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.

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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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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]
1.UCLAUCLA (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 CarolinaNorth Carolina (0–0)North 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.KentuckyKentucky (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 DameKansas (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.KansasNotre 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.DavidsonHouston (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. BonaventureDavidson (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.HoustonNew 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 MexicoCincinnati (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.PurdueVillanova (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.VillanovaSt. 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 StateVanderbilt (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.VanderbiltOhio 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.CincinnatiPurdue (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.MarquetteDetroit (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 KentuckyDuke (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.DukeWestern 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.DetroitSanta 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.FloridaCalifornia (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.TennesseeIowa (1–0)
Marquette (0–0)
Tennessee (1–0)
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][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]
Dropped:
Florida
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Marquette
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Iowa (3–2)
Dropped:
  • California
  • Western Kentucky
  • Houston
Dropped:
  • Purdue (7–3)
  • Wyoming (8–1)
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • New Mexico
  • St. Bonaventure
Dropped:
  • Detroit
  • Louisville
  • Drake (11–2)
Dropped:
  • Northwestern
  • Baylor
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • South Carolina
Dropped:
  • Columbia
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • Dayton
  • Baylor
Dropped:
  • Colorado
Dropped:
  • Ohio State
  • Tennessee
  • Tulsa (18–6)

UPI Poll

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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]
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 (3–0)North Carolina (4–0)North Carolina (6–0)North Carolina (7–1)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)Santa Clara (24–1)North Carolina (25–3)2.
3.Kentucky (1–0)Davidson (3–0)Davidson (3–0)Davidson (5–0)Davidson (7–0)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)Santa Clara (22–1)North Carolina (22–3)Davidson (26–2)3.
4.Notre Dame (0–0)Kentucky (2–1)Cincinnati (4–0)Kentucky (5–1)Kentucky (6–1)Davidson (8–1)Davidson (10–1)Davidson (12–1)Davidson (14–1)Kentucky (14–2)Kentucky (16–2)Davidson (20–2)La Salle (22–1)Davidson (24–2)Santa Clara (26–1)4.
5.Kansas (1–0)New Mexico (3–0)Kentucky (3–1)Villanova (5–0)Santa Clara (9–0)Illinois (10–0)Illinois (11–1)Kentucky (11–2)Kentucky (12–2)St. John's (13–2)Davidson (18–2)La Salle (20–1)Davidson (22–2)La Salle (23–1)Kentucky (22–4)5.
6.Houston (1–0)Villanova (3–0)New Mexico (5–0)Santa Clara (6–0)Kansas (10–1)Kansas (12–1)Kentucky (9–2)New Mexico State (15–0)New Mexico State (16–0)Davidson (15–2)St. John's (16–3)Kentucky (17–3)Kentucky (19–3)Purdue (18–4)La Salle (23–1)6.
7.Davidson (1–0)Notre Dame (1–1)Villanova (4–0)Notre Dame (5–1)Villanova (6–1)Kentucky (7–2)New Mexico State (14–0)St. John's (11–2)St. John's (12–2)Villanova (15–2)La Salle (18–1)St. John's (18–3)Purdue (16–4)Kentucky (20–4)Purdue (20–4)7.
8.New Mexico (1–0)Cincinnati (3–0)Notre Dame (3–1)New Mexico (8–1)Illinois (9–0)St. John's (8–2)St. John's (9–2)Illinois (11–1)Illinois (12–1)Illinois (13–2)Purdue (13–3)Purdue (14–4)St. John's (20–3)St. John's (22–4)St. John's (23–5)8.
