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National Champion: Kentucky
Final Four: Kansas State, Kentucky, Seattle and Temple
Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson
AP First #1: North Carolina ▪ AP Final #1: West Virginia
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 1 | Duke R | ACC | 18 | 7 | .720 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2 | North Carolina State | ACC | 18 | 6 | .750 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 9 | 20 | |
| 3 | North Carolina | ACC | 19 | 7 | .731 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Maryland* T | ACC | 22 | 7 | .759 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Virginia | ACC | 10 | 13 | .435 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 6 | Clemson | ACC | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 7 | South Carolina | ACC | 5 | 19 | .208 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 8 | Wake Forest | ACC | 6 | 17 | .261 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 9 | Kansas State* RF | Big 8 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Kansas | Big 8 | 18 | 5 | .783 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | 7 | |
| 11 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 20 | ||
| 12 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 14 | ||
| 13 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||
| 14 | Missouri | Big 8 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3 | 9 | .250 | |||
| 15 | Colorado | Big 8 | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3 | 9 | .250 | |||
| 16 | Oklahoma State* | Big 8 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | ||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 17 | Indiana* R | Big Ten | 13 | 11 | .542 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 12 | 12 | |
| 18 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 16 | 6 | .727 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 7 | 17 | |
| 19 | Purdue | Big Ten | 14 | 8 | .636 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 20 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 13 | 9 | .591 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 21 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 9 | 13 | .409 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 22 | Iowa | Big Ten | 13 | 9 | .591 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 23 | Michigan | Big Ten | 11 | 11 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 24 | Illinois | Big Ten | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 17 | ||
| 25 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 10 | ||
| 26 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 27 | Arizona State* R | BIAA | 13 | 13 | .500 | 8 | 2 | .800 | |||
| 28 | New Mexico State | BIAA | 14 | 9 | .609 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 29 | Texas-El Paso | BIAA | 14 | 9 | .609 | 5 | 5 | .500 | |||
| 30 | Hardin-Simmons | BIAA | 11 | 14 | .440 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 31 | Arizona | BIAA | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 32 | West Texas A&M | BIAA | 3 | 15 | .167 | 2 | 8 | .200 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 33 | Temple* RF | Ind | 27 | 3 | .900 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 34 | Dayton | Ind | 25 | 4 | .862 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 35 | Notre Dame* | Ind | 24 | 5 | .828 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 36 | Saint Francis (PA) | Ind | 20 | 5 | .800 | ||||||
| 37 | Seattle* F | Ind | 23 | 6 | .793 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 38 | Boston University | Ind | 15 | 5 | .750 | ||||||
| 39 | Iona | Ind | 18 | 6 | .750 | ||||||
| 40 | Providence | Ind | 18 | 6 | .750 | ||||||
| 41 | Air Force | Ind | 17 | 6 | .739 | ||||||
| 42 | Pittsburgh* | Ind | 18 | 7 | .720 | ||||||
| 43 | Boston College* | Ind | 15 | 6 | .714 | ||||||
| 44 | Fresno State | Ind | 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||||
| 45 | Montana State | Ind | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||||
| 46 | Memphis | Ind | 15 | 7 | .682 | 18 | |||||
| 47 | Bucknell | Ind | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||||||
| 48 | Loyola (IL) | Ind | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||||||
| 49 | Saint Joseph's | Ind | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||||||
| 50 | Holy Cross | Ind | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||||
| 51 | La Salle | Ind | 16 | 9 | .640 | 20 | |||||
| 52 | Loyola (LA)* | Ind | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||||
| 53 | Miami (FL) | Ind | 14 | 8 | .636 | ||||||
| 54 | Xavier | Ind | 19 | 11 | .633 | ||||||
| 55 | Portland | Ind | 18 | 11 | .621 | ||||||
| 56 | Gonzaga | Ind | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||||
| 57 | Lafayette | Ind | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||||
| 58 | Butler | Ind | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||||
