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1997-98 Polls

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National Champion: Kentucky
Final Four: Kentucky, North Carolina, Stanford and Utah

Consensus Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison

AP Preseason #1: Arizona ▪ AP Final #1: North Carolina

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Arizona* R NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 2 Kansas* RT NA — Big 12
1 Preseason 3 Duke* R NA — ACC
1 Preseason 4 North Carolina* TF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 5 Clemson*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 6 UCLA*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 7 South Carolina*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 8 Kentucky* RTFN NA — SEC
1 Preseason 9 Purdue*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 10 Xavier* RT NA — A-10
1 Preseason 11 New Mexico*  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 12 Connecticut* RT NA — Big East
1 Preseason 13 Fresno State  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 14 Stanford* F NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 15 Iowa  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 16 Utah* RF NA — WAC
1 Preseason 17 Indiana*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 18 Charlotte*  NA — CUSA
1 Preseason 19 Georgia  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 20 Oklahoma*  NA — Big 12
1 Preseason 21 Rhode Island*  NA — A-10
1 Preseason 22 Texas  NA — Big 12
1 Preseason 23 Mississippi* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 24 Temple* R NA — A-10
1 Preseason 25 Louisville  NA — CUSA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1997-11-18 1 Arizona* R 1 NC Pac-10
2 1997-11-18 2 Kansas* RT 2 NC Big 12
2 1997-11-18 3 Duke* R 3 NC ACC
2 1997-11-18 4 North Carolina* TF 4 NC ACC
2 1997-11-18 5 Clemson*  5 NC ACC
2 1997-11-18 6 South Carolina*  7 Up 1 SEC
2 1997-11-18 7 UCLA*  6 Down 1 Pac-10
2 1997-11-18 8 Purdue*  9 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1997-11-18 9 Kentucky* RTFN 8 Down 1 SEC
2 1997-11-18 10 Xavier* RT 10 NC A-10
2 1997-11-18 11 New Mexico*  11 NC WAC
2 1997-11-18 12 Connecticut* RT 12 NC Big East
2 1997-11-18 13 Fresno State  13 NC WAC
2 1997-11-18 14 Iowa  15 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1997-11-18 15 Stanford* F 14 Down 1 Pac-10
2 1997-11-18 16 Utah* RF 16 NC WAC
2 1997-11-18 17 Charlotte*  18 Up 1 CUSA
2 1997-11-18 18 Temple* R 24 Up 6 A-10
2 1997-11-18 19 Oklahoma*  20 Up 1 Big 12
2 1997-11-18 20 Rhode Island*  21 Up 1 A-10
2 1997-11-18 21 Mississippi* R 23 Up 2 SEC
2 1997-11-18 22 Louisville  25 Up 3 CUSA
2 1997-11-18 23 Indiana*  17 Down 6 Big Ten
2 1997-11-18 24 Illinois State* RT Up  MVC
