The 1972–73 NCAA University Division 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.
| 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings | |||||
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| Season | 1972–73 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament | 1973 | ||||
| Preseason No. 1 | |||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | UCLA | ||||
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Legend
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| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
edit| Preseason [1][2] | Week 1 Dec. 4[1][3] | Week 2 Dec. 11[1][4] | Week 3 Dec. 18[1][5] | Week 4 Dec. 26[1][6] | Week 5 Jan. 2[1][7] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1][8] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1][9] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1][10] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1][11] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1][12] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1][13] | Week 12 Feb. 19[14][15] | Week 13 Feb. 26[14][16] | Week 14 Mar. 5[14][17] | Final Mar. 12[14][18] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (6–0) | UCLA (8–0) | UCLA (10–0) | UCLA (12–0) | UCLA (14–0) | UCLA (16–0) | UCLA (17–0) | UCLA (18–0) | UCLA (21–0) | UCLA (23–0) | UCLA (25–0) | UCLA (26–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Florida State | Florida State (1–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Maryland (4–0) | Maryland (5–0) | Maryland (7–0) | Maryland (9–0) | NC State (12–0) | NC State (12–0) | NC State (14–0) | NC State (16–0) | NC State (19–0) | NC State (21–0) | NC State (23–0) | NC State (25–0) | NC State (27–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Maryland | Maryland (2–0) | Maryland (3–0) | Marquette (4–0) | Marquette (5–0) | Marquette (8–0) | NC State (9–0) | Maryland (10–1) | North Carolina (15–1) | Maryland (14–1) | Long Beach State (17–1) | Long Beach State (19–1) | Long Beach State (20–1) | Minnesota (18–2) | Minnesota (20–2) | Long Beach State (24–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Minnesota | Minnesota (2–0) | Marquette (3–0) | NC State (6–0) | NC State (8–0) | NC State (8–0) | Marquette (10–0) | North Carolina (13–1) | Maryland (12–1) | Long Beach State (16–1) | Indiana (14–2) | Minnesota (15–2) | Minnesota (16–2) | Long Beach State (22–2) | Long Beach State (24–2) | Providence (23–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Marquette | Marquette (1–0) | Minnesota (3–0) | Minnesota (4–0) | Minnesota (6–0) | Long Beach State (11–0) | Missouri (11–0) | Long Beach State (13–1) | Long Beach State (15–1) | Indiana (13–2) | Minnesota (14–2) | Marquette (18–2) | Marquette (20–2) | Marquette (22–2) | Providence (22–2) | Marquette (23–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Long Beach State | NC State (2–0) | NC State (4–0) | Long Beach State (4–0) | Long Beach State (8–0) | Minnesota (9–0) | Long Beach State (11–1) | Minnesota (10–1) | Indiana (11–2) | Alabama (13–1) | North Carolina (16–3) | North Carolina (18–4) | North Carolina (20–4) | Providence (21–2) | Marquette (22–3) | Indiana (19–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Southwestern Louisiana | Long Beach State (1–0) | Long Beach State (3–0) | Florida State (4–1) | Missouri (8–0) | Missouri (10–0) | North Carolina (12–1) | Marquette (11–1) | Missouri (13–2) | Missouri (14–2) | Marquette (16–2) | Houston (17–2) | Providence (18–2) | North Carolina (21–5) | Houston (22–3) | Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) | 7. |
| 8. | NC State | Kentucky (1–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (4–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | Penn (5–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | Minnesota (9–1) | Missouri (12–1) | Minnesota (11–2) | North Carolina (15–3) | Missouri (15–2) | Providence (16–2) | Maryland (17–4) | Houston (20–3) | North Carolina (22–6) | Maryland (22–6) | 8. |
| 9. | Penn | Penn (1–0) | Penn (3–0) | Indiana (5–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | North Carolina (10–1) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Providence (10–1) | Alabama (10–1) | Minnesota (12–2) | Maryland (14–3) | St. John's (17–2) | Houston (18–3) | Maryland (19–4) | Indiana (18–5) | Kansas State (22–4) | 9. |
