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National Champion: UCLA
Final Four: Kentucky, Louisville, Syracuse and UCLA
Consensus Player of the Year: David Thompson
AP Preseason #1: North Carolina State ▪ AP Final #1: UCLA
| 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 | 3/4 | 3/11 | 3/18 | 3/25 | Final |
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| UCLA | Pac-8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kentucky | SEC | 16 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Indiana | Big Ten | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Louisville | MVC | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Maryland | ACC | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Syracuse | Ind | 20 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | ACC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Arizona State | WAC | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| North Carolina | ACC | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Alabama | SEC | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Marquette | Ind | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Princeton | Ivy | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | Ind | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | Ind | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Kansas State | Big 8 | 17 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Drake | MVC | 14 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nevada-Las Vegas | WCC | 16 | 20 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | Pac-8 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Providence | Ind | 14 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 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 | 3/4 | 3/11 | 3/18 | 3/25 | Final |
| Arizona | WAC | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Auburn | SEC | 20 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Centenary (LA) | Ind | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Clemson | ACC | 16 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Creighton | Ind | 18 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Houston | Ind | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | Big 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| La Salle | ECC | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Memphis | Ind | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | Big Ten | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 19 | 17 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | Pac-8 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | Ivy | 20 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 17 | |||||
| Purdue | Big Ten | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Rutgers | Ind | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | Ind | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Southern California | Pac-8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Stanford | Pac-8 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | SEC | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Texas-El Paso | WAC | 15 | 18 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Pan American | Ind | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | ACC | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | Pac-8 | 20 |
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1st Team
Adrian Dantley (Notre Dame) Dave Meyers (UCLA) David Thompson (North Carolina State) John Lucas (Maryland) Scott May (Indiana) |
2nd Team
Gus Williams (Southern California) Kevin Grevey (Kentucky) Leon Douglas (Alabama) Luther Burden (Utah) Ron Lee (Oregon) |