2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 2005–06 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 1
Nov 15[2]
Week 2
Nov 22[3]
Week 3
Nov 29[4]
Week 4
Dec 6[5]
Week 5
Dec 13[6]
Week 6
Dec 20[7]
Week 7
Dec 27[8]
Week 8
Jan 3[9]
Week 9
Jan 10[10]
Week 10
Jan 17[11]
Week 11
Jan 24[12]
Week 12
Jan 31[13]
Week 13
Feb 7[14]
Week 14
Feb 14[15]
Week 15
Feb 21[16]
Week 16
Feb 28[17]
Week 17
Mar 7[18]
Week 18
Mar 14[19]
1.Duke (61)Duke (0–0)Duke (3–0) (65)Duke (5–0) (61)Duke (7–0) (53)Duke (9–0) (66)Duke (10–0) (66)Duke (11–0) (61)Duke (12–0) (63)Duke (14–0) (72)Duke (16–0) (71)UConn (16–1) (64)UConn (18–1) (65)UConn (20–1) (68)UConn (22–1) (67)Duke (25–1) (64)Duke (27–1) (65)UConn (27–2) (59)Duke (30–3)1.
2.Texas (6)Texas (0–0)Texas (2–0) (6)Texas (5–0) (6)Texas (7–0) (9)UConn (7–0) (5)UConn (8–0) (5)UConn (9–0) (7)UConn (11–0) (7)Florida (14–0)Florida (16–0) (1)Duke (17–1) (7)Duke (19–1) (7)Duke (21–1) (3)Duke (23–1) (4)Villanova (21–2) (3)UConn (25–2) (6)Villanova (24–3) (11)UConn (27–3)2.
3.UConnUConn (0–0)UConn (1–0)UConn (4–0) (4)UConn (6–0) (9)Villanova (6–0) (1)Villanova (7–0) (1)Villanova (8–0) (1)Villanova (9–0) (2)Villanova (10–1)UConn (14–1)Memphis (17–2)Memphis (19–2)Memphis (21–2)Memphis (22–2)UConn (23–2) (4)Memphis (26–2) (1)Duke (27–3) (1)Villanova (25–4)3.
4.Michigan State (4)Michigan State (0–0)Villanova (1–0) (1)Villanova (2–0) (1)Villanova (4–0) (1)Louisville (5–0)Memphis (8–1)Memphis (9–1)Memphis (11–1)UConn (12–1)Memphis (15–2)Texas (16–2)Villanova (15–2)Villanova (17–2) (1)Villanova (19–2) (1)Memphis (24–2) (1)Villanova (22–3)Memphis (27-3)Memphis (30–3)4.
5.Villanova (1)Villanova (0–0)Oklahoma (1–0)Oklahoma (3–0)Louisville (3–0)Memphis (7–1)Florida (10–0)Florida (11–0)Florida (12–0)Memphis (13–2)Texas (14–2)Florida (17–1)Gonzaga (17–3)Gonzaga (18–3)Gonzaga (20–3)Gonzaga (22–3)Gonzaga (24–3)Gonzaga (26-3) (1)Gonzaga (27–3)5.
6.OklahomaOklahoma (0–0)Louisville (1–0)Gonzaga (3–1)Boston College (6–0)Texas (8–1)Illinois (11–0)Illinois (12–0)Illinois (14–0)Gonzaga (11–3)Gonzaga (13–3)Villanova (13–2) (1)Illinois (19–2)Texas (19–3)Texas (21–3)George Washington (22–1)Texas (24–4)George Washington (26–1)Ohio State (25–5)6.
7.LouisvilleLouisville (0–0)Kentucky (2–0)Louisville (1–0)Memphis (6–1)Florida (9–0)Oklahoma (6–1)Washington (10–0)Michigan State (12–2)Illinois (15–1)Illinois (16–1)Gonzaga (15–3)Texas (17–3)Florida (20–2)George Washington (20–1)Texas (22–4)George Washington (24–1)Ohio State (23–4)Boston College (26–7)7.
