1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
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{{Infobox NCAA basketball rankings
| year = 1972
| image = NCAA 70s logo.svg
| image_caption =
| preseason_number_1 = UCLA
| ncaa_champions = UCLA
}}
The 1972–73 NCAA University Division 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.
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| | Win–loss record |
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AP Poll
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|Week1 = 0
|Week2 = 1
|Week3 = 2
|Week4 = 3
|Week5 = 4
|Week6 = 5
|Week7 = 6
|Week8 = 7
|Week9 = 8
|Week10 = 9
|Week11 = 10
|Week12 = 11
|Week13 = 12
|Week14 = 13
|Week15 = 14
|Week16 = Final
|Week1Date = {{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|publisher=Random House|page=796|year=2009|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}{{cite web |title=1973 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=337 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week2Date = Dec. 4{{cite web |title=December 4, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=338 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week3Date = Dec. 11{{cite web |title=December 11, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=339 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week4Date = Dec. 18{{cite web |title=December 18, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=340 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week5Date = Dec. 26{{cite web |title=December 25, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=341 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week6Date = Jan. 2{{cite web |title=January 1, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=342 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week7Date = Jan. 8{{cite web |title=January 8, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=343 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week8Date = Jan. 15{{cite web |title=January 15, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=344 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week9Date = Jan. 22{{cite web |title=January 22, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=345 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week10Date = Jan. 29{{cite web |title=January 29, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=346 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week11Date = Feb. 5{{cite web |title=February 5, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=347 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week12Date = Feb. 12{{cite web |title=February 12, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=348 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week13Date = Feb. 19{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|publisher=Random House|page=797|year=2009|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}{{cite web |title=February 19, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=349 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week14Date = Feb. 26{{cite web |title=February 26, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=350 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week15Date = Mar. 5{{cite web |title=March 4, 1973 AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=351 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
|Week16Date = Mar. 12{{cite web |title=1973 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll |url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=352 |publisher=College Poll Archive |access-date=January 26, 2020}}
|Week1-1 = UCLA
|Week1-2 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
|Week1-3 = Maryland
|Week1-4 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers|title=Minnesota}}
|Week1-5 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Marquette Warriors|title=Marquette}}
|Week1-6 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Long Beach State 49ers|title=Long Beach State}}
|Week1-7 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs|title=Southwestern Louisiana}}
|Week1-8 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=NC State Wolfpack|title=NC State}}
|Week1-9 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Penn Quakers|title=Penn}}
|Week1-10 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}}
|Week1-11 = Memphis State
|Week1-12 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}}
|Week1-13 = Kentucky
|Week1-14 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}}
|Week1-15 = Houston
|Week1-16 = South Carolina
|Week1-17 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}}
|Week1-18 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}}
|Week1-19 = Michigan
|Week1-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}} т
{{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}} т
|Week2-1 = UCLA (3–0)
|Week2-1-Color =
|Week2-2 = Florida State (1–0)
|Week2-2-Color =
|Week2-3 = Maryland (2–0)
|Week2-3-Color =
|Week2-4 = Minnesota (2–0)
|Week2-4-Color =
