1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1978–79 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

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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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Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Nov. 28[2]
Week 3
Dec. 4[3]
Week 4
Dec. 11[4]
Week 5
Dec. 18[5]
Week 6
Dec. 25[6]
Week 7
Jan. 3[7]
Week 8
Jan. 8[8]
Week 9
Jan. 15[9]
Week 10
Jan. 22[10]
Week 11
Jan. 29[11]
Week 12
Feb. 5[12]
Week 13
Feb. 12[13]
Week 14
Feb. 19[14]
Week 15
Feb. 26[15]
Week 16
Mar. 5[16]
Final
Mar. 12[17]
1.DukeDuke (1–0)Duke (4–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (6–0)Michigan State (7–1)Michigan State (9–1)Notre Dame (8–1)Notre Dame (11–1)Notre Dame (12–2)Notre Dame (15–2)Indiana State (23–0)UCLA (20–3)Indiana State (24–0)Indiana State (29–0)Indiana State (30–0)1.
2.UCLAUCLA (3–0)UCLA (3–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (5–1)Notre Dame (6–1)North Carolina (12–2)North Carolina (14–2)Indiana State (18–0)Indiana State (20–0)UCLA (18–3)Indiana State (24–0)Notre Dame (22–3)UCLA (23–4)UCLA (24–4)2.
3.Notre DameNotre Dame (0–0)Notre Dame (2–0)Michigan State (2–0)UCLA (4–1)UCLA (6–1)North Carolina (8–1)North Carolina (10–1)UCLA (11–2)Indiana State (14–0)Duke (14–3)Duke (16–3)Notre Dame (17–3)Notre Dame (19–3)UCLA (21–4)North Carolina (23–5)Michigan State (22–6)3.
4.LouisvilleKansas (0–0)Michigan State (1–0)Louisville (5–1)NC State (7–1)Michigan State (4–1)Illinois (12–0)Illinois (14–0)Illinois (15–1)Michigan State (11–3)North Carolina (15–3)UCLA (16–3)North Carolina (18–4)North Carolina (20–4)Michigan State (20–5)Michigan State (21–6)Notre Dame (23–5)4.
5.KansasLouisville (3–1)Kansas (3–0)UCLA (3–1)Michigan State (3–1)North Carolina (6–1)Duke (6–2)LSU (10–0)Indiana State (14–0)Louisville (15–3)UCLA (14–3)Louisville (19–3)Duke (17–4)LSU (21–3)Duke (20–6)Notre Dame (22–5)Arkansas (24–4)5.
6.TexasNC State (3–0)Michigan (2–0)Kentucky (3–0)North Carolina (5–1)Illinois (9–0)UCLA (7–2)UCLA (9–2)Michigan State (9–3)UCLA (12–3)Louisville (17–3)North Carolina (16–4)LSU (20–3)Duke (19–5)Syracuse (24–2)Duke (22–7)DePaul (23–5)6.
7.Michigan StateMichigan State (0–0)Louisville (3–1)NC State (6–1)Kansas (5–1)LSU (7–0)LSU (8–0)Duke (9–2)Louisville (12–3)Duke (12–3)Ohio State (13–4)Syracuse (18–2)Syracuse (20–2)Michigan State (18–5)North Carolina (21–5)Arkansas (23–4)LSU (23–5)7.
8.MichiganMichigan (0–0)NC State (4–1)Kansas (4–1)Syracuse (6–0)Michigan (4–1)NC State (8–2)NC State (11–2)Duke (10–3)Illinois (16–2)Syracuse (18–2)LSU (19–3)Michigan State (16–5)Syracuse (21–2)LSU (22–4)DePaul (22–4)Syracuse (26–3)8.
9.SyracuseSyracuse (1–0)Syracuse (4–0)Michigan (3–1)Michigan (4–1)NC State (7–2)Kentucky (5–2)Indiana State (11–0)LSU (12–2)LSU (13–2)Georgetown (16–2)Marquette (16–3)Louisville (21–4)Marquette (19–4)Arkansas (21–4)LSU (22–5)North Carolina (23–6)9.
10.IndianaKentucky (0–0)Kentucky (2–0)Syracuse (5–0)LSU (6–0)Louisville (7–2)Texas A&M (11–2)Arkansas (9–0)Georgetown (12–2)Ohio State (11–4)LSU (15–3)Michigan State (14–5)Marquette (17–4)Arkansas (20–4)Marquette (19–5)Syracuse (25–3)Marquette (22–6)10.
