1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1976–77 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.

1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season	1976–77
NCAA Tournament	1977
Preseason #1	Michigan
NCAA Tournament Champions	Marquette
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings ← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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 Nov. 29[1][3]	Week 2 Dec. 6[1][4]	Week 3 Dec. 13[1]	Week 4 Dec. 20[1]	Week 5 Dec. 27[1]	Week 6 Jan. 3[1]	Week 7 Jan. 10[1]	Week 8 Jan. 17[1]	Week 9 Jan. 24[1]	Week 10 Jan. 31[1]	Week 11 Feb. 7[1]	Week 12 Feb. 14[5]	Week 13 Feb. 21[5]	Week 14 Feb. 28[5]	Week 15 Mar. 7[5]	Final Mar. 14[5][6][7]
1.	Michigan (21)	Michigan (1–0)	Michigan (2–0)	Michigan (3–0)	Michigan (4–0)	Michigan (5–0)	San Francisco (15–0)	San Francisco (17–0)	San Francisco (19–0)	San Francisco (19–0)	San Francisco (21–0)	San Francisco (23–0)	San Francisco (25–0)	San Francisco (27–0)	San Francisco (29–0)	Michigan (24–3)	Michigan (25–3)	1.
2.	Marquette (6)	Marquette (0–0)															UCLA (24–4)	2.
3.	North Carolina (9)	UCLA (2–0)															Kentucky (25–3)	3.
4.	UCLA (2)	Indiana (1–0)															UNLV (26–2)	4.
5.	Indiana (7)	Kentucky (1–0)															North Carolina (25–4)	5.
6.	Kentucky (2)	UNLV (1–0)															Syracuse (26–3)	6.
7.	UNLV	Louisville (0–0)															Marquette (21–7)	7.
8.	Maryland	Notre Dame (1–0)															San Francisco (29–2)	8.
9.	Louisville (1)	North Carolina (1–1)															Wake Forest (23–6)	9.
10.	Arizona	San Francisco (3–0)															Notre Dame (21–6)	10.
11.	San Francisco (1)	Arizona (1–0)															Alabama (25–4)	11.
12.	Cincinnati	Cincinnati (0–0)															Detroit (25–3)	12.
13.	Alabama	Alabama (1–0)															Minnesota (22–3)	13.
14.	Notre Dame	Wake Forest (2–0)															Utah (22–6)	14.
15.	NC State	Tennessee (1–0)															Tennessee (22–6)	15.
16.	Tennessee	Maryland (0–1)															Kansas State (23–7)	16.
17.	Rutgers	Southern Illinois (1–0)															UNC Charlotte (24–3)	17.
18.	DePaul	DePaul (0–1)															Arkansas (26–2)	18.
19.	UNC Charlotte	Rutgers (0–0)															Louisville (21–7)	19.
20.	Missouri	UNC Charlotte (1–0)															VMI (26–3)	20.
	Preseason  [1][8]	Week 1 Nov. 29[1][9]	Week 2 Dec. 6[1][10]	Week 3 Dec. 13[1]	Week 4 Dec. 20[1]	Week 5 Dec. 27[1]	Week 6 Jan. 3[1]	Week 7 Jan. 10[1]	Week 8 Jan. 17[1]	Week 9 Jan. 24[1]	Week 10 Jan. 31[1]	Week 11 Feb. 7[1]	Week 12 Feb. 14[5]	Week 13 Feb. 21[5]	Week 14 Feb. 28[5]	Week 15 Mar. 7[5]	Final Mar. 14[5][11][12]
		Dropped: NC State Missouri	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Cincinnati Providence Arizona

UPI Poll

	Preseason  [1]	Week 2 Dec. 6[1]	Week 3 Dec. 13[1]	Week 4 Dec. 20[1]	Week 5 Dec. 27[1]	Week 6 Jan. 3[1]	Week 7 Jan. 10[1]	Week 8 Jan. 17[1]	Week 9 Jan. 24[1]	Week 10 Jan. 31[1]	Week 11 Feb. 7[1]	Week 12 Feb. 14[5]	Week 13 Feb. 21[5]	Week 14 Feb. 28[5]	Final Mar. 7[5]
1.	Marquette	Michigan (2–0)	Michigan (3–0)	Michigan (4–0)	Michigan (5–0)	San Francisco (15–0)	San Francisco (17–0)	San Francisco (19–0)	San Francisco (19–0)	San Francisco (21–0)	San Francisco (23–0)	San Francisco (25–0)	San Francisco (27–0)	San Francisco (29–0)	Michigan (24–3)	1.
2.	Michigan	Marquette (1–0)													San Francisco (29–1)	2.
3.	North Carolina	UCLA (3–0)													North Carolina (25–4)	3.
4.	UCLA	UNLV (3–0)													UCLA (23–4)	4.
5.	Indiana	Kentucky (2–0)													Kentucky (23–3)	5.
6.	Kentucky														UNLV (25–2)	6.
7.	UNLV														Arkansas (26–1)	7.
8.	Louisville														Tennessee (21–5)	8.
9.	Arizona														Syracuse (25–3)	9.
10.	Cincinnati														Utah (21–6)	10.
11.	Maryland														Kansas State (22–7)	11.
12.	San Francisco														Cincinnati (25–4)	12.
13.	Tennessee														Louisville (21–6)	13.
14.	NC State														Marquette (20–7)	14.
15.	Missouri														Providence (24–4)	15.
16.	Wichita State													Indiana State (23–2)	Indiana State (25–2)	16.
17.	Georgetown														Minnesota (22–3)	17.
18.	Rutgers														Alabama (22–4)	18.
19.	Penn								Indiana State (16–1)						Detroit (24–3)	19.
20.	Purdue														Purdue (19–8)	20.
	Preseason  [1]	Week 2 Dec. 6[1]	Week 3 Dec. 13[1]	Week 4 Dec. 20[1]	Week 5 Dec. 27[1]	Week 6 Jan. 3[1]	Week 7 Jan. 10[1]	Week 8 Jan. 17[1]	Week 9 Jan. 24[1]	Week 10 Jan. 31[1]	Week 11 Feb. 7[1]	Week 12 Feb. 14[5]	Week 13 Feb. 21[5]	Week 14 Feb. 28[5]	Final Mar. 7[5]
		None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Indiana State	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Wake Forest Arizona Houston Oral Roberts

References

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