1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Season 1988–89 NCAA Tournament 1989 Preseason No. 1 NCAA Tournament Champions Michigan
The 1988–89 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 Pre[ 1] Week 2 Nov. 22[ 2] Week 3 Nov. 29[ 3] Week 4 Dec. 6[ 4] Week 5 Dec. 13[ 5] Week 6 Dec. 20[ 6] Week 7 Dec. 27[ 7] Week 8 Jan. 3[ 8] Week 9 Jan. 10[ 9] Week 10 Jan. 17[ 10] Week 11 Jan. 24[ 11] Week 12 Jan. 31[ 12] Week 13 Feb. 7[ 13] Week 14 Feb. 14[ 14] Week 15 Feb. 21[ 15] Week 16 Feb. 28[ 16] Week 17 Mar. 7[ 17] Final Mar. 14[ 18] 1. Duke Duke (1–0) Duke (2–0) Duke (4–0) Duke (6–0) Duke (6–0) Duke (7–0) Duke (8–0) Duke (11–0) Duke (13–0) Illinois (17–0) Oklahoma (17–2) Arizona (17–2) Oklahoma (21–3) Oklahoma (23–3) Arizona (22–3) Arizona (24–3) Arizona (27–3) 1. 2. Georgetown Georgetown (0–0) Michigan (3–0) Michigan (5–0) Michigan (8–0) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (11–0) Syracuse (13–0) Illinois (13–0) Illinois (15–0) Georgetown (14–1) Illinois (18–1) Georgetown (17–2) Arizona (18–3) Arizona (20–3) Georgetown (22–3) Oklahoma (26–4) Georgetown (26–4) 2. 3. Michigan Michigan (0–0) Georgetown (2–0) Syracuse (7–0) Syracuse (8–0) Syracuse (10–0) Syracuse (11–0) Illinois (12–0) Oklahoma (12–1) Georgetown (12–1) Louisville (13–2) North Carolina (18–3) Missouri (20–3) Missouri (21–4) Georgetown (20–3) Indiana (23–5) Georgetown (23–4) Illinois (27–4) 3. 4. Louisville Oklahoma (0–0) Syracuse (4–0) Georgetown (2–0) Iowa (6–0) Iowa (8–0) Illinois (9–0) Oklahoma (10–1) Syracuse (14–1) Louisville (12–2) Oklahoma (15–2) Arizona (15–2) Louisville (16–3) Georgetown (18–3) Indiana (21–5) Oklahoma (24–4) Illinois (25–4) Oklahoma (28–5) 4. 5. Oklahoma North Carolina (2–0) Oklahoma (2–1) Iowa (4–0) Georgetown (4–0) Illinois (7–0) Georgetown (7–0) Georgetown (9–0) Iowa (13–1) Oklahoma (13–2) Missouri (16–3) Missouri (18–3) Oklahoma (18–3) Illinois (20–3) North Carolina (22–5) North Carolina (24–5) Syracuse (25–6) North Carolina (27–7) 5. 6. North Carolina Syracuse (0–0) Iowa (1–0) Oklahoma (2–1) Illinois (6–0) Georgetown (6–0) Oklahoma (8–1) North Carolina (11–1) Michigan (13–1) Michigan (14–2) Arizona (13–2) Georgetown (15–2) North Carolina (18–4) Syracuse (21–4) Syracuse (22–5) Syracuse (23–5) Indiana (24–6) Missouri (27–7) 6. 7. Iowa Iowa (0–0) Illinois (1–0) Illinois (3–0) Oklahoma (5–1) Oklahoma (6–1) North Carolina (10–1) Michigan (12–1) Georgetown (10–1) Iowa (13–2) North Carolina (16–3) Louisville (14–3) Illinois (18–3) Florida State (19–2) Missouri (22–5) Missouri (23–6) Duke (22–6) Syracuse (27–7) 7. 8. Syracuse UNLV (0–0) Missouri (3–1) North Carolina (6–1) North Carolina (8–1) North Carolina (9–1) Arizona (6–1) Arizona (8–1) North Carolina (13–2) Missouri (13–3) Duke (13–2) Florida State (16–1) Iowa (17–4) North Carolina (19–5) Louisville (18–5) Illinois (23–4) Michigan (23–6) Indiana (25–7) 8. 9. Illinois Illinois (0–0) UNLV (2–1) UNLV (2–1) Arizona (3–1) Arizona (4–1) Iowa (10–1) Iowa (11–1) Louisville (9–2) Arizona (11–2) Seton Hall (17–1) Iowa (15–3) Syracuse (19–4) Indiana (20–5) Duke (19–4) Duke (21–5) North Carolina (24–7) Duke (24–7) 9. 