1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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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.DukeDuke (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.GeorgetownGeorgetown (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.MichiganMichigan (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.LouisvilleOklahoma (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.OklahomaNorth 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 CarolinaSyracuse (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.IowaIowa (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.SyracuseUNLV (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.IllinoisIllinois (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.UNLVArizona (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.ArizonaVillanova (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.VillanovaLouisville (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 TechMissouri (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.MissouriGeorgia 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.FloridaFlorida (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 StateOhio State (0–0)NC State (1–0)Tennessee (3–0)Tennessee (4–0)Georgia Tech (4–1)South Carolina (6–0)Tennessee (8–1) тKansas (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 StateFlorida 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) тTennessee (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 StateNC 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.TempleTemple (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.StanfordIndiana (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:
  • Stanford (1–1)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (2–2)
Dropped:
  • Temple (0–2)
  • Florida (3–2)
Dropped:
  • Villanova (3–3)
  • Connecticut (4–1)
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (4–1)
  • UCLA (4–1)
NoneDropped:
  • South Carolina (6–2)
Dropped:
  • Georgia (9–4)
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (10–4)
  • Providence (13–1)
Dropped:
  • Tennessee (12–3)
Dropped:
  • Kansas (16–4)
  • Providence (15–3)
Dropped:
  • LSU (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (14–7)
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (17–8)
  • LSU (18–7)
NoneNoneDropped:
  • Saint Mary's (25–4)

Coaches Poll

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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.DukeDuke (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.MichiganMichigan (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 CarolinaSyracuse (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) тMissouri (20–3)Missouri (21–4)Georgetown (20–3)Indiana (23–5)Georgetown (23–4)Illinois (27–4)3.
4.GeorgetownGeorgetown (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) тLouisville (16–3)Georgetown (18–3)North Carolina (22–5)Oklahoma (24–4)Syracuse (25–6)North Carolina (27–7)4.
5.IllinoisOklahoma (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.OklahomaIllinois (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.UNLVIowa (1–0)Oklahoma (2–1)Oklahoma (5–1)North Carolina (9–1)Oklahoma (8–1)Michigan (12–1) тGeorgetown (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.SyracuseUNLV (2–1)UNLV (2–1)North Carolina (8–1)Oklahoma (6–1)Arizona (6–1)Arizona (8–1) тNorth Carolina (13–2)Iowa (13–2) тMissouri (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.IowaArizona (0–0)Illinois (3–0)Arizona (3–1)Arizona (4–1)Iowa (10–1)Iowa (11–1)Louisville (9–2)Missouri (13–3) тSeton 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.LouisvilleNorth 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.ArizonaMissouri (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.VillanovaGeorgia 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.MissouriTemple (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.FloridaFlorida 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.TempleOhio 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 TechLouisville (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) тFlorida State (21–6)Florida State (22–7)16.
17.IndianaVillanova (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) тIowa (21–8)Arkansas (23–6)17.
18.Florida StateFlorida (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) тBall State (25–2)NC State (20–8)18.
19.StanfordStanford (1–1)Seton Hall (5–0)UCLA (4–0)Georgia (5–2)South Carolina (6–0)UTEP (11–1)Tennessee (10–1) тProvidence (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) тUNLV (23–7)West Virginia (25–4)19.
20.NC State т
Purdue т
Seton 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) т
Georgia 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)
NoneDropped:
  • South Carolina (6–2)
Dropped:
  • Georgia (9–4)
Dropped:
  • UTEP (14–2)
Dropped:
  • Providence (14–2)
  • Tennessee (12–3)
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (12–6)
Dropped:
  • LSU (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (14–7)
  • Saint Mary's (18–5)
Dropped:
  • UTEP (19–5)
  • UCLA (15–7)
Dropped:
  • Arkansas-Little Rock (19–6)
Dropped:
  • Saint Mary's (25–4)
Dropped:
  • Ball State (28–2)

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