2 1997-11-18 25 Georgia  19 Down 6 SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1997-11-25 1 Arizona* R 1 NC Pac-10
3 1997-11-25 2 Kansas* RT 2 NC Big 12
3 1997-11-25 3 Duke* R 3 NC ACC
3 1997-11-25 4 North Carolina* TF 4 NC ACC
3 1997-11-25 5 South Carolina*  6 Up 1 SEC
3 1997-11-25 6 Purdue*  8 Up 2 Big Ten
3 1997-11-25 7 UCLA*  7 NC Pac-10
3 1997-11-25 8 Kentucky* RTFN 9 Up 1 SEC
3 1997-11-25 9 Xavier* RT 10 Up 1 A-10
3 1997-11-25 10 New Mexico*  11 Up 1 WAC
3 1997-11-25 11 Connecticut* RT 12 Up 1 Big East
3 1997-11-25 12 Fresno State  13 Up 1 WAC
3 1997-11-25 13 Clemson*  5 Down 8 ACC
3 1997-11-25 14 Iowa  14 NC Big Ten
3 1997-11-25 15 Stanford* F 15 NC Pac-10
3 1997-11-25 16 Utah* RF 16 NC WAC
3 1997-11-25 17 Mississippi* R 21 Up 4 SEC
3 1997-11-25 18 Oklahoma*  19 Up 1 Big 12
3 1997-11-25 19 Louisville  22 Up 3 CUSA
3 1997-11-25 20 Temple* R 18 Down 2 A-10
3 1997-11-25 21 Indiana*  23 Up 2 Big Ten
3 1997-11-25 22 Georgia  25 Up 3 SEC
3 1997-11-25 23 Rhode Island*  20 Down 3 A-10
3 1997-11-25 24 Maryland*  Up  ACC
3 1997-11-25 25 Charlotte*  17 Down 8 CUSA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1997-12-02 1 Duke* R 3 Up 2 ACC
4 1997-12-02 2 Kansas* RT 2 NC Big 12
4 1997-12-02 3 North Carolina* TF 4 Up 1 ACC
4 1997-12-02 4 Arizona* R 1 Down 3 Pac-10
4 1997-12-02 5 South Carolina*  5 NC SEC
4 1997-12-02 6 Purdue*  6 NC Big Ten
4 1997-12-02 7 Kentucky* RTFN 8 Up 1 SEC
4 1997-12-02 8 New Mexico*  10 Up 2 WAC
4 1997-12-02 9 Xavier* RT 9 NC A-10
4 1997-12-02 10 Iowa  14 Up 4 Big Ten
4 1997-12-02 11 Utah* RF 16 Up 5 WAC
4 1997-12-02 12 Stanford* F 15 Up 3 Pac-10
4 1997-12-02 13 Connecticut* RT 11 Down 2 Big East
4 1997-12-02 14 Mississippi* R 17 Up 3 SEC
4 1997-12-02 15 UCLA*  7 Down 8 Pac-10
4 1997-12-02 16 Fresno State  12 Down 4 WAC
4 1997-12-02 17 Clemson*  13 Down 4 ACC
4 1997-12-02 18 Arkansas*  Up  SEC
4 1997-12-02 19 Florida State*  Up  ACC
4 1997-12-02 20 Temple* R 20 NC A-10
4 1997-12-02 21 Georgia  22 Up 1 SEC
4 1997-12-02 22 Georgia Tech  Up  ACC
4 1997-12-02 23 Maryland*  24 Up 1 ACC
4 1997-12-02 24 Wake Forest  Up  ACC
4 1997-12-02 25 Princeton* R Up  Ivy
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1997-12-09 1 Duke* R 1 NC ACC
5 1997-12-09 2 North Carolina* TF 3 Up 1 ACC
5 1997-12-09 3 Kansas* RT 2 Down 1 Big 12
5 1997-12-09 4 Kentucky* RTFN 7 Up 3 SEC
5 1997-12-09 5 South Carolina*  5 NC SEC
5 1997-12-09 6 Arizona* R 4 Down 2 Pac-10
5 1997-12-09 7 Xavier* RT 9 Up 2 A-10
5 1997-12-09 8 Purdue*  6 Down 2 Big Ten
5 1997-12-09 9 Utah* RF 11 Up 2 WAC
5 1997-12-09 10 Iowa  10 NC Big Ten
5 1997-12-09 11 Stanford* F 12 Up 1 Pac-10
5 1997-12-09 12 UCLA*  15 Up 3 Pac-10
5 1997-12-09 13 Connecticut* RT 13 NC Big East
5 1997-12-09 14 New Mexico*  8 Down 6 WAC
5 1997-12-09 15 Arkansas*  18 Up 3 SEC
5 1997-12-09 16 Florida State*  19 Up 3 ACC
5 1997-12-09 17 Clemson*  17 NC ACC
