1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
The 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.
| 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings | |||||
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| Season | 1977–78 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament | 1978 | ||||
| Preseason #1 | |||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | Kentucky | ||||
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Legend
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| New to rankings from previous week | ||
| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#) | Win-loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
| Preseason [1][2] | Week 1 Nov. 28[1][3] | Week 2 Dec. 5[1][4] | Week 3 Dec. 12[1][5] | Week 4 Dec. 19[1][6] | Week 5 Dec. 26[1] | Week 6 Jan. 2[1] | Week 7 Jan. 9[1] | Week 8 Jan. 16[1] | Week 9 Jan. 23[1] | Week 10 Jan. 30[1] | Week 11 Feb. 6[1] | Week 12 Feb. 13[7] | Week 13 Feb. 20[7] | Week 14 Feb. 27[7] | Week 15 Mar. 5[7] | Final Mar. 12[7][8][9] | ||
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| 1. | North Carolina | Kentucky (1–0) | Kentucky (1–0) | Kentucky (3–0) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (8–0) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (14–0) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (–) | Arkansas (–) | Marquette (–) | Kentucky (–) | Kentucky (24–2) | Kentucky (26–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky | North Carolina (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | Notre Dame (6–0) | Marquette (–) | North Carolina (–) | North Carolina (10–1) | North Carolina (–) | Marquette (–) | Marquette (14–1) | Arkansas (–) | Arkansas (–) | Marquette (–) | Kentucky (–) | UCLA (–) | UCLA (24–2) | UCLA (26–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Marquette | Notre Dame (1–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Marquette (4–0) | North Carolina (–) | Arkansas (–) | Arkansas (10–0) | Arkansas (–) | UCLA (–) | North Carolina (15–2) | Marquette (–) | Marquette (–) | Kentucky (–) | UCLA (–) | Marquette (–) | Marquette (24–3) | DePaul (26–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Notre Dame | Marquette (0–0) | Marquette (2–0) | Arkansas (6–0) | Arkansas (–) | Notre Dame (–) | Marquette (7–1) | Marquette (–) | Indiana State (–) | Arkansas (16–1) | Notre Dame (–) | Notre Dame (–) | UCLA (–) | Arkansas (–) | Arkansas (–) | DePaul (25–2) | Michigan State (24–4) | 4. |
| 5. | San Francisco | San Francisco (1–0) | UCLA (4–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | Notre Dame (–) | Marquette (–) | Notre Dame (–) | Notre Dame (–) | North Carolina (–) | Notre Dame (11–3) | UCLA (–) | UCLA (–) | New Mexico (–) | New Mexico (–) | Kansas (–) | New Mexico (24–3) | Arkansas (29–3) | 5. |
| 6. | UCLA | UCLA (2–0) | Arkansas (4–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Indiana State (–) | Indiana State (–) | Indiana State (–) | Indiana State (–) | Arkansas (–) | UCLA (13–2) | North Carolina (–) | New Mexico (–) | Kansas (–) | Kansas (–) | DePaul (–) | Michigan State (23–4) | Notre Dame (21–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Arkansas | Arkansas (1–0) | Cincinnati (3–0) | Indiana State (5–0) | UCLA (–) | Louisville (–) | UCLA (–) | UCLA (–) | Notre Dame (–) | Michigan State (14–1) | Michigan State (–) | North Carolina (–) | Notre Dame (–) | DePaul (–) | Notre Dame (–) | Arkansas (28–3) | Duke (24–6) | 7. |
