1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season1976–77
NCAA Tournament1977
Preseason No. 1
Michigan
NCAA Tournament ChampionsMarquette
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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The 1976–77 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.

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
Nov. 29[1][3]		Week 2
Dec. 6[1][4]		Week 3
Dec. 13[1]		Week 4
Dec. 20[1]		Week 5
Dec. 27[1]		Week 6
Jan. 3[1]		Week 7
Jan. 10[1]		Week 8
Jan. 17[1]		Week 9
Jan. 24[1]		Week 10
Jan. 31[1]		Week 11
Feb. 7[1]		Week 12
Feb. 14[5]		Week 13
Feb. 21[5]		Week 14
Feb. 28[5]		Week 15
Mar. 7[5]		Final
Mar. 14[5][6][7]
1.Michigan (21)Michigan (1–0)Michigan (2–0)Michigan (3–0)Michigan (4–0)Michigan (5–0)San Francisco (15–0)San Francisco (17–0)San Francisco (19–0)San Francisco (19–0)San Francisco (21–0)San Francisco (23–0)San Francisco (25–0)San Francisco (27–0) (50)San Francisco (29–0)Michigan (24–3)Michigan (25–3)1.
2.Marquette (6)Marquette (0–0)Marquette (1–0)Marquette (4–0)Notre Dame (6–0)Notre Dame (7–0)Cincinnati (9–0)Kentucky (9–1)Cincinnati (11–0)Michigan (13–1)UCLA (15–2)UCLA (18–2)Kentucky (18–2)Kentucky (20–2) (2)Kentucky (22–2)UCLA (23–4)UCLA (24–4)2.
3.North Carolina (9)UCLA (2–0)UCLA (3–0)Kentucky (4–0)San Francisco (10–0)San Francisco (12–0)Kentucky (7–1)Cincinnati (10–0)Alabama (14–0)Alabama (14–1)Kentucky (14–2)Kentucky (16–2)UCLA (19–3)Michigan (20–3)Michigan (21–3)San Francisco (29–1)Kentucky (25–3)3.
4.UCLA (2)Indiana (1–0)Kentucky (2–0)Notre Dame (5–0)Cincinnati (7–0)Alabama (6–0)Alabama (9–0)Alabama (12–0)North Carolina (10–1)North Carolina (11–2)UNLV (13–1)Wake Forest (18–2)Alabama (19–2)UNLV (22–2)UCLA (22–4)North Carolina (25–4)UNLV (26–2)4.
5.Indiana (7)Kentucky (1–0)UNLV (3–0)San Francisco (7–0)Alabama (6–0)Cincinnati (7–0)Michigan (6–1)North Carolina (8–1)Michigan (10–1)UNLV (13–1)Wake Forest (16–2)Michigan (17–2)Michigan (18–3)UCLA (20–4)UNLV (23–2)UNLV (25–2)North Carolina (25–4)5.
6.Kentucky (2)UNLV (1–0)San Francisco (4–0)Cincinnati (5–0)Marquette (4–1)Kentucky (6–1)North Carolina (6–1)Michigan (9–1)Kentucky (10–2)Kentucky (12–2)Marquette (14–2)Louisville (16–2)UNLV (20–2)Arkansas (24–1)North Carolina (22–4)Kentucky (23–3)Syracuse (26–3)6.
7.UNLVLouisville (0–0)Notre Dame (3–0)Alabama (4–0)Kentucky (6–1)Wake Forest (7–0)UCLA (9–1)Wake Forest (11–1)UNLV (11–1)Tennessee (13–2)Michigan (15–2)Alabama (17–2)Wake Forest (19–3)Tennessee (19–4)Arkansas (25–1)Tennessee (21–5)Marquette (21–7)7.
8.MarylandNotre Dame (1–0)Cincinnati (3–0)Arizona (7–0)UCLA (5–1)UCLA (7–1)Notre Dame (7–1)UNLV (10–1)Marquette (10–2)UCLA (13–2)Alabama (15–2)Minnesota (16–1)Louisville (18–3)Alabama (19–3)Providence (24–3)Arkansas (26–1)San Francisco (29–2)8.
9.Louisville (1)North Carolina (1–1)Arizona (4–0)UCLA (3–1)Wake Forest (6–0)North Carolina (5–1)UNLV (10–1)Minnesota (10–0)Wake Forest (12–2)Marquette (13–2)Louisville (15–2)Marquette (14–2)Marquette (16–3)North Carolina (18–4)Minnesota (22–3)Minnesota (24–3)Wake Forest (23–6)9.
10.ArizonaSan Francisco (3–0)Alabama (4–0)Wake Forest (5–0)North Carolina (4–1)Clemson (7–0)Wake Forest (9–1)Arizona (11–1)UCLA (13–2)Wake Forest (14–2)Minnesota (15–1)UNLV (15–2)Cincinnati (18–3)Louisville (19–4)Louisville (21–5)Syracuse (25–3)Notre Dame (21–6)10.