10. UNLV Arizona (0–0) North Carolina (3–1) Arizona (2–1) Missouri (7–2) Missouri (9–2) Florida State (7–0) Seton Hall (12–0) Missouri (13–3) UNLV (11–2) Michigan (15–3) Seton Hall (18–2) Michigan (17–4) Louisville (17–5) Illinois (21–4) Michigan (21–6) Missouri (24–7) Michigan (24–7) 10. 11. Arizona Villanova (0–0) Arizona (0–0) Missouri (5–2) Georgia Tech (4–0) Florida State (6–0) Missouri (10–3) Missouri (12–3) UNLV (9–2) Syracuse (14–3) Florida State (14–1) Michigan (16–4) Seton Hall (19–3) Duke (17–4) West Virginia (22–2) Iowa (21–6) Seton Hall (25–5) Seton Hall (26–6) 11. 12. Villanova Louisville (0–1) Georgia Tech (1–0) Georgia Tech (3–0) Florida State (4–0) Ohio State (6–1) UNLV (5–2) UNLV (7–2) Arizona (9–2) Seton Hall (15–1) Iowa (14–3) Duke (14–3) Florida State (17–2) Seton Hall (20–4) Florida State (19–4) Seton Hall (23–5) Stanford (24–5) Louisville (22–8) 12. 13. Georgia Tech Missouri (2–0) Louisville (0–1) Florida State (3–0) UNLV (2–2) UNLV (3–2) Seton Hall (10–0) Louisville (7–2) Seton Hall (13–1) North Carolina (14–3) UNLV (13–3) NC State (14–2) Indiana (18–5) Michigan (18–5) Michigan (19–6) Stanford (23–5) West Virginia (25–3) Stanford (26–6) 13. 14. Missouri Georgia Tech (0–0) Florida State (1–0) Ohio State (3–1) Ohio State (4–1) Louisville (5–2) Louisville (6–2) Ohio State (9–2) Florida State (10–1) Florida State (12–1) Syracuse (15–4) Syracuse (17–4) Duke (15–4) West Virginia (19–2) Iowa (19–6) Louisville (19–7) Florida State (21–6) Iowa (22–9) 14. 15. Florida Florida (0–0) Ohio State (2–1) Louisville (1–2) Louisville (4–2) Seton Hall (9–0) Ohio State (7–2) Florida State (8–1) NC State (9–1) NC State (11–1) NC State (12–2) Ohio State (15–4) West Virginia (17–2) Iowa (17–6) Seton Hall (21–5) West Virginia (23–3) Iowa (21–8) UNLV (26–7) 15. 16. Florida State Ohio State (0–0) NC State (1–0) Tennessee (3–0) Tennessee (4–0) Georgia Tech (4–1) South Carolina (6–0) Tennessee (8–1) т Kansas (12–1) Ohio State (12–3) Indiana (15–4) UNLV (14–4) Ohio State (15–5) Ohio State (17–6) Stanford (20–5) Florida State (19–6) Louisville (20–8) Florida State (22–7) 16. 17. Ohio State Florida State (0–0) Temple (0–0) Villanova (3–1) Seton Hall (7–0) NC State (2–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) NC State (6–1) т Tennessee (10–1) Kansas (14–2) Ohio State (12–4) Indiana (16–5) NC State (14–4) Stanford (19–5) NC State (17–5) Saint Mary's (24–3) NC State (20–7) West Virginia (25–4) 17. 18. NC State NC State (0–0) Villanova (1–1) Connecticut (2–0)NC State (2–1) South Carolina (5–0)NC State (4–1) Kansas (10–1) Ohio State (10–3) Tennessee (11–2) Kansas (15–3) West Virginia (15–2)Stanford (17–5) UNLV (16–6) UNLV (18–6) UNLV (20–7) UNLV (23–7) Ball State (28–2) 18. 19. Temple Temple (0–0) Florida (1–1) NC State (2–1) Notre Dame (4–0)Tennessee (4–1) Tennessee (6–1) Georgia Tech (7–2) Georgia Tech (10–2) Indiana (13–4) Stanford (14–4) LSU (14–5)UNLV (14–5) NC State (15–5) Saint Mary's (22–3)Ball State (23–2) Ball State (25–2) NC State (20–8) 19. 