1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1973–74 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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The January 21, 1974 poll was the first where UCLA was not ranked #1 since the rankings on February 1, 1971 – a string of 46 consecutive AP polls that stretched across parts of four seasons. The Bruins would regain the top ranking for three more weeks before NC State would grab the top spot for the final six weeks.

Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
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[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Week 14
Mar. 4[2]
Week 15
Mar. 11[2]
Week 16
Mar. 18[2]
Final
Mar. 26[2][3][4]
1.UCLAUCLA (2–0)UCLA (3–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (6–0)UCLA (8–0)UCLA (9–0)UCLA (11–0)Notre Dame (10–0)UCLA (15–1)UCLA (16–1)UCLA (18–1)NC State (20–1)NC State (22–1)NC State (24–1)NC State (26–1)NC State (28–1)NC State (30–1)1.
2.NC StateNC State (0–0)NC State (2–0)Maryland (2–1)Maryland (4–1)Notre Dame (7–0)Notre Dame (7–0)Notre Dame (8–0)UCLA (13–1)NC State (13–1)NC State (15–1)NC State (17–1)Notre Dame (20–1)Notre Dame (22–1)Notre Dame (24–1)UCLA (23–3)UCLA (25–3)UCLA (26–4)2.
3.IndianaIndiana (1–0)Indiana (3–0)Notre Dame (5–0)Notre Dame (6–0)Maryland (5–1)Maryland (7–1)NC State (9–1)NC State (11–1)Notre Dame (12–1)Notre Dame (15–1)Notre Dame (18–1)UCLA (18–3)UCLA (20–3)UCLA (22–3)Notre Dame (25–2)Marquette (25–4)Marquette (26–5)3.
4.MarylandMaryland (0–1)Maryland (1–1)North Carolina (5–0)North Carolina (6–0)North Carolina (7–0)NC State (7–1)Maryland (8–2)North Carolina (12–1)North Carolina (14–2)North Carolina (15–2)North Carolina (17–2)Vanderbilt (20–1)North Carolina (20–3)Maryland (21–4)Maryland (23–5)Maryland (23–5)Maryland (23–5)4.
5.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (1–0)North Carolina (2–0)NC State (2–1)NC State (3–1)NC State (6–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (9–1)Maryland (10–2)Marquette (16–1)Vanderbilt (16–1)Vanderbilt (18–1)Maryland (17–4)Maryland (19–4)Vanderbilt (23–2)Providence (27–3)Notre Dame (26–3)Notre Dame (26–3)5.
6.ProvidenceProvidence (1–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Marquette (5–0)Marquette (7–0)Marquette (9–0)Vanderbilt (9–0)Marquette (12–1)Marquette (14–1)Maryland (11–3)Marquette (17–2)Maryland (15–4)North Carolina (18–3)Vanderbilt (21–2)North Carolina (21–4)Vanderbilt (23–3)Kansas (23–5)Michigan (22–5)6.
7.MarquetteMarquette (1–0)Marquette (4–0)Indiana (4–1)Indiana (5–1)Alabama (6–1)Marquette (10–1)Providence (11–2)Vanderbilt (12–1)Vanderbilt (14–1)Maryland (13–4)Pittsburgh (19–1)Pittsburgh (21–1)Alabama (20–3)USC (22–3)Marquette (23–4)Michigan (22–5)Kansas (23–7)7.
8.Notre DameNotre Dame (1–0)Providence (1–0)Louisville (4–1)Louisville (6–1)Indiana (7–2)New Mexico (12–0)Vanderbilt (10–1)Providence (13–2)Alabama (13–2)Alabama (15–2)Alabama (16–3)Alabama (18–3)Marquette (21–3)Providence (25–3)North Carolina (22–5)Providence (28–4)Providence (28–4)8.
9.LouisvilleLouisville (0–1)Louisville (3–1)Providence (3–1)Providence (6–1)Long Beach State (9–1)Long Beach State (10–1)Long Beach State (12–1)Alabama (10–2)Providence (15–2)Long Beach State (16–2)Marquette (18–3)Marquette (19–3)Indiana (18–3)Long Beach State (23–2)Long Beach State (23–2)Long Beach State (23–2)Indiana (23–5)9.
10.KentuckyKentucky (1–0)Memphis State (4–0)Alabama (3–0)Long Beach State (7–1)Vanderbilt (8–0)Providence (9–2)Alabama (9–2)Long Beach State (12–1)Long Beach State (14–2)Pittsburgh (17–1)Long Beach State (18–2)Indiana (16–3)USC (20–3)South Carolina (21–4)Indiana (20–4)North Carolina (22–6)Long Beach State (23–2)10.
