1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1982–83 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.

Legend

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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
 [1][2]
Week 2
Nov. 29[3][2]
Week 3
Dec. 6[4][2]
Week 4
Dec. 13[5][2]
Week 5
Dec. 20[6][2]
Week 6
Dec. 27[7][2]
Week 7
Jan. 3[8][2]
Week 8
Jan. 10[9][2]
Week 9
Jan. 17[10][2]
Week 10
Jan. 24[11][2]
Week 11
Jan. 31[12][2]
Week 12
Feb. 7[13][2]
Week 13
Feb. 14[14][15]
Week 14
Feb. 21[16][15]
Week 15
Feb. 28[17][15]
Week 16
Mar. 7[18][15]
Final
Mar. 14[19][15]
1.VirginiaVirginia (2–0)Virginia (4–0)Virginia (6–0)Virginia (8–0)Indiana (8–0)Indiana (10–0)Memphis State (11–1)UCLA (11–1)UCLA (13–1)North Carolina (17–3)North Carolina (20–3)UNLV (22–0)UNLV (24–0)Houston (23–2)Houston (25–2)Houston (27–2)1.
2.GeorgetownGeorgetown (2–0)Kentucky (3–0)Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (7–0)Memphis State (8–0)Memphis State (9–0)Virginia (11–1)Indiana (12–1)Indiana (14–1)UNLV (18–0)UNLV (20–0)Indiana (19–2)Houston (22–2)Virginia (23–3)Virginia (25–3)Louisville (29–3)2.
3.North CarolinaKentucky (1–0)Georgetown (5–0)Memphis State (6–0)UCLA (5–0)Kentucky (7–1)Kentucky (8–1)St. John's (13–0)North Carolina (12–3)North Carolina (15–3)Virginia (17–2)Virginia (19–2)North Carolina (21–4)Virginia (21–3)Louisville (24–3)Louisville (27–3)St. John's (27–4)3.
4.KentuckyVillanova (1–0)Memphis State (4–0)UCLA (4–0)Memphis State (7–0)Virginia (8–1)Virginia (10–1)Indiana (10–1)Arkansas (13–0)UNLV (16–0)Memphis State (16–1)Indiana (16–2)Houston (20–2)Indiana (20–3)Villanova (21–4)UCLA (22–4)Virginia (27–4)4.
5.VillanovaMemphis State (2–0)UCLA (3–0)Indiana (6–0) тIndiana (7–0)UCLA (6–1)Alabama (8–0)UCLA (9–1)UNLV (14–0)Memphis State (14–1)St. John's (18–1)UCLA (16–2)Virginia (19–3)Louisville (22–3)Arkansas (24–1)North Carolina (25–6)Indiana (23–5)5.
6.Memphis StateUCLA (1–0)Indiana (3–0)Georgetown (6–1) тMissouri (6–0)Alabama (6–0)UCLA (7–1)Kentucky (11–2)Memphis State (12–1)Virginia (15–2)Indiana (15–2)Houston (18–2)St. John's (20–2)Arkansas (22–1)UCLA (21–3)Arkansas (25–2)UNLV (28–2)6.
7.UCLALouisville (3–0)Iowa (4–0)Iowa (6–0)St. John's (9–0)St. John's (9–0)St. John's (10–0)Arkansas (11–0)Virginia (12–2)St. John's (17–1)UCLA (14–2)St. John's (19–2)Arkansas (20–1)Villanova (19–4)Kentucky (20–5)Indiana (22–5)UCLA (23–5)7.
8.LouisvilleIndiana (2–0)Missouri (2–0)Missouri (6–0)Alabama (5–0)Tennessee (7–0)Iowa (8–1)UNLV (12–0)St. John's (14–1)Louisville (15–2)Houston (16–2)Arkansas (19–1)Villanova (17–4)UCLA (19–3)North Carolina (23–6)St. John's (24–4)North Carolina (26–7)8.
