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National Champion: UCLA
Final Four: Michigan, Princeton, UCLA and Wichita State
Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Bradley
| School | Conf | Pre | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | Final |
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| Michigan | Big Ten | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UCLA | AAWU | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint Joseph's | Mid-Atl | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Providence | Ind | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Vanderbilt | SEC | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Davidson | Southern | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Minnesota | Big Ten | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| Villanova | Ind | 16 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Brigham Young | WAC | 19 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Duke | ACC | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| School | Conf | Pre | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | Final |
| Bradley | MVC | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| DePaul | Ind | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Illinois | Big Ten | 7 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana | Big Ten | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Kansas | Big 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | Big 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | SEC | 11 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico | WAC | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | ACC | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | Ind | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | MVC | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| San Francisco | WCC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||||
| Seattle | Ind | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | Ind | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| Syracuse | Ind | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | SEC | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | MVC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| AP Player of the Year: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) |
| UPI Player of the Year: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) |
| USBWA Player of the Year: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) |
| Sporting News Player of the Year: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) Gail Goodrich (UCLA) |
| NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: | Bill Bradley (Princeton) |
| NIT Most Valuable Player: | Ken McIntyre (St. John's (NY)) |
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1st Team
Bill Bradley (Princeton) Cazzie Russell (Michigan) Fred Hetzel (Davidson) Gail Goodrich (UCLA) Rick Barry (Miami (FL)) |
2nd Team
Bill Buntin (Michigan) Clyde Lee (Vanderbilt) Dave Schellhase (Purdue) Dave Stallworth (Wichita State) Wayne Estes (Utah State) |