|Week2-5 = Marquette (1–0)
|Week2-5-Color =
|Week2-6 = NC State (2–0)
|Week2-6-Color = u
|Week2-7 = Long Beach State (1–0)
|Week2-7-Color = d
|Week2-8 = Kentucky (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color = u
|Week2-9 = Penn (1–0)
|Week2-9-Color =
|Week2-10 = Southwestern Louisiana (1–0)
|Week2-10-Color = d
|Week2-11 = Memphis State (1–0)
|Week2-11-Color =
|Week2-12 = Oral Roberts (0–0)
|Week2-12-Color = u
|Week2-13 = North Carolina (2–0)
|Week2-13-Color = npr
|Week2-14 = Tennessee (1–0)
|Week2-14-Color =
|Week2-15 = Ohio State (1–1)
|Week2-15-Color = d
|Week2-16 = Kansas State (2–0)
|Week2-16-Color = u
|Week2-17 = USC (1–0)
|Week2-17-Color = u
|Week2-18 = Michigan (1–0)
|Week2-18-Color = u
|Week2-19 = Providence (0–0)
|Week2-19-Color = npr
|Week2-20 = Houston (3–1)
|Week2-20-Color = d
|Week2Dropped = {{ubl|BYU|South Carolina|Louisville}}
|Week3-1 = UCLA (3–0)
|Week3-1-Color =
|Week3-2 = Florida State (3–0)
|Week3-2-Color =
|Week3-3 = Maryland (3–0)
|Week3-3-Color =
|Week3-4 = Marquette (3–0)
|Week3-4-Color = u
|Week3-5 = Minnesota (3–0)
|Week3-5-Color = d
|Week3-6 = NC State (4–0)
|Week3-6-Color =
|Week3-7 = Long Beach State (3–0)
|Week3-7-Color =
|Week3-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (4–0)
|Week3-8-Color = u
|Week3-9 = Penn (3–0)
|Week3-9-Color =
|Week3-10 = Oral Roberts (2–0)
|Week3-10-Color = u
|Week3-11 = North Carolina (4–0)
|Week3-11-Color = u
|Week3-12 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}} (5–0)
|Week3-12-Color = npr
|Week3-13 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}} (5–0)
|Week3-13-Color = npr
|Week3-14 = Providence (1–0)
|Week3-14-Color = u
|Week3-15 = Indiana (3–0)
|Week3-15-Color = npr
|Week3-16 = Houston (5–1)
|Week3-16-Color = u
|Week3-17 = BYU (3–1)
|Week3-17-Color = npr
|Week3-18 = Michigan (3–1)
|Week3-18-Color =
|Week3-19 = Memphis State (7–2)
|Week3-19-Color = d
|Week3-20 = Kansas State (3–1)
|Week3-20-Color = d
|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|Kentucky|Tennessee|Ohio State|USC}}
|Week4-1 = UCLA (4–0)
|Week4-1-Color =
|Week4-2 = Maryland (4–0)
|Week4-2-Color = u
|Week4-3 = Marquette (4–0)
|Week4-3-Color = u
|Week4-4 = NC State (6–0)
|Week4-4-Color = u
|Week4-5 = Minnesota (4–0)
|Week4-5-Color =
|Week4-6 = Long Beach State (4–0)
|Week4-6-Color = u
|Week4-7 = Florida State (4–1)
|Week4-7-Color = d
|Week4-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week4-8-Color =
|Week4-9 = Indiana (5–0)
|Week4-9-Color = u
|Week4-10 = Missouri (7–0)
|Week4-10-Color = u
|Week4-11 = Penn (4–0)
|Week4-11-Color = d
|Week4-12 = Vanderbilt (7–0)
|Week4-12-Color = u
|Week4-13 = North Carolina (6–1)
|Week4-13-Color = d
|Week4-14 = Houston (7–1)
|Week4-14-Color = u
|Week4-15 = BYU (5–1)
|Week4-15-Color = u
|Week4-16 = Oral Roberts (4–1)
|Week4-16-Color = d
|Week4-17 = Kansas State (6–1)
|Week4-17-Color = u
|Week4-18 = Providence (3–1)
|Week4-18-Color = d
|Week4-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} (6–0)
|Week4-19-Color = npr
|Week4-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Santa Clara Broncos|title=Santa Clara}} (4–2)
|Week4-20-Color = npr
|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|Michigan|Memphis State}}
|Week5-1 = UCLA (6–0)
|Week5-1-Color =
|Week5-2 = Maryland (5–0)
|Week5-2-Color =
|Week5-3 = Marquette (5–0)
|Week5-3-Color =
|Week5-4 = NC State (8–0)
|Week5-4-Color =
|Week5-5 = Minnesota (6–0)
|Week5-5-Color =
|Week5-6 = Long Beach State (8–0)
|Week5-6-Color =
|Week5-7 = Missouri (8–0)
|Week5-7-Color = u
|Week5-8 = Penn (5–0)
|Week5-8-Color = u
|Week5-9 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week5-9-Color = d
|Week5-10 = Vanderbilt (8–0)
|Week5-10-Color = u
|Week5-11 = North Carolina (7–1)
|Week5-11-Color = u
|Week5-12 = Florida State (5–2)
|Week5-12-Color = d
|Week5-13 = Houston (7–1)
|Week5-13-Color = u
|Week5-14 = BYU (6–1)
|Week5-14-Color = u
|Week5-15 = Indiana (5–1)
|Week5-15-Color = d
|Week5-16 = Kansas State (7–1)
|Week5-16-Color = u
|Week5-17 = Providence (5–1)
|Week5-17-Color = u
|Week5-18 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|title=Alabama}} (3–1)
|Week5-18-Color = npr
|Week5-19 = Oklahoma (6–0)
|Week5-19-Color =
|Week5-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=San Francisco Dons|title=San Francisco}} (7–1)
|Week5-20-Color = npr
|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|Oral Roberts|Santa Clara}}
|Week6-1 = UCLA (8–0)
|Week6-1-Color =
|Week6-2 = Maryland (7–0)
|Week6-2-Color =
|Week6-3 = Marquette (8–0)
|Week6-3-Color =
|Week6-4 = NC State (8–0)
|Week6-4-Color =
|Week6-5 = Long Beach State (11–0)
|Week6-5-Color = u
|Week6-6 = Minnesota (9–0)
|Week6-6-Color = d
|Week6-7 = Missouri (10–0)
|Week6-7-Color =
|Week6-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week6-8-Color = u
|Week6-9 = North Carolina (10–1)
|Week6-9-Color = u
|Week6-10 = Houston (8–2)
|Week6-10-Color = u
|Week6-11 = Vanderbilt (8–1)
|Week6-11-Color = d
|Week6-12 = San Francisco (8–1)
|Week6-12-Color = u
|Week6-13 = Providence (5–1)
|Week6-13-Color = u
|Week6-14 = Alabama (5–1)
|Week6-14-Color = u