8.GonzagaKentucky (1–0)Gonzaga (1–0)Boston College (5–0)Oklahoma (4–1)Oklahoma (5–1)Gonzaga (7–2)Gonzaga (9–2)Gonzaga (10–3)Texas (12–2)Villanova (11–2)Illinois (17–2)Florida (18–2)George Washington (18–1)Tennessee (18–3)Illinois (22–4)Pittsburgh (21–4)Texas (25–5)UCLA (27–6)8.
9.KentuckyGonzaga (0–0)Arizona (0–0)Memphis (3–1)Gonzaga (4–2)Illinois (10–0)Washington (9–0)Michigan State (10–2)Louisville (11–1)Indiana (10–2)Pittsburgh (14–0)West Virginia (14–3)Pittsburgh (17–1)West Virginia (17–4)Pittsburgh (19–3)Pittsburgh (20–4)Ohio State (21–4)Illinois (25–5)Texas (27–6)9.
10.ArizonaArizona (0–0)Boston College (2–0)Kentucky (4–1)Florida (7–0)Gonzaga (6–2)Michigan State (9–2)Louisville (9–1)Washington (11–1)Louisville (12–2)Washington (14–2)Washington (16–2)George Washington (16–1)Illinois (20–3)Florida (21–3)Tennessee (19–4)Illinois (23–5)North Carolina (21–6)North Carolina (22–7)10.
11.Boston CollegeBoston College (0–0)Memphis (2–0)Florida (5–0)Illinois (7–0)Washington (8–0)Louisville (6–1)UCLA (10–1)Boston College (10–2)UCLA (13–2)Michigan State (14–4)Michigan State (15–4)West Virginia (15–4)Tennessee (16–3)West Virginia (18–5)Boston College (21–5)Tennessee (20–5)Boston College (24–6)Florida (27–6)11.
12.MemphisMemphis (0–0)Michigan State (0–1)Illinois (5–0)Iowa (7–1)Michigan State (7–2)UCLA (8–1)George Washington (8–0)Oklahoma (8–2)Pittsburgh (12–0)West Virginia (12–3)Pittsburgh (15–1)Michigan State (16–5)Michigan State (17–5)Ohio State (18–3)Florida (22–4)Boston College (22–6)Washington (24–5)Kansas (25–7)12.
13.StanfordStanford (0–0)West Virginia (2–0)Michigan State (3–2)Washington (7–0)Boston College (6–2)George Washington (8–0)Boston College (8–2)NC State (11–1)Washington (12–2)Indiana (10–3)Indiana (12–3)Tennessee (14–3)UCLA (19–4)Boston College (19–5)Ohio State (19–4)North Carolina (19–6)UCLA (24–6)Illinois (25–6)13.
14.West VirginiaWest Virginia (0–0)Florida (4–0)Iowa (4–1)Michigan State (5–2)UCLA (7–1)Boston College (7–2)Oklahoma (6–2)Maryland (10–2)Michigan State (12–4)NC State (14–2)George Washington (14–1)UCLA (17–4)Pittsburgh (17–3)Illinois (20–4)West Virginia (18–7)Washington (22–5)Tennessee (21–6)George Washington (26–2)14.
15.AlabamaAlabama (0–0)Illinois (2–0)Arizona (2–2)Kentucky (5–2)George Washington (7–0)Texas (8–2)Texas (9–2)Texas (10–2)Boston College (11–3)Wisconsin (14–2)NC State (15–3)Boston College (16–4)Georgetown (16–4)UCLA (20–5)NC State (21–5)UCLA (22–6)Pittsburgh (21–6)Iowa (25–8)15.
