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National Champion: UCLA
Final Four: Drake, North Carolina, Purdue and UCLA
Consensus Player of the Year: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
| School | Conf | Pre | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | Final |
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| UCLA | Pac-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| La Salle | Mid-Atl | 20 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Santa Clara | WCC | 18 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| North Carolina | ACC | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Davidson | Southern | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Purdue | Big Ten | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Kentucky | SEC | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| St. John's (NY) | Ind | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Duquesne | Ind | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| Villanova | Ind | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Drake | MVC | 18 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | Ind | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | |||
| South Carolina | ACC | 19 | 12 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Marquette | Ind | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Louisville | MVC | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 15 | |||||||
| Boston College | Ind | 20 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | Ind | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | |||||
| Colorado | Big 8 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kansas | Big 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 19 |
| Illinois | Big Ten | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| School | Conf | Pre | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | Final |
| Baylor | SWC | 18 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| California | Pac-8 | 19 | 18 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | MVC | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 19 | |||||||
| Columbia | Ivy | 19 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Dayton | Ind | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | Ind | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
| Duke | ACC | 17 | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Florida | SEC | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Houston | Ind | 8 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 20 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | WAC | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
| Northwestern | Big Ten | 19 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 12 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | |
| St. Bonaventure | Ind | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 20 | |||||||||
| Tennessee | SEC | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tulsa | MVC | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 19 | ||||||||
| Vanderbilt | SEC | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | OVC | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Wyoming | WAC | 19 |
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1st Team
Calvin Murphy (Niagara) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (UCLA) Pete Maravich (Louisiana State) Rick Mount (Purdue) Spencer Haywood (Detroit Mercy) |
2nd Team
Bud Ogden (Santa Clara) Charlie Scott (North Carolina) Dan Issel (Kentucky) Jo Jo White (Kansas) Mike Maloy (Davidson) |