1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

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

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The December AP polls included 20 ranked teams, while AP polls for the remainder of the season included only 10 ranked teams.

Week 2
Dec. 13[1][2]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1][3]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1][4]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1][5]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1][6]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1][7]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1][8]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1][9]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1][10]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1][11]
Week 12
Feb. 21[1][12]
Week 13
Feb. 28[13][14]
Final
Mar. 7[13][15]
1.Ohio State (3–0)Ohio State (4–0)Ohio State (6–0)Ohio State (9–0)Ohio State (10–0)Ohio State (12–0)Ohio State (13–0)Ohio State (14–0)Ohio State (16–0)Ohio State (18–0)Ohio State (20–0)Ohio State (22–0)Ohio State (23–0)1.
2.Bradley (3–0)Bradley (6–0)Bradley (8–0)Bradley (10–0)Bradley (12–0)St. Bonaventure (13–1)St. Bonaventure (14–1)St. Bonaventure (14–1)St. Bonaventure (16–1)St. Bonaventure (18–1)St. Bonaventure (20–1)St. Bonaventure (21–2)Cincinnati (23–3)2.
3.Detroit (3–0)St. Bonaventure (6–0)St. Bonaventure (7–0)St. Bonaventure (9–1)St. Bonaventure (11–1)Bradley (13–1)Bradley (13–1)Bradley (14–2)Duke (16–1)Duke (17–2)Cincinnati (19–3)Cincinnati (21–3)St. Bonaventure (22–3)3.
4.Indiana (2–1)Indiana (4–1)Indiana (5–1)Louisville (11–0)Louisville (13–0)Iowa (11–1)North Carolina (12–2)Duke (14–1)Bradley (14–3)Cincinnati (17–3)Bradley (19–4)Bradley (21–4)Kansas State (20–4)4.
5.North Carolina (2–0)Louisville (8–0)Louisville (9–0)St. John's (8–1)St. John's (9–1)Louisville (13–1)Duke (13–1)North Carolina (12–2)Cincinnati (16–3)Bradley (16–4)Iowa (14–4)North Carolina (19–4)North Carolina (19–4)5.
6.St. Bonaventure (4–0)St. John's (4–0)Duke (7–0)North Carolina (7–2)Iowa (9–1)North Carolina (10–2)Iowa (12–2)Iowa (12–2)North Carolina (14–3)Kansas State (15–3)Duke (18–4)Iowa (16–4)Bradley (21–5)6.
7.St. John's (3–0)Duke (5–0)St. John's (6–0)Iowa (8–1)North Carolina (8–2)DePaul (11–0)St. John's (10–2)St. John's (10–3)Kansas State (14–3)North Carolina (15–4)North Carolina (18–4)Kansas State (18–4)USC (19–5)7.
8.Duke (3–0)Detroit (4–1)Saint Louis (7–1)Duke (9–1)Duke (11–1)Duke (13–1)Louisville (14–2)Louisville (15–2)USC (15–3)USC (16–3)Kansas State (16–4)West Virginia (22–3)Iowa (17–5)8.
9.Louisville (5–0)Auburn (5–0)Auburn (5–0)UCLA (7–2)Kansas State (10–2)St. John's (10–2)USC (12–2)USC (14–2)Iowa (12–3)Iowa (13–3)West Virginia (20–3)Duke (20–5)West Virginia (23–4)9.
10.NC State (4–0)North Carolina (3–2) тNC State (6–1)Auburn (6–0)UCLA (8–3)Kansas State (11–2)Purdue (9–3)Kansas State (12–3)Louisville (17–2)West Virginia (18–3)USC (16–4)USC (17–5)Duke (22–6)10.
11.Auburn (3–0)NC State (5–1) тNorth Carolina (4–2) 11.
12.Maryland (4–0)Kansas State (5–2)Kansas State (6–2) 12.
13.UCLA (3–1)Providence (6–0)Detroit (5–2) 13.
14.Utah State (2–2)UCLA (5–1)Drake (6–0) 14.
15.Georgia Tech (3–0)Colorado (7–0)Providence (7–0) 15.
16.Kansas (2–1) тSaint Louis (4–1)UCLA (5–1) т 16.
17.Wichita (4–0) тVanderbilt (5–0)Vanderbilt (7–0) т 17.
18.Utah (3–2)Utah (4–2)Wichita (7–2) 18.
19.Illinois (2–0)Wake Forest (5–2)Memphis State (7–0) т 19.
20.Kansas State (2–2) т
Kentucky (2–1) т
Drake (5–0) т
Kansas (3–2) т
Kentucky (4–3) т 20.
Week 2
Dec. 13[1][2]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1][3]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1][4]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1][5]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1][6]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1][7]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1][8]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1][9]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1][10]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1][11]
Week 12
Feb. 21[1][12]
Week 13
Feb. 28[13][14]
Final
Mar. 7[13][15]
Dropped:
  • Maryland (4–2)
  • Utah State (4–3)
  • Georgia Tech (3–2)
  • Wichita (5–2)
  • Illinois (2–2)
  • Kentucky (2–3)
Dropped:
  • Colorado (7–2)
  • Utah (6–2)
  • Wake Forest (5–2)
  • Kansas (4–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (6–3)
  • Saint Louis (8–2)
  • NC State (8–2)
  • Kansas State (9–2)
  • Detroit (7–2)
  • Drake (8–1)
  • Providence (7–2)
  • Vanderbilt (8–2)
  • Wichita (10–2)
  • Memphis State (8–1)
  • Kentucky (6–3)
Dropped:
Auburn (7–1)
Dropped:
UCLA (10–3)
Dropped:
  • DePaul (11–2)
  • Kansas State (11–3)
Dropped:
Purdue (9–5)
Dropped:
St. John's (11–4)
Dropped:
Louisville (17–4)
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UPI Poll