5 1997-12-09 18 Fresno State  16 Down 2 WAC
5 1997-12-09 19 Maryland*  23 Up 4 ACC
5 1997-12-09 20 Temple* R 20 NC A-10
5 1997-12-09 21 Mississippi* R 14 Down 7 SEC
5 1997-12-09 22 Princeton* R 25 Up 3 Ivy
5 1997-12-09 23 Georgia  21 Down 2 SEC
5 1997-12-09 24 Georgia Tech  22 Down 2 ACC
5 1997-12-09 25 Wake Forest  24 Down 1 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1997-12-16 1 North Carolina* TF 2 Up 1 ACC
6 1997-12-16 2 Kansas* RT 3 Up 1 Big 12
6 1997-12-16 3 Duke* R 1 Down 2 ACC
6 1997-12-16 4 Kentucky* RTFN 4 NC SEC
6 1997-12-16 5 Arizona* R 6 Up 1 Pac-10
6 1997-12-16 6 South Carolina*  5 Down 1 SEC
6 1997-12-16 7 Utah* RF 9 Up 2 WAC
6 1997-12-16 8 Purdue*  8 NC Big Ten
6 1997-12-16 9 Stanford* F 11 Up 2 Pac-10
6 1997-12-16 10 Xavier* RT 7 Down 3 A-10
6 1997-12-16 11 UCLA*  12 Up 1 Pac-10
6 1997-12-16 12 Connecticut* RT 13 Up 1 Big East
6 1997-12-16 13 Arkansas*  15 Up 2 SEC
6 1997-12-16 14 New Mexico*  14 NC WAC
6 1997-12-16 15 Iowa  10 Down 5 Big Ten
6 1997-12-16 16 Temple* R 20 Up 4 A-10
6 1997-12-16 17 Florida State*  16 Down 1 ACC
6 1997-12-16 18 Mississippi* R 21 Up 3 SEC
6 1997-12-16 19 Princeton* R 22 Up 3 Ivy
6 1997-12-16 20 Georgia  23 Up 3 SEC
6 1997-12-16 21 Michigan* T Up  Big Ten
6 1997-12-16 22 Maryland*  19 Down 3 ACC
6 1997-12-16 23 Wake Forest  25 Up 2 ACC
6 1997-12-16 24 Texas Christian* R Up  WAC
6 1997-12-16 25 Syracuse* R Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1997-12-23 1 North Carolina* TF 1 NC ACC
7 1997-12-23 2 Kansas* RT 2 NC Big 12
7 1997-12-23 3 Duke* R 3 NC ACC
7 1997-12-23 4 Kentucky* RTFN 4 NC SEC
7 1997-12-23 5 Arizona* R 5 NC Pac-10
7 1997-12-23 6 Utah* RF 7 Up 1 WAC
7 1997-12-23 7 Purdue*  8 Up 1 Big Ten
7 1997-12-23 8 Stanford* F 9 Up 1 Pac-10
7 1997-12-23 9 UCLA*  11 Up 2 Pac-10
7 1997-12-23 10 South Carolina*  6 Down 4 SEC
7 1997-12-23 11 Connecticut* RT 12 Up 1 Big East
7 1997-12-23 12 Arkansas*  13 Up 1 SEC
7 1997-12-23 13 Xavier* RT 10 Down 3 A-10
7 1997-12-23 14 New Mexico*  14 NC WAC
7 1997-12-23 15 Iowa  15 NC Big Ten
7 1997-12-23 16 Mississippi* R 18 Up 2 SEC
7 1997-12-23 17 Florida State*  17 NC ACC
7 1997-12-23 18 Princeton* R 19 Up 1 Ivy
7 1997-12-23 19 Syracuse* R 25 Up 6 Big East
7 1997-12-23 20 Maryland*  22 Up 2 ACC
7 1997-12-23 21 Clemson*  Up  ACC
7 1997-12-23 22 Rhode Island*  Up  A-10
7 1997-12-23 23 West Virginia*  Up  Big East
7 1997-12-23 24 Temple* R 16 Down 8 A-10
7 1997-12-23 25 Texas Christian* R 24 Down 1 WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1997-12-30 1 North Carolina* TF 1 NC ACC
8 1997-12-30 2 Kansas* RT 2 NC Big 12
8 1997-12-30 3 Duke* R 3 NC ACC
8 1997-12-30 4 Utah* RF 6 Up 2 WAC
8 1997-12-30 5 Purdue*  7 Up 2 Big Ten
8 1997-12-30 6 Kentucky* RTFN 4 Down 2 SEC
8 1997-12-30 7 Stanford* F 8 Up 1 Pac-10
8 1997-12-30 8 Arizona* R 5 Down 3 Pac-10