20. Stanford Indiana (2–0)Tennessee (1–0)Seton Hall (5–0)UCLA (4–0)Kansas (7–1)Kansas (8–1) Georgia (9–2)Providence (12–0)Stanford (12–3) Providence (14–2) Stanford (15–5) Georgia Tech (14–6) LSU (17–6) Ball State (21–2)NC State (18–7) Saint Mary's (25–4) Alabama (23–7)20. Preseason Pre[ 1] Week 2 Nov. 22[ 2] Week 3 Nov. 29[ 3] Week 4 Dec. 6[ 4] Week 5 Dec. 13[ 5] Week 6 Dec. 20[ 6] Week 7 Dec. 27[ 7] Week 8 Jan. 3[ 8] Week 9 Jan. 10[ 9] Week 10 Jan. 17[ 10] Week 11 Jan. 24[ 11] Week 12 Jan. 31[ 12] Week 13 Feb. 7[ 13] Week 14 Feb. 14[ 14] Week 15 Feb. 21[ 15] Week 16 Feb. 28[ 16] Week 17 Mar. 7[ 17] Final Mar. 14[ 18] Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Temple (0–2) Florida (3–2) Dropped: Villanova (3–3) Connecticut (4–1) Dropped: Notre Dame (4–1) UCLA (4–1) None Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Georgia Tech (10–4) Providence (13–1) Dropped: Dropped: Kansas (16–4) Providence (15–3) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Ohio State (17–8) LSU (18–7) None None Dropped:
Coaches Poll
Preseason [ 19] Week 2 Nov. 28[ 19] Week 3 Dec. 5[ 19] Week 4 Dec. 12[ 19] Week 5 Dec. 19[ 19] Week 6 Dec. 26[ 19] Week 7 Jan. 2[ 19] Week 8 Jan. 9[ 19] Week 9 Jan. 16[ 19] Week 10 Jan. 23[ 19] Week 11 Jan. 30[ 19] Week 12 Feb. 6[ 20] Week 13 Feb. 13[ 20] Week 14 Feb. 20[ 20] Week 15 Feb. 27[ 20] Week 16 Mar. 6[ 20] Final Mar. 13[ 20] 1. Duke Duke (2–0) Duke (4–0) Duke (6–0) Duke (6–0) Duke (7–0) Duke (8–0) Duke (11–0) Duke (13–0) Illinois (17–0) Oklahoma (17–2) Arizona (17–2) Oklahoma (21–3) Oklahoma (23–3) Arizona (22–3) Arizona (24–3) Arizona (27–3) 1. 2. Michigan Michigan (3–0) Michigan (5–0) Michigan (8–0) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (11–0) Syracuse (13–0) Illinois (13–0) Illinois (15–0) Georgetown (14–1) Illinois (18–1) Georgetown (17–2) Arizona (18–3) Arizona (20–3) Georgetown (22–3) Oklahoma (26–4) Georgetown (26–4) 2. 3. North Carolina Syracuse (4–0) Syracuse (7–0) Syracuse (8–0) Syracuse (10–0) Syracuse (11–0) Illinois (12–0) Oklahoma (12–1) Louisville (12–2) Louisville (13–2) Arizona (15–2) т Missouri (20–3) Missouri (21–4) Georgetown (20–3) Indiana (23–5) Georgetown (23–4) Illinois (27–4) 3. 4. Georgetown Georgetown (2–0) Georgetown (2–0) Georgetown (4–0) Iowa (8–0) Illinois (9–0) North Carolina (11–1) Syracuse (14–1) Georgetown (12–1) Oklahoma (15–2) North Carolina (18–3) т Louisville (16–3) Georgetown (18–3) North Carolina (22–5) Oklahoma (24–4) Syracuse (25–6) North Carolina (27–7) 4. 5. Illinois Oklahoma (2–1) North Carolina (6–1) Iowa (6–0) Illinois (7–0) North Carolina (10–1) Georgetown (9–0) Michigan (12–1) Michigan (14–2) Arizona (13–2) Georgetown (15–2) Oklahoma (18–3) Syracuse (21–4) Syracuse (22–5) North Carolina (24–5) Illinois (25–4) Oklahoma (28–5) 5. 6. Oklahoma Illinois (1–0) Iowa (4–0) Illinois (6–0) Georgetown (6–0) Georgetown (7–0) Oklahoma (10–1) Iowa (13–1) Oklahoma (13–2) North Carolina (16–3) Missouri (18–3) North Carolina (18–4) Illinois (20–3) Indiana (21–5) Syracuse (23–5) Indiana (24–6) Indiana (25–7) 6. 