| 59 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Ind | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||||
| 60 | Oklahoma City | Ind | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||||
| 61 | Syracuse | Ind | 11 | 10 | .524 | 17 | |||||
| 62 | Washington (MO) | Ind | 11 | 10 | .524 | ||||||
| 63 | Villanova | Ind | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||||||
| 64 | Army | Ind | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||||
| 65 | Detroit Mercy | Ind | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||||
| 66 | Louisville | Ind | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||||
| 67 | Marquette | Ind | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||||||
| 68 | Muhlenburg | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 69 | Navy | Ind | 10 | 10 | .500 | ||||||
| 70 | Georgetown | Ind | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||||||
| 71 | Duquesne | Ind | 10 | 12 | .455 | ||||||
| 72 | Lehigh | Ind | 8 | 10 | .444 | ||||||
| 73 | Penn State | Ind | 8 | 11 | .421 | ||||||
| 74 | Delaware | Ind | 8 | 12 | .400 | ||||||
| 75 | DePaul | Ind | 8 | 12 | .400 | ||||||
| 76 | Florida State | Ind | 9 | 16 | .360 | ||||||
| 77 | Valparaiso | Ind | 7 | 14 | .333 | ||||||
| 78 | Rutgers | Ind | 7 | 15 | .318 | ||||||
| 79 | Colgate | Ind | 6 | 16 | .273 | ||||||
| 80 | Seton Hall | Ind | 7 | 19 | .269 | ||||||
| 81 | Siena | Ind | 5 | 15 | .250 | ||||||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 82 | Dartmouth* R | Ivy | 22 | 5 | .815 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 18 | ||
| 83 | Princeton | Ivy | 15 | 8 | .652 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 84 | Yale | Ivy | 14 | 10 | .583 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 85 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 13 | 12 | .520 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 86 | Harvard | Ivy | 16 | 9 | .640 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 87 | Cornell | Ivy | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 88 | Brown | Ivy | 10 | 15 | .400 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 89 | Columbia | Ivy | 6 | 18 | .250 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 90 | Miami (OH)* R | MAC | 18 | 9 | .667 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| 91 | Marshall | MAC | 17 | 7 | .708 | 9 | 3 | .750 | |||
| 92 | Ohio | MAC | 16 | 8 | .667 | 7 | 5 | .583 | |||
| 93 | Bowling Green State | MAC | 15 | 8 | .652 | 6 | 6 | .500 | |||
| 94 | Toledo | MAC | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 95 | Kent State | MAC | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3 | 9 | .250 | |||
| 96 | Western Michigan | MAC | 5 | 19 | .208 | 1 | 11 | .083 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 97 | St. John's (NY) R | Metro NY | 18 | 8 | .692 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | ||
| 98 | Manhattan* | Metro NY | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3 | 1 | .750 | |||
| 99 | St. Francis (NY) | Metro NY | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |||
| 100 | New York University | Metro NY | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |||
| 101 | Fordham | Metro NY | 15 | 9 | .625 | 1 | 3 | .250 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 102 | Wyoming* R | MSAC | 13 | 14 | .481 | 10 | 4 | .714 | |||
| 103 | Utah | MSAC | 20 | 7 | .741 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 12 | ||
| 104 | Colorado State | MSAC | 14 | 11 | .560 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 105 | Brigham Young | MSAC | 13 | 13 | .500 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 106 | Montana | MSAC | 12 | 10 | .545 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 107 | Denver | MSAC | 13 | 12 | .520 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 108 | Utah State | MSAC | 4 | 20 | .167 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 109 | New Mexico | MSAC | 3 | 21 | .125 | 0 | 14 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 110 | Cincinnati* R | MVC | 25 | 3 | .893 | 13 | 1 | .929 | 2 | 2 | |
| 111 | Bradley | MVC | 20 | 7 | .741 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 4 | 14 | |
| 112 | Saint Louis | MVC | 16 | 10 | .615 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 9 | ||
| 113 | Wichita State | MVC | 14 | 12 | .538 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 17 | ||
| 114 | Houston | MVC | 9 | 16 | .360 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 115 | Drake | MVC | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 116 | Tulsa | MVC | 7 | 19 | .269 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 117 | North Texas | MVC | 3 | 18 | .143 | 1 | 13 | .071 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 118 | Tennessee Tech* R | OVC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 8 | 2 | .800 | |||
| 119 | Morehead State | OVC | 13 | 10 | .565 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
