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National Champion: UCLA
Final Four: Jacksonville, New Mexico State, St. Bonaventure and UCLA
Consensus Player of the Year: Pete Maravich
AP Preseason #1: South Carolina ▪ AP Final #1: Kentucky
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 1 | South Carolina R | ACC | 25 | 3 | .893 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | North Carolina | ACC | 18 | 9 | .667 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 7 | 4 | |
| 3 | North Carolina State* T | ACC | 23 | 7 | .767 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Duke | ACC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Wake Forest | ACC | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 6 | Maryland | ACC | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 7 | Virginia | ACC | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 8 | Clemson | ACC | 7 | 19 | .269 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 9 | Kansas State* R | Big 8 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 16 | ||
| 10 | Kansas | Big 8 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 16 | ||
| 11 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 16 | ||
| 12 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 13 | Missouri | Big 8 | 15 | 11 | .577 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 14 | Colorado | Big 8 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 10 | 10 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 16 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 12 | 14 | .462 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 17 | Weber State* R | Big Sky | 20 | 7 | .741 | 12 | 3 | .800 | |||
| 18 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 13 | 11 | .542 | 11 | 4 | .733 | |||
| 19 | Gonzaga | Big Sky | 10 | 16 | .385 | 7 | 8 | .467 | |||
| 20 | Idaho | Big Sky | 10 | 15 | .400 | 6 | 9 | .400 | |||
| 21 | Montana | Big Sky | 8 | 18 | .308 | 5 | 10 | .333 | |||
| 22 | Montana State | Big Sky | 4 | 22 | .154 | 4 | 11 | .267 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 23 | Iowa* R | Big Ten | 20 | 5 | .800 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 7 | |
| 24 | Purdue | Big Ten | 18 | 6 | .750 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3 | 3 | |
| 25 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 17 | 7 | .708 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 18 | 16 | |
| 26 | Illinois | Big Ten | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 10 | ||
| 27 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 13 | 11 | .542 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 28 | Michigan | Big Ten | 10 | 14 | .417 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 29 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 10 | 14 | .417 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 30 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 9 | 15 | .375 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 31 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 32 | Indiana | Big Ten | 7 | 17 | .292 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 33 | Jacksonville* RF | Ind | 27 | 2 | .931 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 34 | New Mexico State* F | Ind | 27 | 3 | .900 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 35 | Marquette | Ind | 26 | 3 | .897 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 36 | St. Bonaventure* F | Ind | 25 | 3 | .893 | 17 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 37 | Florida State | Ind | 23 | 3 | .885 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 38 | Houston* | Ind | 25 | 5 | .833 | 20 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 39 | Army | Ind | 22 | 6 | .786 | ||||||
| 40 | Niagara* | Ind | 22 | 7 | .759 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 41 | Utah State* | Ind | 22 | 7 | .759 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 42 | Villanova* | Ind | 22 | 7 | .759 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 43 | Notre Dame* | Ind | 21 | 8 | .724 | 13 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 44 | St. John's (NY) | Ind | 21 | 8 | .724 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 45 | Georgetown | Ind | 18 | 7 | .720 | ||||||
| 46 | Duquesne | Ind | 17 | 7 | .708 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 47 | Dayton* | Ind | 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||||
| 48 | Manhattan | Ind | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||||
| 49 | Hardin-Simmons | Ind | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||||
| 50 | Holy Cross | Ind | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||||
| 51 | Long Island University | Ind | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||||
| 52 | Georgia Tech | Ind | 17 | 10 | .630 | ||||||
| 53 | Creighton | Ind | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||||
| 54 | Seattle | Ind | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||||
| 55 | Boston University | Ind | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||||
| 56 | Butler | Ind | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||||
| 57 | Oklahoma City | Ind | 17 | 13 | .567 | ||||||
| 58 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Ind | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||||
| 59 | Southern Illinois | Ind | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||||
| 60 | Colgate | Ind | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||||
| 61 | Providence | Ind | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||||
| 62 | Denver | Ind | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||||
| 63 | Loyola (IL) | Ind | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||||
| 64 | Penn State | Ind | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||||
