1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
| 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 1968–69 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament | 1969 | ||||
| Preseason #1 | |||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | UCLA | ||||
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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
This was the first season since 1959–60 that AP polls throughout the season included 20 ranked teams.
| Preseason [1] | Week 2 Dec. 2[1][2] | Week 3 Dec. 9[1][3] | Week 4 Dec. 16[1][4] | Week 5 Dec. 23[1][5] | Week 6 Dec. 30[1][6] | Week 7 Jan. 6[1][7] | Week 8 Jan. 13[1][8] | Week 9 Jan. 20[1][9] | Week 10 Jan. 27[1][10] | Week 11 Feb. 3[1][11] | Week 12 Feb. 10[1][12] | Week 13 Feb. 17[13][14] | Week 14 Feb. 24[13][15] | Final Mar. 3[13][16] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA | UCLA (1–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (5–0) | UCLA (7–0) | UCLA (9–0) | UCLA (11–0) | UCLA (12–0) | UCLA (14–0) | UCLA (16–0) | UCLA (18–0) | UCLA (19–0) | UCLA (22–0) | UCLA (24–0) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina | North Carolina (0–0) | orth Carolina (3–0) | North Carolina (4–0) | North Carolina (6–0) | Davidson (7–0) | North Carolina (8–1) | North Carolina (11–1) | North Carolina (13–1) | North Carolina (13–1) | North Carolina (14–1) | North Carolina (17–1) | Santa Clara (21–0) | North Carolina (21–2) | La Salle (23–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Kentucky | Kentucky (1–0) | Davidson (3–0) | Davidson (3–0) | Davidson (5–0) | Kentucky (6–1) | Santa Clara (12–0) | Santa Clara (14–0) | Santa Clara (16–0) | Santa Clara (16–0) | Santa Clara (17–0) | Santa Clara (20–0) | North Carolina (19–2) | La Salle (22–1) | Santa Clara (24–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Notre Dame | Kansas (1–0) | Kentucky (2–1) | Kentucky (3–1) | Kentucky (5–1) | North Carolina (7–1) | Illinois (10–0) | Davidson (10–1) | Davidson (12–1) | Davidson (14–1) | Kentucky (14–2) | Kentucky (16–2) | La Salle (20–1) | Santa Clara (22–1) | North Carolina (22–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Kansas | Notre Dame (0–0) | New Mexico (3–0) | New Mexico (5–0) | Villanova (5–0) | Kansas (10–1) | Kansas (12–1) | Kentucky (9–2) | Kentucky (11–2) | Kentucky (12–2) | St. John's (13–2) | La Salle (18–1) | Davidson (20–2) | Davidson (22–2) | Davidson (24–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Davidson | Houston (1–0) | Cincinnati (3–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | New Mexico (8–1) | Santa Clara (9–0) | Davidson (8–1) | St. John's (9–2) | St. John's (11–2) | St. John's (12–2) | Davidson (15–2) | Davidson (18–2) | Kentucky (17–3) | Kentucky (19–3) | Purdue (18–4) | 6. |
| 7. | St. Bonaventure | Davidson (1–0) | Notre Dame (1–1) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Notre Dame (5–1) | Detroit (10–0) | Kentucky (7–2) | New Mexico State (14–0) | New Mexico State (15–0) | Illinois (12–1) | La Salle (16–1) | Tulsa (18–2) | St. John's (18–3) | St. John's (20–3) | Kentucky (20–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Houston | New Mexico (1–0) | Villanova (3–0) | Villanova (4–0) | Kansas (8–1) | Illinois (9–0) | St. John's (8–2) | Illinois (11–1) | Illinois (11–1) | New Mexico State (16–0) | Villanova (15–2) | Purdue (13–3) | Duquesne (16–2) | South Carolina (19–3) | St. John's (22–4) | 8. |
| 9. | New Mexico | Cincinnati (1–0) | Duke (3–0) | St. Bonaventure (4–0) | Santa Clara (6–0) | Villanova (6–1) | Villanova (8–1) | Villanova (10–1) | La Salle (12–1) | La Salle (14–1) | Purdue (11–3) | St. John's (16–3) | Purdue (14–4) | Purdue (16–4) | Duquesne (17–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Purdue | Villanova (1–0) | St. Bonaventure (2–0) | Santa Clara (5–0) | Cincinnati (6–1) | Cincinnati (7–1) | New Mexico State (11–0) | Kansas (13–2) | Duquesne (11–1) | Villanova (13–2) | Illinois (13–2) | Illinois (14–2) | Ohio State (14–4) | Duquesne (17–3) | Villanova (17–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Villanova | St. Bonaventure (0–0) | Kansas (3–1) | Kansas (5–1) | Detroit (8–0) | La Salle (8–0) | La Salle (9–1) | La Salle (11–1) | Villanova (11–2) | Duquesne (11–1) | Tulsa (16–2) | Villanova (16–3) | Villanova (17–4) | Louisville (17–3) | Drake (21–4) | 11. |
| 12. | Ohio State | Vanderbilt (0–0) | Houston (3–1) | Purdue (4–1) | Illinois (7–0) | New Mexico State (9–0) | Northwestern (9–1) | Duquesne (10–1) | Ohio State (9–2) | Ohio State (11–2) | Ohio State (12–3) | Kansas (17–3) | South Carolina (17–3) | Villanova (19–4) | New Mexico State (23–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Vanderbilt | Ohio State (1–0) | Purdue (2–1) | Detroit (6–0) | St. Bonaventure (5–1) | Ohio State (6–1) | Detroit (10–2) | Ohio State (8–2) | Kansas (14–3) | Tulsa (14–2) | Kansas (15–3) | Duquesne (14–2) | Louisville (16–3) | Kansas (19–4) | South Carolina (19–5) | 13. |
