1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Season 1983–84 NCAA Tournament 1984 Preseason No. 1 NCAA Tournament Champions Georgetown
The 1983–84 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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AP Poll
Preseason [ 1] Week 1 Nov. 28[ 1] Week 2 Dec. 5[ 1] Week 3 Dec. 12[ 1] Week 4 Dec. 19[ 1] Week 5 Dec. 26[ 1] Week 6 Jan. 2[ 1] Week 7 Jan. 9[ 1] Week 8 Jan. 16[ 1] Week 9 Jan. 23[ 1] Week 10 Jan. 30[ 1] Week 11 Feb. 6[ 1] Week 12 Feb. 13[ 2] Week 13 Feb. 20[ 2] Week 14 Feb. 27[ 2] Week 15 Mar. 5[ 2] Final Mar. 12[ 2] [ 3] 1. North Carolina Kentucky (1–0) North Carolina (4–0) North Carolina (5–0) North Carolina (5–0) (36) North Carolina (6–0) North Carolina (8–0) North Carolina (10–0) North Carolina (12–0) North Carolina (14–0) North Carolina (17–0) North Carolina (20–0) North Carolina (21–1) North Carolina (23–1) North Carolina (24–1) North Carolina (26–1) North Carolina (27–2) 1. 2. Kentucky North Carolina (1–0) Kentucky (2–0) Kentucky (3–0) Kentucky (5–0) (27) Kentucky (7–0) Kentucky (8–0) Kentucky (10–0) DePaul (13–0) DePaul (14–0) DePaul (16–0) DePaul (17–0) Georgetown (21–2) Georgetown (23–2) Houston (25–3) Georgetown (26–3) Georgetown (29–3) 2. 3. Houston Georgetown (2–0) Georgetown (4–0) Houston (5–1) Houston (7–1) Houston (10–1) DePaul (9–0) DePaul (11–0) Kentucky (12–1) Kentucky (14–2) Kentucky (15–2) Georgetown (19–2) DePaul (18–1) Houston (23–3) Kentucky (20–3) Kentucky (23–4) Kentucky (26–4) 3. 4. Georgetown Memphis State (2–0) Memphis State (4–0) DePaul (5–0) DePaul (7–0) DePaul (8–0) Georgetown (10–1) Georgetown (12–1) Houston (16–2) Georgetown (15–2) Georgetown (17–2) UNLV (20–1) Houston (21–3) Kentucky (20–3) Georgetown (24–3) DePaul (24–2) DePaul (26–2) 4. 5. Memphis State Iowa (1–0) Iowa (3–0) Georgetown (5–1) Georgetown (7–1) Georgetown (8–1) Maryland (8–1) Maryland (10–1) UTEP (14–0) Maryland (13–2) UNLV (18–1) Houston (19–3) UNLV (22–1) DePaul (19–2) DePaul (21–2) Houston (26–4) Houston (28–4) 5. 6. Louisville Maryland (1–0) Houston (3–1) NC State (7–1) т Boston College (7–0) Maryland (6–1) UCLA (7–1) UCLA (9–1) Georgetown (13–2) UNLV (16–1) Houston (17–3) Kentucky (16–3) Kentucky (18–3) Illinois (20–3) Oklahoma (24–3) Oklahoma (27–3) Illinois (24–4) 6. 7. Iowa NC State (4–0)UCLA (3–0) Memphis State (4–1) т Purdue (7–0) UCLA (6–1) Houston (10–2) Houston (12–2) Maryland (11–2) Houston (16–3) UTEP (18–1) UTEP (20–1) Illinois (19–2) UNLV (23–2) UNLV (25–2) Illinois (22–4) Oklahoma (29–4) 7. 