9.IndianaMissouri (1–0)Houston (4–0)St. John's (7–0)Tennessee (6–0)Iowa (6–1)Syracuse (10–0)Louisville (11–2)Louisville (13–2)Houston (15–2)Arkansas (17–1)Memphis State (18–2)Louisville (21–3)St. John's (22–3)UNLV (24–2)UNLV (25–2)Arkansas (25–3)9.
10.Oregon StateIowa (2–0)Villanova (1–1)Alabama (4–0)Iowa (6–1)Georgetown (7–2)Arkansas (7–0)Alabama (9–2)Iowa (10–2)Kentucky (13–3)Missouri (16–3)Missouri (18–3)UCLA (17–3)Kentucky (18–5)St. John's (23–4)Kentucky (21–6)Missouri (26–7)10.
11.IowaHouston (2–0)Alabama (2–0)Tennessee (4–0)Georgetown (6–2)Arkansas (6–0)UNLV (10–0)North Carolina (10–3)Kentucky (11–3)Villanova (12–3)Villanova (13–3)Louisville (19–3)Kentucky (16–5)North Carolina (21–6)Indiana (20–5)Wichita State (25–3)Boston College (24–6)11.
12.AlabamaSt. John's (3–0)St. John's (5–0)Louisville (5–1)Arkansas (5–0)Missouri (8–1)Tennessee (8–1)Iowa (9–2)Missouri (12–2)Arkansas (15–1)Louisville (16–3)Villanova (14–4)Missouri (19–4)Wichita State (21–3)Wichita State (23–3)Missouri (24–6)Kentucky (21–7)12.
13.TennesseeAlabama (1–0)Louisville (4–1)Arkansas (4–0)Syracuse (8–0)Louisville (8–1)Louisville (8–2)Syracuse (11–2)Villanova (10–2)Missouri (14–3)Iowa (13–4)Kentucky (14–5)Memphis State (18–4)Syracuse (18–5)Missouri (22–6)Villanova (21–6)Villanova (22–7)13.
14.HoustonTennessee (1–0)Tennessee (2–0)Houston (5–1)Louisville (7–1)Syracuse (9–0)Villanova (6–2)Missouri (10–2)Houston (13–2)Iowa (12–3)Georgetown (15–4)Georgetown (16–5)Georgetown (16–6)Memphis State (19–4)Ohio State (18–7)Boston College (22–5)Wichita State (25–3)14.
15.MissouriNorth Carolina (0–2)Arkansas (3–0)NC State (4–0)NC State (4–0)UNLV (7–0)Missouri (9–2)Villanova (8–2)Syracuse (12–2)Georgetown (13–4)Kentucky (13–4)Syracuse (15–5)Wichita State (18–3)Missouri (20–6) тBoston College (20–5)Georgetown (21–8)Chattanooga (26–3)15.
16.NC StateArkansas (1–0)Marquette (2–0)Syracuse (6–0)West Virginia (8–0)Villanova (4–2)NC State (5–1)Houston (11–2)Minnesota (10–3)Minnesota (12–3)Illinois State (15–1)Wichita State (17–3)Iowa (15–6)Ohio State (17–6) тGeorgetown (19–7)Ohio State (19–8)NC State (20–10)16.
17.ArkansasMarquette (0–0)North Carolina (2–2)North Carolina (3–2)UNLV (5–0)NC State (4–1)Georgetown (8–3)Minnesota (10–1)Virginia Tech (14–1)Illinois State (14–1)Minnesota (13–3)Illinois State (17–2)Syracuse (16–5)Iowa (16–7)Memphis State (19–5)Memphis State (21–6)Memphis State (22–7)17.
18.MarquetteNC State (1–0)NC State (2–0) тUNLV (5–0)Villanova (3–2)Houston (7–2)North Carolina (8–3)Tennessee (10–2)Oklahoma State (12–1)Syracuse (13–3)Washington State (15–2)Purdue (15–4)Boston College (17–4)Georgetown (17–7)Syracuse (18–6)Chattanooga (23–3)Georgia (21–9)18.
