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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
| School | Conf | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | Southern | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cincinnati | MVC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Kansas State | Big 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| San Francisco | WCC | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Temple | Ind | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Maryland | ACC | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 6 | |
| Kansas | Big 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Notre Dame | Ind | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Kentucky | SEC | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Duke | ACC | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Dayton | Ind | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | ||||||
| Indiana | Big Ten | 12 | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | ACC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| Bradley | MVC | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | |
| Auburn | SEC | 20 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 17 |
| Seattle | Ind | 14 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 19 |
| North Carolina State | ACC | 12 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 20 |
| School | Conf | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
| Arkansas | SWC | 20 | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||
| California | PCC | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | Ivy | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | |||||||||
| Georgia Tech | SEC | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | Big Ten | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Iowa State | Big 8 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| La Salle | Ind | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Memphis | Ind | 20 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | Big Ten | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 14 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon State | PCC | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 20 | |||||||||
| Rice | SWC | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Richmond | Southern | 19 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | MVC | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | WNY3 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | Metro NY | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| Syracuse | Ind | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | SEC | 13 | 16 | 15 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Texas Christian | SWC | 16 | |||||||||||||
| UCLA | PCC | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Utah | MSAC | 15 | 12 | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | OVC | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Wichita State | MVC | 20 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
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1st Team
Bob Boozer (Kansas State) Don Hennon (Pittsburgh) Elgin Baylor (Seattle) Guy Rodgers (Temple) Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas) |
2nd Team
Archie Dees (Indiana) Bailey Howell (Mississippi State) Dave Gambee (Oregon State) Mike Farmer (San Francisco) Pete Brennan (North Carolina) |