|Week6-15 = BYU (8–2)
|Week6-15-Color = d
|Week6-16 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=New Mexico Lobos|title=New Mexico}} (9–0)
|Week6-16-Color = npr
|Week6-17 = Penn (5–2)
|Week6-17-Color = d
|Week6-18 = Kansas State (9–2)
|Week6-18-Color = d
|Week6-19 = Florida State (7–3)
|Week6-19-Color = d
|Week6-20 = Indiana (6–2)
|Week6-20-Color = d
|Week6Dropped = Oklahoma
|Week7-1 = UCLA (10–0)
|Week7-1-Color =
|Week7-2 = Maryland (9–0)
|Week7-2-Color =
|Week7-3 = NC State (9–0)
|Week7-3-Color = u
|Week7-4 = Marquette (10–0)
|Week7-4-Color = d
|Week7-5 = Missouri (11–0)
|Week7-5-Color = u
|Week7-6 = Long Beach State (11–1)
|Week7-6-Color = d
|Week7-7 = North Carolina (12–1)
|Week7-7-Color = u
|Week7-8 = Minnesota (9–1)
|Week7-8-Color = d
|Week7-9 = Vanderbilt (10–1)
|Week7-9-Color = u
|Week7-10 = Houston (10–2)
|Week7-10-Color =
|Week7-11 = Providence (7–1)
|Week7-11-Color = u
|Week7-12 = San Francisco (10–1)
|Week7-12-Color =
|Week7-13 = Southwestern Louisiana (7–1)
|Week7-13-Color = d
|Week7-14 = Alabama (7–1)
|Week7-14-Color =
|Week7-15 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Jacksonville Dolphins|title=Jacksonville}} (10–2)
|Week7-15-Color = npr
|Week7-16 = Indiana (8–2)
|Week7-16-Color = u
|Week7-17 = Kansas State (9–2)
|Week7-17-Color = u
|Week7-18 = St. John's (8–2) т
|Week7-18-Color = tnpr
|Week7-19 = Florida State (8–3) т
|Week7-19-Color = u
|Week7-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}} (10–2)
|Week7-20-Color = npr
|Week7Dropped = {{ubl|BYU|New Mexico|Penn (7–2)}}
|Week8-1 = UCLA (12–0)
|Week8-1-Color =
|Week8-2 = NC State (12–0)
|Week8-2-Color = u
|Week8-3 = Maryland (10–1)
|Week8-3-Color = d
|Week8-4 = North Carolina (13–1)
|Week8-4-Color = u
|Week8-5 = Long Beach State (13–1)
|Week8-5-Color = u
|Week8-6 = Minnesota (10–1)
|Week8-6-Color = u
|Week8-7 = Marquette (11–1)
|Week8-7-Color = d
|Week8-8 = Missouri (12–1)
|Week8-8-Color = d
|Week8-9 = Providence (10–1)
|Week8-9-Color = u
|Week8-10 = San Francisco (12–1)
|Week8-10-Color = u
|Week8-11 = Alabama (8–1)
|Week8-11-Color = u
|Week8-12 = Houston (11–2)
|Week8-12-Color = d
|Week8-13 = Southwestern Louisiana (10–1)
|Week8-13-Color =
|Week8-14 = Kansas State (11–2)
|Week8-14-Color = u
|Week8-15 = Jacksonville (11–2)
|Week8-15-Color =
|Week8-16 = Indiana (10–2)
|Week8-16-Color =
|Week8-17 = St. John's (9–2)
|Week8-17-Color = u
|Week8-18 = Vanderbilt (10–3)
|Week8-18-Color = d
|Week8-19 = Florida State (10–3)
|Week8-19-Color = d
|Week8-20 = Louisville (11–2)
|Week8-20-Color =
|Week8Dropped =
|Week9-1 = UCLA (14–0)
|Week9-1-Color =
|Week9-2 = NC State (12–0)
|Week9-2-Color =
|Week9-3 = North Carolina (15–1)
|Week9-3-Color = u
|Week9-4 = Maryland (12–1)
|Week9-4-Color = d
|Week9-5 = Long Beach State (15–1)
|Week9-5-Color =
|Week9-6 = Indiana (11–2)
|Week9-6-Color = u
|Week9-7 = Missouri (13–2)
|Week9-7-Color = u
|Week9-8 = Minnesota (11–2)
|Week9-8-Color = d
|Week9-9 = Alabama (10–1)
|Week9-9-Color = u
|Week9-10 = Marquette (12–2)
|Week9-10-Color = d
|Week9-11 = Houston (12–2)
|Week9-11-Color = u
|Week9-12 = Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)
|Week9-12-Color = u
|Week9-13 = Jacksonville (13–2)
|Week9-13-Color = u
|Week9-14 = Providence (10–2)
|Week9-14-Color = d
|Week9-15 = St. John's (11–2)
|Week9-15-Color = u
|Week9-16 = San Francisco (12–2)
|Week9-16-Color = d
|Week9-17 = Memphis State (12–3)
|Week9-17-Color = npr
|Week9-18 = Kansas State (11–3)
|Week9-18-Color = d
|Week9-19 = New Mexico (15–2)
|Week9-19-Color = npr
|Week9-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Purdue Boilermakers|title=Purdue}} (10–3)
|Week9-20-Color = npr
|Week9Dropped = {{ubl|Vanderbilt (12–3)|Florida State|Louisville}}
|Week10-1 = UCLA (16–0)
|Week10-1-Color =
|Week10-2 = NC State (14–0)
|Week10-2-Color =
|Week10-3 = Maryland (14–1)
|Week10-3-Color = u
|Week10-4 = Long Beach State (16–1)
|Week10-4-Color = u
|Week10-5 = Indiana (13–2)
|Week10-5-Color = u
|Week10-6 = Alabama (13–1)
|Week10-6-Color = u
|Week10-7 = Missouri (14–2)
|Week10-7-Color =
|Week10-8 = North Carolina (15–3)
|Week10-8-Color = d
|Week10-9 = Minnesota (12–2)
|Week10-9-Color = d
|Week10-10 = Marquette (14–2)
|Week10-10-Color =
|Week10-11 = Houston (13–2)
|Week10-11-Color =
|Week10-12 = Providence (12–2)
|Week10-12-Color = u
|Week10-13 = Southwestern Louisiana (13–1)
|Week10-13-Color = d
|Week10-14 = St. John's (13–2)
|Week10-14-Color = u
|Week10-15 = Jacksonville (14–3)
|Week10-15-Color = d
|Week10-16 = San Francisco (14–2)
|Week10-16-Color =
|Week10-17 = Memphis State (14–3)
|Week10-17-Color =
|Week10-18 = Kansas State (13–3)
|Week10-18-Color =
|Week10-19 = Oral Roberts (15–2)
|Week10-19-Color = npr
|Week10-20 = USC (13–4)
|Week10-20-Color = npr
|Week10Dropped = {{ubl|New Mexico|Purdue}}
|Week11-1 = UCLA (17–0)
|Week11-1-Color =
|Week11-2 = NC State (16–0)
|Week11-2-Color =
|Week11-3 = Long Beach State (17–1)
|Week11-3-Color = u
|Week11-4 = Indiana (14–2)
|Week11-4-Color = u
|Week11-5 = Minnesota (14–2)
|Week11-5-Color = u
|Week11-6 = North Carolina (16–3)
|Week11-6-Color = u
|Week11-7 = Marquette (16–2)