19.St. John'sUNLV (1–0) тUNLV (3–0) тVillanova (2–2)Houston (6–2)Tulsa (5–1)Houston (8–2)NC State (7–2)Georgetown (11–4)Wake Forest (13–2)Georgia (14–3)Minnesota (14–4)Oklahoma (18–6)Boston College (18–5)Chattanooga (21–3)Oklahoma (23–7)Oklahoma State (24–6)19.
20.UNLVOregon State (0–1) тPurdue (4–0)West Virginia (5–0)Tulsa (5–1)West Virginia (8–1)Purdue (9–1)Ohio State (9–2)Auburn (10–3)Oklahoma State (13–2)Oklahoma State (13–2)Iowa (13–6)Ohio State (15–6)Tennessee (16–7)Purdue (18–6)Syracuse (19–8)Georgetown (21–9)20.
Preseason
 [1][2]
Week 2
Nov. 29[3][2]
Week 3
Dec. 6[4][2]
Week 4
Dec. 13[5][2]
Week 5
Dec. 20[6][2]
Week 6
Dec. 27[7][2]
Week 7
Jan. 3[8][2]
Week 8
Jan. 10[9][2]
Week 9
Jan. 17[10][2]
Week 10
Jan. 24[11][2]
Week 11
Jan. 31[12][2]
Week 12
Feb. 7[13][2]
Week 13
Feb. 14[14][15]
Week 14
Feb. 21[16][15]
Week 15
Feb. 28[17][15]
Week 16
Mar. 7[18][15]
Final
Mar. 14[19][15]
NoneDropped:
  • Oregon State (1–2)
Dropped:
  • Purdue (4–1)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (4–3)
NoneDropped:
  • Tulsa (6–2)
  • West Virginia (8–3)
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (9–4)
  • Purdue (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (9–4)
  • Tennessee (10–3)
  • NC State (8–3)
  • Ohio State (9–4)
Dropped:
  • Virginia Tech (14–3)
  • Auburn (10–5)
Dropped:
  • Wake Forest (13–4)
  • Oklahoma State (13–4)
Dropped:
  • Washington State (15–4)
  • Georgia (15–4)
Dropped:
  • Illinois State (17–4)
  • Purdue (15–6)
  • Minnesota (14–6)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma (19–7)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (17–8)
  • Tennessee (17–8)
Dropped:
  • Purdue (18–8)
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (19–9)
  • Oklahoma (23–8)
  • Syracuse (19–9)

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
 [2]
Week 2
Dec. 6[2]
Week 3
Dec. 13[2]
Week 4
Dec. 20[2]
Week 5
Dec. 27[2]
Week 6
Jan. 3[2]
Week 7
Jan. 10[2]
Week 8
Jan. 17[2]
Week 9
Jan. 24[2]
Week 10
Jan. 31[2]
Week 11
Feb. 7[2]
Week 12
Feb. 14[15]
Week 13
Feb. 21[15]
Week 14
Feb. 28[15]
Week 15
Mar. 7[15]
Final
Mar. 14[15]
1.VirginiaVirginia (4–0)Virginia (6–0)Virginia (8–0)Indiana (8–0)Indiana (10–0)Memphis State (11–1)UCLA (11–1)UCLA (13–1)North Carolina (17–3)North Carolina (20–3)Indiana (19–2)UNLV (24–0)Houston (23–2)Houston (25–2)Houston (27–2)1.
2.North CarolinaKentucky (3–0)Kentucky (5–0)Kentucky (7–0)Memphis State (8–0)Memphis State (9–0)Virginia (11–1)Indiana (12–1)Indiana (14–1)Virginia (17–2)Virginia (19–2)UNLV (22–0)Houston (22–2)Virginia (23–3)Virginia (25–3)Louisville (29–3)2.
3.GeorgetownGeorgetown (5–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (5–0)Virginia (8–1)Kentucky (8–1)St. John's (13–0)North Carolina (12–3) тNorth Carolina (15–3)UNLV (18–0)UNLV (20–0)North Carolina (21–4)Virginia (21–3)Louisville (24–3)Louisville (27–3)St. John's (27–4)3.