11.San FranciscoSan Francisco (1–1)Penn (3–0)Long Beach State (5–1)Vanderbilt (7–0)USC (9–1)Louisville (8–2)South Carolina (9–2)Indiana (11–3)USC (14–2)Providence (16–3)Providence (18–3)Providence (21–3)Pittsburgh (22–2)Marquette (22–4)Alabama (22–4)Indiana (21–5)Purdue (21–9)11.
12.Long Beach StateLong Beach State (1–0)Long Beach State (2–1)Memphis State (6–1)Arizona (5–1)New Mexico (10–0)Alabama (6–2)Indiana (9–3)USC (12–2)Indiana (12–3)Indiana (13–3)Indiana (14–3)USC (18–3)Providence (23–3)Alabama (21–4)Michigan (20–4)Vanderbilt (23–5)North Carolina (22–6)12.
13.KansasKansas State (1–0)Alabama (2–0)Kansas State (5–1)Alabama (4–1)Louisville (7–2)Indiana (7–3)USC (12–2)South Carolina (10–3)Pittsburgh (14–1)South Carolina (13–3)USC (16–3)Long Beach State (20–2)Long Beach State (21–2)Indiana (19–4)Pittsburgh (24–3)Alabama (22–4)Vanderbilt (23–5)13.
14.HoustonHouston (0–1)Arizona (3–1)Arizona (5–1)USC (6–1)Providence (8–2)Wisconsin (8–1)Michigan (10–2)Louisville (10–3)South Carolina (12–3)USC (14–3)South Carolina (16–3)South Carolina (16–4)South Carolina (19–4)Pittsburgh (23–3)Kansas (21–5)USC (23–4)Alabama (22–4)14.
15.ArizonaArizona (1–1)Kansas State (3–1)South Carolina (4–0)Syracuse (5–0)Arizona (8–2)South Carolina (7–2)New Mexico (12–2)Michigan (11–2)Louisville (11–3)Louisville (14–3)Michigan (15–3)Creighton (19–4)Kansas (17–5)Kansas (19–5)USC (22–4)Pittsburgh (25–4)Utah (22–8)15.
16.PennPenn (1–0)South Carolina (3–0)USC (4–1)Memphis State (7–2)UNLV (9–1)UNLV (9–1)Louisville (9–3)Pittsburgh (13–1)Wisconsin (11–2)Michigan (14–3)Kansas (15–4)Kansas (16–5)Creighton (21–5)Michigan (19–4)Louisville (21–5)Dayton (20–9)Pittsburgh (25–4)16.
17.JacksonvilleJacksonville (1–1)San Francisco (1–2)Vanderbilt (6–0)New Mexico (8–0)Wisconsin (7–1)USC (9–2)Pittsburgh (12–1)Wisconsin (10–2)New Mexico (14–3)Kansas (13–4)Creighton (18–4)Utah (17–5)Michigan (17–4)New Mexico (20–6)New Mexico (21–6)South Carolina (22–5)USC (24–5)17.
18.AlabamaAlabama (1–0)Syracuse (3–0)Syracuse (4–0)Kansas State (5–2)Memphis State (8–3)Michigan (9–2)Missouri (10–3)Centenary (12–0)Kansas (12–3)UTEP (15–3)Louisville (14–4)Kansas State (17–5)Arizona (19–6)Louisville (19–5)South Carolina (22–5)Oral Roberts (23–5)Oral Roberts (23–5)18.
19.UNLVUNLV (0–1)Jacksonville (3–1)Jacksonville (4–1)UNLV (7–1)Syracuse (7–1)Memphis State (10–3)Wisconsin (9–2)New Mexico (12–3)Oral Roberts (16–2)Oral Roberts (16–3)Utah (16–5)Michigan (16–4)New Mexico (19–6)Creighton (21–5)Creighton (22–6)Purdue (18–9)South Carolina (22–5)19.
20.Memphis StateMemphis State (2–0)USC (2–1)Cincinnati (5–0)Austin Peay (5–1)Austin Peay (5–1)Hawaii (11–0)Cincinnati (10–3)Arizona State (11–4)Michigan (12–3)Maryland Eastern Shore (19–0)Arizona (16–5)Louisville (15–5)Louisville (17–5)Oral Roberts (21–4)Dayton (20–7)New Mexico (22–7)Dayton (20–9)20.
