1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1979–80 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.

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

The final writers' poll was released on Tuesday, March 4.

Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 3[1]
Week 2
Dec. 10[1]
Week 3
Dec. 17[1]
Week 4
Dec. 24[1]
Week 5
Dec. 31[1]
Week 6
Jan. 7[1]
Week 7
Jan. 14[1]
Week 8
Jan. 21[1]
Week 9
Jan. 28[1]
Week 10
Feb. 4[1]
Week 11
Feb. 11[1]
Week 12
Feb. 18[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Final
Mar. 3[2][3][4]
1.IndianaIndiana (1–0)Indiana (3–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (8–0)Duke (10–0)Duke (12–0)DePaul (12–0)DePaul (15–0)DePaul (17–0)DePaul (19–0) (59)DePaul (20–0)DePaul (23–0)DePaul (25–0)DePaul (26–1)1.
2.KentuckyDuke (3–0)Duke (5–0)Ohio State (5–0)Kentucky (10–1)Kentucky (11–1)DePaul (11–0)Ohio State (11–1)Oregon State (17–1)Oregon State (18–1)Syracuse (20–1)Syracuse (21–1)Louisville (25–2)Kentucky (26–4)Louisville (28–3)2.
3.DukeOhio State (1–0)Ohio State (3–0)Kentucky (7–1)Notre Dame (7–0)DePaul (8–0)Ohio State (9–1)Syracuse (14–0)Duke (15–2)Kentucky (17–3)Louisville (19–2)Louisville (21–2)Kentucky (24–4)Syracuse (24–3)LSU (24–5)3.
4.Ohio StateNotre Dame (1–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (6–0)DePaul (7–0)LSU (8–0)Kentucky (12–2)Oregon State (15–1)Ohio State (12–2)Syracuse (17–1)Oregon State (20–2)Oregon State (22–2)Syracuse (22–2)Louisville (26–3)Kentucky (28–5)4.
5.Notre DameKentucky (3–1)Kentucky (5–1)Indiana (4–1)LSU (6–0)Ohio State (7–1)Syracuse (11–0)Duke (12–2)Kentucky (15–3)Duke (16–3)Kentucky (19–4)Kentucky (21–4)LSU (20–4)LSU (21–5)Oregon State (26–3)5.
6.North CarolinaLSU (1–0)LSU (3–0)DePaul (4–0)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (5–1)LSU (9–2)Kentucky (13–3)Syracuse (15–1)Ohio State (14–3)LSU (16–4)LSU (18–4)Oregon State (23–3)Oregon State (24–3)Syracuse (25–3)6.
7.LSUUCLA (2–0)UCLA (3–0)LSU (4–0)Ohio State (6–1)Notre Dame (7–1)Notre Dame (7–1)Louisville (12–2)Louisville (13–2)Louisville (16–2)Maryland (16–3)St. John's (21–2)St. John's (21–3)Maryland (21–5)Indiana (20–7)7.
8.UCLANorth Carolina (1–1)North Carolina (3–1)North Carolina (4–1)Purdue (6–1)Purdue (7–1)Virginia (12–1)Notre Dame (9–2)Notre Dame (11–2)Notre Dame (13–2)St. John's (19–2)Maryland (17–4)North Carolina (19–5)St. John's (23–3)Maryland (23–6)8.
9.DePaulSt. John's (2–0)Purdue (4–0)Purdue (5–0)Syracuse (6–0)Syracuse (8–0)Oregon State (13–1)North Carolina (8–3)St. John's (14–1)St. John's (17–1)Notre Dame (15–3)Ohio State (16–5)Maryland (19–5)Ohio State (19–6)Notre Dame (22–5)9.
10.LouisvilleDePaul (0–0)Syracuse (4–0)Syracuse (5–0)Indiana (5–2)Iowa (9–0)Purdue (8–2)St. John's (11–1)Missouri (14–2)LSU (13–4)Duke (17–4)Clemson (17–5)Notre Dame (19–4)North Carolina (20–6)Ohio State (20–7)10.