| 65 | Rutgers | Ind | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||||
| 66 | Saint Peter's | Ind | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||||
| 67 | Northern Illinois | Ind | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||||
| 68 | Air Force | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 69 | Fairfield | Ind | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||||
| 70 | Iona | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 71 | New York University | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 72 | Pittsburgh | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 73 | Saint Francis (PA) | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 74 | Syracuse | Ind | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||||
| 75 | DePaul | Ind | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||||
| 76 | West Texas A&M | Ind | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||||
| 77 | Loyola (LA) | Ind | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||||
| 78 | Boston College | Ind | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||||
| 79 | Virginia Tech | Ind | 10 | 12 | .455 | ||||||
| 80 | St. Francis (NY) | Ind | 9 | 12 | .429 | ||||||
| 81 | West Virginia | Ind | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||||
| 82 | Canisius | Ind | 9 | 13 | .409 | ||||||
| 83 | Fordham | Ind | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||||
| 84 | Seton Hall | Ind | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||||
| 85 | Marshall | Ind | 9 | 14 | .391 | ||||||
| 86 | Miami (FL) | Ind | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||||
| 87 | Centenary (LA) | Ind | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||||
| 88 | Texas-Pan American | Ind | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||||
| 89 | Detroit Mercy | Ind | 7 | 18 | .280 | ||||||
| 90 | Tulane | Ind | 5 | 18 | .217 | ||||||
| 91 | Xavier | Ind | 5 | 20 | .200 | ||||||
| 92 | Navy | Ind | 4 | 19 | .174 | ||||||
| 93 | Portland | Ind | 4 | 22 | .154 | ||||||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 94 | Pennsylvania* R | Ivy | 25 | 2 | .926 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 13 | |
| 95 | Columbia | Ivy | 20 | 5 | .800 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 13 | ||
| 96 | Princeton | Ivy | 16 | 9 | .640 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 97 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 13 | 12 | .520 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 98 | Yale | Ivy | 11 | 13 | .458 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 99 | Cornell | Ivy | 7 | 16 | .304 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 100 | Brown | Ivy | 6 | 20 | .231 | 3 | 11 | .214 | |||
| 101 | Harvard | Ivy | 7 | 19 | .269 | 1 | 13 | .071 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 102 | Ohio* R | MAC | 20 | 5 | .800 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 5 | ||
| 103 | Bowling Green State | MAC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 104 | Miami (OH) | MAC | 5 | 18 | .217 | 1 | 9 | .100 | |||
| 105 | Toledo | MAC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 5 | 5 | .500 | |||
| 106 | Western Michigan | MAC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
| 107 | Kent State | MAC | 7 | 17 | .292 | 2 | 8 | .200 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's R | Mid-Atl (Eastern) | 13 | 12 | .520 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| 109 | La Salle | Mid-Atl (Eastern) | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3 | 2 | .600 | |||
| 110 | Temple* | Mid-Atl (Eastern) | 15 | 13 | .536 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |||
| 111 | Hofstra | Mid-Atl (Eastern) | 13 | 13 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |||
| 112 | American | Mid-Atl (Eastern) | 11 | 12 | .478 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |||
| 113 | Rider R | Mid-Atl (Western) | 16 | 10 | .615 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 114 | Lehigh R | Mid-Atl (Western) | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 115 | Lafayette R | Mid-Atl (Western) | 12 | 14 | .462 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 116 | Delaware | Mid-Atl (Western) | 16 | 9 | .640 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
| 117 | Bucknell | Mid-Atl (Western) | 6 | 17 | .261 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| 118 | Gettysburg | Mid-Atl (Western) | 8 | 18 | .308 | 0 | 10 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 119 | Drake* R | MVC | 22 | 7 | .759 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 19 | 11 | 14 |
| 120 | Cincinnati | MVC | 21 | 6 | .778 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 19 | ||
| 121 | North Texas | MVC | 18 | 8 | .692 | 11 | 5 | .688 | |||
| 122 | Louisville | MVC | 18 | 9 | .667 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 15 | 11 | |
| 123 | Tulsa | MVC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 8 | 8 | .500 | |||
| 124 | Bradley | MVC | 14 | 12 | .538 | 7 | 9 | .438 | |||
| 125 | Saint Louis | MVC | 9 | 17 | .346 | 5 | 11 | .313 | |||
| 126 | Wichita State | MVC | 8 | 18 | .308 | 3 | 13 | .188 | |||
| 127 | Memphis | MVC | 6 | 20 | .231 | 1 | 15 | .063 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 128 | Western Kentucky* R | OVC | 22 | 3 | .880 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 18 | |