| 10. | Ohio State | Southwestern Louisiana (1–0) | Oral Roberts (2–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | Houston (8–2) | Houston (10–2) | San Francisco (12–1) | Marquette (12–2) | Marquette (14–2) | Alabama (14–2) | Maryland (16–3) | Indiana (15–5) | Memphis State (21–4) | Maryland (20–5) | Minnesota (20–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Memphis State | Memphis State (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | Penn (4–0) | North Carolina (7–1) | Vanderbilt (8–1) | Providence (7–1) | Alabama (8–1) | Houston (12–2) | Houston (13–2) | Houston (15–2) | Indiana (14–4) | St. John's (18–3) | Southwestern Louisiana (22–2) | Kansas State (21–4) | North Carolina (22–7) | 11. |
| 12. | BYU | Oral Roberts (0–0) | Missouri (5–0) | Vanderbilt (7–0) | Florida State (5–2) | San Francisco (8–1) | San Francisco (10–1) | Houston (11–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (12–1) | Providence (12–2) | Providence (14–2) | Missouri (16–3) | Southwestern Louisiana (19–2) | Indiana (17–5) | Missouri (20–4) | Memphis State (21–5) | 12. |
| 13. | Kentucky | North Carolina (2–0) | Vanderbilt (5–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | Houston (7–1) | Providence (5–1) | Southwestern Louisiana (7–1) | Southwestern Louisiana (10–1) | Jacksonville (13–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (13–1) | Southwestern Louisiana (16–1) | Jacksonville (18–3) | Kansas State (18–3) | Missouri (18–4) | Syracuse (22–4) | Houston (22–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Tennessee | Tennessee (1–0) | Providence (1–0) | Houston (7–1) | BYU (6–1) | Alabama (5–1) | Alabama (7–1) | Kansas State (11–2) | Providence (10–2) | St. John's (13–2) | St. John's (15–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (18–2) | Memphis State (19–4) | Syracuse (20–4) | Southwestern Louisiana (22–3) | Syracuse (22–4) | 14. |
| 15. | Houston | Ohio State (1–1) | Indiana (3–0) | BYU (5–1) | Indiana (5–1) | BYU (8–2) | Jacksonville (10–2) | Jacksonville (11–2) | St. John's (11–2) | Jacksonville (14–3) | Memphis State (16–3) | Kansas State (16–3) | New Mexico (21–3) | New Mexico (23–4) | Memphis State (21–5) | Missouri (21–5) | 15. |
| 16. | South Carolina | Kansas State (2–0) | Houston (5–1) | Oral Roberts (4–1) | Kansas State (7–1) | New Mexico (9–0) | Indiana (8–2) | Indiana (10–2) | San Francisco (12–2) | San Francisco (14–2) | Jacksonville (16–3) | Memphis State (17–4) | Missouri (17–4) | Kansas State (19–4) | Jacksonville (21–5) | Arizona State (18–7) | 16. |
| 17. | Kansas State | USC (1–0) | BYU (3–1) | Kansas State (6–1) | Providence (5–1) | Penn (5–2) | Kansas State (9–2) | St. John's (9–2) | Memphis State (12–3) | Memphis State (14–3) | San Francisco (16–2) | Alabama (14–4) | Purdue (14–5) | St. John's (18–5) | St. John's (19–6) | Kentucky (19–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Oral Roberts | Michigan (1–0) | Michigan (3–1) | Providence (3–1) | Alabama (3–1) | Kansas State (9–2) | St. John's (8–2) т | Vanderbilt (10–3) | Kansas State (11–3) | Kansas State (13–3) | Kansas State (14–3) | New Mexico (18–3) | Alabama (16–4) | Jacksonville (20–5) | Saint Joseph's (22–5) | Penn (20–5) | 18. |
| 19. | Michigan | Providence (0–0) | Memphis State (7–2) | Oklahoma (6–0) | Oklahoma (6–0) | Florida State (7–3) | Florida State (8–3) т | Florida State (10–3) | New Mexico (15–2) | Oral Roberts (15–2) | Oral Roberts (16–3) | Virginia Tech (14–3) | Virginia Tech (15–4) | South Carolina (18–5) | Kentucky (18–7) | Austin Peay (22–5) | 19. |
| 20. | USC т Louisville т | Houston (3–1) | Kansas State (3–1) | Santa Clara (4–2) | San Francisco (7–1) | Indiana (6–2) | Louisville (10–2) | Louisville (11–2) | Purdue (10–3) | USC (13–4) | New Mexico (16–3) | BYU (17–4) | Jacksonville (19–4) | Purdue (15–6) | San Francisco (21–4) | San Francisco (22–4) | 20. |
| Preseason [1][2] | Week 1 Dec. 4[1][3] | Week 2 Dec. 11[1][4] | Week 3 Dec. 18[1][5] | Week 4 Dec. 26[1][6] | Week 5 Jan. 2[1][7] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1][8] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1][9] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1][10] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1][11] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1][12] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1][13] | Week 12 Feb. 19[14][15] | Week 13 Feb. 26[14][16] | Week 14 Mar. 5[14][17] | Final Mar. 12[14][18] | ||
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Coaches Poll