8 1997-12-30 9 UCLA*  9 NC Pac-10
8 1997-12-30 10 Connecticut* RT 11 Up 1 Big East
8 1997-12-30 11 South Carolina*  10 Down 1 SEC
8 1997-12-30 12 New Mexico*  14 Up 2 WAC
8 1997-12-30 13 Xavier* RT 13 NC A-10
8 1997-12-30 14 Iowa  15 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1997-12-30 15 Florida State*  17 Up 2 ACC
8 1997-12-30 16 Mississippi* R 16 NC SEC
8 1997-12-30 17 Princeton* R 18 Up 1 Ivy
8 1997-12-30 18 Michigan* T Up  Big Ten
8 1997-12-30 19 Syracuse* R 19 NC Big East
8 1997-12-30 20 Maryland*  20 NC ACC
8 1997-12-30 21 Clemson*  21 NC ACC
8 1997-12-30 22 West Virginia*  23 Up 1 Big East
8 1997-12-30 23 Arkansas*  12 Down 11 SEC
8 1997-12-30 24 Rhode Island*  22 Down 2 A-10
8 1997-12-30 25 Marquette  Up  CUSA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1998-01-06 1 North Carolina* TF 1 NC ACC
9 1998-01-06 2 Duke* R 3 Up 1 ACC
9 1998-01-06 3 Utah* RF 4 Up 1 WAC
9 1998-01-06 4 Kansas* RT 2 Down 2 Big 12
9 1998-01-06 5 Arizona* R 8 Up 3 Pac-10
9 1998-01-06 6 Kentucky* RTFN 6 NC SEC
9 1998-01-06 7 Stanford* F 7 NC Pac-10
9 1998-01-06 8 Connecticut* RT 10 Up 2 Big East
9 1998-01-06 9 Purdue*  5 Down 4 Big Ten
9 1998-01-06 10 UCLA*  9 Down 1 Pac-10
9 1998-01-06 11 Iowa  14 Up 3 Big Ten
9 1998-01-06 12 New Mexico*  12 NC WAC
9 1998-01-06 13 Florida State*  15 Up 2 ACC
9 1998-01-06 14 Mississippi* R 16 Up 2 SEC
9 1998-01-06 15 Princeton* R 17 Up 2 Ivy
9 1998-01-06 16 South Carolina*  11 Down 5 SEC
9 1998-01-06 17 Michigan* T 18 Up 1 Big Ten
9 1998-01-06 18 Syracuse* R 19 Up 1 Big East
9 1998-01-06 19 Xavier* RT 13 Down 6 A-10
9 1998-01-06 20 Marquette  25 Up 5 CUSA
9 1998-01-06 21 Hawaii  Up  WAC
9 1998-01-06 22 Arkansas*  23 Up 1 SEC
9 1998-01-06 23 Rhode Island*  24 Up 1 A-10
9 1998-01-06 24 Clemson*  21 Down 3 ACC
9 1998-01-06 25 West Virginia*  22 Down 3 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1998-01-13 1 North Carolina* TF 1 NC ACC
10 1998-01-13 2 Duke* R 2 NC ACC
10 1998-01-13 3 Kansas* RT 4 Up 1 Big 12
10 1998-01-13 4 Utah* RF 3 Down 1 WAC
10 1998-01-13 5 Arizona* R 5 NC Pac-10
10 1998-01-13 6 Kentucky* RTFN 6 NC SEC
10 1998-01-13 7 Stanford* F 7 NC Pac-10
10 1998-01-13 8 UCLA*  10 Up 2 Pac-10
10 1998-01-13 9 Purdue*  9 NC Big Ten
10 1998-01-13 10 Connecticut* RT 8 Down 2 Big East
10 1998-01-13 11 Mississippi* R 14 Up 3 SEC
10 1998-01-13 12 Princeton* R 15 Up 3 Ivy
10 1998-01-13 13 Iowa  11 Down 2 Big Ten
10 1998-01-13 14 South Carolina*  16 Up 2 SEC
10 1998-01-13 15 Syracuse* R 18 Up 3 Big East
10 1998-01-13 15 New Mexico*  12 Down 3 WAC
10 1998-01-13 17 Florida State*  13 Down 4 ACC
10 1998-01-13 18 Xavier* RT 19 Up 1 A-10
10 1998-01-13 19 Michigan* T 17 Down 2 Big Ten
10 1998-01-13 20 Rhode Island*  23 Up 3 A-10
10 1998-01-13 21 West Virginia*  25 Up 4 Big East
10 1998-01-13 22 Arkansas*  22 NC SEC