8. Maryland Houston (1–1) NC State (5–1) Boston College (5–0) Maryland (5–1) St. John's (7–0) Wake Forest (9–0) UTEP (13–0) UNLV (14–1) UTEP (16–1) Illinois (15–2) Illinois (17–2) Memphis State (17–3) Oklahoma (22–3) UTEP (24–2) Arkansas (24–5) Arkansas (24–6) 8. 9. UCLA UCLA (2–0) LSU (4–0) Maryland (4–1) UCLA (4–1) LSU (6–1) LSU (7–1) Illinois (11–1) UCLA (10–2) Illinois (13–2) Memphis State (14–3) Memphis State (16–3) Oklahoma (20–3) UTEP (22–2) Tulsa (23–2) UTEP (25–3) UTEP (27–3) 9. 10. Oregon State Oregon State (0–0) Georgia (3–0) LSU (4–1) Louisville (4–2) Wake Forest (6–0) UTEP (11–0) St. John's (10–1) Illinois (12–2) LSU (11–3) Maryland (13–3) Oklahoma (18–3) UTEP (21–2) Tulsa (22–2) Illinois (20–4) UNLV (25–4) Purdue (22–6) 10. 11. LSU Michigan State (2–0) Maryland (2–1) Purdue (6–0) LSU (4–1) Georgia (7–1) Georgia (7–1) LSU (8–2) Oregon State (9–2) Oklahoma (15–2) Tulsa (17–1) Purdue (15–4) Purdue (17–4) Arkansas (21–4) Purdue (19–5) Purdue (20–6) Maryland (23–7) 11. 12. Michigan State LSU (1–0) Boston College (3–0) Georgia (5–1) St. John's (6–0) Boston College (7–1) NC State (10–2) Wake Forest (10–1) Wake Forest (11–2) Tulsa (16–1) Oklahoma (16–3) Tulsa (18–2) Tulsa (20–2) Memphis State (19–4) Arkansas (22–5) Tulsa (24–3) Tulsa (27–3) 12. 13. Fresno State Georgia (2–0) DePaul (3–0) St. John's (4–0) NC State (7–2) NC State (8–2) St. John's (8–1) Fresno State (11–2) Tulsa (15–0) Memphis State (12–3) Syracuse (14–3) Maryland (14–4) Wake Forest (17–4) Purdue (18–5) Washington (20–5) Washington (21–6) UNLV (27–5) 13. 14. Arkansas Arkansas (2–1) Wichita State (4–0) Oregon State (2–1) Georgia (6–1) Louisville (4–3) Illinois (9–1) UNLV (10–1) St. John's (11–3) Louisville (11–4) LSU (12–5) Wake Forest (15–4) Arkansas (19–4) Duke (21–5) Memphis State (20–5) Maryland (20–7) Duke (24–9) 14. 15. Boston College Boston College (0–0) Arkansas (3–1) UCLA (3–1) Oregon State (4–1) Michigan (8–0) Oregon State (7–2) Georgia (8–2) LSU (10–3) UCLA (11–3) Wake Forest (13–4) Louisville (15–5) Washington (17–4) Wake Forest (18–5) Duke (22–6) Temple (24–3) Washington (22–6) 15. 16. Georgia DePaul (1–0) St. John's (3–0) Louisville (2–2) Memphis State (5–2) UTEP (8–0) Fresno State (10–2) Oregon State (8–2) Boston College (11–3) Arkansas (15–2) Purdue (13–4) Auburn (14–5) Syracuse (15–5) Syracuse (17–5) Syracuse (18–6) Duke (22–8) Memphis State (24–6) 16. 17. Kansas Fresno State (1–1) Michigan State (3–1) Michigan State (3–1) Wake Forest (5–0) Memphis State (6–2) Boston College (8–2) Oklahoma (12–1) Fresno State (12–2) Wake Forest (12–3) Louisville (12–5) Washington (15–4)Indiana (16–5) Temple (20–2) Wake Forest (19–6) Memphis State (21–6) Oregon State (22–6) 17. 