| 8. | UNLV | Cincinnati (1–0) | San Francisco (2–1) | UCLA (4–1) | Louisville (–) | UCLA (–) | Syracuse (–) | Syracuse (–) | Kansas (–) | Kansas (15–2) | Kansas (–) | Kansas (–) | DePaul (–) | North Carolina (–) | New Mexico (–) | Duke (23–6) | Marquette (24–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Cincinnati | Louisville (0–0) | Michigan (3–0) | UNLV (5–0) | UNLV (–) | UNLV (–) | UNLV (–) | Louisville (–) | Louisville (–) | Providence (15–1) | Louisville (–) | Louisville (–) | Louisville (–) | Notre Dame (–) | Michigan State (–) | Kansas (24–4) | Louisville (23–6) | 9. |
| 10. | Louisville | UNLV (1–0) | UNLV (3–0) | Louisville (3–1) | Syracuse (–) | Syracuse (–) | Louisville (–) | Kansas (–) | Michigan State (–) | Syracuse (13–2) | New Mexico (–) | Michigan State (–) | Michigan State (–) | Michigan State (–) | North Carolina (–) | Notre Dame (19–6) | Kansas (24–5) | 10. |
| 11. | Syracuse | Purdue (1–0) | Indiana State (3–0) | San Francisco (3–1) | San Francisco (–) | Cincinnati (–) | Indiana (–) | UNLV (–) | Syracuse (–) | Duke (14–3) | Virginia (–) | DePaul (–) | North Carolina (–) | Providence (–) | Florida State (–) | North Carolina (23–7) | San Francisco (23–5) | 11. |
| 12. | Purdue | Syracuse (1–0) | Maryland (4–0) | Syracuse (6–1) | Cincinnati (–) | Holy Cross (–) | Cincinnati (–) | Michigan State (–) | Providence (–) | Louisville (11–3) | Texas (–) | Texas (–) | Texas (–) | Florida State (–) | Texas (–) | Louisville (22–6) | New Mexico (24–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan | Michigan (1–0) | St. John's (4–0) | Holy Cross (5–0) | Holy Cross (–) | Providence (–) | Virginia (–) | Holy Cross (–) | Virginia (–) | Indiana State (13–2) | DePaul (–) | Virginia (–) | Providence (–) | Duke (–) | Illinois State (–) | Florida State (23–5) | Indiana (21–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Maryland | Maryland (2–0) | Utah (2–0) | Providence (5–0) | Providence (–) | Maryland (–) | Kansas (–) | Providence (–) | Holy Cross (–) | New Mexico (13–2) | Georgetown (–) | Wake Forest (–) | Florida State (–) | Texas (–) | Syracuse (–) | Houston (25–7) | Utah (23–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Alabama | Alabama (0–0) | Holy Cross (2–0) | Michigan (4–1) | Detroit (–) | Indiana (–) | Maryland (–) | Virginia (–) | Texas (–) | Texas (13–2) | Florida State (–) | Illinois State (–) | Illinois State (–) | Illinois State (–) | Duke (–) | Utah (22–5) | Florida State (23–6) | 15. |
| 16. | Minnesota | St. John's (2–0) | Louisville (1–1) | Detroit (4–0) | Kansas (–) | Virginia (–) | Holy Cross (–) | NC State (–) | UNLV (–) | Georgetown (13–2) | Providence (–) | Florida State (–) | Syracuse (–) | Detroit (–) | Detroit (–) | Texas (22–5) | North Carolina (23–8) | 16. |
| 17. | Wake Forest | Holy Cross (0–0) | Detroit (2–0) | Purdue (4–1) | Utah (–) | Kansas (–) | Providence (–) | Georgetown (–) | Duke (–) | Florida State (14–2) | Duke (–) | Detroit (–) | Virginia (–) | Syracuse (–) | Georgetown (–) | Illinois State (24–3) | Texas (23–5) | 17. |
| 18. | Holy Cross | Wake Forest (1–0) | Syracuse (4–1) | Maryland (5–1) | Alabama (–) | Florida State (–) | Michigan State (8–1) | Indiana (–) | DePaul (–) | Virginia (12–2) | Syracuse (–) | Syracuse (–) | Georgetown (–) | Georgetown (–) | Providence (–) | Syracuse (22–5) | Detroit (25–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Detroit | Detroit (0–0) | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas State (5–0) | Virginia (–) | San Francisco (–) | San Francisco (8–3) | Cincinnati (–) | Georgetown (–) | DePaul (14–2) | Illinois State (–) | Nebraska (–) | Detroit (–) | Minnesota (–) | Utah (–) | Detroit (24–3) | Miami (OH) (18–9) | 19. |
| 20. | St. John's | Utah (1–0) | Providence (3–0) | Kansas (5–1) | Maryland (–) | Detroit (–) | Georgetown (8–2) | DePaul (–) | New Mexico (–) | Illinois State (16–2) | San Francisco (–) | Providence (–) | Duke (–) | Louisville (–) | Louisville (–) | San Francisco (22–5) | Penn (20–7) | 20. |
