1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

August 2023 1987 NCAA logo.svg 1987 men Syracuse Orange Syracuse University Syracuse Kansas The 1987–88 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 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final  ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 954–955 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Jan. 5 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Syracuse Purdue North Carolina Pittsburgh Kentucky Indiana Kansas Missouri Michigan Wyoming Iowa Temple Louisville Florida Duke Georgetown Arizona Georgia Tech Oklahoma DePaul North Carolina (3–0) u Kentucky (1–0) u Syracuse (2–1) d Pittsburgh (1–0) Indiana (1–0) u Iowa (3–0) u Florida (4–0) u Missouri (0–0) Arizona (2–0) u Wyoming (1–0) Purdue (1–1) d Temple (0–0) Duke (1–0) u Louisville (0–0) d Michigan (2–1) d Kansas (1–2) d Georgetown (2–0) d Oklahoma (1–0) u UNLV (0–0) npr Memphis State (2–0) npr Georgia Tech DePaul Kentucky (3–0) u Pittsburgh (2–0) u Iowa (6–0) u Arizona (5–0) u North Carolina (4–1) d Indiana (2–1) d Wyoming (3–0) u Syracuse (4–2) d Missouri (2–0) d Duke (3–0) u Temple (1–0) u Florida (4–1) d Purdue (4–1) d Georgetown (3–0) u Michigan (4–1) Oklahoma (3–0) u UNLV (3–0) u Kansas (4–2) d Notre Dame (1–1) npr Memphis State (3–0) Louisville (0–1) Kentucky (4–0) Arizona (7–0) u Pittsburgh (4–0) d North Carolina (5–1) u Indiana (5–1) u Wyoming (4–0) u Iowa (6–1) d Temple (4–0) u Syracuse (6–2) d Duke (4–0) Florida (5–1) u Purdue (6–1) u Michigan (7–1) u Oklahoma (6–0) u UNLV (5–0) u Missouri (3–1) d Kansas (6–2) u Georgetown (4–1) d Memphis State (4–1) u Iowa State (7–1) npr Notre Dame (3–2) Arizona (9–0) u Kentucky (6–0) d Pittsburgh (4–0) North Carolina (7–1) Wyoming (6–0) u Temple (5–0) u Syracuse (7–2) u Florida (6–1) u Duke (4–0) u Purdue (7–1) u Michigan (8–1) u Oklahoma (7–0) u Indiana (6–2) d Iowa (6–2) d UNLV (5–0) Iowa State (8–1) u Missouri (4–1) d Kansas (7–2) d Georgetown (6–1) d Memphis State (5–1) d Arizona (10–0) Kentucky (6–0) Pittsburgh (6–0) North Carolina (7–1) Wyoming (8–0) Temple (5–0) Syracuse (8–2) Florida (7–1) Duke (5–0) Oklahoma (10–0) u Purdue (8–1) d Michigan (9–1) d Indiana (7–2) Iowa (7–2) UNLV (7–0) Iowa State (9–1) Kansas (7–2) u Georgetown (7–1) u Memphis State (6–2) u Louisville (3–2) npr Missouri (4–2) Kentucky (9–0) u Pittsburgh (9–0) u Arizona (12–1) d North Carolina (9–1) Wyoming (11–0) Temple (7–0) Syracuse (10–2) Oklahoma (12–0) u Duke (6–1) Purdue (10–1) u Michigan (11–1) u Indiana (8–2) u UNLV (10–0) u Georgetown (9–1) u Florida (8–3) d Iowa (8–3) d Iowa State (11–2) d Kansas (8–3) d Illinois (9–2) npr St. John's (8–1) npr Memphis State (7–2) Louisville Arizona (14–1) u North Carolina (11–1) u Oklahoma (14–0) u Temple (10–0) u Kentucky (10–1) d Pittsburgh (10–1) d Duke (9–1) u Purdue (13–1) u Syracuse (12–2) d Michigan (13–1) u Georgetown (11–1) u Wyoming (11–2) d UNLV (12–1) Iowa State (13–2) u Indiana (8–3) d Kansas (11–3) u Iowa (9–4) d 1987 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico (14–3) npr Auburn (9–2) npr Illinois (11–3) d Florida (10–4) St. John's (9–3) Arizona (16–1) North Carolina (13–1) Temple (12–0) u Kentucky (12–1) u Purdue (15–1) u Pittsburgh (13–1) Michigan (14–1) u