11.PurdueSyracuse (1–0)DePaul (2–0)Louisville (5–0)Iowa (8–0)Indiana (7–2)Louisville (10–2)Purdue (10–3)LSU (11–4)North Carolina (12–4)North Carolina (16–4)North Carolina (16–5)Ohio State (17–6)Missouri (22–4)Georgetown (24–5)11.
12.SyracusePurdue (1–0)Louisville (3–0)Virginia (5–0)Louisville (6–1)Missouri (10–0)Iowa (10–1)Virginia (12–2)Clemson (12–3)Maryland (14–3)Purdue (14–5)Notre Dame (16–4)Clemson (18–6)BYU (22–4)BYU (24–4)12.
13.VirginiaVirginia (2–0)Virginia (4–0)Iowa (6–0)Missouri (10–0)Virginia (9–1)Missouri (11–1)Iowa (11–2)North Carolina (10–4)Virginia (16–4)Ohio State (14–5)BYU (18–4)Missouri (20–4)Indiana (18–7)St. John's (24–4)13.
14.Texas A&MLouisville (1–0)Oregon State (5–0)UCLA (3–2)Virginia (7–1)Oregon State (11–1)St. John's (9–1)LSU (9–3)Purdue (11–4)Missouri (15–3)BYU (17–4)Missouri (18–4)BYU (20–4)Notre Dame (20–5)Duke (22–8)14.
15.BYUOregon State (2–0)St. John's (3–1)St. John's (5–1)St. John's (6–1)Louisville (8–2)North Carolina (6–3)Missouri (12–2)Maryland (13–2)Weber State (18–1)Missouri (16–4)Purdue (15–6)Purdue (16–7)Arizona State (20–5)North Carolina (21–7)15.
16.St. John'sMarquette (1–0)Georgetown (2–0)Missouri (8–0)UCLA (5–2)UCLA (7–2)UCLA (8–3)NC State (11–1)Indiana (11–4)Clemson (13–4)Clemson (15–5)Duke (17–6)Weber State (23–2)Weber State (24–2)Missouri (23–5)16.
17.Oregon StateGeorgetown (1–0)Iowa (4–0)Georgetown (4–1)Georgetown (7–1)St. John's (8–1)BYU (11–3)Clemson (11–2)Virginia (13–2)Purdue (12–5)Weber State (19–2)Weber State (21–2)Duke (18–7)Clemson (19–7)Weber State (26–2)17.
18.MarquetteBYU (1–1)BYU (3–1)BYU (6–1)Oregon State (8–1)Georgetown (8–2)Clemson (10–1)BYU (12–3)Weber State (17–1)Indiana (12–5)Virginia (16–6)Arizona State (17–5)Arizona State (19–5)Purdue (17–8)Arizona State (21–6)18.
19.GeorgetownKansas (1–0)Missouri (6–0)Oregon State (6–1)Arkansas (6–1)BYU (9–3)Indiana (7–4)Indiana (9–4)Tennessee (12–4)BYU (15–4)Arizona State (16–4)Kansas State (18–4)Indiana (16–7)NC State (20–6)Iona (28–4)19.
20.KansasIowa (1–0)Arkansas (4–0)Arkansas (5–0)BYU (7–2)Illinois (10–2)Georgetown (9–3)Tennessee (11–3)BYU (13–4)Kansas State (15–3)Indiana (13–6)Iowa (16–5)Washington State (19–4)Georgetown (21–5)Purdue (18–9)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 3[1]
Week 2
Dec. 10[1]
Week 3
Dec. 17[1]
Week 4
Dec. 24[1]
Week 5
Dec. 31[1]
Week 6
Jan. 7[1]
Week 7
Jan. 14[1]
Week 8
Jan. 21[1]
Week 9
Jan. 28[1]
Week 10
Feb. 4[1]
Week 11
Feb. 11[1]
Week 12
Feb. 18[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Final
Mar. 3[2][5][6]
Dropped:
Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • Marquette
  • Kansas
NoneNoneDropped:
Arkansas
Dropped:
Illinois
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Iowa (11–4)
  • NC State
Dropped:
Tennessee
Dropped:
Kansas State (16–4)
Dropped:
  • Virginia
  • Indiana
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Iowa (16–7)
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Washington State
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • NC State