| 120 | Western Kentucky | OVC | 14 | 11 | .560 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 16 | ||
| 121 | Murray State | OVC | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 122 | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 123 | Oregon State R | PCC | 20 | 6 | .769 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 15 | ||
| 124 | California* R | PCC | 19 | 9 | .679 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 19 | ||
| 125 | UCLA | PCC | 16 | 10 | .615 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 13 | ||
| 126 | Idaho | PCC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 9 | 7 | .563 | |||
| 127 | Southern California | PCC | 12 | 13 | .480 | 8 | 8 | .500 | |||
| 128 | Stanford | PCC | 12 | 13 | .480 | 7 | 9 | .438 | |||
| 129 | Oregon | PCC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 6 | 10 | .375 | |||
| 130 | Washington | PCC | 8 | 18 | .308 | 5 | 11 | .313 | |||
| 131 | Washington State | PCC | 7 | 19 | .269 | 3 | 13 | .188 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 132 | Kentucky* RFN | SEC | 23 | 6 | .793 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 3 | 9 | |
| 133 | Auburn | SEC | 16 | 6 | .727 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 16 | 16 | |
| 134 | Mississippi State | SEC | 20 | 5 | .800 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5 | 15 | |
| 135 | Alabama | SEC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 136 | Tennessee | SEC | 16 | 7 | .696 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 13 | ||
| 137 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 19 | ||
| 138 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 14 | 11 | .560 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 139 | Mississippi | SEC | 12 | 12 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 140 | Florida | SEC | 12 | 9 | .571 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 141 | Tulane | SEC | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 142 | Louisiana State | SEC | 7 | 18 | .280 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 143 | Georgia | SEC | 7 | 19 | .269 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 144 | West Virginia* RT | Southern | 26 | 2 | .929 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | |
| 145 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 11 | 8 | .579 | 10 | 5 | .667 | |||
| 146 | George Washington | Southern | 12 | 11 | .522 | 8 | 4 | .667 | |||
| 147 | Citadel | Southern | 16 | 11 | .593 | 9 | 6 | .600 | |||
| 148 | William & Mary | Southern | 15 | 14 | .517 | 9 | 9 | .500 | |||
| 149 | Richmond | Southern | 14 | 12 | .538 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 17 | ||
| 150 | Furman | Southern | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 151 | Davidson | Southern | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 152 | Washington & Lee | Southern | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4 | 9 | .308 | |||
| 153 | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | 4 | 17 | .190 | 1 | 12 | .077 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 154 | Arkansas* R | SWC | 17 | 10 | .630 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 17 | ||
| 155 | Southern Methodist R | SWC | 15 | 10 | .600 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 156 | Texas Christian | SWC | 17 | 7 | .708 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 16 | ||
| 157 | Texas Tech | SWC | 15 | 8 | .652 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 158 | Rice | SWC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 14 | ||
| 159 | Texas A&M | SWC | 11 | 13 | .458 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 160 | Texas | SWC | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 161 | Baylor | SWC | 5 | 19 | .208 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 162 | San Francisco* R | WCC | 25 | 2 | .926 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | |
| 163 | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | 11 | 15 | .423 | 8 | 4 | .667 | |||
| 164 | Santa Clara | WCC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 6 | 6 | .500 | |||
| 165 | Pepperdine | WCC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||
| 166 | San Jose State | WCC | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||
| 167 | Pacific | WCC | 9 | 15 | .375 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||
| 168 | Loyola Marymount | WCC | 6 | 18 | .250 | 1 | 11 | .083 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 169 | St. Bonaventure R | WNY3 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 20 | ||
| 170 | Niagara | WNY3 | 18 | 7 | .720 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||
| 171 | Canisius | WNY3 | 2 | 19 | .095 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 172 | Connecticut* R | Yankee | 17 | 10 | .630 | 9 | 1 | .900 | |||
| 173 | Rhode Island | Yankee | 4 | 17 | .190 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||