11.KentuckyLSU (1–0)USC (2–0)LSU (5–0)Kentucky (3–1)Indiana State (8–0)Indiana State (9–0)Texas A&M (11–2)Arkansas (10–2)Georgetown (14–2)Texas (15–4)Texas A&M (20–4)Arkansas (18–4)Texas (20–5)Iowa (19–6)Georgetown (24–4)Duke (22–8)11.
12.NC StateUSC (0–0)LSU (4–0)USC (3–0)Louisville (6–2)Texas A&M (9–2)Georgetown (9–1)Louisville (10–3)Syracuse (12–2)Syracuse (14–2)Marquette (14–3)Texas (16–5)Texas (18–5)Iowa (18–5)Temple (22–3)Marquette (21–6)San Francisco (22–6)12.
13.USCTexas (0–1)Texas (3–1)North Carolina (4–1)Marquette (5–0)Kentucky (4–2)Michigan (6–2)Marquette (10–1)Marquette (11–2)Marquette (13–2)Alabama (13–4)Ohio State (13–6)Purdue (19–5)Louisville (22–6)Louisville (23–6)Temple (25–3)Louisville (24–7)13.
14.LSUNorth Carolina (0–0)North Carolina (3–1)Marquette (4–0)Georgetown (6–0)UNLV (8–1)Arkansas (7–0)Georgetown (10–2)NC State (11–4)Texas A&M (15–3)Illinois (16–4)Arkansas (15–4)Iowa (16–5)Ohio State (16–7)Texas (20–6)Iowa (20–7)Penn (23–5)14.
15.RutgersSan Francisco (1–0)UNLV (3–0)UNLV (3–0)Illinois (7–0)Georgetown (7–1)Long Beach State (8–0)Kansas (8–3)Texas A&M (13–3)Arkansas (11–3)Michigan State (11–5)Iowa (15–4)Temple (19–3)Temple (20–3)DePaul (20–4)Texas (21–7)Purdue (24–7)15.
16.North CarolinaRutgers (0–0)Marquette (2–0)Georgetown (5–0)Indiana State (8–0)Marquette (6–1)Louisville (8–3)Michigan (7–3)Ohio State (9–1)Temple (12–1)Texas A&M (17–4)Alabama (13–5)Georgetown (18–4)Detroit (20–4)Georgetown (22–4)Purdue (23–7)Oklahoma (21–9)16.
17.San FranciscoMarquette (0–0)San Francisco (3–1)Texas (4–2)Texas A&M (8–1)Long Beach State (7–0)Marquette (8–1)Kentucky (9–4)Temple (12–1)Texas (11–4)Maryland (14–5)Vanderbilt (15–4)Ohio State (16–7)Georgetown (20–4)Ohio State (17–8)Detroit (22–5)St. John's (20–10)17.
18.MarquetteUNLV (1–0)Rutgers (2–1)Illinois (6–0)UNLV (5–1)Kansas (5–3)Mississippi State (8–0)Temple (11–0)Alabama (10–4)Alabama (11–4)Temple (15–3)Georgetown (16–4)Detroit (18–4)Purdue (20–6)Detroit (21–5)Louisville (23–7)Rutgers (22–8)18.
19.AlabamaMaryland (1–0)Maryland (2–2)San Francisco (5–2)Texas (5–2)Syracuse (6–2)Kansas (8–3)Long Beach State (8–2)Maryland (11–4)Vanderbilt (12–2)Arkansas (13–4)Temple (17–3)Vanderbilt (16–5)Vanderbilt (18–6)Purdue (21–7)San Francisco (21–6)Toledo (22–7)19.