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Week 1
Dec. 5[1]
Week 2
Dec. 13[1]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1]
Week 12
Feb. 21[1]
Week 13
Feb. 28[13]
Final
Mar. 7[13]
1.Ohio State (1–0)Ohio State (3–0)Ohio State (4–0)Ohio State (6–0)Ohio State (9–0)Ohio State (10–0)Ohio State (12–0)Ohio State (13–0)Ohio State (14–0)Ohio State (16–0)Ohio State (18–0)Ohio State (20–0)Ohio State (22–0)Ohio State (23–0)1.
2.Bradley (1–0)Bradley (3–0)Bradley (6–0)Bradley (8–0)Bradley (10–0)Bradley (12–0)St. Bonaventure (13–1)St. Bonaventure (14–1)Bradley (14–2)St. Bonaventure (16–1)St. Bonaventure (18–1)St. Bonaventure (20–1)St. Bonaventure (21–2)Cincinnati (23–3)2.
3.Indiana (1–0)North Carolina (2–0)Indiana (4–1)St. John's (6–0)St. Bonaventure (9–1)St. Bonaventure (11–1)Bradley (13–1)Bradley (13–1)St. Bonaventure (14–1)Duke (16–1)Duke (17–2)Bradley (19–4)Cincinnati (21–3)St. Bonaventure (22–3)3.
4.Kansas (1–0)Indiana (2–1)St. John's (4–0)Indiana (5–1)St. John's (8–1)Louisville (13–0)Iowa (11–1)North Carolina (12–2)North Carolina (12–2)Bradley (14–3)USC (16–3)Cincinnati (19–3)Bradley (21–4)Kansas State (20–4)4.
5.North Carolina (1–0)Detroit (3–0)St. Bonaventure (6–0)St. Bonaventure (7–0)North Carolina (7–2)St. John's (9–1)Kansas State (11–2)St. John's (10–2)Duke (14–1)North Carolina (14–3)Bradley (16–4)North Carolina (18–4)Kansas State (18–4)USC (19–5)5.
6.St. Bonaventure (2–0) тSt. John's (3–0)Detroit (4–1)Saint Louis (7–1)Louisville (11–0)Kansas State (10–2)North Carolina (10–2)Duke (13–1)USC (14–2)USC (15–3)Cincinnati (17–3)USC (16–4)North Carolina (19–4)North Carolina (19–4)6.
7.Utah State (1–0) тSt. Bonaventure (4–0)North Carolina (3–2)UCLA (5–1)Kansas State (9–2)North Carolina (8–2)St. John's (10–2)Louisville (14–2)Iowa (12–2) тKansas State (14–3)North Carolina (15–4)Kansas State (16–4)Duke (20–5)Bradley (21–5)7.
8.Cincinnati (2–0)Kansas (2–1)UCLA (5–1)Detroit (5–2)UCLA (7–2)Iowa (9–1)Duke (13–1)Iowa (12–2)Louisville (15–2) тIowa (12–3)Kansas State (15–3)Duke (18–4)Iowa (16–4)St. John's (19–4)8.
9.Detroit (1–0)Providence (3–0)Louisville (8–0)Louisville (9–0)Iowa (8–1)Duke (11–1)Louisville (13–1)USC (12–2)St. John's (10–3)Cincinnati (16–3) тSt. John's (13–4)Iowa (14–4)St. John's (17–4)Duke (22–6)9.
10.St. John's (1–0)Cincinnati (3–1)Kansas (3–2)Duke (7–0)Duke (9–1)UCLA (8–3)DePaul (11–0)Kansas State (11–3)Kansas State (12–3)Louisville (17–2) тLouisville (17–4)St. John's (15–4)USC (17–5)Iowa (17–5) т10.
11.Kansas State (1–0)UCLA (3–1)Kansas State (5–2)North Carolina (4–2)Detroit (7–2)Indiana (7–3)UCLA (10–3)UCLA (10–3)UCLA (12–3)Kansas (11–5)Iowa (13–3)Kansas (15–5)West Virginia (22–3)Wake Forest (17–10) т11.
12.Georgia Tech (2–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Duke (5–0)Kansas State (6–2)Saint Louis (8–2)Utah (8–4)USC (12–2)Kansas (10–5)Kansas (10–5)UCLA (13–4)Kansas (13–5)Utah (17–5)Utah (19–5)West Virginia (23–4)12.
13.Providence (1–0)Duke (3–0)Saint Louis (4–1)Auburn (5–0) тIndiana (6–3)USC (10–2)Kansas (9–4)Indiana (8–3) тIndiana (9–3)St. John's (11–4)Utah (15–5)Louisville (18–5)Louisville (18–6)Utah (20–6)13.
