1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

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.

1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Season1971–72
NCAA Tournament1972
Preseason #1
UCLA
NCAA Tournament ChampionsUCLA
NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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. 6[1][3]		Week 2
Dec. 13[1][4]		Week 3
Dec. 20[1][5]		Week 4
Dec. 27[1][6]		Week 5
Jan. 3[1][7]		Week 6
Jan. 10[1][8]		Week 7
Jan. 17[1][9]		Week 8
Jan. 24[1][10]		Week 9
Jan. 31[1][11]		Week 10
Feb. 7[1][12]		Week 11
Feb. 14[1][13]		Week 12
Feb. 21[14][15]		Week 13
Feb. 28[14][16]		Week 14
Mar. 6[14][17]		Final
Mar. 13[14][18]
1.UCLAUCLA (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 CarolinaMarquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (–)Louisville (–)Penn (–)North Carolina (23–4)2.
3.USCNorth Carolina (–)South Carolina (–)South Carolina (–)South Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)Louisville (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)Louisville (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)Penn (23–2)3.
4.MarquetteOhio State (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)North Carolina (–)South Carolina (–)South Carolina (–)Long Beach State (–)Louisville (–)North Carolina (–)Louisville (–)Louisville (–)Penn (–)Penn (–)Louisville (–)Louisville (24–3)4.
5.Ohio StateMaryland (–)Penn (–)USC (–)USC (–)Indiana (–)Louisville (–)South Carolina (–)Long Beach State (–)Long Beach State (–)Penn (–)Penn (–)North Carolina (–)Marquette (–)Long Beach State (–)Long Beach State (23–3)5.
6.MarylandLong Beach State (–)BYU (–)Ohio State (–)Ohio State (–)Penn (–)Penn (–)Louisville (–)Ohio State (–)Penn (–)Virginia (–)Virginia (–)Long Beach State (–)Long Beach State (–)South Carolina (–)South Carolina (22–4)6.
7.HoustonKentucky (–)Kentucky (–)BYU (–)Indiana (–)Louisville (–)Long Beach State (–)Ohio State (–)USC (–)Virginia (–)Ohio State (–)South Carolina (–)BYU (–)BYU (–)Marquette (–)Marquette (24–2)7.
8.Long Beach StateJacksonville (–)St. John's (–)Indiana (–)BYU (–)Long Beach State (–)Virginia (–)USC (–)Virginia (–)South Carolina (–)Long Beach State (–)Ohio State (–)Marshall (–)South Carolina (–)BYU (–)Southwestern Louisiana (24–3)8.
9.LouisvilleMichigan (–)Florida State (–)Long Beach State (–)St. John's (–)Virginia (–)Ohio State (–)Virginia (–)Penn (–)Ohio State (–)South Carolina (–)Long Beach State (–)South Carolina (–)Marshall (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)BYU (21–5)9.
10.KentuckyPenn (–)Ohio State (–)St. John's (–)Long Beach State (–)Ohio State (–)USC (–)Penn (–)Florida State (–)BYU (–)BYU (–)Marshall (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Florida State (–)Marshall (–)Florida State (24–5)10.
11.JacksonvilleSouth Carolina (–)USC (–)Kentucky (–)Virginia (–)USC (–)Villanova (–)Florida State (–)South Carolina (–)Marshall (–)Marshall (–)BYU (–)Florida State (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Memphis State (–)Minnesota (17–6)11.
12.South CarolinaHouston (–)Indiana (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Kentucky (–)Maryland (–)Florida State (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Florida State (–)Providence (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Maryland (–)Virginia (–)Hawaii (–)Marshall (23–4)12.
13.MichiganUSC (–)Long Beach State (–)Penn (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Marshall (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)BYU (–)BYU (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Providence (–)Virginia (–)Houston (–)Maryland (–)Memphis State (21–6)13.
14.KansasSt. John's (–)Jacksonville (–)Florida State (–)Penn (–)Villanova (–)BYU (–)Princeton (–)Marshall (–)Hawaii (–)Florida State (–)Florida State (–)Missouri (–)Ohio State (–)Florida State (–)Maryland (23–5)14.
15.PennBYU (–)Maryland (–)Maryland (–)Louisville (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Kentucky (–)Villanova (–)Hawaii (–)Missouri (–)Memphis State (–)Missouri (–)Ohio State (–)Hawaii (–)Virginia (–)Villanova (19–6)15.
16.New MexicoLouisville (–)Southwestern Louisiana (–)Jacksonville (–)Maryland (–)Hawaii (–)Illinois (–)Marshall (–)Minnesota (–)Providence (–)Jacksonville (–)Hawaii (–)Houston (–)Michigan (–)Minnesota (–)Oral Roberts (25–1)16.
17.St. John'sArizona State (–)Louisville (–)Ohio (–)Marshall (–)St. John's (–)Indiana (–)Minnesota (–)Princeton (–)Jacksonville (–)Missouri (–)Kentucky (–)Hawaii (–)Oral Roberts (–)Oral Roberts (–)Indiana (17–7)17.
18.VillanovaFlorida State (–)Princeton (–)Virginia (–)Hawaii (–)BYU (–)Missouri (–)Hawaii (–)Maryland (–)USC (–)Hawaii (–)Memphis State (–)Kentucky (–)Maryland (–)Missouri (–)Kentucky (20–6)18.
19.BYUVillanova (–)Virginia (–)Louisville (–)West Virginia (–)Kentucky (–)Hawaii (–)Tennessee (–)Northern Illinois (–)Minnesota (–)Minnesota (–)Maryland (–)Memphis State (–)Missouri (–)Houston (–)Ohio State (18–6)19.
20.OklahomaNC State (–)Houston (–)Marshall (–)Tennessee (–)Florida State (–)Marshall (–)Northern Illinois (–)Missouri (–)Michigan (–)Duquesne (–)Tennessee (–)Oral Roberts (–)Memphis State (–)Indiana (–)Virginia (21–6)20.
Preseason
 [1][19]		Week 1
Dec. 6[1][20]		Week 2
Dec. 13[1][21]		Week 3
Dec. 20[1][22]		Week 4
Dec. 27[1][23]		Week 5
Jan. 3[1][24]		Week 6
Jan. 10[1][25]		Week 7
Jan. 17[1][26]		Week 8
Jan. 24[1][27]		Week 9
Jan. 31[1][28]		Week 10
Feb. 7[1][29]		Week 11
Feb. 14[1][30]		Week 12
Feb. 21[14][31]		Week 13
Feb. 28[14][32]		Week 14
Mar. 6[14][33]		Final
Mar. 13[14][34]
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • Arizona State
  • Villanova
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Princeton
  • Houston
Dropped:
  • Florida State
  • Jacksonville
  • Ohio
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • St. John's
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Princeton
  • Maryland
  • Northern Illinois
NoneNoneNoneDropped:
  • Kentucky
NoneDropped:
  • Hawaii
  • Missouri (21–5)
  • Houston