20.UNLVIndiana (1–2)Georgetown (3–0)Indiana State (6–0)USC (6–2)Arkansas (6–0)Maryland (10–3)Syracuse (9–2)Kansas (9–4)NC State (11–6)Vanderbilt (14–3)Illinois (17–5)Alabama (15–7)DePaul (18–4)San Francisco (21–6)Tennessee (20–11)Iowa (20–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Nov. 28[2]
Week 3
Dec. 4[3]
Week 4
Dec. 11[4]
Week 5
Dec. 18[5]
Week 6
Dec. 25[6]
Week 7
Jan. 3[7]
Week 8
Jan. 8[8]
Week 9
Jan. 15[9]
Week 10
Jan. 22[10]
Week 11
Jan. 29[11]
Week 12
Feb. 5[12]
Week 13
Feb. 12[13]
Week 14
Feb. 19[14]
Week 15
Feb. 26[15]
Week 16
Mar. 5[16]
Final
Mar. 12[17]
Dropped:
Alabama (1–1)
Dropped:
Indiana (2–2)
Dropped:
  • Rutgers (3–2)
  • Maryland (3–2)
Dropped:
San Francisco (6–3)
Dropped:
  • Texas (5–2)
  • USC (6–3)
Dropped:
  • UNLV (8–3)
  • Syracuse (8–2)
Dropped:
  • Mississippi State (8–2)
  • Maryland (10–3)
Dropped:
  • Michigan (7–5)
  • Kentucky (10–5)
  • Long Beach State (9–4)
Dropped:
  • Maryland (11–6)
  • Kansas (10–5)
Dropped:
NC State (13–6)
Dropped:
Maryland (15–6)
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Texas A&M (20–6)
Dropped:
Alabama (16–8)
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt (18–8)
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (17–10)
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (24–5)
  • Temple (25–3)
  • Texas (21–7)
  • Detroit (22–5)
  • Tennessee (20–11)

UPI Poll

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Preseason
Pre[18]
Week 2
Dec. 12[18]
Week 3
Dec. 19[18]
Week 4
Dec. 26[18]
Week 5
Jan. 3[18]
Week 6
Jan. 9[18]
Week 7
Jan. 16[18]
Week 8
Jan. 23[18]
Week 9
Jan. 30[18]
Week 10
Feb. 6[18]
Week 11
Feb. 13[19]
Week 12
Feb. 20[19]
Week 13
Feb. 27[19]
Final
Mar. 6[19]
1.DukeDuke (5–0)Duke (6–0)Duke (6–0)Michigan State (7–1)Michigan State (9–1)Notre Dame (8–1)Notre Dame (11–1)Notre Dame (12–2)Notre Dame (15–2)UCLA (18–3)UCLA (20–3)Indiana State (24–0)Indiana State (29–0)1.
2.UCLANotre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Notre Dame (5–1)Notre Dame (6–1)Illinois (15–1)North Carolina (14–2)Indiana State (18–0)Indiana State (20–0)Indiana State (23–0)Indiana State (24–0)Notre Dame (22–3)UCLA (23–4)2.
3.Notre DameMichigan State (2–0)UCLA (4–1)UCLA (6–1)Illinois (12–0)Illinois (14–0)North Carolina (12–2)Indiana State (14–0)UCLA (14–3)UCLA (16–3)Notre Dame (17–3)Notre Dame (19–3)UCLA (21–4)North Carolina (23–5)3.
4.Michigan StateLouisville (5–1)Michigan State (3–1)Michigan State (4–1)North Carolina (8–1)North Carolina (10–1)UCLA (11–2)Michigan State (11–3)Duke (14–3)Duke (16–3)North Carolina (18–4)North Carolina (20–4)Michigan State (20–5)Michigan State (21–6)4.
5.Kansas тUCLA (3–1)NC State (7–1)Illinois (9–0)UCLA (7–2)LSU (10–0)Indiana State (14–0)Louisville (15–3)Louisville (17–3)Louisville (19–3)LSU (20–3)LSU (21–3)Syracuse (24–2)Notre Dame (22–5)5.
6.Louisville тKentucky (3–0)North Carolina (5–1)North Carolina (6–1)LSU (8–0)UCLA (9–2)Michigan State (9–3)Duke (12–3)North Carolina (15–3)North Carolina (16–4)Duke (17–4)Syracuse (21–2)Duke (20–6)Arkansas (23–4)6.
7.TexasNC State (6–1)Michigan (4–1)Michigan (4–1)Duke (6–2)Duke (9–2)Louisville (12–3)UCLA (12–3)Ohio State (13–4)LSU (19–3)Syracuse (20–2)Duke (19–5)North Carolina (21–5)Duke (22–7)7.
8.MichiganKansas (4–1)Kansas (5–1)LSU (7–0)Kentucky (5–2)NC State (11–2)LSU (12–2)Illinois (16–2)Syracuse (18–2)Marquette (16–3)Michigan State (16–5)Michigan State (18–5)LSU (22–4)DePaul (22–4)8.
9.NC StateMichigan (3–1)Syracuse (6–0)Louisville (7–2)Indiana State (9–0)Indiana State (11–0)Duke (10–3)Ohio State (11–4)Marquette (14–3)Michigan State (14–5)Louisville (21–4)Marquette (19–4)Arkansas (21–4)LSU (22–5)9.
10.USCLSU (5–0)LSU (6–0)Texas A&M (9–2)NC State (8–2)Arkansas (9–0)Marquette (11–2)LSU (13–2)Georgetown (16–2)Syracuse (18–2)Marquette (17–4)Texas (20–5)Iowa (19–6)Syracuse (25–3)10.