16.SyracuseSyracuse (0–0)UCLA (3–0)UCLA (4–1)UCLA (6–1)Wake Forest (7–1)Maryland (7–2)Maryland (8–2)Indiana (8–2)West Virginia (10–3)George Washington (12–1)Ohio State (14–2)Washington (16–4)NC State (18–4)Michigan State (18–6)Kansas (19–6)West Virginia (19–8)Florida (24–6)Pittsburgh (24–7)16.
17.IllinoisIllinois (0–0)Syracuse (3–1)Indiana (3–0)Nevada (5–0)Maryland (7–2)North Carolina (6–1)Indiana (7–2)UCLA (11–2)George Washington (10–1)Louisville (13–3)UCLA (15–4)Georgetown (14–4)Boston College (17–5)Georgetown (17–7)Washington (20–5)Florida (22–6)LSU (22–7) тWashington (24–6)17.
18.Wake Forest тUCLA (0–0)Iowa (2–0)Washington (6–0)Indiana (4–1)Indiana (5–2)Indiana (5–2)Kentucky (8–3)Ohio State (10–0)NC State (12–2)UCLA (14–3)Maryland (13–4)NC State (16–4)Iowa (18–5)Iowa (19–6)Michigan State (19–7)Kansas (20–7)Kansas (22–7) тTennessee (21–7)18.
19.UCLA тWake Forest (2–0)Alabama (2–1)George Washington (2–0)George Washington (4–0)North Carolina (5–1)Kentucky (7–3)NC State (9–1)Kentucky (9–3)Ohio State (11–1)Ohio State (12–2)Tennessee (12–3)Oklahoma (13–4)Ohio State (16–3)Oklahoma (16–5)UCLA (20–6)Oklahoma (19–6)West Virginia (20–9)LSU (23–8)19.
20.IowaIowa (0–0)Indiana (1–0)Nevada (3–0)Wake Forest (7–1)Nevada (6–1)Nevada (7–1)Nevada (8–1)George Washington (8–1)North Carolina (9–2)Syracuse (15–2)Boston College (14–4)Ohio State (14–3)Oklahoma (14–5)Washington (18–5)Iowa (20–7)Georgetown (19–7)Iowa (22–8)Nevada (27–5)20.
21.George WashingtonGeorge Washington (0–0)George Washington (0–0)Alabama (2–1)Maryland (5–1)NC State (6–1)NC State (8–1)Ohio State (8–0)Arizona (9–3)Wisconsin (12–2)Boston College (12–4)Georgetown (12–4)Michigan (15–3)Washington (16–5)NC State (19–5)North Carolina (17–6)LSU (20–7)Nevada (24–5)Syracuse (23–11)21.
22.NevadaNevada (0–0)Nevada (1–0)Wake Forest (5–1)Alabama (4–1)Iowa (7–3)Wake Forest (8–2)Wake Forest (9–2)Pittsburgh (11–0)Oklahoma (9–3)Maryland (12–4)Louisville (13–5)Indiana (12–5)Michigan (16–4)Kansas (17–6)Oklahoma (17–6)NC State (21–7)Oklahoma (20–7)West Virginia (20–10)22.
23.IndianaIndiana (0–0)Maryland (1–0)Maryland (4–1)North Carolina (4–1)Kentucky (6–3)Tennessee (6–0)North Carolina (6–2)Wake Forest (10–2)Maryland (11–3)Iowa (13–4)Wisconsin (14–4)Iowa (16–5)North Carolina (14–5)North Carolina (15–6)Georgetown (17–7)Iowa (20–8)Georgetown (19–8)Georgetown (21–9)23.
24.MarylandMaryland (0–0)Wake Forest (3–1)NC State (5–0)Arizona (2–3)Arizona (4–3)Ohio State (7–0)Wisconsin (9–1)West Virginia (8–3)Arizona (10–4)North Carolina (10–3)Oklahoma (11–4)LSU (14–5)Indiana (13–6)Bucknell (20–3)LSU (18–7)Nevada (22–5)UAB (22–5)Oklahoma (20–8)24.