UNLV (14–1) u Duke (10–2) d Iowa State (15–2) u Oklahoma (14–2) d BYU (12–0) npr Illinois (13–3) u Syracuse (12–4) d Georgetown (11–3) d Kansas (12–4) Wyoming (12–3) d UTEP (15–2) npr Iowa (11–5) NC State (10–2) npr Indiana New Mexico Auburn Arizona (18–1) Purdue (17–1) u North Carolina (14–2) d UNLV (17–1) u Duke (12–2) u Temple (14–1) d BYU (14–0) u Michigan (14–2) d Kentucky (13–2) d Oklahoma (16–2) u Pittsburgh (13–2) d Iowa State (16–3) d Illinois (14–4) Florida (14–4) npr Georgetown (12–4) Iowa (12–5) u Syracuse (13–5) d UTEP (16–3) Villanova (14–4) npr 1987 men Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss (14–2) npr Kansas Wyoming NC State Arizona (20–1) UNLV (19–1) u BYU (15–0) u Duke (13–2) u Temple (16–1) u Purdue (17–2) d Oklahoma (18–2) u North Carolina (15–3) d Pittsburgh (15–2) u Kentucky (14–3) d Michigan (17–3) d Syracuse (15–5) u Iowa (15–5) u Georgetown (14–4) u Vanderbilt (13–4) npr Iowa State (15–5) d Illinois (14–6) d Bradley (13–2) npr Florida (15–5) d St. John's (14–3) npr UTEP (17–4) Villanova Southern Miss Temple (18–1) (23) u Purdue (19–2) (16) u Arizona (21–2) (15) d Oklahoma (20–2) (9) u Pittsburgh (16–2) (2) u North Carolina (16–3) u UNLV (20–2) d BYU (17–1) d Duke (16–3) d Kentucky (16–3) Syracuse (17–5) u Michigan (18–4) d Iowa (16–6) Kansas State (14–4) npr Bradley (14–3) u NC State (14–4) npr Vanderbilt (14–5) d Wyoming (17–4) npr Indiana (13–6) npr Villanova (16–6) npr Georgetown (14–6) Iowa State Florida (16–6) St. John's UTEP Temple (20–1) Purdue (20–2) Arizona (23–2) Oklahoma (22–2) North Carolina (18–3) u Duke (18–3) u BYU (20–1) u Pittsburgh (17–3) d Kentucky (18–3) u Michigan (20–4) u UNLV (21–3) d Syracuse (18–6) d Iowa (17–6) NC State (16–5) u Missouri (16–5) npr Vanderbilt (16–5) u Bradley (16–4) d Georgetown (16–6) npr Wyoming (18–5) d Loyola Marymount (20–3) npr Kansas State Indiana Villanova Temple (22–1) Purdue (22–2) Arizona (25–2) Oklahoma (24–2) Duke (20–3) u Pittsburgh (19–3) u Michigan (21–4) u UNLV (23–3) u North Carolina (20–4) d Syracuse (20–6) u BYU (21–2) d Kentucky (18–5) d Iowa (18–7) Bradley (19–4) u Missouri (17–6) Wyoming (20–5) u Vanderbilt (17–6) d Southern Miss (16–6) npr Loyola Marymount (22–3) u Georgia Tech (19–6) npr NC State (18–6) Georgetown Temple (25–1) Purdue (24–2) Arizona (26–2) Oklahoma (26–2) UNLV (25–3) u North Carolina (21–4) u Pittsburgh (20–4) d Kentucky (20–5) u Duke (20–5) d Michigan (22–5) d Iowa (20–7) u Syracuse (21–7) d Georgia Tech (21–6) u Bradley (22–4) BYU (23–3) d NC State (20–6) npr Wyoming (22–5) d Loyola Marymount (24–3) u Vanderbilt (18–7) d Xavier (22–3) npr Missouri Southern Miss Temple (27–1) Purdue (26–2) Arizona (26–2) Oklahoma (27–3) Pittsburgh (22–5) u Kentucky (22–5) u UNLV (26–4) d Duke (21–6) u North Carolina (22–5) d Michigan (23–6) NC State (23–6) u Bradley (25–4) u Syracuse (22–8) d Wyoming (23–5) u Iowa (21–8) d Loyola Marymount (26–3) u BYU (24–4) d Georgia Tech (21–8) d Illinois (20–9) npr Xavier (24–3) Vanderbilt Temple (29–1) Arizona (31–2) u Purdue (27–3) d Oklahoma (30–3) Duke (24–6) u Kentucky (25–5) North Carolina (24–6) u Pittsburgh (23–6) d Syracuse (25–8) u Michigan (24–7) Bradley (26–4) u UNLV (27–5) d Wyoming (26–5) u NC State (24–7) d Loyola Marymount (27–3) u