1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

November 2025 August 2023 1990 NCAA logo.svg UNLV Duke The 1990–91 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 November 2025 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final   Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 Dec. 24 Dec. 31 Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 4 Mar. 11 UNLV Arkansas Arizona Michigan State North Carolina Duke Alabama Indiana Georgetown Ohio State UCLA Pittsburgh Syracuse LSU 1990 men Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Georgia Tech Connecticut Virginia Temple Missouri Georgia Texas Louisville Southern Miss St. John's UNLV (0–0) Arizona (5–0) u Arkansas (3–1) d North Carolina (1–0) u Michigan State (1–0) d Alabama (1–0) u Syracuse (3–0) u Duke (3–1) d Georgetown (2–0) Indiana (2–1) d Ohio State (1–0) d UCLA (3–0) d Pittsburgh (2–0) d Georgia Tech (1–0) u Connecticut (1–0) u Virginia (2–1) u Georgia (2–0) u Oklahoma (2–1) d Southern Miss (0–0) u LSU (1–1) d St. John's (2–0) u Texas (0–0) Missouri (0–0) d Villanova (2–0) npr Louisville (0–0) d Temple (0–1) UNLV (1–0) Arizona (6–0) Arkansas (5–1) Syracuse (4–0) u Duke (5–1) u Georgetown (3–0) u Indiana (4–1) u UCLA (4–0) u Ohio State (3–0) u North Carolina (3–1) d Pittsburgh (4–0) u Alabama (2–1) d Georgia (4–0) u Connecticut (3–0) u Southern Miss (1–0) u Oklahoma (4–1) u St. John's (3–0) u LSU (2–1) u Michigan State (1–2) d Georgia Tech (2–1) d 1990 men South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina (4–1) т tnpr Virginia (3–2) т d Texas (1–1) d Temple (1–1) npr Kentucky (3–0) npr Missouri (2–1) Villanova (2–1) Louisville (0–1) UNLV (2–0) Arkansas (7–1) u Syracuse (7–0) u Arizona (7–1) d Georgetown (5–0) u UCLA (6–0) u Indiana (7–1) Ohio State (4–0) u North Carolina (4–1) u Duke (6–2) d Georgia (5–0) u LSU (4–1) u Oklahoma (6–1) u St. John's (6–0) u Pittsburgh (6–1) d Connecticut (3–1) d South Carolina (5–1) u Kentucky (4–0) u Virginia (5–2) u Alabama (2–2) d Michigan State (2–2) d Southern Miss (2–1) d Georgia Tech (3–2) d East Tennessee State (6–1) npr Texas (3–2) d Temple (2–2) UNLV (3–0) Arkansas (8–1) Syracuse (9–0) Arizona (7–1) UCLA (7–0) u Indiana (8–1) u Ohio State (6–0) u North Carolina (6–1) u Duke (6–2) u LSU (4–1) u Oklahoma (8–1) u Georgetown (6–1) d St. John's (8–0) u Pittsburgh (7–1) u Connecticut (5–1) u South Carolina (7–1) u Georgia (6–1) d Kentucky (5–1) Virginia (5–2) Southern Miss (3–1) u East Tennessee State (7–1) u Nebraska (9–1) npr Texas (3–2) u Michigan State (3–3) d Princeton (7–0) npr Alabama (2–3) Georgia Tech (4–3) UNLV (5–0) Arkansas (9–1) Syracuse (11–0) Arizona (8–1) Indiana (10–1) u Ohio State (8–0) u North Carolina (7–1) u Duke (8–2) u St. John's (9–0) u UCLA (8–1) d Pittsburgh (9–1) u South Carolina (8–1) u Connecticut (6–1) u Oklahoma (8–2) d LSU (6–2) d Georgetown (6–2) d Georgia (7–2) Kentucky (6–2) Virginia (6–2) East Tennessee State (8–1) u Southern Miss (3–1) d Nebraska (10–1) Iowa (9–1) npr New Mexico State (7–1) npr Michigan State (5–3) d Texas (4–3) Princeton (8–1) UNLV (6–0) Arkansas (10–1) Syracuse (12–0) Arizona (10–1) Indiana (12–1) Ohio State (10–0) North Carolina (9–1) Duke (9–2) St. John's (9–0) UCLA (10–1) Pittsburgh (11–2) Connecticut (8–1) u Oklahoma (10–2) u LSU (7–2) u Georgetown (7–2) u Kentucky (8–2) u East Tennessee State (9–1) u Virginia (7–2) u Nebraska (12–1) u South Carolina (9–2) d Southern Miss (5–1) Iowa (11–1) u New Mexico State (8–1) u Georgia Tech (7–3) npr Michigan State (7–3) Georgia (7–3) UNLV (8–0) Arkansas (13–1) Indiana (14–1) u Ohio State (12–0) u North Carolina (11–1) u Arizona (11–2) d UCLA (12–1) d Syracuse (13–1) d Connecticut (10–1) d St. John's (10–1) u Kentucky (10–2) u Oklahoma (11–2) u Virginia (9–2) u Duke (10–3) u Georgetown (9–2) East Tennessee State (10–1) u Pittsburgh (12–3) d Nebraska (14–1) u Southern Miss (6–1) u LSU (8–3) d South Carolina (10–2) d Iowa (12–2) New Mexico State (9–1) Georgia Tech (9–3) 1990 men UTEP Miners UTEP (10–2) npr Michigan State (8–4) UNLV (11–0) Arkansas (15–1) Indiana (14–1) Ohio State (14–0) North Carolina (13–1) Arizona (13–2) UCLA (13–2) Syracuse (14–2) Kentucky (12–2) d St. John's (11–2) Oklahoma (13–2) u Duke (12–3) u Connecticut (12–2) u Virginia (10–3) d East Tennessee State (12–2) u Pittsburgh (14–3) u Nebraska (16–1) u Southern Miss (8–1) u Georgetown (10–3) d LSU (10–3) New Mexico State (11–1) u South Carolina (13–3) d Utah (15–1) npr Iowa (13–3) d Seton Hall (10–3) npr UNLV (13–0) Arkansas (17–1) Indiana (16–1) Ohio State (15–0) Arizona (15–2) u Syracuse (16–2) u North Carolina (13–2) d Kentucky (14–2) u Duke (15–3) d St. John's (13–2) UCLA (14–3) u East Tennessee State (14–1) u Oklahoma (14–3) d Nebraska (16–2) u Southern Miss (10–1) u LSU (12–3) u Pittsburgh (14–4) d Virginia (11–4) d Connecticut (12–4) d Utah (17–1) u Georgetown (11–4) d Michigan State (12–4) npr New Mexico State (12–2) d New Orleans (15–2) npr South Carolina (13–4) d Iowa (13–5) UNLV (15–0) Arkansas (20–1) Ohio State (17–0) u Indiana (18–2) d St. John's (15–2) d Arizona (16–3) d Duke (16–4) u Syracuse (17–3) d North Carolina (14–3) d Kentucky (15–3) u Nebraska (17–2) u UCLA (15–4) d Utah (19–1) u LSU (13–4) u Virginia (14–4) u East Tennessee State (15–2) d Southern Miss (12–2) d Georgetown (12–5) u Pittsburgh (15–5) d New Mexico State (15–2) u Oklahoma (14–5) d New Orleans (15–2) u Georgia Tech (12–5) npr Kansas (13–4) npr Seton Hall (13–4) npr Connecticut (12–6) UNLV (18–0) Arkansas (22–1) Ohio State (18–1) Indiana (20–2) Arizona (18–3) u Duke (18–4) u Syracuse (19–3) u St. John's (16–3) d North Carolina (15–3) Kentucky (17–3) Virginia (16–4) u Southern Miss (14–2) u East Tennessee State (18–2) u UCLA (16–5) d Nebraska (18–3) d New Mexico State (16–2) u Utah (20–2) d