18. DePaul Wichita State (1–0)Oregon State (1–1) Iowa (3–2) UTEP (6–0) Purdue (7–2) UNLV (9–1)Boston College (10–2) Memphis State (11–3) Georgia (12–3) Georgia Tech (14–3)Georgia Tech (15–5) LSU (15–5) Washington (18–5) Temple (21–3) Louisville (21–9) Syracuse (22–8) 18. 19. Indiana St. John's (2–0)Purdue (5–0)Wake Forest (5–0)Michigan State (5–1) Oregon State (4–2) Memphis State (8–3) Memphis State (10–3) Purdue (11–3) Virginia (12–2) Auburn (12–5)Syracuse (14–5) Duke (19–5)Auburn (16–6) Maryland (18–7) Wake Forest (20–7) Wake Forest (21–8) 19. 20. Oklahoma VCU (0–0)Fresno State (3–1) UTEP (5–0)Michigan (7–0)Illinois (8–1)Virginia (9–0)Tulsa (13–0)Oklahoma (13–2) Syracuse (12–3)UCLA (12–4) LSU (13–5) Temple (18–2)Oregon State (18–5) Oregon State (19–6) Oregon State (20–6) Temple (25–4) 20. Preseason [ 1] Week 1 Nov. 28[ 1] Week 2 Dec. 5[ 1] Week 3 Dec. 12[ 1] Week 4 Dec. 19[ 1] Week 5 Dec. 26[ 1] Week 6 Jan. 2[ 1] Week 7 Jan. 9[ 1] Week 8 Jan. 16[ 1] Week 9 Jan. 23[ 1] Week 10 Jan. 30[ 1] Week 11 Feb. 6[ 1] Week 12 Feb. 13[ 2] Week 13 Feb. 20[ 2] Week 14 Feb. 27[ 2] Week 15 Mar. 5[ 2] Final Mar. 12[ 2] [ 3] Dropped: Louisville Kansas Indiana Oklahoma Dropped: VCU (2–0)Dropped: Wichita State Arkansas Fresno State Dropped: Iowa (3–2)Dropped: Michigan State (5–2)Dropped: Louisville (5–4) Michigan Purdue Dropped: Dropped: GeorgiaDropped: Oregon State (9–4) St. John's Boston College Fresno State Purdue Dropped: Arkansas (15–4) Georgia Virginia Dropped: UCLADropped: Maryland (14–6) Louisville Auburn (14–6) Georgia Tech Dropped: Dropped: AuburnDropped: SyracuseDropped:
Coaches Poll
Week 2 Dec. 5[ 1] Week 3 Dec. 12[ 1] Week 4 Dec. 19[ 1] Week 5 Dec. 26[ 1] Week 6 Jan. 2[ 1] Week 7 Jan. 9[ 1] Week 8 Jan. 16[ 1] Week 9 Jan. 23[ 1] Week 10 Jan. 30[ 1] Week 11 Feb. 6[ 1] Week 12 Feb. 13[ 2] Week 13 Feb. 20[ 2] Week 14 Feb. 27[ 2] Week 15 Mar. 5[ 2] Final Mar. 12[ 2] [ 4] 1. Kentucky (2–0)Kentucky (3–0) Kentucky (5–0) Kentucky (7–0) Kentucky (8–0) Kentucky (10–0) North Carolina (12–0) North Carolina (14–0) North Carolina (17–0) North Carolina (20–0) North Carolina (21–1) North Carolina (23–1) North Carolina (24–1) North Carolina (26–1) North Carolina (27–2) 1. 2. North Carolina (4–0)North Carolina (5–0) North Carolina (5–0) North Carolina (6–0) North Carolina (8–0) North Carolina (10–0) DePaul (13–0) DePaul (14–0) DePaul (16–0) DePaul (17–0) Georgetown (21–2) Georgetown (23–2) Houston (25–3) Georgetown (26–3) Georgetown (29–3) 2. 