UPI Poll

The final coaches' poll was released on Tuesday, March 4.

Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 3[1]
Week 2
Dec. 10[1]
Week 3
Dec. 17[1]
Week 4
Dec. 24[1]
Week 5
Dec. 31[1]
Week 6
Jan. 7[1]
Week 7
Jan. 14[1]
Week 8
Jan. 21[1]
Week 9
Jan. 28[1]
Week 10
Feb. 4[1]
Week 11
Feb. 11[1]
Week 12
Feb. 18[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Final
Mar. 3[2][7]
1.IndianaIndiana (1–0)Indiana (3–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (8–0)Duke (10–0)Duke (12–0)DePaul (12–0)DePaul (15–0)DePaul (17–0)DePaul (19–0)DePaul (20–0)DePaul (23–0)DePaul (25–0)DePaul (26–1) (36)1.
2.Ohio StateDuke (3–0)Duke (5–0)Ohio State (5–0)Kentucky (10–1)Kentucky (11–1)DePaul (11–0)LSU (24–5)2.
3.Notre DameOhio State (1–0)Ohio State (3–0)Kentucky (7–1)Notre Dame (7–0)DePaul (8–0)Ohio State (9–1)Kentucky (28–5) (1)3.
4.North CarolinaNotre Dame (1–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Indiana (4–1)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (5–1)Kentucky (12–2)Louisville (28–3) (1)4.
5.KentuckyLSU (1–0)Kentucky (5–1)Notre Dame (6–0)DePaul (7–0)Ohio State (7–1)Syracuse (11–0)Duke (12–2)Oregon State (26–3)5.
6.DukeKentucky (3–1)UCLA (3–0)LSU (4–0)LSU (6–0)LSU (8–0)Syracuse (25–3)6.
7.UCLANorth Carolina (1–1)LSU (3–0)DePaul (4–0) тOhio State (6–1)Purdue (7–1)Indiana (20–7)7.
8.LSUUCLA (2–0)North Carolina (3–1)Purdue (5–0) тIndiana (5–2)Notre Dame (7–1)Maryland (23–6)8.
9.DePaul тPurdue (1–0)Purdue (4–0)North Carolina (4–1)Purdue (6–1)Iowa (9–0)Ohio State (20–7)9.
10.Virginia тDePaul (0–0)DePaul (2–0)Syracuse (5–0)Iowa (8–0)Syracuse (8–0)Georgetown (24–5)10.
11.PurdueSt. John's (2–0)Syracuse (4–0)Louisville (5–0)Syracuse (6–0)Indiana (7–2)Iowa (10–1)Notre Dame (22–5)11.
12.SyracuseSyracuse (1–0)Oregon State (5–0)UCLA (3–2)Louisville (6–1)Oregon State (11–1)Iowa (11–2)BYU (24–4)12.
13.Texas A&MVirginia (2–0)Louisville (3–0)Iowa (6–0)Georgetown (7–1)St. John's (8–1)St. John's (24–4)13.
14.LouisvilleOregon State (2–0)Iowa (4–0)Virginia (5–0)Missouri (10–0)Misouri (10–0)Missouri (23–5)14.
15.St. John'sLouisville (1–0)St. John's (3–1)St. John's (5–1)UCLA (5–2)Louisville (8–2)North Carolina (21–7)15.
16.Oregon StateMarquette (1–0) тGeorgetown (2–0)Missouri (8–0)St. John's (6–1)UCLA (7–2)Duke (22–8)16.
17.BYUGeorgetown (1–0) тVirginia (4–0)Georgetown (4–1)Oregon State (8–1)Virginia (9–1)Weber State (26–2)17.
18.IowaBYU (1–0) тBYU (3–1)BYU (6–1)Virginia (7–1)Weber State (11–1)Texas A&M (24–7)18.
19.MarquetteKansas (1–0) тArkansas (4–0)Arkansas (5–0)Arkansas (6–1)Illinois (10–2)Arizona State (21–6)19.
20.UNLVArkansas (1–0)USC (4–0)Oregon State (6–1)BYU (7–2)Georgetown (8–2)Kansas State (21–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Dec. 3[1]
Week 2
Dec. 10[1]
Week 3
Dec. 17[1]
Week 4
Dec. 24[1]
Week 5
Dec. 31[1]
Week 6
Jan. 7[1]
Week 7
Jan. 14[1]
Week 8
Jan. 21[1]
Week 9
Jan. 28[1]
Week 10
Feb. 4[1]
Week 11
Feb. 11[1]
Week 12
Feb. 18[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Final
Mar. 3[2][8]
Dropped:
  • Texas A&M
  • Iowa (1–0)
  • UNLV
Dropped:
  • Marquette
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • USC
NoneDropped:
  • Arkansas
  • BYU
NoneNoneDropped:
  • Iowa (11–4)
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneDropped:
  • NC State
  • Clemson
  • Iona (28–4)

References

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  2. ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 867. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.
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