|Week11-7-Color = u
|Week11-8 = Missouri (15–2)
|Week11-8-Color = d
|Week11-9 = Maryland (14–3)
|Week11-9-Color = d
|Week11-10 = Alabama (14–2)
|Week11-10-Color = d
|Week11-11 = Houston (15–2)
|Week11-11-Color =
|Week11-12 = Providence (14–2)
|Week11-12-Color =
|Week11-13 = Southwestern Louisiana (16–1)
|Week11-13-Color =
|Week11-14 = St. John's (15–2)
|Week11-14-Color =
|Week11-15 = Memphis State (16–3)
|Week11-15-Color = u
|Week11-16 = Jacksonville (16–3)
|Week11-16-Color = d
|Week11-17 = San Francisco (16–2)
|Week11-17-Color = d
|Week11-18 = Kansas State (14–3)
|Week11-18-Color =
|Week11-19 = Oral Roberts (16–3)
|Week11-19-Color =
|Week11-20 = New Mexico (16–3)
|Week11-20-Color = npr
|Week11Dropped = USC
|Week12-1 = UCLA (18–0)
|Week12-1-Color =
|Week12-2 = NC State (19–0)
|Week12-2-Color =
|Week12-3 = Long Beach State (19–1)
|Week12-3-Color =
|Week12-4 = Minnesota (15–2)
|Week12-4-Color = u
|Week12-5 = Marquette (18–2)
|Week12-5-Color = u
|Week12-6 = North Carolina (18–4)
|Week12-6-Color =
|Week12-7 = Houston (17–2)
|Week12-7-Color = u
|Week12-8 = Providence (16–2)
|Week12-8-Color = u
|Week12-9 = St. John's (17–2)
|Week12-9-Color = u
|Week12-10 = Maryland (16–3)
|Week12-10-Color = d
|Week12-11 = Indiana (14–4)
|Week12-11-Color = d
|Week12-12 = Missouri (16–3)
|Week12-12-Color = d
|Week12-13 = Jacksonville (18–3)
|Week12-13-Color = u
|Week12-14 = Southwestern Louisiana (18–2)
|Week12-14-Color = d
|Week12-15 = Kansas State (16–3)
|Week12-15-Color = u
|Week12-16 = Memphis State (17–4)
|Week12-16-Color = d
|Week12-17 = Alabama (14–4)
|Week12-17-Color = d
|Week12-18 = New Mexico (18–3)
|Week12-18-Color = u
|Week12-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Virginia Tech Hokies|title=Virginia Tech}} (14–3)
|Week12-19-Color = npr
|Week12-20 = BYU (17–4)
|Week12-20-Color = npr
|Week12Dropped = {{ubl|San Francisco|Oral Roberts}}
|Week13-1 = UCLA (21–0)
|Week13-1-Color =
|Week13-2 = NC State (21–0)
|Week13-2-Color =
|Week13-3 = Long Beach State (20–1)
|Week13-3-Color =
|Week13-4 = Minnesota (16–2)
|Week13-4-Color =
|Week13-5 = Marquette (20–2)
|Week13-5-Color =
|Week13-6 = North Carolina (20–4)
|Week13-6-Color =
|Week13-7 = Providence (18–2)
|Week13-7-Color = u
|Week13-8 = Maryland (17–4)
|Week13-8-Color = u
|Week13-9 = Houston (18–3)
|Week13-9-Color = d
|Week13-10 = Indiana (15–5)
|Week13-10-Color = u
|Week13-11 = St. John's (18–3)
|Week13-11-Color = d
|Week13-12 = Southwestern Louisiana (19–2)
|Week13-12-Color = u
|Week13-13 = Kansas State (18–3)
|Week13-13-Color = u
|Week13-14 = Memphis State (19–4)
|Week13-14-Color = u
|Week13-15 = New Mexico (21–3)
|Week13-15-Color = u
|Week13-16 = Missouri (17–4)
|Week13-16-Color = d
|Week13-17 = Purdue (14–5)
|Week13-17-Color = npr
|Week13-18 = Alabama (16–4)
|Week13-18-Color = d
|Week13-19 = Virginia Tech (15–4)
|Week13-19-Color =
|Week13-20 = Jacksonville (19–4)
|Week13-20-Color = d
|Week13Dropped = {{ubl|BYU}}
|Week14-1 = UCLA (23–0)
|Week14-1-Color =
|Week14-2 = NC State (23–0)
|Week14-2-Color =
|Week14-3 = Minnesota (18–2)
|Week14-3-Color = u
|Week14-4 = Long Beach State (22–2)
|Week14-4-Color = d
|Week14-5 = Marquette (22–2)
|Week14-5-Color =
|Week14-6 = Providence (21–2)
|Week14-6-Color = u
|Week14-7 = North Carolina (21–5)
|Week14-7-Color = d
|Week14-8 = Houston (20–3)
|Week14-8-Color = u
|Week14-9 = Maryland (19–4)
|Week14-9-Color = d
|Week14-10 = Memphis State (21–4)
|Week14-10-Color = u
|Week14-11 = Southwestern Louisiana (22–2)
|Week14-11-Color = u
|Week14-12 = Indiana (17–5)
|Week14-12-Color = d
|Week14-13 = Missouri (18–4)
|Week14-13-Color = u
|Week14-14 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Syracuse Orangemen|title=Syracuse}} (20–4)
|Week14-14-Color = npr
|Week14-15 = New Mexico (23–4)
|Week14-15-Color =
|Week14-16 = Kansas State (19–4)
|Week14-16-Color = d
|Week14-17 = St. John's (18–5)
|Week14-17-Color = d
|Week14-18 = Jacksonville (20–5)
|Week14-18-Color = u
|Week14-19 = South Carolina (18–5)
|Week14-19-Color = npr
|Week14-20 = Purdue (15–6)
|Week14-20-Color = d
|Week14Dropped = {{ubl|Alabama|Virginia Tech}}
|Week15-1 = UCLA (25–0)
|Week15-1-Color =
|Week15-2 = NC State (25–0)
|Week15-2-Color =
|Week15-3 = Minnesota (20–2)
|Week15-3-Color =
|Week15-4 = Long Beach State (24–2)
|Week15-4-Color =
|Week15-5 = Providence (22–2)
|Week15-5-Color = u
|Week15-6 = Marquette (22–3)
|Week15-6-Color = d
|Week15-7 = Houston (22–3)
|Week15-7-Color = u
|Week15-8 = North Carolina (22–6)
|Week15-8-Color = d
|Week15-9 = Indiana (18–5)
|Week15-9-Color = u
|Week15-10 = Maryland (20–5)
|Week15-10-Color = d
|Week15-11 = Kansas State (21–4)
|Week15-11-Color = u
|Week15-12 = Missouri (20–4)
|Week15-12-Color = u
|Week15-13 = Syracuse (22–4)
|Week15-13-Color = u
|Week15-14 = Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)
|Week15-14-Color = d
|Week15-15 = Memphis State (21–5)
|Week15-15-Color = d
|Week15-16 = Jacksonville (21–5)
|Week15-16-Color = u
|Week15-17 = St. John's (19–6)
|Week15-17-Color =
|Week15-18 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks|title=Saint Joseph's}} (22–5)
|Week15-18-Color = npr