Illinois (22–9) u Iowa (22–9) d Xavier (26–3) u BYU (25–5) d Kansas State (22–8) npr Georgia Tech (21–9) Coaches Poll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Jan. 5 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 15http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-03-15.pdf UPI Men's Basketball Ratings 11 The Daily Iowan March 15, 1988 February 18, 2018 North Carolina (3–0) Syracuse (2–1) Indiana (1–0) Pittsburgh (1–0) Kentucky (1–0) Florida (4–0) Arizona (2–0) Missouri (0–0) Duke (1–0) Iowa (3–0) Wyoming (1–0) Georgetown (2–0) Michigan (2–1) Purdue (1–1) Temple (0–0) Louisville (0–0) Oklahoma (1–0) UNLV (0–0) Kansas (1–2) NC State (0–0) Kentucky (3–0) u Arizona (5–0) u Iowa (6–0) u North Carolina (4–1) d Pittsburgh (2–0) d Indiana (2–1) d Syracuse (4–2) d Wyoming (3–0) u Duke (3–0) Missouri (2–0) d Georgetown (3–0) u Florida (4–1) d Temple (1–0) u Purdue (4–1) Michigan (4–1) d Oklahoma (3–0) u UNLV (3–0) u Notre Dame (1–1) npr Kansas (4–2) Auburn (2–0) npr Louisville (0–1) NC State (2–0) Kentucky (4–0) Arizona (7–0) Pittsburgh (4–0) u North Carolina (5–1) Indiana (5–1) u Wyoming (4–0) u Duke (4–0) u Iowa (6–1) d Syracuse (6–2) d Temple (4–0) u Florida (5–1) u Michigan (7–1) u Purdue (6–1) u Oklahoma (6–0) u UNLV (5–0) u Georgetown (4–1) d Missouri (3–1) u Kansas (6–2) u Illinois (7–1) npr Memphis State (3–1) npr Notre Dame (3–2) Auburn Kentucky (6–0) Arizona (9–0) Pittsburgh (4–0) North Carolina (7–1) Wyoming (6–0) u Duke (4–0) u Syracuse (7–2) u Temple (5–0) u Florida (6–1) u Purdue (7–1) u Michigan (8–1) u Indiana (6–2) d Oklahoma (7–0) u UNLV (5–0) u Georgetown (6–1) u Iowa State (8–1) npr Iowa (6–2) d Kansas (7–2) Missouri (4–1) f Georgia Tech (6–1) npr Illinois (7–2) Memphis State (3–1) Arizona (10–0) u Kentucky (6–0) d North Carolina (7–1) u Pittsburgh (6–0) d Wyoming (8–0) Duke (5–0) Syracuse (8–2) Temple (5–0) Florida (7–1) Oklahoma (10–0) u Purdue (8–1) d Michigan (9–1) d Indiana (7–2) d UNLV (7–0) Iowa (7–2) u Georgetown (7–1) d Iowa State (9–1) т td Kansas (7–2) т u Illinois (4–2) npr Missouri (4–2) d Georgia Tech (6–2) Kentucky (9–0) u Pittsburgh (9–0) u North Carolina (9–1) Arizona (12–1) d Wyoming (11–0) Temple (7–0) u Syracuse (10–2) Oklahoma (12–0) u Duke (6–1) d Purdue (10–1) u Michigan (11–1) u UNLV (10–0) u Indiana (8–2) Georgetown (9–1) u Florida (8–3) d Iowa (8–3) d Kansas (8–3) Illinois (9–2) u Iowa State (11–2) т td St. John's (8–1) т npr Missouri Arizona (14–1) u North Carolina (11–1) u Oklahoma (14–0) u Temple (10–0) u Kentucky (10–1) d Duke (9–1) u Pittsburgh (10–1) d Purdue (13–1) u Syracuse (12–2) d Michigan (13–1) u Georgetown (11–1) u Wyoming (11–2) d UNLV (12–1) d BYU (11–0) npr Indiana (8–3) d Kansas (11–3) u Iowa State (13–2) u Iowa (9–4) d 1987 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico (14–3) npr Florida (10–4) d Illinois (11–3) St. John's (9–3) Arizona (16–1) North Carolina (13–1) Kentucky (12–1) u Purdue (15–1) u Temple (12–0) d Pittsburgh (13–1) u UNLV (14–1) u Michigan (14–1) u Duke (10–2) т td BYU (12–0) т u Oklahoma (14–2) d Iowa State (15–2) u Syracuse (12–4) d Illinois (13–3) npr Georgetown (11–3) d Wyoming (12–3) т td UTEP (15–2) т npr Kansas (12–4) d Iowa (11–5) d NC State (10–2) тFlorida (12–4) т npr Indiana (9–5) New Mexico Arizona (18–1) Purdue (17–1) u North Carolina (14–2) d Duke (12–2) u UNLV (17–1) u Temple (14–1) d BYU (14–0) u Michigan (14–2) Kentucky (13–2) d Oklahoma (16–2) u Pittsburgh (13–2) d Florida (14–4) u Syracuse (13–5) Illinois (14–4) Georgetown (12–4) UTEP (16–3) Iowa State (16–3) d Iowa (12–5) u Villanova (14–4) npr 1987 men Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss (14–2) тMissouri (11–4) т npr Wyoming Kansas NC State Arizona (20–1) BYU (15–0) u UNLV (19–1) u Temple (16–1) u Duke (13–2) d Purdue (17–2) d North Carolina (15–3) d Oklahoma (18–2) u Pittsburgh (15–2) u Kentucky (14–3) d Michigan (17–3) d Syracuse (15–5) u Georgetown (14–4) u Iowa (15–5) u Vanderbilt (13–4) npr Bradley (13–2) npr Illinois (14–6) d St. John's (14–3) npr UTEP (17–4) d Florida (15–5) d Iowa State (15–5) Villanova Southern Miss Missouri Temple (18–1) u Purdue (19–2) u Arizona (21–2) d Oklahoma (20–2) u North Carolina (16–3) u BYU (17–1) d UNLV (20–2) d Pittsburgh (16–2) u Duke (16–3) d Kentucky (16–3) Syracuse (17–5) u Michigan (18–4) d NC State (14–4) npr Kansas State (14–4) npr Iowa (16–6) d Wyoming (17–4) npr Indiana (13–6) npr Vanderbilt (14–5) d Florida (16–6) u Bradley (14–3) тGeorgetown (14–6) т d Illinois (14–8) St. John's UTEP Temple (20–1) Arizona (23–2) u Purdue (20–2) d Oklahoma (22–2) North Carolina (18–3) Duke (18–3) u BYU (20–1) d Pittsburgh (17–3) Kentucky (18–3) u Michigan (20–4) u UNLV (21–3) d Syracuse (18–6) d Iowa (17–6) u NC State (16–5) d Georgetown (16–6) u Vanderbilt (16–5) u Missouri (16–5) npr Bradley (16–4) т tu Wyoming (18–5) т d Loyola Marymount (20–3) npr Kansas State Indiana Florida Temple (22–1) Purdue (22–2) u Arizona (25–2) d Oklahoma (24–2) Duke (20–3) u Pittsburgh (19–3) u BYU (21–2) u UNLV (23–3) u North Carolina (20–4) d Michigan (21–4) Syracuse (20–6) u Kentucky (18–5) d Iowa (18–7) Bradley (19–4) u Loyola Marymount (22–3) u Georgia Tech (19–6) npr Missouri (17–6) NC State (18–6) d Vanderbilt (17–6) d Wyoming (20–5) d Georgetown Temple (25–1) Arizona (26–2) u Oklahoma (26–2) u Purdue (24–2) d North Carolina (21–4) u UNLV (25–3) u Pittsburgh (20–4) d Duke (20–5) d Michigan (22–5) u Kentucky (20–5) u Iowa (20–7) u NC State (20–6) u Syracuse (21–7) d Georgia Tech (21–6) u BYU (23–3) d Loyola Marymount (24–3) d Bradley (22–4) d Vanderbilt (18–7) u Wyoming (22–5) u Xavier (22–3) npr Missouri Temple (27–1) Purdue (26–2) u Arizona (26–2) d Oklahoma (27–3) d Pittsburgh (22–5) u Kentucky (22–5) u Duke (21–6) u UNLV (26–4) d North Carolina (22–5) d Michigan (23–6) d NC State (23–6) u Bradley (25–4) u Syracuse (22–8) BYU (24–4) u Iowa (21–8) d Loyola Marymount (26–3) Wyoming (23–5) u Georgia Tech (21–8) d Illinois (20–9) npr UTEP (21–8) npr Vanderbilt Xavier (24–3) Temple (29–1) Arizona (31–2) u Oklahoma (30–3) u Purdue (27–3) d Kentucky (25–5) u Duke (24–6) u North Carolina (24–6) u Pittsburgh (23–6) d Syracuse (25–8) u Michigan (24–7) NC State (24–7) Bradley (26–4) Wyoming (26–5) u Loyola Marymount (27–3) u UNLV (27–5) d Iowa (22–9) d Illinois (22–9) u DePaul (21–7) npr Xavier (26–3) npr Kansas State (22–8) npr BYU (25–5) Georgia Tech (21–9) UTEP (23–9) References Rankings Category:College men's basketball 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