11.IndianaSyracuse (5–0)Louisville (6–2)Indiana State (8–0)Long Beach State (8–0)Marquette (10–1)Ohio State (9–4)Marquette (13–2)Texas (15–4)Texas A&M (20–4)Arkansas (18–4)Iowa (18–5)DePaul (20–4)Iowa (20–7)11.
12.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (4–1)Kentucky (3–1)Georgetown (7–1)Michigan (6–2)Texas A&M (11–2)Temple (12–1)Georgetown (14–2)LSU (15–3)Ohio State (13–6)Texas (18–5)Arkansas (20–4)Marquette (19–5)Georgetown (24–4)12.
13.SyracuseUSC (3–0)Marquette (5–0)Long Beach State (7–0)Mississippi State (8–0)Louisville (10–3)Arkansas (10–2)Syracuse (14–2)Michigan State (11–5)Iowa (15–4)Purdue (19–5)Ohio State (16–7)Temple (22–3)Marquette (21–6)13.
14.KentuckyMarquette (4–0)Georgetown (6–0)Kansas (5–3)Texas A&M (11–2)Kansas (8–3)Georgetown (12–2)Texas A&M (15–3)Texas A&M (17–4)Arkansas (15–4)Temple (19–3)Louisville (22–6)Texas (20–6)Purdue (23–7)14.
15.AlabamaGeorgetown (5–0)Indiana State (8–0)Kentucky (4–2)Arkansas (7–0)Temple (11–0)Syracuse (12–2)Temple (12–1)Alabama (13–4)Texas (16–5)Iowa (16–5)Temple (20–3)Georgetown (22–4)Texas (21–7)15.
16.San FranciscoIndiana State (6–0)Illinois (7–0)Washington State (7–0)Louisville (8–3)Georgetown (10–2)Alabama (10–4)Texas (11–4)Vanderbilt (14–3)Vanderbilt (15–4)Georgetown (18–4)Georgetown (20–4)Louisville (23–6)Temple (25–3)16.
17.LSUTexas (4–2)Long Beach State (6–0)Marquette (6–1)Kansas (8–3)Long Beach State (8–2)Texas A&M (13–3)Vanderbilt (12–2)Illinois (16–4)Temple (17–3)Vanderbilt (16–5)Purdue (20–6)Ohio State (17–8)San Francisco (21–6)17.
18.RutgersLong Beach State (4–0)Texas A&M (8–1)Syracuse (6–2)Georgetown (9–1)Syracuse (9–2)NC State (11–4)Arkansas (11–3)Temple (15–3)Purdue (17–5)Ohio State (16–7) тDetroit (20–4)Purdue (21–7)Tennessee (20–11)18.
19.MinnesotaIllinois (6–0)Texas (5–2)Maryland (7–2)Marquette (8–1)USC (6–3)Kansas (9–4)NC State (11–6)Weber State (19–4)Georgetown (16–4) тTexas A&M (20–6) тVanderbilt (18–6)San Francisco (21–6)Louisville (23–7)19.
20.MarquetteArkansas (2–0)Arkansas (4–0)Texas (5–2)Maryland (9–2)Michigan (7–3)USC (9–4)Alabama (11–4)Purdue (15–5)USC (13–6) тDetroit (18–4)DePaul (18–4)Detroit (21–5)Detroit (22–5)20.
Preseason
Pre[18]
Week 2
Dec. 12[18]
Week 3
Dec. 19[18]
Week 4
Dec. 26[18]
Week 5
Jan. 3[18]
Week 6
Jan. 9[18]
Week 7
Jan. 16[18]
Week 8
Jan. 23[18]
Week 9
Jan. 30[18]
Week 10
Feb. 6[18]
Week 11
Feb. 13[19]
Week 12
Feb. 20[19]
Week 13
Feb. 27[19]
Final
Mar. 6[19]
Dropped:
  • Indiana (3–3)
  • Alabama (3–2)
  • San Francisco (3–2)
  • Rutgers (2–2)
  • Minnesota (2–2)
Dropped:
  • USC (6–2)
Dropped:
  • NC State (7–2)
  • Arkansas (6–0)
Dropped:
  • Washington State (9–1)
  • Syracuse (8–2)
  • Texas (6–3)
Dropped:
  • Kentucky (9–4)
  • Mississippi State (8–2)
  • Maryland (10–3)
Dropped:
  • Long Beach State (9–4)
  • Michigan (7–5)
Dropped:
  • Kansas (9–6)
  • USC (10–6)
Dropped:
  • Arkansas (13–4)
  • NC State (13–6)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (13–5)
  • Illinois (17–5)
  • Weber State (20–4)
Dropped:
  • USC (13–8)
Dropped:
  • Texas A&M (21–7)
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt (18–8)
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (17–10)

References

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