| 129 | Murray State | OVC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 130 | East Tennessee State | OVC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 131 | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | 12 | 10 | .545 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 132 | Middle Tennessee | OVC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 133 | Morehead State | OVC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 134 | Tennessee Tech | OVC | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 135 | Austin Peay | OVC | 5 | 21 | .192 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 136 | UCLA* RFN | Pac-8 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 137 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 19 | 7 | .731 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 138 | Southern California | Pac-8 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 16 | 6 | 20 |
| 139 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 140 | Washington | Pac-8 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 9 | ||
| 141 | California | Pac-8 | 11 | 15 | .423 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||
| 142 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 143 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 5 | 20 | .200 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 144 | Long Beach State* R | PCAA | 24 | 5 | .828 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | 19 | |
| 145 | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | 12 | 14 | .462 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
| 146 | San Jose State | PCAA | 3 | 21 | .125 | 0 | 10 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 147 | Kentucky* R | SEC | 26 | 2 | .929 | 17 | 1 | .944 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 148 | Louisiana State | SEC | 22 | 10 | .688 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 15 | ||
| 149 | Auburn | SEC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 11 | 7 | .611 | |||
| 150 | Georgia | SEC | 13 | 12 | .520 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 20 | ||
| 151 | Tennessee | SEC | 16 | 9 | .640 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 6 | ||
| 152 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 12 | 14 | .462 | 8 | 10 | .444 | |||
| 153 | Mississippi | SEC | 10 | 15 | .400 | 6 | 12 | .333 | |||
| 154 | Florida | SEC | 9 | 17 | .346 | 6 | 12 | .333 | |||
| 155 | Alabama | SEC | 8 | 18 | .308 | 5 | 13 | .278 | |||
| 156 | Mississippi State | SEC | 6 | 18 | .250 | 3 | 15 | .167 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 157 | Davidson* RT | Southern | 22 | 5 | .815 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 158 | East Carolina | Southern | 16 | 10 | .615 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |||
| 159 | George Washington | Southern | 12 | 15 | .444 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
| 160 | Furman | Southern | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5 | 6 | .455 | |||
| 161 | William & Mary | Southern | 11 | 16 | .407 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||
| 162 | Citadel | Southern | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4 | 8 | .333 | |||
| 163 | Richmond | Southern | 9 | 18 | .333 | 4 | 9 | .308 | |||
| 164 | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | 6 | 19 | .240 | 3 | 10 | .231 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 165 | Lamar R | Southland | 15 | 9 | .625 | 7 | 1 | .875 | |||
| 166 | Texas-Arlington | Southland | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4 | 4 | .500 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 167 | Rice* R | SWC | 14 | 11 | .560 | 10 | 4 | .714 | |||
| 168 | Texas A&M | SWC | 14 | 10 | .583 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 169 | Baylor | SWC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 170 | Texas Tech | SWC | 14 | 10 | .583 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 171 | Texas Christian | SWC | 10 | 14 | .417 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 172 | Texas | SWC | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6 | 8 | .429 | |||
| 173 | Southern Methodist | SWC | 5 | 19 | .208 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 174 | Arkansas | 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 |
| 175 | Texas-El Paso* R | WAC | 17 | 8 | .680 | 10 | 4 | .714 | |||
| 176 | Wyoming | WAC | 19 | 7 | .731 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 177 | Utah | WAC | 18 | 10 | .643 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 178 | Arizona | WAC | 12 | 14 | .462 | 8 | 6 | .571 | |||
| 179 | Colorado State | WAC | 14 | 9 | .609 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 180 | New Mexico | WAC | 13 | 13 | .500 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 181 | Brigham Young | WAC | 8 | 18 | .308 | 4 | 10 | .286 | |||
| 182 | Arizona State | WAC | 4 | 22 | .154 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 183 | Santa Clara* R | WCC | 23 | 6 | .793 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 12 | 11 | |
| 184 | Pacific | WCC | 21 | 6 | .778 | 11 | 3 | .786 | |||
| 185 | Nevada-Las Vegas | WCC | 17 | 9 | .654 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 186 | San Francisco | WCC | 15 | 11 | .577 | 9 | 5 | .643 | |||
| 187 | Pepperdine | WCC | 14 | 12 | .538 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 188 | Loyola Marymount | WCC | 13 | 13 | .500 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
| 189 | Nevada | WCC | 5 | 17 | .227 | 2 | 12 | .143 | |||
| 190 | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | 3 | 22 | .120 | 0 | 14 | .000 | |||
| Overall | Conference | Polls | |||||||||
| Rk | School | Conf | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | AP Pre | AP High | AP Final |
| 191 | Massachusetts R | Yankee | 18 | 7 | .720 | 8 | 2 | .800 | |||
| 192 | Connecticut R | Yankee | 14 | 9 | .609 | 8 | 2 | .800 | |||
| 193 | Rhode Island | Yankee | 16 | 10 | .615 | 7 | 3 | .700 | |||
| 194 | New Hampshire | Yankee | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| 195 | Vermont | Yankee | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| 196 | Maine | Yankee | 7 | 17 | .292 | 1 | 9 | .100 | |||