| 14. | Cincinnati | Purdue (0–1) | Detroit (4–0) | New Mexico State (5–0) | Louisville (7–0) | Louisville (7–0) | Louisville (9–1) | Tulsa (11–2) | Tulsa (13–2) | Purdue (10–3) | Columbia (15–1) | Colorado (16–3) | Tulsa (18–4) | Ohio State (15–5) | Marquette (21–4) | 14. |
| 15. | Marquette | Detroit (1–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) | California (3–0) | New Mexico State (7–0) | Duquesne (9–0) | Duquesne (9–1) | Marquette (11–2) | Notre Dame (12–2) | Kansas (14–3) | Duquesne (12–2) | New Mexico State (19–2) | New Mexico State (21–2) | Illinois (16–4) | Louisville (18–4) | 15. |
| 16. | Western Kentucky | Duke (1–0) | Santa Clara (3–0) | La Salle (4–0) | Ohio State (4–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Ohio State (7–2) | Notre Dame (10–2) | Marquette (12–2) | Marquette (13–2) | New Mexico State (16–2) | Ohio State (12–4) | Kansas (18–4) | New Mexico State (21–3) | Boston College (20–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Duke | Western Kentucky (1–0) | Ohio State (1–1) | Ohio State (2–1) | La Salle (6–0) | St. John's (8–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Northwestern (9–2) | Colorado (14–2) | Colorado (14–2) | Marquette (14–3) | Dayton (16–4) | Tennessee (15–3) | Tennessee (16–4) | Notre Dame (20–5) | 17. |
| 18. | Detroit | Santa Clara (1–0) | California (2–0) | Western Kentucky (6–1) | Purdue (5–2) | New Mexico (8–2) | Drake (10–1) | Baylor (9–2) | Purdue (9–3) | Columbia (13–1) | New Mexico (13–6) | Marquette (16–3) | Colorado (17–4) | Marquette (19–4) | Colorado (19–6) | 18. |
| 19. | Florida | California (0–0) | Iowa (3–0) | Louisville (5–0) | Wyoming (7–0) | Northwestern (8–1) | Cincinnati (7–3) | Cincinnati (9–3) | Columbia (13–1) | South Carolina (10–2) | Dayton (15–3) | Baylor (14–3) | Illinois (14–4) | Tulsa (18–5) | Kansas (20–5) | 19. |
| 20. | Tennessee | Iowa (1–0) Marquette (–) Tennessee (–) | La Salle (1–0) | Houston (4–2) | Tennessee (5–1) | St. Bonaventure (6–2) | Marquette (8–2) | Colorado (13–2) | Dayton (12–2) | Dayton (13–3) | Colorado (14–3) | Louisville (14–3) | Marquette (17–4) | Boston College (19–3) | Illinois (17–5) | 20. |
| Preseason [1] | Week 2 Dec. 2[1][17] | Week 3 Dec. 9[1][18] | Week 4 Dec. 16[1][19] | Week 5 Dec. 23[1][20] | Week 6 Dec. 30[1][21] | Week 7 Jan. 6[1][22] | Week 8 Jan. 13[1][23] | Week 9 Jan. 20[1][24] | Week 10 Jan. 27[1][25] | Week 11 Feb. 3[1][26] | Week 12 Feb. 10[1][27] | Week 13 Feb. 17[13][28] | Week 14 Feb. 24[13][29] | Final Mar. 3[13][30] | ||
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UPI Poll
| Preseason 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[13] | Week 13 Feb. 25[13] | Week 14 Mar. 4[13] | Final Mar. 11[13] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA (1–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (5–0) | UCLA (7–0) | UCLA (9–0) | UCLA (11–0) | UCLA (12–0) | UCLA (14–0) | UCLA (16–0) | UCLA (18–0) | UCLA (19–0) | UCLA (22–0) | UCLA (24–0) | UCLA (25–1) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina (0–0) | North Carolina (25–3) | 2. | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Kentucky (1–0) | Davidson (26–2) | 3. | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Notre Dame (0–0) | Santa Clara (26–1) | 4. | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Kansas (1–0) | Kentucky (22–4) | 5. | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Houston (1–0) | La Salle (23–1) | 6. | |||||||||||||
| 7. | Davidson (1–0) | Purdue (20–4) | 7. | |||||||||||||
| 8. | New Mexico (1–0) | St. John's (23–5) | 8. | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Villanova (1–0) | New Mexico State (24–3) | 9. | |||||||||||||
| 10. | Cincinnati (1–0) | Duquesne (17–3) | 10. | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Purdue (0–1) | Drake (22–4) | 11. | |||||||||||||
| 12. | St. Bonaventure (0–0) | Colorado (20–6) | 12. | |||||||||||||
| 13. | New Mexico State (1–0) | Louisville (20–4) | 13. | |||||||||||||
| 14. | Ohio State (1–0) | Marquette (23–4) | 14. | |||||||||||||
| 15. | Duke (1–0) т | Boston College (21–3) т | 15. | |||||||||||||
| 16. | Western Kentucky (1–0) т | Villanova (21–5) т | 16. | |||||||||||||
| 17. | Santa Clara (1–0) | Weber State (26–2) т | 17. | |||||||||||||
| 18. | USC (0–2) | Wyoming (19–8) т | 18. | |||||||||||||
| 19. | Florida (0–0) | Colorado State (17–6) | 19. | |||||||||||||
| 20. | California (0–0) | Kansas (20–6) т South Carolina (21–6) т | 20. | |||||||||||||
| Preseason 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[13] | Week 13 Feb. 25[13] | Week 14 Mar. 4[13] | Final Mar. 11[13] | ||
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References
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