Location: Chicago, Illinois ▪ Colors: Royal Blue & Scarlet
Record: 90 Years, 1395-901, .608 W-L%
Conferences: Big East, CUSA, GMWC and Ind
Conference Champion: 9 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)
NCAA Tournament: 22 Years (21-25), 2 Final Fours, 0 Championships
Ranked in AP Poll: 11 Times (Preseason), 12 Times (Final), 156 Weeks (Total)
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | 1 | Preseason | 21 | NA | — |
| 2 | 2001 | 2 | 2000-11-14 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| 3 | 2001 | 3 | 2000-11-21 | 21 | 22 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 4 | 2000 | 1 | Preseason | 20 | NA | — |
| 5 | 2000 | 2 | 1999-11-16 | 20 | 20 | NC |
| 6 | 2000 | 3 | 1999-11-23 | 18 | 20 | 2 |
| 7 | 2000 | 4 | 1999-11-30 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | 2000 | 5 | 1999-12-07 | 20 | 22 | 2 |
| 9 | 2000 | 6 | 1999-12-14 | 19 | 20 | 1 |
| 10 | 2000 | 7 | 1999-12-21 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| 11 | 2000 | 8 | 1999-12-28 | 24 | 24 | NC |
| 12 | 2000 | 9 | 2000-01-04 | 23 | 24 | 1 |
| 13 | 2000 | 10 | 2000-01-11 | 21 | 23 | 2 |
| 14 | 2000 | 11 | 2000-01-18 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 15 | 1992 | 1 | Preseason | 18 | NA | — |
| 16 | 1992 | 2 | 1991-11-25 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | 1992 | 3 | 1991-12-02 | 20 | 20 | NC |
| 18 | 1992 | 15 | 1992-02-24 | 21 | |
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| 19 | 1992 | 16 | 1992-03-02 | 15 | 21 | 6 |
| 20 | 1992 | 17 | 1992-03-09 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| 21 | 1992 | 18 | Final | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 22 | 1991 | 16 | 1991-03-05 | 25 | |
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| 23 | 1991 | 17 | Final | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 24 | 1988 | 1 | Preseason | 20 | NA | — |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 25 | 1987 | 4 | 1986-12-16 | 19 | |
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| 26 | 1987 | 5 | 1986-12-23 | 17 | 19 | 2 |
| 27 | 1987 | 6 | 1986-12-30 | 15 | 17 | 2 |
| 28 | 1987 | 7 | 1987-01-06 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
| 29 | 1987 | 8 | 1987-01-13 | 7 | 7 | NC |
| 30 | 1987 | 9 | 1987-01-20 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | 1987 | 10 | 1987-01-27 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 32 | 1987 | 11 | 1987-02-03 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 33 | 1987 | 12 | 1987-02-10 | 5 | 5 | NC |
| 34 | 1987 | 13 | 1987-02-17 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 35 | 1987 | 14 | 1987-02-24 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 36 | 1987 | 15 | 1987-03-03 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 37 | 1987 | 16 | Final | 5 | 5 | NC |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 38 | 1986 | 4 | 1985-12-10 | 19 | |
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| 39 | 1986 | 5 | 1985-12-17 | 18 | 19 | 1 |
| 40 | 1986 | 6 | 1985-12-24 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 41 | 1985 | 1 | Preseason | 3 | NA | — |
| 42 | 1985 | 2 | 1984-11-27 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | 1985 | 3 | 1984-12-04 | 2 | 2 | NC |
| 44 | 1985 | 4 | 1984-12-11 | 2 | 2 | NC |
| 45 | 1985 | 5 | 1984-12-18 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 46 | 1985 | 6 | 1984-12-25 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 47 | 1985 | 7 | 1985-01-01 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 48 | 1985 | 8 | 1985-01-08 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 49 | 1985 | 9 | 1985-01-15 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| 50 | 1985 | 10 | 1985-01-22 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | 1985 | 11 | 1985-01-29 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 52 | 1985 | 12 | 1985-02-05 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 53 | 1984 | 1 | Preseason | 18 | NA | — |
| 54 | 1984 | 2 | 1983-11-29 | 16 | 18 | 2 |
| 55 | 1984 | 3 | 1983-12-06 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| 56 | 1984 | 4 | 1983-12-13 | 4 | 13 | 9 |
| 57 | 1984 | 5 | 1983-12-20 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 58 | 1984 | 6 | 1983-12-27 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 59 | 1984 | 7 | 1984-01-03 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 60 | 1984 | 8 | 1984-01-10 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 61 | 1984 | 9 | 1984-01-17 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 62 | 1984 | 10 | 1984-01-24 | 2 | 2 | NC |
| 63 | 1984 | 11 | 1984-01-31 | 2 | 2 | NC |
| 64 | 1984 | 12 | 1984-02-07 | 2 | 2 | NC |
| 65 | 1984 | 13 | 1984-02-14 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | 1984 | 14 | 1984-02-21 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 67 | 1984 | 15 | 1984-02-28 | 5 | 5 | NC |
| 68 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-03-06 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 69 | 1984 | 17 | Final | 4 | 4 | NC |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 70 | 1982 | 1 | Preseason | 8 | NA | — |
| 71 | 1982 | 2 | 1981-12-01 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 72 | 1982 | 3 | 1981-12-08 | 7 | 7 | NC |
| 73 | 1982 | 4 | 1981-12-15 | 7 | 7 | NC |
| 74 | 1982 | 5 | 1981-12-22 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 75 | 1982 | 6 | 1981-12-29 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| 76 | 1982 | 7 | 1982-01-05 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 77 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-01-12 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 78 | 1982 | 9 | 1982-01-19 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 79 | 1982 | 10 | 1982-01-26 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 80 | 1982 | 11 | 1982-02-02 | 4 | 4 | NC |