25.Iowa StateIowa State (0–0)Washington (4–0)LSU (3–0)NC State (5–1)Houston (4–1)Iowa (8–3)West Virginia (7–3)North Carolina (7–2)Cincinnati (13–2)Oklahoma (10–4)Syracuse (15–4)Northern Iowa (19–3)Northern Iowa (20–4)LSU (16–7)Nevada (20–5)
Northern Iowa (22–6)
Michigan State (19–9)NC State (21–8)UAB (24–6)25.
Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 1
Nov 15[2]
Week 2
Nov 22[3]
Week 3
Nov 29[4]
Week 4
Dec 6[5]
Week 5
Dec 13[6]
Week 6
Dec 20[7]
Week 7
Dec 27[8]
Week 8
Jan 3[9]
Week 9
Jan 10[10]
Week 10
Jan 17[11]
Week 11
Jan 24[12]
Week 12
Jan 31[13]
Week 13
Feb 7[14]
Week 14
Feb 14[15]
Week 15
Feb 21[16]
Week 16
Feb 28[17]
Week 17
Mar 7[18]
Week 18
Mar 14[19]
NoneDropped:
  • Stanford (2–1)
  • Iowa State (1–0)
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  • West Virginia (2–3)
  • Syracuse (4–2)
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LSU (3–1)
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Alabama (4–3)
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  • Arizona (6–3)
  • Houston (4–3)
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  • Tennessee (6–1)
  • Iowa (10–3)
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  • Nevada
  • Wisconsin (10–2)
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  • Kentucky (10–4)
  • Wake Forest (9–5)
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  • Arizona (10–6)
  • Cincinnati (13–4)
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  • Iowa (14–5)
  • North Carolina (11–4)
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  • Maryland (14–5)
  • Louisville (14–6)
  • Wisconsin (14–6)
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LSU (15–6)
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  • Michigan (16–6)
  • Indiana (13–8)
  • Northern Iowa (21–5)
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Bucknell (21–4)
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Michigan State (20–10)
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NC State

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
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Week 2
Nov 22[2]
Week 3
Nov 29[2]
Week 4
Dec 6[2]
Week 5
Dec 13[2]
Week 6
Dec 20[2]
Week 7
Dec 27[2]
Week 8
Jan 3[2]
Week 9
Jan 10[2]
Week 10
Jan 17[2]
Week 11
Jan 24[2]
Week 12
Jan 31[20]
Week 13
Feb 7[20]
Week 14
Feb 14[20]
Week 15
Feb 21[20]
Week 16
Feb 28[20]
Week 17
Mar 7[20]
Week 18
Mar 14[20]
Week 19
Apr 4[20][19]
1.Duke (28)Duke (3–0) (29)Duke (5–0) (27)Duke (7–0) (25)Duke (9–0) (30)Duke (10–0) (29)Duke (11–0) (30)Duke (12–0) (30)Duke (14–0) (31)Duke (16–0) (31)UConn (16–1) (19)UConn (18–1) (20)UConn (20–1) (22)UConn (22–1) (22)Duke (25–1) (26)Duke (27–1) (27)UConn (27–2) (27)Duke (30–3)Florida (33–6)1.
2.UConnTexas (2–0) (2)Texas (5–0) (3)Texas (7–0) (4)UConn (7–0) (1)UConn (8–0) (1)UConn (9–0) (1)UConn (11–0) (1)Florida (14–0)Florida (16–0)Duke (17–1) (10)Duke (19–1) (10)Duke (21–1) (8)Duke (23–1) (8)Villanova (21–2)UConn (25–2) (1)Villanova (24–3) (4)UConn (27–3)UCLA (32–7)2.
3.Texas (2)UConn (1–0)UConn (4–0) (1)UConn (6–0) (1)Villanova (6–0)Villanova (7–0) (1)Villanova (8–0)Villanova (9–0)Villanova (10–1)UConn (14–1)Memphis (17–2) (1)Memphis (19–2) (1)Memphis (21–2) (1)Memphis (22–2) (1)Memphis (24–2) (3)Memphis (26–2) (3)Duke (27–3)Memphis (30–3)LSU (27–9)3.