7. UNLV Iowa (1–0) Oklahoma (2–1) Oklahoma (5–1) North Carolina (9–1) Oklahoma (8–1) Michigan (12–1) т Georgetown (10–1) Arizona (11–2) Duke (13–2) Louisville (14–3) Illinois (18–3) North Carolina (19–5) Missouri (22–5) Missouri (23–6) Duke (22–6) Duke (24–7) 7. 8. Syracuse UNLV (2–1) UNLV (2–1) North Carolina (8–1) Oklahoma (6–1) Arizona (6–1) Arizona (8–1) т North Carolina (13–2) Iowa (13–2) т Missouri (16–3) Seton Hall (18–2) Seton Hall (19–3) Indiana (20–5) Duke (19–4) Duke (21–5) North Carolina (24–7) Missouri (27–7) 8. 9. Iowa Arizona (0–0) Illinois (3–0) Arizona (3–1) Arizona (4–1) Iowa (10–1) Iowa (11–1) Louisville (9–2) Missouri (13–3) т Seton Hall (17–1) Florida State (16–1) Michigan (17–4) Florida State (19–2) Louisville (18–5) Illinois (23–4) Michigan (23–6) Syracuse (27–7) 9. 10. Louisville North Carolina (3–1) Arizona (2–1) Missouri (7–2) Missouri (9–2) UNLV (5–2) Seton Hall (12–0) Arizona (9–2) UNLV (11–2) Michigan (15–3) Duke (14–3) Syracuse (19–4) Louisville (17–5) Illinois (21–4) Michigan (21–6) Missouri (24–7) Michigan (24–7) 10. 11. Arizona Missouri (3–1) Missouri (5–2) Georgia Tech (4–0) Florida State (6–0) Missouri (10–3) Louisville (7–2) UNLV (9–2) Syracuse (14–3) Florida State (14–1) Michigan (16–4) Iowa (17–4) Seton Hall (20–4) West Virginia (22–2) Iowa (21–6) Seton Hall (25–5) Seton Hall (26–6) 11. 12. Villanova Georgia Tech (1–0) Georgia Tech (3–0) Florida State (4–0) Ohio State (6–1) Florida State (7–0) UNLV (7–2) Missouri (13–3) North Carolina (14–3) Iowa (14–3) NC State (14–2) Indiana (18–5) Duke (17–4) Florida State (19–4) Seton Hall (23–5) Stanford (24–5) Stanford (26–6) 12. 13. Missouri Temple (0–0) Florida State (3–0) UNLV (2–2) Seton Hall (9–0) Seton Hall (10–0) Missouri (10–3) Seton Hall (13–1) Seton Hall (15–1) Syracuse (15–4) Iowa (15–3) Florida State (17–2) Michigan (18–5) Michigan (19–6) Stanford (23–5) NC State (20–7) Louisville (22–8) 13. 14. Florida Florida State (1–0) Louisville (1–2) Ohio State (4–1) UNLV (3–2) Louisville (6–2) Ohio State (9–2) Florida State (10–1) Florida State (12–1) Indiana (15–4) Syracuse (17–4) Duke (15–4) West Virginia (19–2) Seton Hall (21–5) Louisville (19–7) West Virginia (25–3) UNLV (26–7) 14. 15. Temple Ohio State (2–1)Ohio State (3–1) Seton Hall (7–0) Louisville (5–2) Ohio State (7–2) Florida State (8–1) Ohio State (10–3) NC State (11–1) NC State (12–2) Ohio State (15–4) West Virginia (17–2) Iowa (17–6) NC State (17–5) West Virginia (23–3) Louisville (20–8) Iowa (22–9) 15. 16. Georgia Tech Louisville (0–1) Tennessee (3–0)Louisville (4–2) Georgia Tech (4–1) Georgia (7–2) Georgia Tech (7–2) Georgia Tech (10–2) Ohio State (12–3) UNLV (13–3) Indiana (16–5) Ohio State (15–5) Stanford (19–5) Iowa (19–6) Florida State (19–6) т Florida State (21–6) Florida State (22–7) 16. 17. Indiana Villanova (1–1) Villanova (3–1) Tennessee (4–0) South Carolina (5–0)Georgia Tech (5–1) Tennessee (8–1) NC State (9–1) Indiana (13–4) Ohio State (12–4) UNLV (14–4) NC State (14–4) UNLV (16–6) Stanford (20–5) UNLV (20–7) т Iowa (21–8) Arkansas (23–6) 17. 