BYU (6–1) тSan Francisco (8–1)Kansas State (9–2)St. John's (9–2)St. John's (11–2)St. John's (13–2)Southwestern Louisiana (16–1)USC (14–5)Indiana (15–5)New Mexico (23–4)Syracuse (22–4)Syracuse (22–4)14.
15.BYU тOral Roberts (0–0) тHouston (5–1)Kansas State (6–1)Indiana (5–1) тLouisville (8–2)Houston (10–2)Southwestern Louisiana (10–1)Kansas State (11–3)Southwestern Louisiana (13–1)Providence (14–2)Memphis State (17–4)Southwestern Louisiana (19–2)Missouri (18–4) тMissouri (20–4)Kentucky (19–7)15.
16.Kansas State тUSC (1–0) тOklahoma (6–0)New Mexico (6–0)Washington (8–1) тKansas State (9–2)Indiana (8–2)Alabama (8–1)Vanderbilt (12–3)Memphis State (14–3)Memphis State (16–3)BYU (17–4)Alabama (16–4)Weber State (19–6) тArizona State (15–7)South Carolina (20–6)16.
17.USCOhio State (1–1)Oral Roberts (2–0)Furman (4–0)Florida State (5–2) тSouth Carolina (7–3)Alabama (7–1)Michigan (10–3)Jacksonville (13–2)Oregon State (11–5)San Francisco (16–2)Southwestern Louisiana (18–2)San Francisco (19–3) тSan Francisco (20–4) тSt. John's (19–6)Missouri (21–5)17.
18.ProvidenceProvidence (0–0)San Francisco (4–0)Houston (7–1)Michigan (6–1) тBYU (8–2)Louisville (10–2)Florida State (10–3)New Mexico (15–2)BYU (14–4)New Mexico (16–3) тNew Mexico (18–3)Louisville (18–6) тTennessee (14–6) тNew Mexico (25–5)Houston (22–3)18.
19.Oral RobertsTennessee (1–0) тVanderbilt (5–0)San Francisco (5–1)South Carolina (6–2)Florida State (7–3)Penn (7–2)Vanderbilt (10–3) тSan Francisco (12–2) тSan Francisco (14–2) тOregon State (12–5) тJacksonville (18–3)Oral Roberts (20–4) тJacksonville (20–5) тWeber State (19–7)Weber State (20–7)19.
20.UTEPJacksonville (1–0) тIowa (3–0)Marshall (6–1)Louisville (6–1)Penn (5–2)South Carolina (9–3)Louisville (11–2) тOregon State (10–5) тSouth Carolina (12–5) тBYU (15–4)Oregon State (14–5)South Carolina (17–5) тSouth Carolina (18–5) т
Saint Joseph's (20–5) т		Saint Joseph's (22–5)Penn (20–5)20.
Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 4[1]		Week 2
Dec. 11[1]		Week 3
Dec. 18[1]		Week 4
Dec. 26[1]		Week 5
Jan. 2[1]		Week 6
Jan. 8[1]		Week 7
Jan. 15[1]		Week 8
Jan. 22[1]		Week 9
Jan. 29[1]		Week 10
Feb. 5[1]		Week 11
Feb. 12[1]		Week 12
Feb. 19[14]		Week 13
Feb. 26[14]		Week 14
Mar. 5[14]		Final
Mar. 12[14]
Dropped:
  • Houston (3–1)
  • BYU
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Kansas State (3–1)
  • Memphis State (7–2)
  • Michigan (3–1)
  • USC
  • Ohio State
  • Tennessee
  • Jacksonville
Dropped:
  • South Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Oral Roberts
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • New Mexico
  • Furman
  • Houston
  • San Francisco
  • Marshall
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Washington
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • New Mexico
  • BYU
  • Florida State (8–3)
Dropped:
  • Penn
  • South Carolina
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • Florida State
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Jacksonville
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • South Carolina
Dropped:
  • Alabama (14–4)
  • San Francisco
Dropped:
  • Missouri (17–4)
  • USC
  • BYU
  • Jacksonville (19–4)
  • Oregon State
Dropped:
  • St. John's
  • Alabama
  • Louisville
  • Oral Roberts
Dropped:
  • San Francisco (21–4)
  • Tennessee
  • Jacksonville (21–5)
  • South Carolina
Dropped:
  • St. John's
  • New Mexico
  • Saint Joseph's

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