4.Villanova (1)Villanova (1–0)Villanova (2–0)Villanova (4–0) (1)Louisville (5–0)Memphis (8–1)Memphis (9–1)Memphis (11–1)UConn (12–1)Memphis (15–2)Florida (17–1)Villanova (15–2)Villanova (17–2)Villanova (19–2)Connecticut (23–2) (2)Villanova (22–3)Gonzaga (26–3)Villanova (25–4)Connecticut (30–4)4.
5.Michigan StateOklahoma (1–0)Oklahoma (3–0)Louisville (3–0)Memphis (7–1)Florida (10–0)Florida (11–0)Florida (12–0)Memphis (13–2)Illinois (16–1)Texas (16–2) (1)Gonzaga (17–3)Gonzaga (18–3)Gonzaga (20–3)Gonzaga (22–3)Gonzaga (24–3)Memphis (27–3)Gonzaga (27–3)Villanova (28–5)5.
6.OklahomaLouisville (1–0)Louisville (1–0)Boston College (6–0)Florida (9–0)Illinois (11–0)Illinois (12–0)Illinois (14–0)Illinois (15–1)Texas (14–2)Villanova (13–2)Illinois (19–2)Florida (20–2)Texas (21–3)George Washington (22–1)George Washington (24–1)George Washington (26–1)Ohio State (25–5)Memphis (33–4)6.
7.GonzagaKentucky (2–0)Gonzaga (3–1)Memphis (6–1)Texas (8–1)Washington (9–0)Washington (10–0)Michigan State (12–2)Gonzaga (11–3)Villanova (11–2)Illinois (17–2) тFlorida (18–2)Texas (19–3)Florida (21–3)Texas (22–4)Texas (24–4)Ohio State (23–4)Boston College (26–7)Duke (32–4)7.
8.LouisvilleArizona (0–0)Boston College (5–0)Florida (7–0)Illinois (10–0)Oklahoma (6–1)Gonzaga (9–2)Louisville (11–1)Indiana (10–2)Gonzaga (13–3)Gonzaga (15–3) тTexas (17–3)George Washington (18–1)George Washington (20–1)Illinois (22–4)Ohio State (21–4)Texas (25–5)UCLA (27–6)George Mason (27–8)8.
9.ArizonaGonzaga (1–0)Memphis (3–1)Oklahoma (4–1)Oklahoma (5–1)Gonzaga (7–2)Michigan State (10–2)Gonzaga (10–3)Texas (12–2)Pittsburgh (14–0)Washington (16–2)Pittsburgh (17–1)Illinois (20–3)Pittsburgh (19–3)Florida (22–4)Pittsburgh (21–4)Illinois (25–5)Texas (27–6)Texas (30–7)9.
10.KentuckyBoston College (2–0)Kentucky (4–1)Illinois (7–0)Washington (8–0)Louisville (6–1)Louisville (9–1)Washington (11–1)Louisville (12–2)Washington (14–2)Pittsburgh (15–1)George Washington (16–1)West Virginia (17–4)Tennessee (18–3)Pittsburgh (20–4)Illinois (23–5)North Carolina (21–6)Florida (27–6)Gonzaga (29–4)10.
11.Boston CollegeMemphis (2–0)Florida (5–0)Gonzaga (4–2)Gonzaga (6–2)Michigan State (9–2)UCLA (10–1)Boston College (10–2)Pittsburgh (12–0)Indiana (10–3)Indiana (12–3)West Virginia (15–4)Michigan State (17–5)West Virginia (18–5)Tennessee (19–4)Tennessee (20–5)Boston College (24–6)George Washington (26–2)Boston College (28–8)11.