Kansas (15–4) u LSU (13–6) d Georgetown (13–6) d New Orleans (19–3) u Oklahoma State (15–4) npr Oklahoma (15–6) d Pittsburgh (15–7) d Michigan State (13–6) npr Seton Hall (13–6) UNLV (20–0) Ohio State (19–1) u Arkansas (22–2) d Indiana (22–2) Duke (21–4) u Arizona (19–4) d Syracuse (20–3) North Carolina (17–4) u Southern Miss (17–2) d East Tennessee State (21–2) u Kansas (17–4) u New Mexico State (17–2) u St. John's (16–5) u Utah (22–2) u UCLA (17–6) d Kentucky (17–5) d Nebraska (19–4) d Georgetown (15–6) u Virginia (17–7) d LSU (15–7) d Oklahoma State (16–5) u Pittsburgh (17–7) u Mississippi State (15–6) npr Texas (16–5) npr Princeton (16–2) npr New Orleans (19–5) Oklahoma (15–8) Michigan State (13–6) UNLV (22–0) Ohio State (22–1) Arkansas (25–2) Indiana (22–3) Syracuse (22–3) u North Carolina (19–4) u Duke (22–5) d Kansas (19–4) d Arizona (20–5) d Utah (24–2) u Southern Miss (19–3) u Kentucky (19–5) u East Tennessee State (23–3) d Nebraska (21–4) u New Mexico State (19–3) d Oklahoma State (18–5) u UCLA (18–7) d St. John's (17–6) d LSU (17–7) u Virginia (19–7) d Mississippi State (17–6) u Pittsburgh (18–8) Princeton (18–2) u Seton Hall (16–7) npr Georgetown (15–8) d Texas (17–6) UNLV (25–0) Ohio State (24–1) Arkansas (27–2) North Carolina (20–4) u Indiana (23–4) d Syracuse (24–4) d Arizona (22–5) u Duke (23–6) d Utah (25–2) u Kansas (20–5) u New Mexico State (21–3) u Oklahoma State (20–5) u Kentucky (20–6) d Southern Miss (20–4) d Nebraska (23–5) d UCLA (20–7) u St. John's (19–6) u LSU (19–7) u East Tennessee State (24–4) d Seton Hall (18–7) u Princeton (20–2) u Pittsburgh (19–9) Mississippi State (18–7) d Alabama (17–8) npr Virginia (19–9) d Georgetown (16–9) UNLV (27–0) Ohio State (25–1) Indiana (25–4) u Syracuse (26–4) u Arkansas (28–3) d Duke (25–6) u North Carolina (22–5) d Utah (26–2) u Arizona (24–6) d Kentucky (22–6) u New Mexico State (23–4) Kansas (21–6) d Nebraska (24–6) u Oklahoma State (21–6) d East Tennessee State (28–4) u LSU (20–8) u UCLA (21–8) d Mississippi State (20–7) u Princeton (23–2) u St. John's (20–7) d Seton Hall (19–8) d Southern Miss (21–6) d Texas (20–7) npr Alabama (18–9) DePaul (18–8) npr Pittsburgh (20–10) Virginia (20–10) UNLV (30–0) Arkansas (31–3) u Indiana (27–4) North Carolina (25–5) u Ohio State (25–3) d Duke (26–7) d Syracuse (26–5) d Arizona (26–6) u Kentucky (22–6) u Utah (28–3) d Nebraska (26–7) u Kansas (22–7) Seton Hall (22–8) u Oklahoma State (22–7) New Mexico State (23–5) d UCLA (23–8) u East Tennessee State (28–4) d Princeton (24–2) u Alabama (21–9) u St. John's (20–8) Mississippi State (20–8) d LSU (20–9) d Texas (22–8) DePaul (20–8) u Southern Miss (21–7) d Coaches Poll The Coaches poll expanded to 25 teams beginning with the 1990–91 season. 