10 1998-01-13 23 Marquette  20 Down 3 CUSA
10 1998-01-13 24 Hawaii  21 Down 3 WAC
10 1998-01-13 25 Oklahoma State*  Up  Big 12
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1998-01-20 1 Duke* R 2 Up 1 ACC
11 1998-01-20 2 North Carolina* TF 1 Down 1 ACC
11 1998-01-20 3 Kansas* RT 3 NC Big 12
11 1998-01-20 4 Utah* RF 4 NC WAC
11 1998-01-20 5 Stanford* F 7 Up 2 Pac-10
11 1998-01-20 6 Arizona* R 5 Down 1 Pac-10
11 1998-01-20 7 Kentucky* RTFN 6 Down 1 SEC
11 1998-01-20 8 Connecticut* RT 10 Up 2 Big East
11 1998-01-20 9 UCLA*  8 Down 1 Pac-10
11 1998-01-20 10 Iowa  13 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1998-01-20 11 Princeton* R 12 Up 1 Ivy
11 1998-01-20 12 Purdue*  9 Down 3 Big Ten
11 1998-01-20 13 Mississippi* R 11 Down 2 SEC
11 1998-01-20 14 South Carolina*  14 NC SEC
11 1998-01-20 15 Syracuse* R 15 NC Big East
11 1998-01-20 16 Michigan* T 19 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1998-01-20 17 New Mexico*  15 Down 2 WAC
11 1998-01-20 18 Arkansas*  22 Up 4 SEC
11 1998-01-20 19 Xavier* RT 18 Down 1 A-10
11 1998-01-20 20 Florida State*  17 Down 3 ACC
11 1998-01-20 21 Cincinnati* RT Up  CUSA
11 1998-01-20 22 Rhode Island*  20 Down 2 A-10
11 1998-01-20 23 West Virginia*  21 Down 2 Big East
11 1998-01-20 24 Hawaii  24 NC WAC
11 1998-01-20 25 Clemson*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1998-01-27 1 Duke* R 1 NC ACC
12 1998-01-27 2 North Carolina* TF 2 NC ACC
12 1998-01-27 3 Utah* RF 4 Up 1 WAC
12 1998-01-27 4 Stanford* F 5 Up 1 Pac-10
12 1998-01-27 5 Kansas* RT 3 Down 2 Big 12
12 1998-01-27 6 Arizona* R 6 NC Pac-10
12 1998-01-27 7 Kentucky* RTFN 7 NC SEC
12 1998-01-27 8 UCLA*  9 Up 1 Pac-10
12 1998-01-27 9 Connecticut* RT 8 Down 1 Big East
12 1998-01-27 10 Purdue*  12 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1998-01-27 11 Princeton* R 11 NC Ivy
12 1998-01-27 12 Mississippi* R 13 Up 1 SEC
12 1998-01-27 13 South Carolina*  14 Up 1 SEC
12 1998-01-27 14 New Mexico*  17 Up 3 WAC
12 1998-01-27 15 Arkansas*  18 Up 3 SEC
12 1998-01-27 16 Iowa  10 Down 6 Big Ten
12 1998-01-27 17 West Virginia*  23 Up 6 Big East
12 1998-01-27 18 Cincinnati* RT 21 Up 3 CUSA
12 1998-01-27 19 Michigan* T 16 Down 3 Big Ten
12 1998-01-27 20 Syracuse* R 15 Down 5 Big East
12 1998-01-27 21 Rhode Island*  22 Up 1 A-10
12 1998-01-27 22 Michigan State* R Up  Big Ten
12 1998-01-27 23 Maryland*  Up  ACC
12 1998-01-27 24 Xavier* RT 19 Down 5 A-10
12 1998-01-27 25 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1998-02-03 1 Duke* R 1 NC ACC
13 1998-02-03 2 North Carolina* TF 2 NC ACC
13 1998-02-03 3 Kansas* RT 5 Up 2 Big 12
13 1998-02-03 4 Arizona* R 6 Up 2 Pac-10
13 1998-02-03 5 Utah* RF 3 Down 2 WAC
13 1998-02-03 6 UCLA*  8 Up 2 Pac-10
13 1998-02-03 7 Connecticut* RT 9 Up 2 Big East
13 1998-02-03 8 Kentucky* RTFN 7 Down 1 SEC