12.MemphisMichigan State (0–1)Illinois (5–0)Washington (7–0)Michigan State (7–2)UCLA (8–1)George Washington (8–0)Maryland (10–2) тUCLA (13–2)Michigan State (14–4)Michigan State (15–4)Michigan State (16–5)UCLA (19–4)Ohio State (18–3)Ohio State (19–4)Boston College (22–6)UCLA (24–6)North Carolina (22–7)Washington (26–7)12.
13.StanfordWest Virginia (2–0)Arizona (2–2)Iowa (7–1)Boston College (6–2)George Washington (8–0)Boston College (8–2)NC State (11–1) тWashington (12–2)Wisconsin (14–2)West Virginia (14–3)UCLA (17–4)Pittsburgh (17–3)Illinois (20–4)Boston College (21–5)UCLA (22–6)Washington (24–5)Kansas (25–7)Ohio State (26–6)13.
14.AlabamaIllinois (2–0)Michigan State (3–2)Michigan State (5–2)UCLA (7–1)Boston College (7–2)Maryland (8–2)Oklahoma (8–2)Boston College (11–3)NC State (14–2)NC State (15–3)Boston College (16–4)Tennessee (16–3)UCLA (20–5)NC State (21–5)Florida (22–6)Florida (24–6)Illinois (25–6)North Carolina (23–8)14.
15.West VirginiaFlorida (4–0)Iowa (4–1)Kentucky (5–2)George Washington (6–0)Texas (8–2)Oklahoma (6–2)Indiana (8–2)Michigan State (12–4)Louisville (13–3)George Washington (14–1)Washington (16–4)NC State (18–4)Boston College (19–5)West Virginia (18–7)North Carolina (19–6)Tennessee (21–6)Iowa (25–8)West Virginia (22–11)15.
16.SyracuseUCLA (3–0)Indiana (3–0)Indiana (4–1)Wake Forest (7–1)Maryland (7–2)Texas (9–2)Texas (10–2)Ohio State (11–1)UCLA (14–3)Ohio State (14–2)Tennessee (14–3)Georgetown (16–4)Michigan State (18–6)Michigan State (19–7)Washington (22–5)Pittsburgh (21–6)Pittsburgh (24–7)Georgetown (23–10)16.
17.IllinoisIowa (2–0)UCLA (4–1)Maryland (5–1)Maryland (7–2)Indiana (5–2)Indiana (7–2)UCLA (11–2)Wisconsin (12–2)West Virginia (12–3)UCLA (15–4)NC State (16–4)Ohio State (16–3)Georgetown (17–7)UCLA (20–6)Oklahoma (19–6)LSU (22–7)Washington (24–6)Illinois (26–7)17.
18.Wake Forest тAlabama (2–1)Alabama (2–1)UCLA (6–1)Indiana (5–2)NC State (8–1)NC State (9–1)Ohio State (10–0)NC State (12–2)George Washington (12–1)Boston College (14–4)Oklahoma (13–4)Boston College (17–5)NC State (19–5)Kansas (19–6)West Virginia (19–8)Kansas (22–7)LSU (23–8)Pittsburgh (25–8)18.
19.UCLA тSyracuse (3–1)Washington (6–0)Alabama (4–1)NC State (6–1)North Carolina (6–1)Kentucky (8–3)George Washington (8–1)George Washington (10–1)Ohio State (12–2)Maryland (13–4)Ohio State (14–3)Iowa (18–5)Oklahoma (16–5)Washington (20–5)NC State (21–7)Oklahoma (20–7)Tennessee (21–7)George Washington (27–3)19.
20.IowaMaryland (1–0)Maryland (4–1)George Washington (4–0)North Carolina (5–1)Kentucky (7–3)Ohio State (8–0)Pittsburgh (11–0)North Carolina (9–2)Syracuse (15–2)Tennessee (12–3)Michigan (15–3)Oklahoma (14–5)Iowa (19–6)Oklahoma (17–6)Georgetown (19–7)Iowa (22–8)Oklahoma (20–8)Tennessee (22–8)20.