|Week15-19 = Kentucky (18–7)
|Week15-19-Color = npr
|Week15-20 = San Francisco (21–4)
|Week15-20-Color = npr
|Week15Dropped = {{ubl|New Mexico (25–5)|South Carolina|Purdue}}
|Week16-1 = UCLA (26–0)
|Week16-1-Color =
|Week16-2 = NC State (27–0)
|Week16-2-Color =
|Week16-3 = Long Beach State (24–2)
|Week16-3-Color = u
|Week16-4 = Providence (23–2)
|Week16-4-Color = u
|Week16-5 = Marquette (23–3)
|Week16-5-Color = u
|Week16-6 = Indiana (19–5)
|Week16-6-Color = u
|Week16-7 = Southwestern Louisiana (23–3)
|Week16-7-Color = u
|Week16-8 = Maryland (22–6)
|Week16-8-Color = u
|Week16-9 = Kansas State (22–4)
|Week16-9-Color = u
|Week16-10 = Minnesota (20–4)
|Week16-10-Color = d
|Week16-11 = North Carolina (22–7)
|Week16-11-Color = d
|Week16-12 = Memphis State (21–5)
|Week16-12-Color = u
|Week16-13 = Houston (22–3)
|Week16-13-Color = d
|Week16-14 = Syracuse (22–4)
|Week16-14-Color = d
|Week16-15 = Missouri (21–5)
|Week16-15-Color = d
|Week16-16 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}} (18–7)
|Week16-16-Color = npr
|Week16-17 = Kentucky (19–7)
|Week16-17-Color = u
|Week16-18 = Penn (20–5)
|Week16-18-Color = npr
|Week16-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay}} (22–5)
|Week16-19-Color = npr
|Week16-20 = San Francisco (22–4)
|Week16-20-Color = d
|Week16Dropped = {{ubl|Jacksonville|St. John's|Saint Joseph's}}
}}
Coaches Poll
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{{ColPollTable
|Week1 = 0
|Week2 = 1
|Week3 = 2
|Week4 = 3
|Week5 = 4
|Week6 = 5
|Week7 = 6
|Week8 = 7
|Week9 = 8
|Week10 = 9
|Week11 = 10
|Week12 = 11
|Week13 = 12
|Week14 = 13
|Week15 = 14
|Week16 = Final
|Week1-1 = UCLA
|Week1-2 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
|Week1-3 = Maryland
|Week1-4 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers|title=Minnesota}}
|Week1-5 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Marquette Warriors|title=Marquette}}
|Week1-6 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}}
|Week1-7 = Kentucky
|Week1-8 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Long Beach State 49ers|title=Long Beach State}}
|Week1-9 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Penn Quakers|title=Penn}}
|Week1-10 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=NC State Wolfpack|title=NC State}}
|Week1-11 = Houston
|Week1-12 = North Carolina
|Week1-13 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs|title=Southwestern Louisiana}}
|Week1-14 = Memphis State
|Week1-15 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}} т
|Week1-15-Color = t
|Week1-16 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}} т
|Week1-17 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}}
|Week1-18 = Providence
|Week1-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}}
|Week1-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=UTEP Miners|title=UTEP}}
|Week2-1 = UCLA (3–0)
|Week2-1-Color =
|Week2-2 = Florida State (1–0)
|Week2-2-Color =
|Week2-3 = Maryland (2–0)
|Week2-3-Color =
|Week2-4 = Minnesota (2–0)
|Week2-4-Color =
|Week2-5 = Marquette (1–0)
|Week2-5-Color =
|Week2-6 = Long Beach State (1–0)
|Week2-6-Color = u
|Week2-7 = NC State (2–0)
|Week2-7-Color = u
|Week2-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color = u
|Week2-9 = Kentucky (1–0)
|Week2-9-Color = d
|Week2-10 = Penn (1–0)
|Week2-10-Color = d
|Week2-11 = Kansas State (2–0)
|Week2-11-Color = u
|Week2-12 = North Carolina (2–0)
|Week2-12-Color =
|Week2-13 = Memphis State (1–0) т
|Week2-13-Color = tu
|Week2-14 = Michigan (1–0) т
|Week2-14-Color = npr
|Week2-15 = Oral Roberts (0–0) т
|Week2-15-Color = tu
|Week2-16 = USC (1–0) т
|Week2-16-Color = u
|Week2-17 = Ohio State (1–1)
|Week2-17-Color = d
|Week2-18 = Providence (0–0)
|Week2-18-Color =
|Week2-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}} (1–0) т
|Week2-19-Color = tnpr
|Week2-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Jacksonville Dolphins|title=Jacksonville}} (1–0) т
|Week2-20-Color = npr
|Week2Dropped = {{ubl|Houston (3–1)|BYU|UTEP}}
|Week3-1 = UCLA (3–0)
|Week3-1-Color =
|Week3-2 = Florida State (3–0)
|Week3-2-Color =
|Week3-3 = Marquette (3–0)
|Week3-3-Color = u
|Week3-4 = Maryland (3–0)
|Week3-4-Color = d
|Week3-5 = Minnesota (3–0)
|Week3-5-Color = d
|Week3-6 = NC State (4–0)
|Week3-6-Color = u
|Week3-7 = Long Beach State (3–0)
|Week3-7-Color = d
|Week3-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (4–0)
|Week3-8-Color =
|Week3-9 = North Carolina (4–0)
|Week3-9-Color = u
|Week3-10 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Missouri Tigers|title=Missouri}} (5–0)
|Week3-10-Color = npr
|Week3-11 = Penn (3–0)
|Week3-11-Color = d
|Week3-12 = Indiana (3–0)
|Week3-12-Color = npr
|Week3-13 = South Carolina (2–1)
|Week3-13-Color = npr
|Week3-14 = Providence (1–0)
|Week3-14-Color = u
|Week3-15 = Houston (5–1)
|Week3-15-Color = npr
|Week3-16 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} (6–0)
|Week3-16-Color = npr
|Week3-17 = Oral Roberts (2–0)
|Week3-17-Color = d
|Week3-18 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=San Francisco Dons|title=San Francisco}} (4–0)