13 1998-02-03 9 Stanford* F 4 Down 5 Pac-10
13 1998-02-03 10 Purdue*  10 NC Big Ten
13 1998-02-03 11 Princeton* R 11 NC Ivy
13 1998-02-03 12 New Mexico*  14 Up 2 WAC
13 1998-02-03 13 South Carolina*  13 NC SEC
13 1998-02-03 14 Arkansas*  15 Up 1 SEC
13 1998-02-03 15 West Virginia*  17 Up 2 Big East
13 1998-02-03 16 Michigan State* R 22 Up 6 Big Ten
13 1998-02-03 17 Mississippi* R 12 Down 5 SEC
13 1998-02-03 18 Michigan* T 19 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1998-02-03 19 Syracuse* R 20 Up 1 Big East
13 1998-02-03 20 Cincinnati* RT 18 Down 2 CUSA
13 1998-02-03 21 Xavier* RT 24 Up 3 A-10
13 1998-02-03 22 George Washington* R Up  A-10
13 1998-02-03 23 Massachusetts*  Up  A-10
13 1998-02-03 24 Iowa  16 Down 8 Big Ten
13 1998-02-03 25 Maryland*  23 Down 2 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1998-02-10 1 North Carolina* TF 2 Up 1 ACC
14 1998-02-10 2 Duke* R 1 Down 1 ACC
14 1998-02-10 3 Arizona* R 4 Up 1 Pac-10
14 1998-02-10 4 Kansas* RT 3 Down 1 Big 12
14 1998-02-10 5 Utah* RF 5 NC WAC
14 1998-02-10 6 Connecticut* RT 7 Up 1 Big East
14 1998-02-10 7 Kentucky* RTFN 8 Up 1 SEC
14 1998-02-10 8 Purdue*  10 Up 2 Big Ten
14 1998-02-10 9 UCLA*  6 Down 3 Pac-10
14 1998-02-10 10 Princeton* R 11 Up 1 Ivy
14 1998-02-10 11 New Mexico*  12 Up 1 WAC
14 1998-02-10 12 Arkansas*  14 Up 2 SEC
14 1998-02-10 13 Michigan State* R 16 Up 3 Big Ten
14 1998-02-10 14 Stanford* F 9 Down 5 Pac-10
14 1998-02-10 15 South Carolina*  13 Down 2 SEC
14 1998-02-10 16 West Virginia*  15 Down 1 Big East
14 1998-02-10 17 George Washington* R 22 Up 5 A-10
14 1998-02-10 18 Mississippi* R 17 Down 1 SEC
14 1998-02-10 19 Cincinnati* RT 20 Up 1 CUSA
14 1998-02-10 20 Massachusetts*  23 Up 3 A-10
14 1998-02-10 21 Michigan* T 18 Down 3 Big Ten
14 1998-02-10 22 Texas Christian* R Up  WAC
14 1998-02-10 23 Syracuse* R 19 Down 4 Big East
14 1998-02-10 24 Maryland*  25 Up 1 ACC
14 1998-02-10 25 Rhode Island*  Up  A-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1998-02-17 1 North Carolina* TF 1 NC ACC
15 1998-02-17 2 Duke* R 2 NC ACC
15 1998-02-17 3 Arizona* R 3 NC Pac-10
15 1998-02-17 4 Kansas* RT 4 NC Big 12
15 1998-02-17 5 Purdue*  8 Up 3 Big Ten
15 1998-02-17 6 Utah* RF 5 Down 1 WAC
15 1998-02-17 7 Connecticut* RT 6 Down 1 Big East
15 1998-02-17 8 Kentucky* RTFN 7 Down 1 SEC
15 1998-02-17 9 Princeton* R 10 Up 1 Ivy
15 1998-02-17 10 Stanford* F 14 Up 4 Pac-10
15 1998-02-17 11 New Mexico*  11 NC WAC
15 1998-02-17 12 UCLA*  9 Down 3 Pac-10
15 1998-02-17 13 South Carolina*  15 Up 2 SEC
15 1998-02-17 14 Michigan State* R 13 Down 1 Big Ten
15 1998-02-17 15 Mississippi* R 18 Up 3 SEC
15 1998-02-17 16 Arkansas*  12 Down 4 SEC
15 1998-02-17 17 Cincinnati* RT 19 Up 2 CUSA
15 1998-02-17 18 Massachusetts*  20 Up 2 A-10
15 1998-02-17 19 Texas Christian* R 22 Up 3 WAC
15 1998-02-17 20 West Virginia*  16 Down 4 Big East