| 81 | 1982 | 12 | 1982-02-09 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 82 | 1982 | 13 | 1982-02-16 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 83 | 1982 | 14 | 1982-02-23 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 84 | 1982 | 15 | 1982-03-02 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | 1982 | 16 | Final | 2 | 2 | NC |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 86 | 1981 | 1 | Preseason | 2 | NA | — |
| 87 | 1981 | 2 | 1980-12-02 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | 1981 | 3 | 1980-12-09 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 89 | 1981 | 4 | 1980-12-16 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 90 | 1981 | 5 | 1980-12-23 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 91 | 1981 | 6 | 1980-12-30 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 92 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-01-06 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 93 | 1981 | 8 | 1981-01-13 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 94 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-01-20 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 95 | 1981 | 10 | 1981-01-27 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 96 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-02-03 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 97 | 1981 | 12 | 1981-02-10 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 98 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-02-17 | 3 | 3 | NC |
| 99 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-02-24 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 100 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-03-03 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 101 | 1981 | 16 | Final | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 102 | 1980 | 1 | Preseason | 9 | NA | — |
| 103 | 1980 | 2 | 1979-12-04 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 104 | 1980 | 3 | 1979-12-11 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 105 | 1980 | 4 | 1979-12-18 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 106 | 1980 | 5 | 1979-12-26 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 107 | 1980 | 6 | 1980-01-02 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 108 | 1980 | 7 | 1980-01-08 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | 1980 | 8 | 1980-01-15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 110 | 1980 | 9 | 1980-01-22 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 111 | 1980 | 10 | 1980-01-29 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 112 | 1980 | 11 | 1980-02-05 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 113 | 1980 | 12 | 1980-02-12 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 114 | 1980 | 13 | 1980-02-19 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 115 | 1980 | 14 | 1980-02-26 | 1 | 1 | NC |
| 116 | 1980 | 15 | Final | 1 | 1 | NC |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 117 | 1979 | 14 | 1979-02-20 | 20 | |
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| 118 | 1979 | 15 | 1979-02-27 | 15 | 20 | 5 |
| 119 | 1979 | 16 | 1979-03-06 | 8 | 15 | 7 |
| 120 | 1979 | 17 | Final | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 121 | 1978 | 8 | 1978-01-10 | 20 | |
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| 122 | 1978 | 9 | 1978-01-17 | 18 | 20 | 2 |
| 123 | 1978 | 10 | 1978-01-24 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 124 | 1978 | 11 | 1978-01-31 | 13 | 19 | 6 |
| 125 | 1978 | 12 | 1978-02-07 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| 126 | 1978 | 13 | 1978-02-14 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| 127 | 1978 | 14 | 1978-02-21 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 128 | 1978 | 15 | 1978-02-28 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 129 | 1978 | 16 | 1978-03-06 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 130 | 1978 | 17 | Final | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 131 | 1977 | 1 | Preseason | 18 | NA | — |
| 132 | 1977 | 2 | 1976-11-30 | 18 | 18 | NC |
| 133 | 1977 | 3 | 1976-12-07 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 134 | 1976 | 17 | Final | 17 | |
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| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 135 | 1965 | 1 | Preseason | 20 | NA | — |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 136 | 1964 | 8 | 1964-01-21 | 9 | |
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| 137 | 1964 | 9 | 1964-01-28 | 9 | 9 | NC |
| 138 | 1964 | 10 | 1964-02-04 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 139 | 1964 | 11 | 1964-02-11 | 10 | 10 | NC |
| 140 | 1964 | 12 | 1964-02-18 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 141 | 1964 | 13 | 1964-02-25 | 9 | 9 | NC |
| 142 | 1964 | 14 | 1964-03-03 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 143 | 1964 | 15 | Final | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 144 | 1961 | 6 | 1961-01-17 | 7 | |
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| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 145 | 1960 | 2 | 1959-12-29 | 20 | |
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| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 146 | 1953 | 3 | 1952-12-30 | 14 | |
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| 147 | 1953 | 7 | 1953-01-27 | 10 | |
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| 148 | 1953 | 8 | 1953-02-03 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 149 | 1953 | 9 | 1953-02-10 | 7 | 7 | NC |
| 150 | 1953 | 10 | 1953-02-17 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 151 | 1953 | 11 | 1953-02-24 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 152 | 1953 | 14 | Final | 19 | |
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| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 153 | 1952 | 8 | 1952-01-29 | 19 | |
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| 154 | 1952 | 10 | 1952-02-12 | 18 | |
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| Rk | Year | Wk | Date | Rk | Prev | Chng |
| 155 | 1949 | 2 | 1949-01-25 | 16 | |
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| 156 | 1949 | 5 | 1949-02-15 | 17 | |