3. Georgetown (4–0)Houston (5–1) Houston (7–1) Houston (10–1) DePaul (9–0) DePaul (11–0) Kentucky (12–1) Kentucky (14–2) Kentucky (15–2) Georgetown (19–2) DePaul (18–1) Houston (23–3) Kentucky (21–3) Kentucky (23–4) Kentucky (26–4) 3. 4. Memphis State (4–0)DePaul (5–0) DePaul (7–0) DePaul (8–0) Georgetown (10–1) Georgetown (12–1) UTEP (14–0) Georgetown (15–2) Georgetown (17–2) Houston (19–3) Houston (21–3) Kentucky (20–3) Georgetown (24–3) DePaul (24–2) DePaul (26–2) 4. 5. Iowa (3–0)Georgetown (5–1) Georgetown (7–1) Georgetown (8–1) Houston (10–2) Houston (12–2) Houston (16–2) Maryland (13–2) Houston (17–3) UNLV (20–1) UNLV (22–1) DePaul (19–2) DePaul (21–2) Houston (26–4) Houston (28–4) 5. 6. Houston (3–1)NC State (7–1) Boston College (7–0) Maryland (6–1) Maryland (8–1) Maryland (10–1) Georgetown (13–2) Houston (16–3) UNLV (18–1) UTEP (20–1) т Kentucky (18–3) Illinois (20–3) UNLV (25–2) Oklahoma (27–3) Illinois (24–4) 6. 7. UCLA (3–0)Purdue (6–0) Purdue (7–0) St. John's (7–0) UTEP (11–0) UCLA (9–1) Maryland (11–2) Illinois (13–2) Illinois (15–2) Illinois (17–2) т Illinois (19–2) UNLV (23–2) Oklahoma (24–3) Illinois (22–4) Arkansas (24–6) 7. 8. Georgia (3–0)Memphis State (4–1) Louisville (4–2) UCLA (6–1) UCLA (7–1) UTEP (13–0) UNLV (14–1) UTEP (16–1) UTEP (18–1) Kentucky (16–3) UTEP (21–2) Oklahoma (22–3) UTEP (24–2) Arkansas (24–5) Oklahoma (29–4) 8. 9. LSU (4–0)Boston College (5–0) UCLA (4–1) LSU (6–1) Wake Forest (9–0) St. John's (10–1) Illinois (12–2) UNLV (16–1) Maryland (13–3) Memphis State (16–3) Memphis State (17–3) UTEP (22–2) Purdue (19–5) UTEP (25–3) UTEP (27–3) 9. 10. St. John's (3–0)Georgia (5–1) St. John's (6–0) UTEP (8–0) St. John's (8–1) Illinois (11–1) Oregon State (9–2) Louisville (11–4) Tulsa (17–1) Oklahoma (18–3) Oklahoma (20–3) Tulsa (22–2) Illinois (20–4) UNLV (25–4) Maryland (23–7) 10. 11. Purdue (5–0)Maryland (4–1) Maryland (5–1) Wake Forest (6–0) т Georgia (7–1) Fresno State (11–2) UCLA (10–2) Arkansas (15–2) Memphis State (14–3) Purdue (15–4) Purdue (17–4) Arkansas (21–4) Tulsa (23–2) Purdue (20–6) Purdue (22–6) 11. 12. Boston College (3–0)St. John's (4–0) Georgia (6–1) Memphis State (6–2) т NC State (10–2) UNLV (10–1) Tulsa (15–0) Oklahoma (15–2) Syracuse (14–3)Tulsa (18–2) Tulsa (20–2) Purdue (18–5) Arkansas (22–5) Washington (21–6) Tulsa (27–3) 12. 13. NC State (5–1)LSU (4–1) LSU (4–1) Georgia (7–1) Illinois (9–1) Wake Forest (10–1) Wake Forest (11–2) Tulsa (16–1) Oklahoma (16–3) Maryland (14–4) Arkansas (19–4) Memphis State (19–4) Washington (20–5) Tulsa (24–3) UNLV (27–5) 13. 