11.San Francisco (1)Arizona (1–0)Wake Forest (4–0)North Carolina (4–1)Clemson (7–0)UNLV (8–1)Arizona (10–1)Marquette (9–2)Minnesota (11–1)Louisville (12–2)Tennessee (14–2)Tennessee (16–3)Arkansas (22–1)Wake Forest (20–4)Tennessee (20–5)Cincinnati (25–4)Alabama (25–4)11.
12.CincinnatiCincinnati (0–0)North Carolina (2–1)UNLV (4–1)UNLV (6–1)Marquette (4–2)Marquette (7–2)UCLA (11–2)Louisville (10–2)Cincinnati (12–2)Cincinnati (14–2)Cincinnati (15–3)Minnesota (18–2)Providence (22–3)Alabama (20–4)Alabama (22–4)Detroit (25–3)12.
13.AlabamaAlabama (1–0)Indiana (1–1)Clemson (4–0)Louisville (4–2)Arizona (8–1)Minnesota (9–0)Louisville (9–2)Maryland (12–2)Minnesota (12–1)North Carolina (11–4)Arkansas (19–1)North Carolina (17–4)Minnesota (20–3)Syracuse (23–3)Providence (24–4)Minnesota (22–3)13.
14.Notre DameWake Forest (2–0)Louisville (1–1)Maryland (3–1)Arizona (7–1)Louisville (5–2)Louisville (7–2)Maryland (11–2)Tennessee (11–2)Providence (15–2)Arkansas (17–1)North Carolina (13–4)Tennessee (17–4)Cincinnati (19–4)Cincinnati (22–4)Louisville (21–6)Utah (22–6)14.
15.NC StateTennessee (1–0)Tennessee (2–0)Syracuse (6–1)Maryland (6–1)Minnesota (8–0)Maryland (9–1)Providence (11–2)Providence (13–2)Arkansas (14–1)Providence (17–2)Clemson (17–3)Detroit (20–1)Syracuse (21–3)Detroit (24–2)Notre Dame (20–6)Tennessee (22–6)15.
16.TennesseeMaryland (0–1)Clemson (4–0)Indiana (1–2)Utah (5–3)Maryland (7–1)Clemson (9–1)Arkansas (10–1)Arizona (12–2)Arizona (14–2)Clemson (15–3)Providence (18–2)Providence (20–3)Detroit (22–2)Wake Forest (20–6)Marquette (20–7)Kansas State (23–7)16.
17.RutgersSouthern Illinois (1–0)Maryland (3–1)Louisville (3–2)Syracuse (7–1)Arkansas (8–0)Providence (8–2)Clemson (10–2)Arkansas (12–1)Syracuse (14–2)Syracuse (16–2)Syracuse (18–2)Arizona (18–3)Oregon (17–7)Arizona (21–4)Detroit (24–3)UNC Charlotte (24–3)17.
18.DePaulDePaul (0–1)Southern Illinois (3–0)Southern Illinois (5–1)Arkansas (6–0)Syracuse (7–1)Arkansas (8–1)Memphis State (13–1)Memphis State (14–1)Purdue (11–4)Purdue (13–4)Arizona (16–3)Clemson (18–4)Marquette (16–6)Clemson (21–5)UNC Charlotte (23–3)Arkansas (26–2)18.
19.UNC CharlotteRutgers (0–0)DePaul (2–1)Arkansas (5–0)Tennessee (5–2)Utah (6–3)Syracuse (8–2)Notre Dame (7–3)Purdue (10–3)Clemson (13–3)Arizona (15–3)Detroit (18–1)VMI (21–1)Clemson (19–5)Marquette (18–6)Utah (21–6)Louisville (21–7)19.
20.MissouriUNC Charlotte (1–0)Syracuse (3–1)St. John's (5–0)Minnesota (6–0)Auburn (5–0)Memphis State (10–1)Oregon (11–2)Syracuse (13–2)Memphis State (16–2)Detroit (16–1)VMI (18–1)Syracuse (19–3)Utah (19–5)Utah (20–6)Arizona (21–5)VMI (26–3)20.