18. Florida State Florida (2–1) UCLA (3–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Tennessee (4–1) NC State (4–1) NC State (6–1) Providence (12–0) тStanford (12–3) Stanford (14–4) Stanford (15–5) Stanford (17–5) NC State (15–5) UNLV (18–6) Ball State (23–2) т Ball State (25–2) NC State (20–8) 18. 19. Stanford Stanford (1–1) Seton Hall (5–0) UCLA (4–0) Georgia (5–2)South Carolina (6–0) UTEP (11–1)Tennessee (10–1) т Providence (13–1) Georgia Tech (12–5) Saint Mary's (17–2) UNLV (14–5) Ohio State (17–6) Arkansas-Little Rock (18–5)NC State (18–7) т UNLV (23–7) West Virginia (25–4) 19. 20. NC State тPurdue тSeton Hall (3–0)Oregon State (2–0)NC State (2–1) NC State (2–1) Tennessee (6–1) Georgia (9–2) UTEP (13–1) Tennessee (11–2) т Georgia Tech (10–4) т Saint Mary's (16–1)LSU (14–5)Saint Mary's (18–3) тGeorgia Tech (14–6) т
UTEP (19–4) т UCLA (14–5) т Ball State (21–2)Saint Mary's (24–3) Arkansas (20–6)Alabama (23–7)20. Preseason [ 19] Week 2 Nov. 28[ 19] Week 3 Dec. 5[ 19] Week 4 Dec. 12[ 19] Week 5 Dec. 19[ 19] Week 6 Dec. 26[ 19] Week 7 Jan. 2[ 19] Week 8 Jan. 9[ 19] Week 9 Jan. 16[ 19] Week 10 Jan. 23[ 19] Week 11 Jan. 30[ 19] Week 12 Feb. 6[ 20] Week 13 Feb. 13[ 20] Week 14 Feb. 20[ 20] Week 15 Feb. 27[ 20] Week 16 Mar. 6[ 20] Final Mar. 13[ 20] Dropped: Indiana (2–2) NC State (2–0) Purdue (0–1) Dropped: Temple (0–2) Florida (3–2) Stanford (3–2) Dropped: Villanova (3–3) Oregon State (3–1) Dropped: Notre Dame (4–1) UCLA (4–1) None Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Providence (14–2) Tennessee (12–3) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Georgia Tech (14–7) Saint Mary's (18–5) Dropped: Dropped: Arkansas-Little Rock (19–6) Dropped: Dropped:
References
^ "1989 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "November 21, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "November 28, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "December 5, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "December 12, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "December 19, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "December 26, 1988 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "January 2, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "January 9, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "January 16, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "January 23, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "January 30, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "February 6, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "February 13, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "February 20, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "February 27, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "March 6, 1989 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
^ "1989 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 18, 2012 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game . Random House . 2009. p. 965. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2 .
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