Coaches Poll
Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1]		Week 12
Feb. 22[14]		Week 13
Feb. 29[14]		Week 14
Mar. 7[14]		Final
Mar. 14[14]
1.UCLAUCLA (26–0)1.
2.MarquetteNorth Carolina (23–4)2.
3.USCPenn (23–2)3.
4.North CarolinaLouisville (24–3)4.
5.Ohio StateSouth Carolina (22–4)5.
6.HoustonLong Beach State (23–3)6.
7.MarylandMarquette (24–2)7.
8.LouisvilleUL-Lafayette (24–3)8.
9.Long Beach StateBYU (21–5)9.
10.KentuckyFlorida State (24–5)10.
11.JacksonvilleMaryland (23–5)11.
12.New Mexico StateMinnesota (17–6)12.
13.South CarolinaMemphis State (21–6)13.
14.BYUKentucky (20–6)14.
15.St. John'sVillanova (19–6)15.
16.KansasKansas State (18–8)16.
17.VillanovaUTEP (20–6)17.
18.MichiganMarshall (23–4)18.
19.HarvardMissouri (21–5) т19.
20.PacificWeber State (17–9) т20.
Preseason
 [1]		Week 1
Dec. 7[1]		Week 2
Dec. 14[1]		Week 3
Dec. 21[1]		Week 4
Dec. 28[1]		Week 5
Jan. 4[1]		Week 6
Jan. 11[1]		Week 7
Jan. 18[1]		Week 8
Jan. 25[1]		Week 9
Feb. 1[1]		Week 10
Feb. 8[1]		Week 11
Feb. 15[1]		Week 12
Feb. 22[14]		Week 13
Feb. 29[14]		Week 14
Mar. 7[14]		Final
Mar. 14[14]
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

References
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