Preseason
 [1][2]		Week 1
Nov. 29[1][3]		Week 2
Dec. 6[1][4]		Week 3
Dec. 13[1]		Week 4
Dec. 20[1]		Week 5
Dec. 27[1]		Week 6
Jan. 3[1]		Week 7
Jan. 10[1]		Week 8
Jan. 17[1]		Week 9
Jan. 24[1]		Week 10
Jan. 31[1]		Week 11
Feb. 7[1]		Week 12
Feb. 14[5]		Week 13
Feb. 21[5]		Week 14
Feb. 28[5]		Week 15
Mar. 7[5]		Final
Mar. 14[5][6][7]
Dropped:
  • NC State
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Rutgers
  • UNC Charlotte
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
  • DePaul
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Southern Illinois
  • St. John's
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Utah (9–3)
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Notre Dame
  • Oregon
Dropped:
  • Maryland
Dropped:
  • Memphis State
Dropped:
  • Purdue
NoneDropped:
  • VMI
Dropped:
  • Oregon
Dropped:
  • Wake Forest
  • Clemson
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati
  • Providence
  • Arizona

UPI Poll

Preseason
 [1]		Week 2
Dec. 6[1]		Week 3
Dec. 13[1]		Week 4
Dec. 20[1]		Week 5
Dec. 27[1]		Week 6
Jan. 3[1]		Week 7
Jan. 10[1]		Week 8
Jan. 17[1]		Week 9
Jan. 24[1]		Week 10
Jan. 31[1]		Week 11
Feb. 7[1]		Week 12
Feb. 14[5]		Week 13
Feb. 21[5]		Week 14
Feb. 28[5]		Final
Mar. 7[5]
1.MarquetteMichigan (2–0)Michigan (3–0)Michigan (4–0)Michigan (5–0)San Francisco (15–0)San Francisco (17–0)San Francisco (19–0)San Francisco (19–0)San Francisco (21–0)San Francisco (23–0)San Francisco (25–0)San Francisco (27–0)San Francisco (29–0)Michigan (24–3)1.
2.MichiganMarquette (1–0)Marquette (4–0)Notre Dame (6–0)Notre Dame (7–0)Kentucky (7–1)Cincinnati (10–0)North Carolina (10–1)Michigan (13–1)UCLA (15–2)UCLA (18–2)Kentucky (18–2)Kentucky (20–2)Kentucky (22–2)San Francisco (29–1)2.
3.North CarolinaUCLA (3–0)Kentucky (1–0)San Francisco (10–0)San Francisco (12–0)Michigan (6–1)Kentucky (9–1)Cincinnati (11–0)North Carolina (11–2)UNLV (13–1)Louisville (16–2)UCLA (19–3)Michigan (20–3)Michigan (21–3)North Carolina (25–4)3.
4.UCLAUNLV (3–0)Notre Dame (5–0)Alabama (6–0)Alabama (6–0)Cincinnati (9–0)Alabama (12–0)Alabama (14–0)Alabama (14–1)Marquette (14–2)Michigan (17–2)Michigan (18–3)UNLV (22–2)UCLA (22–4)UCLA (23–4)4.
5.IndianaKentucky (2–0)San Francisco (7–0)Marquette (4–1)Cincinnati (7–0)Alabama (9–0)North Carolina (8–1)Michigan (10–1)UNLV (13–1)Michigan (15–2)Kentucky (16–2)Louisville (18–3)Tennessee (19–4)North Carolina (22–4)Kentucky (23–3)5.
6.KentuckyAlabama (4–0)North Carolina (4–1)Cincinnati (7–0)North Carolina (5–1)UCLA (9–1)Michigan (9–1)UNLV (11–1)Tennessee (13–2)Kentucky (14–2)Wake Forest (18–2)Marquette (16–3)UCLA (20–4)UNLV (23–2)UNLV (25–2)6.
7.UNLVArizona (4–0)Alabama (4–0)Kentucky (6–1)Kentucky (6–1)North Carolina (6–1)UNLV (10–1)Kentucky (10–2)Kentucky (12–2)Louisville (15–2)Marquette (14–2)UNLV (20–2)Arkansas (24–1)Arkansas (25–1)Arkansas (26–1)7.
8.LouisvilleSan Francisco (4–0)Arizona (7–0)UCLA (5–1)UCLA (7–1)Notre Dame (7–1)Wake Forest (11–1)Marquette (10–2)Marquette (13–2)Wake Forest (16–2)UNLV (15–2)Alabama (19–2)North Carolina (18–4)Providence (24–3)Tennessee (21–5)8.
9.ArizonaNorth Carolina (2–1)Cincinnati (5–0)North Carolina (4–1)UNLV (8–1)UNLV (10–1)Marquette (9–2)Wake Forest (12–2)UCLA (13–2)Alabama (15–2)Alabama (17–2)Wake Forest (19–3)Wake Forest (20–4)Louisville (21–5)Syracuse (25–3)9.
10.CincinnatiCincinnati (3–0)UCLA (3–1)Clemson (7–0)Wake Forest (7–0)Arizona (10–1)Arizona (11–1)UCLA (13–2)Louisville (12–2)Tennessee (14–2)Tennessee (16–3)Arkansas (22–1)Louisville (19–4)Tennessee (20–5)Utah (21–6)10.