Preseason
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Week 1
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[2]
Week 13
Feb. 25[2]
Week 14
Mar. 4[2]
Week 15
Mar. 11[2]
Week 16
Mar. 18[2]
Final
Mar. 26[2][3][4]
Dropped:
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Houston
  • UNLV
Dropped:
  • Penn
  • San Francisco
Dropped:
  • South Carolina
  • Jacksonville
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
Kansas State
Dropped:
  • Arizona
  • Syracuse
  • Austin Peay
Dropped:
  • UNLV
  • Memphis State
  • Hawaii
Dropped:
  • Missouri
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Centenary
  • Arizona State
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • UTEP
  • Oral Roberts
  • Maryland Eastern Shore
Dropped:
  • Arizona
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Kansas State
Dropped:
  • Arizona
Dropped:
Oral Roberts
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • Creighton
Dropped:
  • New Mexico

UPI Poll

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Week 2
Dec. 11[1]
Week 3
Dec. 18[1]
Week 4
Dec. 25[1]
Week 5
Jan. 2[1]
Week 6
Jan. 8[1]
Week 7
Jan. 15[1]
Week 8
Jan. 22[1]
Week 9
Jan. 29[1]
Week 10
Feb. 5[1]
Week 11
Feb. 12[1]
Week 12
Feb. 19[2]
Week 13
Feb. 26[2]
Week 14
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
1.UCLA (3–0)UCLA (4–0)UCLA (6–0)UCLA (8–0)UCLA (9–0)UCLA (11–0)Notre Dame (10–0)UCLA (15–1)UCLA (16–1)UCLA (18–1)NC State (20–1)NC State (22–1)NC State (24–1)NC State (26–1)1.
2.NC State (2–0)North Carolina (5–0)Notre Dame (6–0)Notre Dame (7–0)Notre Dame (7–0)Notre Dame (8–0)UCLA (13–1)NC State (13–1)NC State (15–1)NC State (17–1)Notre Dame (20–1)Notre Dame (22–1)Notre Dame (24–1)UCLA (23–3)2.
3.Indiana (3–0)Notre Dame (5–0)North Carolina (6–0)Maryland (5–1)Maryland (7–1)NC State (9–1)NC State (11–1)Notre Dame (12–1)Notre Dame (15–1)Notre Dame (18–1)UCLA (18–3)UCLA (20–3)UCLA (22–3)Notre Dame (25–2)3.
4.North Carolina (2–0)Marquette (5–0)Maryland (4–1)North Carolina (7–0)NC State (7–1)Maryland (8–2)Maryland (10–2)North Carolina (14–2)North Carolina (15–2)North Carolina (17–2)North Carolina (18–3)North Carolina (20–3)North Carolina (21–4)Maryland (23–5)4.
5.Maryland (1–1)Maryland (2–1)NC State (3–1)NC State (6–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (9–1)North Carolina (12–1)Marquette (16–1)Marquette (17–2)Vanderbilt (18–1)Vanderbilt (20–1)Maryland (19–4)Maryland (21–4)Marquette (23–4)5.
6.Marquette (4–0)NC State (2–1)Marquette (7–0)Marquette (9–0)Marquette (10–1)Marquette (12–1)Marquette (14–1)Maryland (11–3)Vanderbilt (16–1)Maryland (15–4)Maryland (17–4)Indiana (18–3)Vanderbilt (23–2)Providence (27–3)6.
7.Notre Dame (4–0)Indiana (4–1)Indiana (5–1)USC (9–1)New Mexico (12–0)Providence (11–2)Providence (13–2)Vanderbilt (14–1)Maryland (13–4)Maryland (18–3)Marquette (19–3)Marquette (21–3)USC (22–3)Vanderbilt (23–3)7.
8.Providence (1–0)Providence (3–1)Providence (6–1)Indiana (7–2)Vanderbilt (9–0)Vanderbilt (10–1)Vanderbilt (12–1)Providence (15–2)Alabama (15–2)Pittsburgh (19–1)Pittsburgh (21–1)Vanderbilt (21–2)Providence (25–3)North Carolina (22–5)8.
9.Memphis State (4–0)Louisville (4–1)Louisville (6–1)New Mexico (10–0)Long Beach State (10–1) тIndiana (9–3)Long Beach State (12–1)Alabama (13–2)Pittsburgh (17–1)Indiana (14–3)USC (18–3)USC (20–3)Marquette (22–4)Indiana (20–4)9.
10.Louisville (3–1)USC (4–1)USC (6–1)Alabama (6–1)Louisville (8–2) тLong Beach State (12–1)Alabama (10–2)Pittsburgh (14–1)USC (14–3)Long Beach State (18–2)Indiana (16–3)Alabama (20–3)Indiana (19–4)Kansas (21–5)10.
