1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season	1975–76
NCAA Tournament	1976
Preseason No. 1	Indiana
NCAA Tournament Champions	Indiana
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
← 1974–75	1976–77 →

The 1975–76 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

	Preseason ^[1]^[2]	Week 1 Dec. 1^[1]^[3]	Week 2 Dec. 8^[1]^[4]	Week 3 Dec. 15^[1]	Week 4 Dec. 22^[1]	Week 5 Dec. 29^[1]	Week 6 Jan. 5^[1]	Week 7 Jan. 12^[1]	Week 8 Jan. 19^[1]	Week 9 Jan. 26^[1]	Week 10 Feb. 2^[1]	Week 11 Feb. 9^[1]	Week 12 Feb. 16^[5]	Week 13 Feb. 23^[5]	Week 14 Mar. 1^[5]	Week 15 Mar. 8^[5]	Final Mar. 15^[5]^[6]^[7]
1.	Indiana (30)	Indiana (1–0)	Indiana (1–0)	Indiana (3–0)	Indiana (6–0)	Indiana (8–0)	Indiana (10–0)	Indiana (12–0)	Indiana (14–0)	Indiana (16–0)	Indiana (18–0)	Indiana (19–0)	Indiana (21–0)	Indiana (23–0)	Indiana (25–0)	Indiana (26–0)	Indiana (28–0)	1.
2.	UCLA (13)	Maryland (1-0)															Marquette (26–1)	2.
3.	Maryland	Marquette (0-0)															UNLV (29–1)	3.
4.	Marquette	North Carolina (1-0)															Rutgers (29–0)	4.
5.	North Carolina	UCLA (0-1)															UCLA (24–4)	5.
6.	Kentucky (2)	Louisville (1-0)															Alabama (22–4)	6.
7.	Notre Dame	Kentucky (0-1)															Notre Dame (23–5)	7.
8.	Louisville	Tennessee (0-0)															North Carolina (25–4)	8.
9.	Tennessee (1)	Notre Dame (1-0)															Michigan (22–6)	9.
10.	Cincinnati	Cincinnati (2-0)															Western Michigan (25–2)	10.
11.	Arizona	Arizona (1-0)															Maryland (22–6)	11.
12.	Alabama	San Francisco (1-0)															Cincinnati (24–6)	12.
13.	NC State	NC State (1-0)															Tennessee (21–6)	13.
14.	Kansas State	Alabama (1-0)															Missouri (25–4)	14.
15.	San Francisco	Providence (1-0)															Arizona (23–8)	15.
16.	Michigan	Michigan (1-0)															Texas Tech (25–5)	16.
17.	Providence	Auburn (1-0)															DePaul (20–8)	17.
18.	Arizona State	Kansas State (1-1)															Virginia (18–12)	18.
19.	Memphis State т Auburn т	Arizona State (0-0)															Centenary (23–5)	19.
20.	Syracuse	Washington (2-0)															Pepperdine (22–5)	20.
	Preseason ^[1]^[2]	Week 1 Dec. 1^[1]^[3]	Week 2 Dec. 8^[1]^[4]	Week 3 Dec. 15^[1]	Week 4 Dec. 22^[1]	Week 5 Dec. 29^[1]	Week 6 Jan. 5^[1]	Week 7 Jan. 12^[1]	Week 8 Jan. 19^[1]	Week 9 Jan. 26^[1]	Week 10 Feb. 2^[1]	Week 11 Feb. 9^[1]	Week 12 Feb. 16^[5]	Week 13 Feb. 23^[5]	Week 14 Mar. 1^[5]	Week 15 Mar. 8^[5]	Final Mar. 15^[5]^[6]^[7]
		Dropped: (19) Memphis State	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Washington St. John's

UPI Poll

	Week 2 Dec. 8^[1]	Week 3 Dec. 15^[1]	Week 4 Dec. 22^[1]	Week 5 Dec. 29^[1]	Week 6 Jan. 5^[1]	Week 7 Jan. 12^[1]	Week 8 Jan. 19^[1]	Week 9 Jan. 26^[1]	Week 10 Feb. 2^[1]	Week 11 Feb. 9^[1]	Week 12 Feb. 16^[5]	Week 13 Feb. 23^[5]	Week 14 Mar. 1^[5]	Final Mar. 8^[5]
1.	Indiana (1–0)	Indiana (3–0)	Indiana (6–0)	Indiana (8–0)	Indiana (10–0)	Indiana (12–0)	Indiana (14–0)	Indiana (16–0)	Indiana (18–0)	Indiana (19–0)	Indiana (21–0)	Indiana (23–0)	Indiana (25–0)	Indiana (26–0)	1.
2.	Marquette (2–0)													Marquette (25–1)	2.
3.	Maryland (3–0)													Rutgers (28–0)	3.
4.	North Carolina (3–0)													UNLV (28–1)	4.
5.	UCLA (2–1)													UCLA (23–4)	5.
6.	Tennessee (3–0)													North Carolina (25–3)	6.
7.	Louisville (2–0)													Alabama (21–4)	7.
8.	Notre Dame (3–0)													Notre Dame (22–5)	8.
9.	Arizona (4–0)													Michigan (21–6)	9.
10.	Alabama (2–0)													Washington (22–5)	10.
11.	Cincinnati (4–0) т													Missouri (24–4)	11.
12.	UNLV (4–0) т													Arizona (22–8)	12.
13.	Washington (4–0)													Maryland (22–4)	13.
14.	San Francisco (3–0)													Tennessee (21–5)	14.
15.	USC (4–0)													Virginia (18–11)	15.
16.	Kentucky (0–1)													Cincinnati (23–5) т	16.
17.	Rutgers (3–0)													Florida State (20–6) т	17.
18.	NC State (3–0)													St. John's (23–5)	18.
19.	Michigan (1–1)													Western Michigan (24–2) т	19.
20.	Kansas State (2–2)													Princeton (22–4) т	20.
	Week 2 Dec. 8^[1]	Week 3 Dec. 15^[1]	Week 4 Dec. 22^[1]	Week 5 Dec. 29^[1]	Week 6 Jan. 5^[1]	Week 7 Jan. 12^[1]	Week 8 Jan. 19^[1]	Week 9 Jan. 26^[1]	Week 10 Feb. 2^[1]	Week 11 Feb. 9^[1]	Week 12 Feb. 16^[5]	Week 13 Feb. 23^[5]	Week 14 Mar. 1^[5]	Final Mar. 8^[5]
		None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: NC State Centenary (23–5)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 826. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1975 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ "December 1, 1975 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ "December 8, 1975 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 827. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1976 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
^ "1975-76 College Basketball Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

[ESPN-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 826. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[2] "1975 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

[3] "December 1, 1975 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

[4] "December 8, 1975 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

[ESPN2-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 827. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[6] "1976 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

[7] "1975-76 College Basketball Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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