21.MarylandIndiana (1–0)NC State (5–0)Wake Forest (7–1)Nevada (6–1)Nevada (7–1)Nevada (8–1)Kentucky (9–3)Maryland (11–3)Boston College (12–4)Wisconsin (14–4)Indiana (12–5)Indiana (13–6)Washington (18–5)North Carolina (17–6)LSU (20–7)West Virginia (20–9)Nevada (27–5)Wichita State (26–9)21.
22.IndianaGeorge Washington (0–0)George Washington (2–0)Nevada (5–0)Kentucky (6–3)Ohio State (7–0)Wisconsin (9–1)Wake Forest (10–2)Oklahoma (9–3)Maryland (12–4)Oklahoma (11–4)Georgetown (14–4)Michigan (16–4)Kansas (17–6)Iowa (20–7)Kansas (20–7)NC State (21–8)Syracuse (23–11)Kansas (25–8)22.
23.Iowa StateIowa State (1–0)Wake Forest (5–1)NC State (5–1)Iowa (7–3)Wisconsin (9–1)Pittsburgh (9–0)Arizona (9–3)West Virginia (10–3)North Carolina (10–3)Louisville (13–5)Maryland (14–5)Washington (16–5)North Carolina (15–6)Georgetown (17–7)Michigan State (19–9)Georgetown (19–8)West Virginia (20–10)Iowa (25–9)23.
24.George WashingtonWake Forest (3–1)Syracuse (4–2)North Carolina (4–1)Wisconsin (7–1)Wake Forest (8–2)Wake Forest (9–2)Wisconsin (10–2)Syracuse (13–2)Oklahoma (10–4)Syracuse (15–4)Northern Iowa (19–3)North Carolina (14–5)Bucknell (20–3)LSU (18–7)Iowa (20–8)Nevada (24–5)Georgetown (21–9)Bradley (22–11)24.
25.NevadaStanford (0–1)LSU (3–0)Arizona (2–3)Ohio State (4–0)Pittsburgh (8–0)North Carolina (6–2)North Carolina (7–2)Arizona (10–4)Iowa (13–4)North Carolina (11–4)Colorado (15–3)Colorado (15–4)LSU (16–7)George Mason (21–5)Wisconsin (19–8)UAB (22–5)UAB (24–6)Bucknell (27–5)25.
Preseason
 [2]
Week 2
Nov 22[2]
Week 3
Nov 29[2]
Week 4
Dec 6[2]
Week 5
Dec 13[2]
Week 6
Dec 20[2]
Week 7
Dec 27[2]
Week 8
Jan 3[2]
Week 9
Jan 10[2]
Week 10
Jan 17[2]
Week 11
Jan 24[2]
Week 12
Jan 31[20]
Week 13
Feb 7[20]
Week 14
Feb 14[20]
Week 15
Feb 21[20]
Week 16
Feb 28[20]
Week 17
Mar 7[20]
Week 18
Mar 14[20]
Week 19
Apr 4[20][19]
Dropped:
Nevada (1–0)
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (0–0)
  • Iowa State (0–0)
  • Stanford (0–0)
Dropped:
  • Syracuse (0–0)
  • LSU (3–1)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (0–0)
  • Arizona (4–3)
Dropped:
Iowa (8–3)
NoneDropped:
Nevada
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Wake Forest
Dropped:
  • Arizona (10–6)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (14–5)
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin (14–6)
  • Louisville (14–6)
  • Syracuse (15–6)
  • North Carolina (12–5)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (15–6)
  • Northern Iowa (20–4)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (13–8)
  • Michigan (16–6)
  • Colorado (16–5)
Dropped:
Bucknell (21–4)
Dropped:
George Mason (22–6)
Dropped:
Wisconsin
Dropped:
NC State
Dropped:
  • Nevada (27–6)
  • Syracuse (23–12)
  • Oklahoma (20–9)
  • UAB (24–7)

References

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