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National Champion: Duke
Final Four: Duke, Kansas, Nevada-Las Vegas and North Carolina
Consensus Player of the Year: Larry Johnson
AP Preseason #1: Nevada-Las Vegas ▪ AP Final #1: Nevada-Las Vegas
| School | Conf | Pre | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/25 | 1/1 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
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| Nevada-Las Vegas | Big West | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arkansas | SWC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Indiana | Big Ten | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| North Carolina | ACC | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Duke | ACC | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Syracuse | Big East | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Arizona | Pac-10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Kentucky | SEC | 25 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Utah | WAC | 23 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| Kansas | Big 8 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Seton Hall | Big East | 25 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||
| New Mexico State | Big West | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | |||||
| UCLA | Pac-10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
| East Tennessee State | Southern | 24 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 17 | |||
| Princeton | Ivy | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Alabama | SEC | 7 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 19 | ||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | Big East | 25 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | 23 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Louisiana State | SEC | 14 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 22 |
| Texas | SWC | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
| DePaul | Ind | 25 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Mississippi | Metro | 24 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 25 |
| School | Conf | Pre | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/25 | 1/1 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
| Connecticut | Big East | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 19 | |||||||
| Georgetown | Big East | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 25 | |||
| Georgia | SEC | 21 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | ACC | 16 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Louisville | Metro | 23 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 25 | ||||||||
| Missouri | Big 8 | 20 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | ASC | 24 | 22 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 23 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | Big East | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| South Carolina | Metro | 21 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 | |||||||||
| Temple | A-10 | 19 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Texas-El Paso | WAC | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | Big East | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | ACC | 18 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 |