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 987–988 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 25 Jan. 1 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Mar. 12 UNLV Arizona Arkansas North Carolina Michigan State Duke Georgetown Indiana Alabama UCLA Ohio State 1990 men Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma LSU Connecticut Pittsburgh Syracuse Georgia Tech Southern Miss Virginia Kansas Texas Louisville Georgia Temple Notre Dame Arizona (5–0) u UNLV (0–0) d Arkansas (3–1) North Carolina (1–0) Michigan State (1–0) Georgetown (2–0) u Syracuse (3–0) u Alabama (1–0) u Duke (3–1) d UCLA (3–0) Indiana (2–1) d Ohio State (1–0) d Connecticut (1–0) Pittsburgh (2–0) т tu Georgia Tech (1–0) т u Georgia (2–0) т tu Oklahoma (2–1) т d Virginia (2–1) u Southern Miss (0–0) т td Texas (0–0) т tu Missouri (0–0) т npr Louisville (0–0) St. John's (2–0) npr LSU (1–1) d New Mexico State (2–0) тHouston (2–0) т npr Kansas Temple (0–1) Notre Dame UNLV (1–0) Arizona (6–0) Arkansas (5–1) Syracuse (4–0) u Duke (5–1) u Georgetown (3–0) Indiana (4–1) т tu UCLA (4–0) т u Ohio State (3–0) u North Carolina (3–1) d Connecticut (3–0) u Georgia (4–0) u Pittsburgh (4–0) т tu Oklahoma (4–1) т u Alabama (2–1) d Southern Miss (1–0) u LSU (2–1) u St. John's (3–0) u Michigan State (1–2) d Georgia Tech (2–1) d New Mexico State (4–0) u 1990 men South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina (4–1) npr Kansas (2–1) npr Texas (1–1) d East Tennessee State (3–1) npr Virginia (3–2) Missouri (2–1) Louisville (0–1) Houston UNLV (2–0) Arkansas (7–1) u Syracuse (7–0) u Georgetown (5–0) u Arizona (7–1) d UCLA (6–0) u Ohio State (4–0) u Duke (6–2) d Indiana (7–1) d North Carolina (4–1) LSU (4–1) u Georgia (5–0) Pittsburgh (6–1) Oklahoma (6–1) d St. John's (6–0) u Connecticut (3–1) d South Carolina (5–1) u Kentucky (4–0) npr Georgia Tech (3–2) u Michigan State (2–2) d Alabama (2–2) d Virginia (5–2) npr Southern Miss (2–1) d Texas (3–2) Villanova (5–1) npr New Mexico State Kansas East Tennessee State UNLV (3–0) Arkansas (8–1) Syracuse (9–0) Arizona (7–1) u UCLA (7–0) u Indiana (8–1) u Ohio State (6–0) North Carolina (6–1) u Duke (6–2) d Georgetown (6–1) d LSU (4–1) Oklahoma (8–1) u Georgia (6–1) d St. John's (8–0) u Connecticut (5–1) u Pittsburgh (7–1) d South Carolina (7–1) Southern Miss (3–1) u East Tennessee State (7–1) npr New Mexico State (6–1) npr Nebraska (9–1) npr Princeton (7–0) npr Temple (3–2) npr Michigan State (3–3) d DePaul (6–2) npr Kentucky (5–1) Georgia Tech Alabama Virginia (5–2) Texas (3–2) Villanova UNLV (5–0) Arkansas (9–1) Arizona (8–1) u Syracuse (11–0) d Indiana (10–1) u Ohio State (8–0) u North Carolina (7–1) u Duke (8–2) u UCLA (8–1) d St. John's (9–0) u Pittsburgh (9–1) u South Carolina (8–1) u LSU (6–2) d Oklahoma (8–2) d Connecticut (6–1) Georgetown (6–2) d Georgia (7–2) d Michigan State (5–3) u East Tennessee State (8–1) т t Nebraska (10–1) т u Iowa (9–1) npr Southern Miss (3–1) т td New Mexico State (7–1) т d Virginia (6–2) т tnpr Alabama (6–3) т npr