15 1998-02-17 21 Syracuse* R 23 Up 2 Big East
15 1998-02-17 22 Michigan* T 21 Down 1 Big Ten
15 1998-02-17 23 Illinois* R Up  Big Ten
15 1998-02-17 24 George Washington* R 17 Down 7 A-10
15 1998-02-17 25 Maryland*  24 Down 1 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 1998-02-24 1 Duke* R 2 Up 1 ACC
16 1998-02-24 2 Arizona* R 3 Up 1 Pac-10
16 1998-02-24 3 North Carolina* TF 1 Down 2 ACC
16 1998-02-24 4 Kansas* RT 4 NC Big 12
16 1998-02-24 5 Utah* RF 6 Up 1 WAC
16 1998-02-24 6 Connecticut* RT 7 Up 1 Big East
16 1998-02-24 7 Kentucky* RTFN 8 Up 1 SEC
16 1998-02-24 8 Stanford* F 10 Up 2 Pac-10
16 1998-02-24 9 Princeton* R 9 NC Ivy
16 1998-02-24 10 Michigan State* R 14 Up 4 Big Ten
16 1998-02-24 11 Purdue*  5 Down 6 Big Ten
16 1998-02-24 12 Arkansas*  16 Up 4 SEC
16 1998-02-24 13 Mississippi* R 15 Up 2 SEC
16 1998-02-24 14 South Carolina*  13 Down 1 SEC
16 1998-02-24 15 Texas Christian* R 19 Up 4 WAC
16 1998-02-24 16 New Mexico*  11 Down 5 WAC
16 1998-02-24 17 Cincinnati* RT 17 NC CUSA
16 1998-02-24 18 UCLA*  12 Down 6 Pac-10
16 1998-02-24 19 West Virginia*  20 Up 1 Big East
16 1998-02-24 20 Massachusetts*  18 Down 2 A-10
16 1998-02-24 21 Michigan* T 22 Up 1 Big Ten
16 1998-02-24 22 Illinois* R 23 Up 1 Big Ten
16 1998-02-24 23 Syracuse* R 21 Down 2 Big East
16 1998-02-24 24 Temple* R Up  A-10
16 1998-02-24 25 Oklahoma State*  Up  Big 12
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
17 1998-03-03 1 Duke* R 1 NC ACC
17 1998-03-03 2 Arizona* R 2 NC Pac-10
17 1998-03-03 3 Kansas* RT 4 Up 1 Big 12
17 1998-03-03 4 North Carolina* TF 3 Down 1 ACC
17 1998-03-03 5 Utah* RF 5 NC WAC
17 1998-03-03 6 Connecticut* RT 6 NC Big East
17 1998-03-03 7 Kentucky* RTFN 7 NC SEC
17 1998-03-03 8 Princeton* R 9 Up 1 Ivy
17 1998-03-03 9 Purdue*  11 Up 2 Big Ten
17 1998-03-03 10 Mississippi* R 13 Up 3 SEC
17 1998-03-03 11 Stanford* F 8 Down 3 Pac-10
17 1998-03-03 12 Michigan State* R 10 Down 2 Big Ten
17 1998-03-03 13 Texas Christian* R 15 Up 2 WAC
17 1998-03-03 14 Cincinnati* RT 17 Up 3 CUSA
17 1998-03-03 15 South Carolina*  14 Down 1 SEC
17 1998-03-03 16 Arkansas*  12 Down 4 SEC
17 1998-03-03 17 Michigan* T 21 Up 4 Big Ten
17 1998-03-03 18 Illinois* R 22 Up 4 Big Ten
17 1998-03-03 19 UCLA*  18 Down 1 Pac-10
17 1998-03-03 20 New Mexico*  16 Down 4 WAC
17 1998-03-03 21 Maryland*  Up  ACC
17 1998-03-03 22 Syracuse* R 23 Up 1 Big East
17 1998-03-03 23 West Virginia*  19 Down 4 Big East
17 1998-03-03 24 Temple* R 24 NC A-10
17 1998-03-03 25 Oklahoma State*  25 NC Big 12
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
18 Final 1 North Carolina* TF 4 Up 3 ACC
18 Final 2 Kansas* RT 3 Up 1 Big 12
18 Final 3 Duke* R 1 Down 2 ACC
18 Final 4 Arizona* R 2 Down 2 Pac-10
18 Final 5 Kentucky* RTFN 7 Up 2 SEC
18 Final 6 Connecticut* RT 6 NC Big East