4.KentuckyUCLA (3–0)Memphis State (6–0)Memphis State (7–0)Kentucky (7–1)Virginia (10–1)Indiana (10–1)Memphis State (12–1) тVirginia (15–2)St. John's (18–1)Indiana (16–2)Houston (20–2)Indiana (20–3)Arkansas (24–1)UCLA (22–4)Virginia (27–4)4.
5.LouisvilleMemphis State (4–0)Indiana (6–0)Indiana (7–0)UCLA (6–1)Alabama (8–0)UCLA (9–1)Arkansas (13–0)Memphis State (14–1)Memphis State (16–1)UCLA (16–2)Virginia (19–3)Arkansas (22–1)Villanova (21–4)Arkansas (25–2)Indiana (23–5)5.
6.UCLAIowa (4–0)Iowa (6–0)Missouri (6–0)Alabama (6–0)UCLA (7–1)Kentucky (11–2)Virginia (12–2)St. John's (17–1)Indiana (15–2)Houston (18–2)St. John's (20–2)Louisville (22–3)Kentucky (20–5)North Carolina (25–6)UNLV (28–2)6.
7.Villanova тIndiana (3–0)Georgetown (6–1)Alabama (5–0)St. John's (9–0)St. John's (10–0)Arkansas (11–0)St. John's (14–1)Louisville (15–2)UCLA (14–2)St. John's (19–2)Arkansas (20–1)Villanova (19–4)UCLA (21–3)Indiana (22–5)UCLA (23–5)7.
8.Indiana тMissouri (2–0)Missouri (6–0)St. John's (9–0)Tennessee (7–0)Iowa (8–1)Louisville (11–2)Louisville (13–2)UNLV (16–0)Houston (16–2)Missouri (18–3)Louisville (21–3)St. John's (22–3)St. John's (23–4)St. John's (24–4)North Carolina (26–7)8.
9.Memphis StateVillanova (1–1)Alabama (4–0)Iowa (6–1)Louisville (8–1)Syracuse (10–0)UNLV (12–0)UNLV (14–0)Houston (15–2)Arkansas (17–1)Arkansas (19–1)Villanova (17–4)UCLA (19–3)Missouri (22–6)Missouri (24–6)Arkansas (25–3)9.
10.Oregon StateHouston (4–0)St. John's (7–0)Tennessee (6–0)Iowa (6–1)Louisville (8–2)Alabama (9–2)Iowa (10–2)Kentucky (13–3)Missouri (16–3)Memphis State (18–2)Missouri (19–4)Kentucky (18–5)North Carolina (23–6)Kentucky (21–6)Kentucky (21–7)10.
11.HoustonAlabama (2–0)Louisville (5–1)Louisville (7–1)Syracuse (9–0)Tennessee (8–1)North Carolina (10–3)Missouri (12–2)Arkansas (15–1)Villanova (13–3)Louisville (19–3)UCLA (17–3)North Carolina (21–6)UNLV (24–2)UNLV (25–2)Villanova (22–7)11.
12.IowaLouisville (4–1)Tennessee (4–0)Georgetown (6–2)Missouri (8–1)Arkansas (7–0)Iowa (9–2)Houston (13–2)Villanova (12–3)Louisville (16–3)Kentucky (14–5)Kentucky (16–5)Missouri (20–6)Indiana (20–5)Villanova (21–6)Missouri (26–7)12.
13.AlabamaSt. John's (5–0)Arkansas (4–0)Syracuse (8–0)Georgetown (7–2)UNLV (10–0)Houston (11–2)Kentucky (11–3)Missouri (14–3)Iowa (13–4)Georgetown (16–5)Memphis State (18–4)Memphis State (19–4)Boston College (20–5)Boston College (22–5)Boston College (24–6)13.
14.MissouriTennessee (2–0)Houston (5–1)Arkansas (5–0)Arkansas (6–0)Villanova (6–2)Syracuse (11–2)Villanova (10–2)Illinois State (14–1)Illinois State (15–1)Villanova (14–4)Georgetown (16–6)Syracuse (18–5)Ohio State (18–7)Georgetown (21–8)NC State (20–10)14.