Princeton Temple DePaul UNLV (6–0) Arkansas (10–1) Arizona (10–1) Syracuse (12–0) Indiana (12–1) Ohio State (10–0) North Carolina (9–1) Duke (9–2) UCLA (10–1) St. John's (9–0) Oklahoma (10–2) u LSU (7–2) u Connecticut (8–1) u Pittsburgh (11–2) d Nebraska (12–1) u Georgetown (7–2) East Tennessee (9–1) u Southern Miss (5–1) u Iowa (11–1) u New Mexico State (8–1) u Michigan State (7–3) d Virginia (7–2) u South Carolina (9–2) d Georgia (7–3) d Georgia Tech (7–3) npr Alabama UNLV (8–0) Arkansas (13–1) Indiana (14–1) u Ohio State (12–0) u North Carolina (11–1) u Arizona (11–2) d UCLA (12–1) u Syracuse (13–1) d Connecticut (10–1) u St. John's (10–1) Duke (10–3) d Oklahoma (11–2) d Georgetown (9–2) u Nebraska (14–1) u Virginia (9–2) u Pittsburgh (12–3) d East Tennessee State (10–1) New Mexico State (9–1) u LSU (8–3) d Iowa (12–2) d South Carolina (10–2) u Georgia Tech (9–3) u Southern Miss (6–1) d Michigan State (8–4) d Georgia (8–4) d UNLV (11–0) Arkansas (15–1) Ohio State (14–0) u Indiana (14–1) d North Carolina (13–1) Arizona (13–2) UCLA (13–2) Syracuse (14–2) Duke (12–3) u St. John's (11–2) Oklahoma (13–2) u Connecticut (12–2) d Nebraska (16–1) u Pittsburgh (14–3) u Virginia (10–3) East Tennessee State (12–2) u LSU (10–3) u Georgetown (10–3) d New Mexico State (11–1) d Southern Miss (8–1) u Seton Hall (10–3) npr South Carolina (13–3) d Utah (15–1) npr New Orleans (13–2) npr 1990 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming (13–2) npr Iowa (13–3) Georgia Tech Michigan State Georgia UNLV (13–0) Arkansas (17–1) Indiana (16–1) u Ohio State (15–0) d Arizona (15–2) u Duke (15–3) u Syracuse (16–2) u North Carolina (13–2) d St. John's (13–2) u UCLA (14–3) d Oklahoma (14–3) Nebraska (16–2) u East Tennessee State (14–1) u LSU (12–3) u Southern Miss (10–1) u Pittsburgh (14–4) u Utah (17–1) u Michigan State (12–4) npr Connecticut (12–4) d Georgetown (11–4) d Virginia (11–4) d New Mexico State (12–2) d New Orleans (15–2) u Kansas (11–4) npr Georgia Tech (10–5) npr Seton Hall South Carolina Wyoming UNLV (15–0) Arkansas (20–1) Ohio State (17–0) u Indiana (18–2) d St. John's (15–2) u Arizona (16–3) d Duke (16–4) d Syracuse (17–3) d North Carolina (14–3) d Kentucky (15–3) npr Nebraska (17–2) u East Tennessee State (15–2) u UCLA (15–4) d LSU (13–4) Utah (19–1) u Southern Miss (12–2) d Pittsburgh (15–5) d Virginia (14–4) u New Mexico State (15–2) u Georgetown (12–5) Oklahoma (14–5) d New Orleans (17–2) u Connecticut (12–6) d Seton Hall (13–4) npr Georgia Tech (12–5) Michigan State Kansas (13–4) UNLV (18–0) Arkansas (22–1) Ohio State (18–1) Indiana (20–2) Arizona (18–3) u Duke (18–4) u St. John's (16–3) d Syracuse (19–3) North Carolina (15–3) East Tennessee State (19–2) u UCLA (16–5) u Southern Miss (14–2) u Virginia (16–4) u Nebraska (18–3) d Utah (20–2) New Mexico State (16–2) u Kansas (15–4) npr New Orleans (19–3) u Georgetown (13–6) u Oklahoma