11.Alabama (2–0)Alabama (3–0) тVanderbilt (7–0)Long Beach State (9–1)Providence (9–2)Alabama (9–2)USC (12–2)USC (14–2)Indiana (13–3)Alabama (16–3)Alabama (18–3)Pittsburgh (22–2)South Carolina (21–4)Long Beach State (23–2)11.
12.Long Beach State (2–1)Kansas State (5–1) тLong Beach State (7–1)Vanderbilt (8–0)Alabama (6–2) тNew Mexico (12–2)Pittsburgh (13–1)Long Beach State (14–2)Providence (16–3)Providence (18–3)Providence (21–3)Long Beach State (21–2)Long Beach State (23–2)Michigan (20–4)12.
13.South Carolina (3–0)Long Beach State (5–1)New Mexico (8–0)Providence (8–2)Indiana (7–3) тSouth Carolina (9–2)Indiana (11–3)Indiana (12–3) тLouisville (14–3)USC (16–3)Long Beach State (20–2)Providence (23–3)Kansas (19–5)USC (22–4)13.
14.Kansas State (3–1)South Carolina (4–0)Oklahoma (5–1)Louisville (7–2)South Carolina (7–2)USC (12–2)South Carolina (10–3)Louisville (11–3) тLong Beach State (16–2)Kansas (15–4)Kansas (16–5)Kansas (17–5)New Mexico (20–6)Pittsburgh (24–3)14.
15.Cincinnati (3–0)Cincinnati (5–0) тArizona (5–1)Missouri (6–2)Wisconsin (8–1)Louisville (9–3)Louisville (10–3)South Carolina (12–3)UTEP (15–3)Michigan (15–3)Kansas State (17–5)Kansas State (18–5)Louisville (19–5)Louisville (21–5)15.
16.New Mexico (4–0)New Mexico (7–0) тUNLV (7–1)Wisconsin (7–1)USC (9–2)Missouri (10–3)Wisconsin (10–2)Kansas (12–3)Kansas (13–4)South Carolina (16–3)South Carolina (16–4) тSouth Carolina (19–4) тAlabama (21–4)South Carolina (22–5)16.
17.Penn (3–0) тVanderbilt (6–0)Alabama (4–1)South Carolina (5–2)Missouri (8–3)Arizona State (10–4)Kansas (11–3)Wisconsin (11–2)South Carolina (13–3)Louisville (14–4)Creighton (19–4) тCreighton (21–5) тPittsburgh (23–3)Creighton (22–6)17.
18.Arizona (3–1) тOklahoma (4–1)Syracuse (5–0)Arizona (8–2) тUNLV (9–1)Michigan (10–2) тArizona State (11–4)UTEP (14–3)Creighton (16–4) тCreighton (18–4)Utah (17–5)New Mexico (19–6)Creighton (21–5)New Mexico (21–6)18.
19.USC (2–1) тMemphis State (6–1) тMemphis State (7–2)UNLV (9–1) тMemphis State (10–3)Wisconsin (9–2) тUTEP (12–2)Purdue (12–5) тPenn (15–4) тUtah (16–5)New Mexico (17–5)UTEP (18–6)Michigan (19–4)Alabama (22–4) т19.
20.Vanderbilt (4–0) тArizona (5–1) тSouth Carolina (4–1)Purdue (7–3) тDayton (8–2)Syracuse (8–3)Michigan (11–2)Syracuse (12–3) тSyracuse (13–4) тPurdue (14–6)Louisville (15–5)Louisville (17–5)Syracuse (19–6)Dayton (20–7) т20.
Week 2
Dec. 11[1]
Week 3
Dec. 18[1]
Week 4
Dec. 25[1]
Week 5
Jan. 2[1]
Week 6
Jan. 8[1]
Week 7
Jan. 15[1]
Week 8
Jan. 22[1]
Week 9
Jan. 29[1]
Week 10
Feb. 5[1]
Week 11
Feb. 12[1]
Week 12
Feb. 19[2]
Week 13
Feb. 26[2]
Week 14
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
Dropped:
  • Penn
Dropped:
  • Kansas State (5–2)
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma
  • Syracuse (7–1)
  • Memphis State (8–3)
Dropped:
  • Arizona
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • UNLV
  • Memphis State
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • New Mexico (12–3)
  • Missouri
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Arizona State
  • Michigan (12–3)
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • UTEP
  • Penn
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Michigan (16–4)
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Utah
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Syracuse

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 807. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "1974 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "1973-74 College Basketball Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 26, 2020.