|Week3-18-Color = npr
|Week3-19 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}} (5–0)
|Week3-19-Color = npr
|Week3-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Iowa Hawkeyes|title=Iowa}} (3–0)
|Week3-20-Color = npr
|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|Kentucky|Kansas State (3–1)|Memphis State (7–2)|Michigan (3–1)|USC|Ohio State|Tennessee|Jacksonville}}
|Week4-1 = UCLA (4–0)
|Week4-1-Color =
|Week4-2 = Marquette (4–0)
|Week4-2-Color = u
|Week4-3 = Maryland (4–0)
|Week4-3-Color = u
|Week4-4 = NC State (6–0)
|Week4-4-Color = u
|Week4-5 = Minnesota (4–0)
|Week4-5-Color =
|Week4-6 = Long Beach State (4–0)
|Week4-6-Color = u
|Week4-7 = Missouri (7–0)
|Week4-7-Color = u
|Week4-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week4-8-Color =
|Week4-9 = Florida State (4–1)
|Week4-9-Color = d
|Week4-10 = Indiana (5–0)
|Week4-10-Color = u
|Week4-11 = Penn (4–0)
|Week4-11-Color =
|Week4-12 = Vanderbilt (7–0)
|Week4-12-Color = u
|Week4-13 = Providence (3–1)
|Week4-13-Color = u
|Week4-14 = North Carolina (6–1)
|Week4-14-Color = d
|Week4-15 = Kansas State (6–1)
|Week4-15-Color = npr
|Week4-16 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=New Mexico Lobos|title=New Mexico}} (6–0)
|Week4-16-Color = npr
|Week4-17 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Furman Paladins|title=Furman}} (4–0)
|Week4-17-Color = npr
|Week4-18 = Houston (7–1)
|Week4-18-Color = d
|Week4-19 = San Francisco (5–1)
|Week4-19-Color = d
|Week4-20 = Marshall (6–1)
|Week4-20-Color = npr
|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|South Carolina|Oklahoma|Oral Roberts|Iowa}}
|Week5-1 = UCLA (6–0)
|Week5-1-Color =
|Week5-2 = Marquette (5–0)
|Week5-2-Color =
|Week5-3 = NC State (8–0)
|Week5-3-Color = u
|Week5-4 = Maryland (5–0)
|Week5-4-Color = d
|Week5-5 = Minnesota (6–0)
|Week5-5-Color =
|Week5-6 = Long Beach State (8–0)
|Week5-6-Color =
|Week5-7 = Missouri (8–0)
|Week5-7-Color =
|Week5-8 = Penn (5–0)
|Week5-8-Color = u
|Week5-9 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week5-9-Color = d
|Week5-10 = Vanderbilt (8–0)
|Week5-10-Color = u
|Week5-11 = Kansas State (7–1)
|Week5-11-Color = u
|Week5-12 = North Carolina (7–1) т
|Week5-12-Color = tu
|Week5-13 = Providence (5–1) т
|Week5-13-Color = u
|Week5-14 = BYU (6–1) т
|Week5-14-Color = tnpr
|Week5-15 = Indiana (5–1) т
|Week5-15-Color = td
|Week5-16 = Washington (8–1) т
|Week5-16-Color = npr
|Week5-17 = Florida State (5–2) т
|Week5-17-Color = td
|Week5-18 = Michigan (6–1) т
|Week5-18-Color = npr
|Week5-19 = South Carolina (6–2)
|Week5-19-Color = npr
|Week5-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}} (6–1)
|Week5-20-Color = npr
|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|New Mexico|Furman|Houston|San Francisco|Marshall}}
|Week6-1 = UCLA (8–0)
|Week6-1-Color =
|Week6-2 = Marquette (8–0)
|Week6-2-Color =
|Week6-3 = Minnesota (9–0)
|Week6-3-Color = u
|Week6-4 = Maryland (7–0)
|Week6-4-Color =
|Week6-5 = NC State (8–0)
|Week6-5-Color = d
|Week6-6 = Long Beach State (11–0)
|Week6-6-Color =
|Week6-7 = Missouri (10–0)
|Week6-7-Color =
|Week6-8 = Southwestern Louisiana (6–0)
|Week6-8-Color = u
|Week6-9 = North Carolina (10–1)
|Week6-9-Color = u
|Week6-10 = New Mexico (9–0)
|Week6-10-Color = npr
|Week6-11 = Vanderbilt (8–1)
|Week6-11-Color = d
|Week6-12 = St. John's (8–2)
|Week6-12-Color = npr
|Week6-13 = Providence (5–1)
|Week6-13-Color = d
|Week6-14 = San Francisco (8–1)
|Week6-14-Color = npr
|Week6-15 = Louisville (8–2)
|Week6-15-Color = u
|Week6-16 = Kansas State (9–2)
|Week6-16-Color = d
|Week6-17 = South Carolina (7–3)
|Week6-17-Color = u
|Week6-18 = BYU (8–2)
|Week6-18-Color = d
|Week6-19 = Florida State (7–3)
|Week6-19-Color = d
|Week6-20 = Penn (5–2)
|Week6-20-Color = d
|Week6Dropped = {{ubl|Indiana|Washington|Michigan}}
|Week7-1 = UCLA (10–0)
|Week7-1-Color =
|Week7-2 = Maryland (9–0)
|Week7-2-Color = u
|Week7-3 = Marquette (10–0)
|Week7-3-Color = d
|Week7-4 = NC State (9–0)
|Week7-4-Color = u
|Week7-5 = Missouri (11–0)
|Week7-5-Color = u
|Week7-6 = North Carolina (12–1)
|Week7-6-Color = u
|Week7-7 = Minnesota (9–1)
|Week7-7-Color = d
|Week7-8 = Long Beach State (11–1)
|Week7-8-Color = d
|Week7-9 = Vanderbilt (10–1)
|Week7-9-Color = u
|Week7-10 = Providence (7–1)
|Week7-10-Color = u
|Week7-11 = San Francisco (10–1)
|Week7-11-Color = u
|Week7-12 = St. John's (8–2)
|Week7-12-Color =
|Week7-13 = Southwestern Louisiana (7–1)
|Week7-13-Color = d
|Week7-14 = Kansas State (9–2)
|Week7-14-Color = u
|Week7-15 = Houston (10–2)
|Week7-15-Color = npr
|Week7-16 = Indiana (8–2)
|Week7-16-Color = npr
|Week7-17 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|title=Alabama}} (7–1)
|Week7-17-Color = npr
|Week7-18 = Louisville (10–2)
|Week7-18-Color = d
|Week7-19 = Penn (7–2)
|Week7-19-Color = u
|Week7-20 = South Carolina (9–3)
|Week7-20-Color = d
|Week7Dropped = {{ubl|New Mexico|BYU|Florida State (8–3)}}
|Week8-1 = UCLA (12–0)
|Week8-1-Color =
|Week8-2 = NC State (12–0)
|Week8-2-Color = u
|Week8-3 = Maryland (10–1)
|Week8-3-Color = d
|Week8-4 = North Carolina (13–1)