State (15–4) npr Alabama (13–6) npr LSU (13–6) d Oklahoma (15–6) d Texas (14–5) npr Mississippi State (14–5) npr Pittsburgh (15–7) Connecticut Seton Hall Georgia Tech UNLV (20–0) Ohio State (19–1) u Arkansas (22–2) d Indiana (22–2) Duke (21–4) u Arizona (19–4) d Syracuse (20–3) u North Carolina (17–4) u East Tennessee State (21–2) u Southern Miss (17–2) u Kansas (17–4) u St. John's (16–5) d Utah (22–2) u UCLA (17–6) d New Mexico State (17–2) u Nebraska (19–4) d Georgetown (15–6) u Virginia (17–7) d Oklahoma State (16–5) u Alabama (15–6) u Texas (16–5) u Michigan State (13–6) npr Wake Forest (16–7) npr New Orleans (19–5) d LSU (15–7) d Oklahoma Mississippi State (15–6) UNLV (22–0) Ohio State (22–1) Arkansas (25–2) Indiana (22–3) Syracuse (22–3) u North Carolina (19–4) u Duke (22–5) d Arizona (20–5) d Kansas (19–4) u Utah (24–2) u Southern Miss (19–3) d East Tennessee State (23–3) d Nebraska (21–4) u New Mexico State (19–3) u Oklahoma State (18–5) u St. John's (17–6) d UCLA (18–7) d LSU (17–7) u Virginia (19–7) d Princeton (18–2) npr Mississippi State (17–6) npr Georgetown (15–8) d Texas (17–6) т td Alabama (16–7) т d Seton Hall (16–7) тNC State (15–7) т Michigan State Wake Forest New Orleans UNLV (25–0) Ohio State (24–1) Arkansas (27–2) North Carolina (20–4) u Arizona (22–5) u Syracuse (24–4) d Indiana (23–4) d Duke (23–6) d Kansas (20–5) Utah (25–2) New Mexico State (21–3) u Oklahoma State (20–5) u Nebraska (23–5) St. John's (19–6) u UCLA (20–7) u Southern Miss (20–4) d LSU (19–7) u East Tennessee State (24–4) d Princeton (20–2) u Alabama (17–8) u Georgia Tech (16–7) npr Seton Hall (18–7) u Texas (18–6) NC State (16–8) u Georgetown (16–9) d Virginia (19–9) Mississippi State (18–7) UNLV (27–0) Ohio State (25–1) Indiana (25–4) u Syracuse (26–4) Duke (25–6) u Arkansas (28–3) d Arizona (24–6) d North Carolina (22–5) d Utah (26–2) u Kansas (21–6) d New Mexico State (23–4) East Tennessee State (28–4) u Nebraska (24–6) Oklahoma State (21–6) d UCLA (21–8) Mississippi State (20–7) npr St. John's (20–7) d LSU (20–8) d Southern Miss (21–6) d DePaul (18–8) npr Alabama (18–9) d Princeton (23–2) d Seton Hall (19–8) d 1990 men Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech (21–9) npr Texas (20–7) d Georgia Tech NC State Georgetown (16–11) UNLV (30–0) Arkansas (31–3) u Indiana (27–4) North Carolina (25–5) u Ohio State (25–3) d Duke (26–7) d Arizona (26–6) Syracuse (26–5) d Nebraska (26–7) u Utah (28–3) d Seton Hall (22–8) u Kansas (22–7) d Oklahoma State (22–7) u UCLA (23–8) u East Tennessee State (28–4) d Alabama (21–9) u New Mexico State (23–5) d Mississippi State (20–8) d St. John's (20–8) d Princeton (24–2) u LSU (20–9) d Michigan State (18–10) npr Georgetown (18–12) npr NC State (19–10) npr Texas (22–8) Southern Miss (21–7) DePaul (20–8) Louisiana Tech (21–9) References Rankings Category:College men's basketball rankings in the United States