14.Auburn (2–0)Auburn (3–0)California (4–0)Kansas (4–3) тVanderbilt (8–0) тDetroit (9–3)Indiana (8–3)Memphis State (13–1) тCincinnati (14–3)Indiana (10–5)UCLA (13–5)West Virginia (20–3)Dayton (17–7)Saint Louis (20–7)14.
15.Utah (0–2)Maryland (4–0)Colorado (7–0)California (6–1)Utah (7–4) тMemphis State (9–1) тUtah (10–4)DePaul (11–2)Memphis State (14–1)Utah (14–5)West Virginia (18–3)UCLA (14–6)UCLA (15–6)Louisville (18–7)15.
16.Duke (1–0)California (3–0)Auburn (5–0)Providence (7–0) тWest Virginia (6–2) тVanderbilt (10–0) тMemphis State (11–1)Cincinnati (13–3)Utah (12–5)West Virginia (16–3)Memphis State (17–2)Dayton (15–7)Memphis State (20–2)Saint Joseph's (22–4)16.
17.California (1–0)Utah State (2–2)Providence (6–0)Vanderbilt (7–0)Wichita (10–2)Wichita (11–3)Wake Forest (9–5)Utah (11–5)Wake Forest (11–5)Wichita (15–4)Wichita (16–4)Memphis State (19–2)Kentucky (15–7)Dayton (19–7)17.
18.Washington (1–1)Utah (3–2)NC State (5–1)Utah (6–2)Kansas (6–4)DePaul (9–0) тCincinnati (11–3)Xavier (11–3)Detroit (11–5)Mississippi State (14–3)Indiana (10–7)Kentucky (13–7)Vanderbilt (18–4) тKentucky (17–7)18.
19.Western Kentucky (2–0)Illinois (2–0)Wake Forest (5–2)Memphis State (7–0)Auburn (6–0)Kansas (7–4) тWichita (12–4)West Virginia (12–3)West Virginia (13–3)Saint Louis (12–5) тSaint Joseph's (16–4)Wichita (16–7)Wichita (16–8) тTexas Tech (14–9)19.
20.Dayton (0–0)Washington (2–1)Utah State (4–3)NC State (6–1)Providence (7–2) т
Memphis State (8–1) т
NC State (8–2) т
USC (8–2) т
Iowa State (5–4) т
West Virginia (8–2)Detroit (9–5)Wake Forest (10–5) т
Wichita (13–4) т
Wichita (14–4)Oregon (12–5) тOhio (15–4) т
Providence (16–3) т
Saint Louis (14–7)Texas Tech (13–8)Memphis State (20–2)20.
Week 1
Dec. 5[1]
Week 2
Dec. 13[1]
Week 3
Dec. 20[1]
Week 4
Dec. 27[1]
Week 5
Jan. 3[1]
Week 6
Jan. 10[1]
Week 7
Jan. 17[1]
Week 8
Jan. 24[1]
Week 9
Jan. 31[1]
Week 10
Feb. 7[1]
Week 11
Feb. 14[1]
Week 12
Feb. 21[1]
Week 13
Feb. 28[13]
Final
Mar. 7[13]
Dropped:
  • Kansas State (2–2)
  • Western Kentucky (3–1)
  • Dayton (1–1)
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati (3–2)
  • Georgia Tech (3–4)
  • Maryland (4–2)
  • Utah (4–2)
  • Illinois (3–2)
  • Washington (3–2)
Dropped:
  • Colorado (7–2)
  • Wake Forest (5–2)
  • Utah State (5–3)
Dropped:
California (8–2)
Dropped:
  • Saint Louis (8–4)
  • Auburn (7–1)
  • Providence (9–2)
  • NC State (8–3)
  • Iowa State (6–5)
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt (10–2)
  • West Virginia (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Detroit
Dropped:
  • DePaul
  • Xavier
Dropped:
  • Memphis State
  • Wake Forest
  • Detroit
Dropped:
  • Mississippi State
  • Saint Louis
  • Oregon
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Saint Joseph's
  • Ohio
  • Providence
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • Saint Louis
Dropped:
  • UCLA (18–8)
  • Vanderbilt (18–5)
  • Wichita (16–9)

References

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