| Preseason [1][10] | Week 1 Nov. 28[1][11] | Week 2 Dec. 5[1][12] | Week 3 Dec. 12[1][13] | Week 4 Dec. 19[1][14] | Week 5 Dec. 26[1] | Week 6 Jan. 2[1] | Week 7 Jan. 9[1] | Week 8 Jan. 16[1] | Week 9 Jan. 23[1] | Week 10 Jan. 30[1] | Week 11 Feb. 6[1] | Week 12 Feb. 13[7] | Week 13 Feb. 20[7] | Week 14 Feb. 27[7] | Week 15 Mar. 5[7] | Final Mar. 12[7][15][16] | ||
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UPI Poll
| Preseason [1] | Week 2 Dec. 5[1] | Week 3 Dec. 12[1] | Week 4 Dec. 19[1] | Week 5 Dec. 26[1] | Week 6 Jan. 2[1] | Week 7 Jan. 9[1] | Week 8 Jan. 16[1] | Week 9 Jan. 23[1] | Week 10 Jan. 30[1] | Week 11 Feb. 6[1] | Week 12 Feb. 13[7] | Week 13 Feb. 20[7] | Week 14 Feb. 27[7] | Final Mar. 5[7] | ||
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| 1. | North Carolina т | Kentucky (2–0) | Kentucky (3–0) | Kentucky (7–0) | Kentucky (7–0) | Kentucky (8–0) | Kentucky (11–0) | Kentucky (12–0) | Kentucky (14–0) | Kentucky (14–1) | Kentucky (16–1) | Marquette (19–2) | Marquette (21–2) | Kentucky (22–2) | Kentucky (24–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky т | North Carolina (4–0) | Kentucky (17–2) | Kentucky (20–2) | UCLA (24–2) | 2. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Marquette | Marquette (24–3) | 3. | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Notre Dame | New Mexico (24–3) | 4. | |||||||||||||
| 5. | San Francisco | Michigan State (23–4) | 5. | |||||||||||||
| 6. | UCLA | Arkansas (28–3) | 6. | |||||||||||||
| 7. | Purdue | DePaul (25–2) | 7. | |||||||||||||
| 8. | Cincinnati | Kansas (24–4) | 8. | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Arkansas | Duke (23–6) | 9. | |||||||||||||
| 10. | Louisville | North Carolina (23–7) | 10. | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Syracuse | Notre Dame (19–6) | 11. | |||||||||||||
| 12. | Michigan | Florida State (23–5) | 12. | |||||||||||||
| 13. | Maryland | San Francisco (22–5) | 13. | |||||||||||||
| 14. | Wake Forest т | Louisville (22–6) | 14. | |||||||||||||
| 15. | St. John's т | Indiana (20–7) | 15. | |||||||||||||
| 16. | Indiana State т | Houston (25–7) | 16. | |||||||||||||
| 17. | Utah т | Utah State (21–6) | 17. | |||||||||||||
| 18. | Kansas State | Utah (22–5) | 18. | |||||||||||||
| 19. | Alabama | Texas (22–5) | 19. | |||||||||||||
| 20. | Holy Cross | Georgetown (21–6) | 20. | |||||||||||||
| Preseason [1] | Week 2 Dec. 5[1] | Week 3 Dec. 12[1] | Week 4 Dec. 19[1] | Week 5 Dec. 26[1] | Week 6 Jan. 2[1] | Week 7 Jan. 9[1] | Week 8 Jan. 16[1] | Week 9 Jan. 23[1] | Week 10 Jan. 30[1] | Week 11 Feb. 6[1] | Week 12 Feb. 13[7] | Week 13 Feb. 20[7] | Week 14 Feb. 27[7] | Final Mar. 5[7] | ||
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References
- ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- "1978 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "November 28, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 5, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 12, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 19, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 847. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- "1978 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- "1977-78 College Basketball Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- "1978 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "November 28, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 5, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 12, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "December 19, 1977 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- "1978 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- "1977-78 College Basketball Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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