edit| Preseason [1] | Week 1 Dec. 4[1] | Week 2 Dec. 11[1] | Week 3 Dec. 18[1] | Week 4 Dec. 26[1] | Week 5 Jan. 2[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[14] | Week 13 Feb. 26[14] | Week 14 Mar. 5[14] | Final Mar. 12[14] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | UCLA (6–0) | UCLA (8–0) | UCLA (10–0) | UCLA (12–0) | UCLA (14–0) | UCLA (16–0) | UCLA (17–0) | UCLA (18–0) | UCLA (21–0) | UCLA (23–0) | UCLA (25–0) | UCLA (26–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Florida State | Florida State (1–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Marquette (4–0) | Marquette (5–0) | Marquette (8–0) | Maryland (9–0) | NC State (12–0) | NC State (12–0) | NC State (14–0) | NC State (16–0) | NC State (19–0) | NC State (21–0) | NC State (23–0) | NC State (25–0) | NC State (27–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Maryland | Maryland (2–0) | Marquette (3–0) | Maryland (4–0) | NC State (8–0) | Minnesota (9–0) | Marquette (10–0) | Maryland (10–1) | North Carolina (15–1) | Maryland (14–1) | Long Beach State (17–1) | Long Beach State (19–1) | Long Beach State (20–1) | Minnesota (18–2) | Long Beach State (24–2) | Long Beach State (24–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Minnesota | Minnesota (2–0) | Maryland (3–0) | NC State (6–0) | Maryland (5–0) | Maryland (7–0) | NC State (9–0) | North Carolina (13–1) | Maryland (12–1) | Long Beach State (16–1) | Indiana (14–2) | Minnesota (15–2) | Minnesota (16–2) | Marquette (22–2) | Minnesota (20–2) | Marquette (23–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Marquette | Marquette (1–0) | Minnesota (3–0) | Minnesota (4–0) | Minnesota (6–0) | NC State (8–0) | Missouri (11–0) | Minnesota (10–1) | Long Beach State (15–1) | Indiana (13–2) | Minnesota (14–2) | Marquette (18–2) | Marquette (20–2) | Long Beach State (22–2) | Marquette (22–3) | Providence (23–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Ohio State | Long Beach State (1–0) | NC State (4–0) | Long Beach State (4–0) | Long Beach State (8–0) | Long Beach State (11–0) | North Carolina (12–1) | Long Beach State (13–1) | Indiana (11–2) | Minnesota (12–2) | North Carolina (16–3) | North Carolina (18–4) | North Carolina (20–4) | Providence (21–2) | Providence (22–2) | Indiana (19–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Kentucky | NC State (2–0) | Long Beach State (3–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Missouri (8–0) | Missouri (10–0) | Minnesota (9–1) | Marquette (11–1) | Minnesota (11–2) | Alabama (13–1) | Alabama (14–2) | Maryland (16–3) | Kansas State (18–3) | North Carolina (21–5) | North Carolina (22–6) | Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) т | 7. |
| 8. | Long Beach State | Southwestern Louisiana (1–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (4–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | Penn (5–0) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | Long Beach State (11–1) | Missouri (12–1) | Marquette (12–2) | North Carolina (15–3) | Maryland (14–3) | Houston (17–2) | Providence (18–2) | Kansas State (19–4) | Kansas State (21–4) | Kansas State (22–4) т | 8. |
| 9. | Penn | Kentucky (1–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | Florida State (4–1) | Southwestern Louisiana (6–0) | North Carolina (10–1) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Providence (10–1) | Houston (12–2) | Marquette (14–2) | Missouri (15–2) | Kansas State (16–3) | Maryland (17–4) | Houston (20–3) | Houston (22–3) | Minnesota (20–4) | 9. |
| 10. | NC State | Penn (1–0) | Missouri (5–0) | Indiana (5–0) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | New Mexico (9–0) | Providence (7–1) | Kansas State (11–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (12–1) | Missouri (14–2) | Marquette (16–2) | Indiana (14–4) | Houston (18–3) | Memphis State (21–4) | Indiana (18–5) | Maryland (22–6) | 10. |
| 11. | Houston | Kansas State (2–0) | Penn (3–0) | Penn (4–0) | Kansas State (7–1) | Vanderbilt (8–1) | San Francisco (10–1) | Indiana (10–2) | Missouri (13–2) т | Houston (13–2) | Houston (15–2) | Providence (16–2) | Memphis State (19–4) | Maryland (19–4) | Memphis State (21–5) | Memphis State (21–5) | 11. |