11.MarylandNotre Dame (3–0)UNLV (4–1)UNLV (6–1)Clemson (7–0)Marquette (7–2)Minnesota (10–0)Tennessee (11–2)Wake Forest (14–2)Cincinnati (14–2)Cincinnati (15–3)North Carolina (17–4)Alabama (19–3)Syracuse (23–3)Kansas State (22–7)11.
12.San FranciscoIndiana (1–1)Wake Forest (5–0)Wake Forest (6–0)Minnesota (8–0)Minnesota (9–0)UCLA (11–2)Purdue (10–3)Cincinnati (12–2)North Carolina (11–4)Arkansas (19–1) тCincinnati (18–3)Providence (22–3)Alabama (20–4)Cincinnati (25–4)12.
13.TennesseeTennessee (2–0)Maryland (3–1)Louisville (4–2)Arizona (8–1)Wake Forest (9–1)Purdue (8–3)Minnesota (11–1)Arizona (14–2)Arkansas (17–1)North Carolina (13–4) тTennessee (17–4)Syracuse (21–3)Minnesota (22–3)Louisville (21–6)13.
14.NC StateWake Forest (4–0)Clemson (4–0)Arizona (7–1)Marquette (4–2)Providence (8–2)Louisville (9–2)Arizona (12–2)Minnesota (12–1)Purdue (13–4)Minnesota (16–1)Arizona (18–3)Utah (19–5)Wake Forest (20–6)Marquette (20–7)14.
15.MissouriMaryland (3–1)Syracuse (6–1)Utah (5–3)Louisville (5–2)Clemson (9–1)Oregon (11–2)Arkansas (12–1)Providence (15–2)Arizona (15–3)Arizona (16–3)Minnesota (18–2)Creighton (21–3)Arizona (21–4)Providence (24–4)15.
16.Wichita StateLouisville (1–1)Southern Illinois (5–1)Minnesota (6–0)Maryland (7–1)Louisville (7–2)Arkansas (10–1)Louisville (10–2)Arkansas (14–1)Minnesota (15–1)Providence (18–2)Providence (20–3)Minnesota (20–3)Indiana State (23–2)Indiana State (25–2)16.
17.GeorgetownWashington (3–0)Purdue (4–2)Syracuse (7–1)Arkansas (8–0)Missouri (9–2)Tennessee (8–2)Providence (13–2)Purdue (11–4)Providence (17–2)Utah (16–4)Notre Dame (15–5)Cincinnati (19–4)Detroit (24–2)Minnesota (22–3)17.
18.RutgersSouthern Illinois (3–0)Minnesota (4–0)Oregon (5–1)Syracuse (7–1)Maryland (9–1) тProvidence (11–2)Maryland (12–2)Oregon (12–4)Clemson (15–3)Missouri (17–4)Syracuse (19–3)Detroit (22–2)Houston (24–6)Alabama (22–4)18.
19.PennOregon (2–1)Indiana (1–2)Missouri (6–2)Iowa (7–0)Purdue (6–3) тHoly Cross (10–1) тMemphis State (14–1)Indiana State (16–1)Missouri (16–3)Syracuse (18–2)Detroit (20–1)Houston (22–6) тOral Roberts (21–5)Detroit (24–3)19.
20.PurdueClemson (4–0)Oregon (3–1)Georgetown (4–0)Oregon (5–1)Utah (9–3)St. John's (9–2) тUtah (12–3)Missouri (14–3)Utah (15–4)Clemson (17–3)Clemson (18–4)Oral Roberts (20–5) тCincinnati (22–4)Purdue (19–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]		Week 2
Dec. 6[1]		Week 3
Dec. 13[1]		Week 4
Dec. 20[1]		Week 5
Dec. 27[1]		Week 6
Jan. 3[1]		Week 7
Jan. 10[1]		Week 8
Jan. 17[1]		Week 9
Jan. 24[1]		Week 10
Jan. 31[1]		Week 11
Feb. 7[1]		Week 12
Feb. 14[5]		Week 13
Feb. 21[5]		Week 14
Feb. 28[5]		Final
Mar. 7[5]
Dropped:
  • NC State
  • Missouri
  • Wichita State
  • Georgetown
  • Rutgers
  • Penn
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
  • Louisville
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • Southern Illinois
  • Purdue
  • Indiana
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Missouri
  • Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Syracuse
  • Iowa
  • Oregon
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
  • Clemson
  • Missouri
  • Maryland
  • Utah
Dropped:
  • Oregon
  • Holy Cross
  • St. John's
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • Memphis State
  • Utah
Dropped:
  • Oregon
  • Indiana State
Dropped:
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Marquette
  • Arizona
  • Notre Dame
  • Clemson
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Creighton
Dropped:
  • Wake Forest
  • Arizona
  • Houston
  • Oral Roberts

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