|Week8-4-Color = u
|Week8-5 = Minnesota (10–1)
|Week8-5-Color = u
|Week8-6 = Long Beach State (13–1)
|Week8-6-Color = u
|Week8-7 = Marquette (11–1)
|Week8-7-Color = d
|Week8-8 = Missouri (12–1)
|Week8-8-Color = d
|Week8-9 = Providence (10–1)
|Week8-9-Color = u
|Week8-10 = Kansas State (11–2)
|Week8-10-Color = u
|Week8-11 = Indiana (10–2)
|Week8-11-Color = u
|Week8-12 = Houston (11–2)
|Week8-12-Color = u
|Week8-13 = San Francisco (12–1)
|Week8-13-Color = d
|Week8-14 = St. John's (9–2)
|Week8-14-Color = d
|Week8-15 = Southwestern Louisiana (10–1)
|Week8-15-Color = d
|Week8-16 = Alabama (8–1)
|Week8-16-Color = u
|Week8-17 = Michigan (10–3)
|Week8-17-Color = npr
|Week8-18 = Florida State (10–3)
|Week8-18-Color = npr
|Week8-19 = Vanderbilt (10–3) т
|Week8-19-Color = td
|Week8-20 = Louisville (11–2) т
|Week8-20-Color = d
|Week8Dropped = {{ubl|Penn|South Carolina}}
|Week9-1 = UCLA (14–0)
|Week9-1-Color =
|Week9-2 = NC State (12–0)
|Week9-2-Color =
|Week9-3 = North Carolina (15–1)
|Week9-3-Color = u
|Week9-4 = Maryland (12–1)
|Week9-4-Color = d
|Week9-5 = Long Beach State (15–1)
|Week9-5-Color = u
|Week9-6 = Indiana (11–2)
|Week9-6-Color = u
|Week9-7 = Minnesota (11–2)
|Week9-7-Color = d
|Week9-8 = Marquette (12–2)
|Week9-8-Color = d
|Week9-9 = Houston (12–2)
|Week9-9-Color = u
|Week9-10 = Southwestern Louisiana (12–1)
|Week9-10-Color = u
|Week9-11 = Missouri (13–2) т
|Week9-11-Color = td
|Week9-12 = Alabama (10–1) т
|Week9-12-Color = u
|Week9-13 = Providence (10–2)
|Week9-13-Color = d
|Week9-14 = St. John's (11–2)
|Week9-14-Color =
|Week9-15 = Kansas State (11–3)
|Week9-15-Color = d
|Week9-16 = Vanderbilt (12–3)
|Week9-16-Color = u
|Week9-17 = Jacksonville (13–2)
|Week9-17-Color = npr
|Week9-18 = New Mexico (15–2)
|Week9-18-Color = npr
|Week9-19 = San Francisco (12–2) т
|Week9-19-Color = td
|Week9-20 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Oregon State Beavers|title=Oregon State}} (10–5) т
|Week9-20-Color = npr
|Week9Dropped = {{ubl|Michigan|Florida State|Louisville}}
|Week10-1 = UCLA (16–0)
|Week10-1-Color =
|Week10-2 = NC State (14–0)
|Week10-2-Color =
|Week10-3 = Maryland (14–1)
|Week10-3-Color = u
|Week10-4 = Long Beach State (16–1)
|Week10-4-Color = u
|Week10-5 = Indiana (13–2)
|Week10-5-Color = u
|Week10-6 = Minnesota (12–2)
|Week10-6-Color = u
|Week10-7 = Alabama (13–1)
|Week10-7-Color = u
|Week10-8 = North Carolina (15–3)
|Week10-8-Color = d
|Week10-9 = Marquette (14–2)
|Week10-9-Color = d
|Week10-10 = Missouri (14–2)
|Week10-10-Color = u
|Week10-11 = Houston (13–2)
|Week10-11-Color = d
|Week10-12 = Providence (12–2)
|Week10-12-Color = u
|Week10-13 = Kansas State (13–3)
|Week10-13-Color = u
|Week10-14 = St. John's (13–2)
|Week10-14-Color =
|Week10-15 = Southwestern Louisiana (13–1)
|Week10-15-Color = d
|Week10-16 = Memphis State (14–3)
|Week10-16-Color = npr
|Week10-17 = Oregon State (11–5)
|Week10-17-Color = u
|Week10-18 = BYU (14–4)
|Week10-18-Color = npr
|Week10-19 = San Francisco (14–2) т
|Week10-19-Color = t
|Week10-20 = South Carolina (12–5) т
|Week10-20-Color = npr
|Week10Dropped = {{ubl|Vanderbilt|Jacksonville|New Mexico}}
|Week11-1 = UCLA (17–0)
|Week11-1-Color =
|Week11-2 = NC State (16–0)
|Week11-2-Color =
|Week11-3 = Long Beach State (17–1)
|Week11-3-Color = u
|Week11-4 = Indiana (14–2)
|Week11-4-Color = u
|Week11-5 = Minnesota (14–2)
|Week11-5-Color = u
|Week11-6 = North Carolina (16–3)
|Week11-6-Color = u
|Week11-7 = Alabama (14–2)
|Week11-7-Color =
|Week11-8 = Maryland (14–3)
|Week11-8-Color = d
|Week11-9 = Missouri (15–2)
|Week11-9-Color = u
|Week11-10 = Marquette (16–2)
|Week11-10-Color = d
|Week11-11 = Houston (15–2)
|Week11-11-Color =
|Week11-12 = Kansas State (14–3)
|Week11-12-Color = u
|Week11-13 = St. John's (15–2)
|Week11-13-Color = u
|Week11-14 = Southwestern Louisiana (16–1)
|Week11-14-Color = u
|Week11-15 = Providence (14–2)
|Week11-15-Color = d
|Week11-16 = Memphis State (16–3)
|Week11-16-Color =
|Week11-17 = San Francisco (16–2)
|Week11-17-Color = u
|Week11-18 = New Mexico (16–3) т
|Week11-18-Color = tnpr
|Week11-19 = Oregon State (12–5) т
|Week11-19-Color = d
|Week11-20 = BYU (15–4)
|Week11-20-Color = d
|Week11Dropped = {{ubl|South Carolina}}
|Week12-1 = UCLA (18–0)
|Week12-1-Color =
|Week12-2 = NC State (19–0)
|Week12-2-Color =
|Week12-3 = Long Beach State (19–1)
|Week12-3-Color =
|Week12-4 = Minnesota (15–2)
|Week12-4-Color = u
|Week12-5 = Marquette (18–2)
|Week12-5-Color = u
|Week12-6 = North Carolina (18–4)
|Week12-6-Color =
|Week12-7 = Maryland (16–3)
|Week12-7-Color = u
|Week12-8 = Houston (17–2)
|Week12-8-Color = u
|Week12-9 = Kansas State (16–3)
|Week12-9-Color = u
|Week12-10 = Indiana (14–4)
|Week12-10-Color = d
|Week12-11 = Providence (16–2)
|Week12-11-Color = u
|Week12-12 = Missouri (16–3)
|Week12-12-Color = d
|Week12-13 = St. John's (17–2)
|Week12-13-Color =
|Week12-14 = USC (14–5)
|Week12-14-Color = npr
|Week12-15 = Memphis State (17–4)
|Week12-15-Color = u
|Week12-16 = BYU (17–4)
|Week12-16-Color = u
|Week12-17 = Southwestern Louisiana (18–2)
|Week12-17-Color = d
|Week12-18 = New Mexico (18–3)
|Week12-18-Color =