18 Final 7 Utah* RF 5 Down 2 WAC
18 Final 8 Princeton* R 8 NC Ivy
18 Final 9 Cincinnati* RT 14 Up 5 CUSA
18 Final 10 Stanford* F 11 Up 1 Pac-10
18 Final 11 Purdue*  9 Down 2 Big Ten
18 Final 12 Michigan* T 17 Up 5 Big Ten
18 Final 13 Mississippi* R 10 Down 3 SEC
18 Final 14 South Carolina*  15 Up 1 SEC
18 Final 15 Texas Christian* R 13 Down 2 WAC
18 Final 16 Michigan State* R 12 Down 4 Big Ten
18 Final 17 Arkansas*  16 Down 1 SEC
18 Final 18 New Mexico*  20 Up 2 WAC
18 Final 19 UCLA*  19 NC Pac-10
18 Final 20 Maryland*  21 Up 1 ACC
18 Final 21 Syracuse* R 22 Up 1 Big East
18 Final 22 Illinois* R 18 Down 4 Big Ten
18 Final 23 Xavier* RT Up  A-10
18 Final 24 Temple* R 24 NC A-10
18 Final 25 Murray State* RT Up  OVC

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Final 1 North Carolina* TF NA — ACC
1 Final 2 Kansas* RT NA — Big 12
1 Final 3 Duke* R NA — ACC
1 Final 4 Arizona* R NA — Pac-10
1 Final 5 Connecticut* RT NA — Big East
1 Final 6 Kentucky* RTFN NA — SEC
1 Final 7 Utah* RF NA — WAC
1 Final 8 Princeton* R NA — Ivy
1 Final 9 Purdue*  NA — Big Ten
1 Final 10 Stanford* F NA — Pac-10
1 Final 11 Cincinnati* RT NA — CUSA
1 Final 12 Michigan* T NA — Big Ten
1 Final 13 South Carolina*  NA — SEC
1 Final 14 Mississippi* R NA — SEC
1 Final 15 Michigan State* R NA — Big Ten
1 Final 16 Texas Christian* R NA — WAC
1 Final 17 Arkansas*  NA — SEC
1 Final 18 New Mexico*  NA — WAC
1 Final 19 Syracuse* R NA — Big East
1 Final 20 UCLA*  NA — Pac-10
1 Final 21 Xavier* RT NA — A-10
1 Final 22 Maryland*  NA — ACC
1 Final 23 Illinois* R NA — Big Ten
1 Final 24 Temple* R NA — A-10
1 Final 25 Oklahoma*  NA — Big 12
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
19 Postseason 1 Kentucky* RTFN Up  SEC
19 Postseason 2 Utah* RF Up  WAC
19 Postseason 3 North Carolina* TF Up  ACC
19 Postseason 4 Stanford* F Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 5 Duke* R Up  ACC
19 Postseason 6 Arizona* R Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 7 Connecticut* RT Up  Big East
19 Postseason 8 Kansas* RT Up  Big 12
19 Postseason 9 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
19 Postseason 10 Michigan State* R Up  Big Ten
19 Postseason 11 Rhode Island*  Up  A-10
19 Postseason 12 UCLA*  Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 13 Syracuse* R Up  Big East
19 Postseason 14 Cincinnati* RT Up  CUSA
19 Postseason 15 Maryland*  Up  ACC
19 Postseason 16 Princeton* R Up  Ivy
19 Postseason 17 Michigan* T Up  Big Ten
19 Postseason 18 West Virginia*  Up  Big East
19 Postseason 19 South Carolina*  Up  SEC
19 Postseason 20 Mississippi* R Up  SEC
19 Postseason 21 New Mexico*  Up  WAC
19 Postseason 22 Arkansas*  Up  SEC
19 Postseason 23 Valparaiso* RT Up  Mid-Cont
19 Postseason 24 Washington*  Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 25 Texas Christian* R Up  WAC