15.TennesseePurdue (4–0)Syracuse (6–0)NC State (4–0)UNLV (7–0)Missouri (9–2)Missouri (10–2)Syracuse (12–2)Georgetown (13–4)Kentucky (13–4)Minnesota (14–4)Iowa (15–6)Ohio State (17–6)Washington State (20–5)Chattanooga (23–3)Georgia (21–9)15.
16.MarquetteArkansas (3–0)North Carolina (3–2)Villanova (3–2)Houston (7–2)North Carolina (8–3)Minnesota (10–1)Georgetown (11–4)Iowa (12–3)Georgetown (15–4)Syracuse (15–5) тTennessee (15–7)Boston College (18–5)Georgetown (19–7)Washington State (21–5)Chattanooga (26–3)16.
17.DePaulNorth Carolina (2–2)NC State (4–0)Houston (6–2)Villanova (4–2)Georgetown (8–3)Villanova (8–2)Illinois State (12–1)Minnesota (12–3)Washington State (15–2)Illinois State (17–2) тSyracuse (16–5)Iowa (16–7)Chattanooga (21–3)Ohio State (19–8)Memphis State (22–7)17.
18.OklahomaNC State (2–0)Villanova (2–2)UNLV (5–0)NC State (4–1)NC State (5–1)Tennessee (10–2)Minnesota (10–3)Syracuse (13–3) тMinnesota (13–3)Purdue (15–4)Boston College (17–4)Georgetown (17–7)Memphis State (19–5)Memphis State (21–6)Illinois State (24–6)18.
19.St. John'sMarquette (2–0)UNLV (5–0)San Diego State (6–0)Louisiana-Lafayette (8–0)Houston (8–2)NC State (7–2)Oklahoma State (12–1)Washington State (13–2) тOklahoma (16–4)Georgia (15–4)Chattanooga (17–3)Chattanooga (19–3)Oklahoma (20–7)Oklahoma (23–7)Oklahoma State (24–6)19.
20.ArkansasDePaul (3–1)Minnesota (5–0)West Virginia (8–0)Tulsa (5–1)Minnesota (7–1)Illinois State (10–1)NC State (8–3)
Tennessee (10–3)
Wake Forest (13–2)Auburn (12–5)Tennessee (14–5)Oklahoma State (17–4)Tennessee (16–7)Iowa (17–8)Illinois State (21–6)Georgetown (21–9)20.
Preseason
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Week 2
Dec. 6[2]
Week 3
Dec. 13[2]
Week 4
Dec. 20[2]
Week 5
Dec. 27[2]
Week 6
Jan. 3[2]
Week 7
Jan. 10[2]
Week 8
Jan. 17[2]
Week 9
Jan. 24[2]
Week 10
Jan. 31[2]
Week 11
Feb. 7[2]
Week 12
Feb. 14[15]
Week 13
Feb. 21[15]
Week 14
Feb. 28[15]
Week 15
Mar. 7[15]
Final
Mar. 14[15]
Dropped:
  • Oregon State (1–2)
  • Oklahoma (2–2)
Dropped:
  • Purdue (5–1)
  • Marquette (3–1)
  • DePaul (4–2)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (4–3)
  • Minnesota
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (8–1)
  • San Diego State (6–1)
Dropped:
  • Louisiana-Lafayette (8–2)
  • Tulsa (6–2)
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (9–4)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (9–4)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma State (13–2)
  • NC State (9–4)
  • Tennessee (10–5)
Dropped:
  • Syracuse (13–4)
  • Wake Forest (13–4)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (13–6)
  • Washington State (15–4)
  • Oklahoma (16–6)
  • Auburn (12–6)
Dropped:
  • Minnesota (14–6)
  • Illinois State (17–4)
  • Purdue (15–6)
  • Georgia (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma State (17–6)
Dropped:
  • Syracuse (18–6)
  • Tennessee (17–8)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (17–9)
Dropped:
  • Washington State (21–7)
  • Ohio State (19–9)
  • Oklahoma (23–8)

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