|Week12-19 = Jacksonville (18–3)
|Week12-19-Color = npr
|Week12-20 = Oregon State (14–5)
|Week12-20-Color = d
|Week12Dropped = {{ubl|Alabama (14–4)|San Francisco}}
|Week13-1 = UCLA (21–0)
|Week13-1-Color =
|Week13-2 = NC State (21–0)
|Week13-2-Color =
|Week13-3 = Long Beach State (20–1)
|Week13-3-Color =
|Week13-4 = Minnesota (16–2)
|Week13-4-Color =
|Week13-5 = Marquette (20–2)
|Week13-5-Color =
|Week13-6 = North Carolina (20–4)
|Week13-6-Color =
|Week13-7 = Kansas State (18–3)
|Week13-7-Color = u
|Week13-8 = Providence (18–2)
|Week13-8-Color = u
|Week13-9 = Maryland (17–4)
|Week13-9-Color = d
|Week13-10 = Houston (18–3)
|Week13-10-Color = d
|Week13-11 = Memphis State (19–4)
|Week13-11-Color = u
|Week13-12 = New Mexico (21–3)
|Week13-12-Color = u
|Week13-13 = St. John's (18–3)
|Week13-13-Color =
|Week13-14 = Indiana (15–5)
|Week13-14-Color = d
|Week13-15 = Southwestern Louisiana (19–2)
|Week13-15-Color = u
|Week13-16 = Alabama (16–4)
|Week13-16-Color = npr
|Week13-17 = San Francisco (19–3) т
|Week13-17-Color = tnpr
|Week13-18 = Louisville (18–6) т
|Week13-18-Color = npr
|Week13-19 = Oral Roberts (20–4) т
|Week13-19-Color = tnpr
|Week13-20 = South Carolina (17–5) т
|Week13-20-Color = npr
|Week13Dropped = {{ubl|Missouri (17–4)|USC|BYU|Jacksonville (19–4)|Oregon State}}
|Week14-1 = UCLA (23–0)
|Week14-1-Color =
|Week14-2 = NC State (23–0)
|Week14-2-Color =
|Week14-3 = Minnesota (18–2)
|Week14-3-Color = u
|Week14-4 = Marquette (22–2)
|Week14-4-Color = u
|Week14-5 = Long Beach State (22–2)
|Week14-5-Color = d
|Week14-6 = Providence (21–2)
|Week14-6-Color = u
|Week14-7 = North Carolina (21–5)
|Week14-7-Color = d
|Week14-8 = Kansas State (19–4)
|Week14-8-Color = d
|Week14-9 = Houston (20–3)
|Week14-9-Color = u
|Week14-10 = Memphis State (21–4)
|Week14-10-Color = u
|Week14-11 = Maryland (19–4)
|Week14-11-Color = d
|Week14-12 = Southwestern Louisiana (22–2)
|Week14-12-Color = u
|Week14-13 = Indiana (17–5)
|Week14-13-Color = u
|Week14-14 = New Mexico (23–4)
|Week14-14-Color = d
|Week14-15 = Missouri (18–4) т
|Week14-15-Color = tnpr
|Week14-16 = Weber State (19–6) т
|Week14-16-Color = npr
|Week14-17 = San Francisco (20–4) т
|Week14-17-Color =
|Week14-18 = Tennessee (14–6) т
|Week14-18-Color = npr
|Week14-19 = Jacksonville (20–5) т
|Week14-19-Color = tnpr
|Week14-20 = South Carolina (18–5) т
{{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks|title=Saint Joseph's}} (20–5) т
|Week14-20-Color =
|Week14Dropped = {{ubl|St. John's|Alabama|Louisville|Oral Roberts}}
|Week15-1 = UCLA (25–0)
|Week15-1-Color =
|Week15-2 = NC State (25–0)
|Week15-2-Color =
|Week15-3 = Long Beach State (24–2)
|Week15-3-Color = u
|Week15-4 = Minnesota (20–2)
|Week15-4-Color = d
|Week15-5 = Marquette (22–3)
|Week15-5-Color = d
|Week15-6 = Providence (22–2)
|Week15-6-Color =
|Week15-7 = North Carolina (22–6)
|Week15-7-Color =
|Week15-8 = Kansas State (21–4)
|Week15-8-Color =
|Week15-9 = Houston (22–3)
|Week15-9-Color =
|Week15-10 = Indiana (18–5)
|Week15-10-Color = u
|Week15-11 = Memphis State (21–5)
|Week15-11-Color = d
|Week15-12 = Southwestern Louisiana (22–3)
|Week15-12-Color =
|Week15-13 = Maryland (20–5)
|Week15-13-Color = d
|Week15-14 = {{cbb link|1=1972|sex=men|team=Syracuse Orangemen|title=Syracuse}} (22–4)
|Week15-14-Color = npr
|Week15-15 = Missouri (20–4)
|Week15-15-Color =
|Week15-16 = {{cbb link|year=1972|sex=men|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}} (15–7)
|Week15-16-Color = npr
|Week15-17 = St. John's (19–6)
|Week15-17-Color = npr
|Week15-18 = New Mexico (25–5)
|Week15-18-Color = d
|Week15-19 = Weber State (19–7)
|Week15-19-Color = d
|Week15-20 = Saint Joseph's (22–5)
|Week15-20-Color = d
|Week15Dropped = {{ubl|San Francisco (21–4)|Tennessee|Jacksonville (21–5)|South Carolina}}
|Week16-1 = UCLA (26–0)
|Week16-1-Color =
|Week16-2 = NC State (27–0)
|Week16-2-Color =
|Week16-3 = Long Beach State (24–2)
|Week16-3-Color =
|Week16-4 = Marquette (23–3)
|Week16-4-Color = u
|Week16-5 = Providence (23–2)
|Week16-5-Color = u
|Week16-6 = Indiana (19–5)
|Week16-6-Color = u
|Week16-7 = Southwestern Louisiana (23–3) т
|Week16-7-Color = tu
|Week16-8 = Kansas State (22–4) т
|Week16-8-Color =
|Week16-9 = Minnesota (20–4)
|Week16-9-Color = d
|Week16-10 = Maryland (22–6)
|Week16-10-Color = u
|Week16-11 = Memphis State (21–5)
|Week16-11-Color =
|Week16-12 = North Carolina (22–7)
|Week16-12-Color = d
|Week16-13 = Arizona State (18–7)
|Week16-13-Color = u
|Week16-14 = Syracuse (22–4)
|Week16-14-Color =
|Week16-15 = Kentucky (19–7)
|Week16-15-Color = npr
|Week16-16 = South Carolina (20–6)
|Week16-16-Color = npr
|Week16-17 = Missouri (21–5)
|Week16-17-Color = d
|Week16-18 = Houston (22–3)
|Week16-18-Color = d
|Week16-19 = Weber State (20–7)
|Week16-19-Color =
|Week16-20 = Penn (20–5)
|Week16-20-Color = npr
|Week16Dropped = {{ubl|St. John's|New Mexico|Saint Joseph's}}
}}
References
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{{NCAA men's college basketball rankings}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}
Category:College men's basketball rankings in the United States