9.Villanova (1–0)Purdue (2–1)Kansas (5–1)Kansas (8–1)Cincinnati (7–1)Villanova (8–1)Kansas (13–2)Villanova (11–2)Villanova (13–2)La Salle (16–1)Illinois (14–2)Villanova (17–4)Villanova (19–4)Duquesne (19–3)New Mexico State (24–3)9.
10.Cincinnati (1–0)Kansas (3–1)Santa Clara (5–0)Cincinnati (6–1)St. John's (8–1)New Mexico State (11–0)Villanova (10–1)Tulsa (13–2)La Salle (14–1)Kansas (15–3)Villanova (16–3)Duquesne (16–2)Duquesne (17–3)Villanova (21–4)Duquesne (17–3)10.
11.Purdue (0–1)St. Bonaventure (2–0)St. Bonaventure (4–0)Illinois (7–0)Duquesne (9–0)New Mexico (10–3)Tulsa (11–2)Kansas (14–3)Duquesne (11–1)Tulsa (16–2)Tulsa (18–2)South Carolina (17–3)Louisville (17–3)Drake (21–4)Drake (22–4)11.
12.St. Bonaventure (0–0)Duke (3–0)Purdue (4–1)New Mexico State (7–0)New Mexico (8–2)Notre Dame (7–2)New Mexico (11–4)Colorado (14–2)Tulsa (14–2)Purdue (11–3)Kansas (17–3)Tulsa (18–4)South Carolina (19–3)New Mexico State (23–3) тColorado (20–6)12.
13.New Mexico State (1–0)Houston (3–1)New Mexico State (5–0)St. Bonaventure (5–1)Detroit (10–0)Purdue (8–3)Notre Dame (10–2)Duquesne (11–1) тKansas (14–3)New Mexico State (16–2)Colorado (16–3)New Mexico State (21–2)New Mexico State (21–3)Wyoming (19–7) тLouisville (20–4)13.
14.Ohio State (1–0)Western Kentucky (4–0)La Salle (4–0)Wyoming (7–0)Columbia (8–0)Duquesne (9–1)Duquesne (10–1)Notre Dame (12–2) тColorado (14–2)Columbia (15–1)New Mexico (13–7)Louisville (16–3)Kansas (19–4)Notre Dame (20–5) тMarquette (23–4)14.
15.Duke (1–0) тSanta Clara (3–0)Houston (4–2)Detroit (8–0)New Mexico State (9–0)Columbia (9–1)Wyoming (9–2)Ohio State (9–2)Columbia (13–1)New Mexico (13–6)Duquesne (14–2)Ohio State (14–4)Ohio State (15–5)Colorado (19–6) тBoston College (21–3) т15.
16.Western Kentucky (1–0) тNew Mexico State (3–0)Illinois (4–0)Louisville (7–0)La Salle (8–0)Louisville (9–1)Purdue (9–3)La Salle (12–1)Notre Dame (13–3)Duquesne (12–2)Louisville (14–3) тIllinois (14–4)Wyoming (16–8)South Carolina (19–5)Villanova (21–5) т16.
17.Santa Clara (1–0)Detroit (3–0)Columbia (4–0)Dayton (6–1)Purdue (7–3)Drake (10–1)Colorado (13–2) тColumbia (13–1)Ohio State (11–2)Iowa (10–4)Wyoming (14–5) тNew Mexico (15–7) тDrake (19–4)Marquette (21–4)Weber State (26–2) т17.
18.USC (0–2)Ohio State (1–1) тTulsa (5–1)Ohio State (4–1)Louisville (7–0) тTulsa (10–2)St. Bonaventure (7–5) тSt. Bonaventure (7–5)Dayton (13–3) тOhio State (12–3) тColumbia (15–3) тWyoming (15–5) тBoston College (19–3) тKansas (20–5)Wyoming (19–8) т18.
19.Florida (0–0)Dayton (4–0) тWestern Kentucky (6–1)Purdue (5–2)Vanderbilt (6–2) тNorthwestern (9–1) тCincinnati (9–3) тDayton (12–2) тNew Mexico (11–6) тLamar (15–0) тSouth Carolina (14–3) тKansas (18–4) тNew Mexico (16–8) тBoston College (20–3)Colorado State (17–6)19.
20.California (0–0)USC (2–2)USC (4–2)USC (5–3)Wyoming (8–1) тDetroit (10–2) тColumbia (11–1) т
Louisville (10–2) т
New Mexico (11–6) тPurdue (10–3) т
Wyoming (10–3) т
Colorado (14–3)Notre Dame (15–4) т
Boston College (15–3) т
Columbia (17–3) тIllinois (16–4)Princeton (19–6)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]
Dropped:
  • California (2–0)
  • Florida (0–0)
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Detroit (6–0)
  • Ohio State (2–1)
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • La Salle (6–0)
  • Houston
  • Columbia
  • Tulsa
  • Western Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (5–2)
  • St. Bonaventure (6–2)
  • Dayton
  • Ohio State (6–1)
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati (7–3)
  • La Salle (9–1)
  • Wyoming
  • Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Drake
  • Northwestern (9–2)
  • Detroit
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
  • Purdue (9–3)
  • Cincinnati
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • St. Bonaventure
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
  • Dayton (15–3)
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • New Mexico State
  • Iowa
  • Ohio State
  • Lamar
Dropped:
  • Colorado
  • Notre Dame
  • Boston College
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • Columbia
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • Ohio State
  • New Mexico
  • Illinois
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (20–6)
  • Princeton (19–7)

References

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