| 12. | North Carolina | North Carolina (2–0) | Indiana (3–0) | Vanderbilt (7–0) | North Carolina (7–1) т | St. John's (8–2) | St. John's (8–2) | Houston (11–2) | Alabama (10–1) т | Providence (12–2) | Kansas State (14–3) | Missouri (16–3) | New Mexico (21–3) | Southwestern Louisiana (22–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (22–3) | North Carolina (22–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Southwestern Louisiana | Memphis State (1–0) т | South Carolina (2–1) | Providence (3–1) | Providence (5–1) т | Providence (5–1) | Southwestern Louisiana (7–1) | San Francisco (12–1) | Providence (10–2) | Kansas State (13–3) | St. John's (15–2) | St. John's (17–2) | St. John's (18–3) | Indiana (17–5) | Maryland (20–5) | Arizona State (18–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Memphis State | Michigan (1–0) т | Providence (1–0) | North Carolina (6–1) | BYU (6–1) т | San Francisco (8–1) | Kansas State (9–2) | St. John's (9–2) | St. John's (11–2) | St. John's (13–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (16–1) | USC (14–5) | Indiana (15–5) | New Mexico (23–4) | Syracuse (22–4) | Syracuse (22–4) | 14. |
| 15. | BYU т | Oral Roberts (0–0) т | Houston (5–1) | Kansas State (6–1) | Indiana (5–1) т | Louisville (8–2) | Houston (10–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (10–1) | Kansas State (11–3) | Southwestern Louisiana (13–1) | Providence (14–2) | Memphis State (17–4) | Southwestern Louisiana (19–2) | Missouri (18–4) т | Missouri (20–4) | Kentucky (19–7) | 15. |
| 16. | Kansas State т | USC (1–0) т | Oklahoma (6–0) | New Mexico (6–0) | Washington (8–1) т | Kansas State (9–2) | Indiana (8–2) | Alabama (8–1) | Vanderbilt (12–3) | Memphis State (14–3) | Memphis State (16–3) | BYU (17–4) | Alabama (16–4) | Weber State (19–6) т | Arizona State (15–7) | South Carolina (20–6) | 16. |
| 17. | USC | Ohio State (1–1) | Oral Roberts (2–0) | Furman (4–0) | Florida State (5–2) т | South Carolina (7–3) | Alabama (7–1) | Michigan (10–3) | Jacksonville (13–2) | Oregon State (11–5) | San Francisco (16–2) | Southwestern Louisiana (18–2) | San Francisco (19–3) т | San Francisco (20–4) т | St. John's (19–6) | Missouri (21–5) | 17. |
| 18. | Providence | Providence (0–0) | San Francisco (4–0) | Houston (7–1) | Michigan (6–1) т | BYU (8–2) | Louisville (10–2) | Florida State (10–3) | New Mexico (15–2) | BYU (14–4) | New Mexico (16–3) т | New Mexico (18–3) | Louisville (18–6) т | Tennessee (14–6) т | New Mexico (25–5) | Houston (22–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Oral Roberts | Tennessee (1–0) т | Vanderbilt (5–0) | San Francisco (5–1) | South Carolina (6–2) | Florida State (7–3) | Penn (7–2) | Vanderbilt (10–3) т | San Francisco (12–2) т | San Francisco (14–2) т | Oregon State (12–5) т | Jacksonville (18–3) | Oral Roberts (20–4) т | Jacksonville (20–5) т | Weber State (19–7) | Weber State (20–7) | 19. |
| 20. | UTEP | Jacksonville (1–0) т | Iowa (3–0) | Marshall (6–1) | Louisville (6–1) | Penn (5–2) | South Carolina (9–3) | Louisville (11–2) т | Oregon State (10–5) т | South Carolina (12–5) т | BYU (15–4) | Oregon State (14–5) | South Carolina (17–5) т | South Carolina (18–5) т Saint Joseph's (20–5) т | Saint Joseph's (22–5) | Penn (20–5) | 20. |
| Preseason [1] | Week 1 Dec. 4[1] | Week 2 Dec. 11[1] | Week 3 Dec. 18[1] | Week 4 Dec. 26[1] | Week 5 Jan. 2[1] | Week 6 Jan. 8[1] | Week 7 Jan. 15[1] | Week 8 Jan. 22[1] | Week 9 Jan. 29[1] | Week 10 Feb. 5[1] | Week 11 Feb. 12[1] | Week 12 Feb. 19[14] | Week 13 Feb. 26[14] | Week 14 Mar. 5[14] | Final Mar. 12[14] | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 796. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1973 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "December 4, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "December 11, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "December 18, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "December 25, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "January 1, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "January 8, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "January 15, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "January 22, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "January 29, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "February 5, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "February 12, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 797. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "February 19, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "February 26, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "March 4, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "1973 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 26, 2020.