14. DePaul (3–0)Oregon State (2–1) Oregon State (4–1) Louisville (4–3) т LSU (7–1) Oregon State (8–2) Purdue (11–3) LSU (11–3) Purdue (13–4) Auburn (14–5) Washington (17–4) Washington (18–5) Memphis State (20–5) Maryland (20–7) Duke (24–9) 14. 15. Maryland (2–1)UTEP (5–0)Michigan (7–0) Michigan (8–0) т Fresno State (10–2)Oklahoma (12–1)Fresno State (12–2) Memphis State (12–3) Wake Forest (13–4) Louisville (15–5) Wake Forest (17–4) Oregon State (18–5) Temple (21–3) Temple (24–3) Washington (22–6) 15. 16. Arkansas (3–1)Louisville (2–2)UTEP (6–0) Illinois (8–1)Oregon State (7–2) Tulsa (13–0)St. John's (11–3) UCLA (11–3) LSU (12–5) Washington (15–4) Auburn (14–6) Syracuse (17–5) Wake Forest (19–6) Illinois State (21–6) Memphis State (24–6) т 16. 17. Oregon State (1–1)UCLA (3–1) Memphis State (5–2) NC State (8–2) Iowa (7–2) LSU (8–2) Oklahoma (13–2) Wake Forest (12–3) Auburn (12–5)Wake Forest (15–4) Temple (18–2) т Temple (20–2) Syracuse (18–6) Oregon State (20–6) Syracuse (22–8) т 17. 18. Wichita State (4–0)Michigan (6–0)NC State (7–2) Boston College (7–1) UNLV (9–1)Georgia (8–2) LSU (10–3) Georgia (12–3) Arkansas (15–4) Syracuse (14–5) Illinois State (17–4) тAuburn (16–6) Duke (22–6) Louisville (21–9) Indiana (20–8) 18. 19. Ohio State (3–0)Michigan State (3–1) Michigan State (5–1) Purdue (7–2) Memphis State (8–3) Arkansas (11–2) Arkansas (13–2) Washington (13–3)Louisville (12–5) Arkansas (16–4) Maryland (14–6) т Duke (21–5)Maryland (18–7) Weber State (21–6)Auburn (20–10) 19. 20. Michigan State (3–1)Iowa (3–2) Wake Forest (5–0)Arkansas (7–2) Louisville (5–4) Boston College (10–2) Boston College (11–3) Oregon State (9–4) Oregon State (12–4) Temple (16–2)Indiana (16–5)Illinois State (19–4) Oregon State (19–6) Memphis State (21–6) Oregon State (22–6) 20. Week 2 Dec. 5[ 1] Week 3 Dec. 12[ 1] Week 4 Dec. 19[ 1] Week 5 Dec. 26[ 1] Week 6 Jan. 2[ 1] Week 7 Jan. 9[ 1] Week 8 Jan. 16[ 1] Week 9 Jan. 23[ 1] Week 10 Jan. 30[ 1] Week 11 Feb. 6[ 1] Week 12 Feb. 13[ 2] Week 13 Feb. 20[ 2] Week 14 Feb. 27[ 2] Week 15 Mar. 5[ 2] Final Mar. 12[ 2] [ 4] Dropped: Arkansas Wichita State Ohio State Dropped: Dropped: Oregon State (4–2) Michigan State Dropped: Michigan Boston College (8–2) Purdue Arkansas Dropped: NC State Iowa Memphis State (10–3) Louisville Dropped: Dropped: Purdue Fresno State St. John's Boston College Dropped: UCLA (12–4) Georgia Washington Dropped: Dropped: Louisville Syracuse (15–5) Dropped: Wake Forest (18–5) Maryland Indiana Dropped: Dropped: Wake Forest (20–7) Syracuse Duke (22–8) Maryland Dropped: Temple Illinois State Louisville Weber State
References
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings