1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1962–63 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
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  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

All AP polls for this season included only ten ranked teams.

Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 4[1]
Week 3
Dec. 11[1]
Week 4
Dec. 18[1]
Week 5
Dec. 25[1]
Week 6
Jan. 1[1]
Week 7
Jan. 8[1]
Week 8
Jan. 15[1]
Week 9
Jan. 22[1]
Week 10
Jan. 29[1]
Week 11
Feb. 5[1]
Week 12
Feb. 12[1]
Week 13
Feb. 19[2]
Week 14
Feb. 26[2]
Week 15
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
1.CincinnatiCincinnati (1–0)Cincinnati (4–0)Cincinnati (6–0)Cincinnati (8–0)Cincinnati (9–0)Cincinnati (11–0)Cincinnati (13–0)Cincinnati (14–0)Cincinnati (15–0) (42)Cincinnati (17–0)Cincinnati (19–0)Cincinnati (19–1)Cincinnati (21–1)Cincinnati (23–1)Cincinnati (23–1)1.
2.DukeDuke (1–0)Duke (3–0)Duke (6–0)Ohio State (6–0)Loyola-Chicago (11–0)Loyola-Chicago (13–0)Loyola-Chicago (15–0)Loyola-Chicago (16–0)Loyola-Chicago (18–0)Loyola-Chicago (20–0)Loyola-Chicago (20–0)Duke (19–2)Duke (21–2)Duke (24–2)Duke (24–2)2.
3.KentuckyWest Virginia (1–0)Ohio State (4–0)Ohio State (5–0)Loyola-Chicago (7–0)Illinois (8–1)Arizona State (12–1)Illinois (11–1)Illinois (12–1)Duke (13–2) (1)Duke (15–2)Duke (17–2)Loyola-Chicago (21–1)Loyola-Chicago (23–1)Ohio State (19–3)Loyola-Chicago (24–2)3.
4.Loyola-ChicagoLoyola-Chicago (1–0)Loyola-Chicago (2–0)Loyola-Chicago (4–0)Illinois (5–0)Arizona State (10–1)Ohio State (9–1)Arizona State (14–1)Duke (12–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (14–2)Arizona State (20–2)Arizona State (22–2)Arizona State (23–2)Arizona State (24–2)4.
5.West VirginiaMississippi State (0–0)Mississippi State (3–0)Mississippi State (5–0)Kentucky (5–2)Ohio State (8–1)Illinois (9–1)Duke (12–2)Arizona State (15–2)Arizona State (15–2)Arizona State (16–2)Arizona State (18–2)Ohio State (15–3)Ohio State (17–3)Loyola-Chicago (24–2)Wichita (19–7)5.
6.Mississippi StateWisconsin (1–0)West Virginia (2–1)Colorado (4–0)Arizona State (7–1)Kentucky (7–3)Duke (10–2)Georgia Tech (11–1)West Virginia (12–3)Georgia Tech (14–1)Georgia Tech (16–1)Mississippi State (16–4)Illinois (14–4)Illinois (16–4)Wichita (19–7)Mississippi State (21–5)6.
7.Oregon StateOregon State (0–0)Wisconsin (2–1)West Virginia (3–1)USC (9–0)Duke (8–2)Georgia Tech (9–0)Wichita (11–3)Georgia Tech (12–1)Stanford (12–3)Colorado (12–3)Colorado (13–4)Wichita (16–6)Mississippi State (19–5)Mississippi State (21–5)Ohio State (20–4)7.
8.IllinoisIndiana (1–0)Colorado (3–0)Illinois (3–0)Duke (6–2)Wichita (9–2)Wichita (9–3)Ohio State (10–2)Wichita (12–4)Colorado (11–3)Mississippi State (14–4)Stanford (13–5)Mississippi State (17–5)Wichita (16–7)Illinois (17–5)Illinois (19–5)8.
9.St. BonaventureKentucky (0–1)Oregon State (1–1)Kentucky (3–1)Stanford (7–0)UCLA (10–2)West Virginia (8–3)Mississippi State (10–3)Mississippi State (12–3)Mississippi State (12–4)Wichita (14–5)Ohio State (14–3)Auburn (16–2)NYU (15–2)Stanford (18–6)NYU (17–3)9.
10.WisconsinWichita (1–0)Illinois (2–0)Seattle (4–0)Mississippi State (6–1)Auburn (8–0)North Carolina (6–1)Oregon State (9–4)Stanford (12–3)Wichita (13–5)Stanford (12–4)Georgia Tech (17–3)NYU (13–2)Georgia Tech (20–4)Providence (19–4)Colorado (17–6)10.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 4[1]
Week 3
Dec. 11[1]
Week 4
Dec. 18[1]
Week 5
Dec. 25[1]
Week 6
Jan. 1[1]
Week 7
Jan. 8[1]
Week 8
Jan. 15[1]
Week 9
Jan. 22[1]
Week 10
Jan. 29[1]
Week 11
Feb. 5[1]
Week 12
Feb. 12[1]
Week 13
Feb. 19[2]
Week 14
Feb. 26[2]
Week 15
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
Dropped:
  • Illinois (1–0)
  • St. Bonaventure
Dropped:
  • Indiana (1–3)
  • Kentucky (1–1)
  • Wichita
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin (3–2)
  • Oregon State (2–2)
Dropped:
  • Colorado (5–2)
  • West Virginia (4–2)
  • Seattle (5–1)
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Stanford (9–2)
  • Mississippi State (7–2)
Dropped:
  • Kentucky (7–4)
  • UCLA (10–4)
  • Auburn (8–1)
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (10–3)
  • North Carolina
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (10–3)
  • Oregon State (10–4)
Dropped:
  • West Virginia (12–4)
NoneDropped:
  • Wichita (14–6)
Dropped:
  • Colorado (14–5)
  • Stanford (14–6)
  • Georgia Tech (18–4)
Dropped:
  • Auburn (17–3)
Dropped:
  • NYU (15–3)
Dropped:
  • Stanford (18–6)
  • Providence (21–4)

UPI Poll

Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 4[1]
Week 3
Dec. 11[1]
Week 4
Dec. 18[1]
Week 5
Dec. 25[1]
Week 6
Jan. 1[1]
Week 7
Jan. 8[1]
Week 8
Jan. 15[1]
Week 9
Jan. 22[1]
Week 10
Jan. 29[1]
Week 11
Feb. 5[1]
Week 12
Feb. 12[1]
Week 13
Feb. 19[2]
Week 14
Feb. 26[2]
Week 15
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
1.CincinnatiCincinnati (1–0)Cincinnati (4–0)Cincinnati (6–0)Cincinnati (8–0)Cincinnati (9–0)Cincinnati (11–0)Cincinnati (13–0)Cincinnati (14–0)Cincinnati (15–0)Cincinnati (17–0)Cincinnati (19–0)Cincinnati (19–1)Cincinnati (21–1)Cincinnati (23–1)Cincinnati (23–1)1.
2.DukeDuke (1–0)Duke (3–0)Duke (6–0)Loyola-Chicago (7–0)Loyola-Chicago (11–0)Loyola-Chicago (13–0)Loyola-Chicago (15–0)Loyola-Chicago (16–0)Loyola-Chicago (18–0)Loyola-Chicago (20–0)Loyola-Chicago (20–0)Duke (19–2)Duke (21–2)Duke (24–2)Duke (24–2)2.
3.KentuckyLoyola-Chicago (1–0)Loyola-Chicago (2–0)Loyola-Chicago (4–0)Ohio State (6–0)Illinois (8–1)Illinois (9–1)Illinois (11–1)Illinois (12–1)Duke (13–2)Duke (15–2)Duke (17–2)Loyola-Chicago (21–1)Loyola-Chicago (23–1)Arizona State (23–2)Arizona State (24–2)3.
4.West VirginiaWest Virginia (1–0)Ohio State (4–0)Ohio State (5–0)Stanford (7–0)Arizona State (10–1)Arizona State (12–1)Arizona State (14–1)Duke (12–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (12–2)Illinois (14–2)Arizona State (20–2)Arizona State (22–2)Ohio State (19–3)Loyola-Chicago (24–2)4.
5.Loyola-ChicagoOregon State (0–0)Mississippi State (3–0)Mississippi State (5–0)Illinois (5–0)UCLA (10–2)Ohio State (9–1)Duke (12–2)Arizona State (15–2)Arizona State (15–2)Arizona State (16–2)Arizona State (18–2)Illinois (14–4)Illinois (16–4)Loyola-Chicago (24–2)Illinois (19–5)5.
6.Oregon StateMississippi State (0–0)Oregon State (1–1)Bowling Green (4–0)Arizona State (7–1)Ohio State (8–1)Duke (10–2)Georgia Tech (11–1)Georgia Tech (12–1)Georgia Tech (14–1)Georgia Tech (16–1)Colorado (13–4)Wichita (16–6)Ohio State (17–3)Wichita (19–7)Wichita (19–7)6.
7.Mississippi StateIllinois (1–0)Stanford (2–0)Illinois (3–0)Bowling Green (4–0)Kentucky (7–3)Georgia Tech (9–0)Wichita (11–3)Mississippi State (12–3)Stanford (12–3)Colorado (12–3)Mississippi State (16–4)Ohio State (15–3) тMississippi State (19–5)Mississippi State (21–5)Mississippi State (21–5)7.
8.St. BonaventureWisconsin (1–0)Illinois (2–0)Stanford (3–0)Kentucky (5–2)Wichita (9–2)Mississippi State (9–2)Ohio State (10–2)Wichita (12–4)Colorado (11–3)Stanford (12–4)Stanford (13–5)Stanford (14–6) тStanford (15–6)Illinois (17–5)Ohio State (20–4)8.
9.WisconsinKansas State (1–0)Bowling Green (1–0)Arizona State (5–0)Mississippi State (6–1)Duke (8–2)Wichita (9–3)Mississippi State (10–3)Stanford (12–3)Oregon State (11–4)Mississippi State (14–4)Georgia Tech (17–3)Colorado (14–5)Wichita (16–7)Stanford (18–6)Colorado (17–6)9.
10.Bowling Green тBowling Green (1–0)West Virginia (2–1)West Virginia (3–1)Duke (6–2)Oregon State (6–3)UCLA (10–4)Oregon State (9–4)West Virginia (12–3)Wichita (13–5)Oregon State (12–4)Oregon State (13–5)Georgia Tech (18–4)NYU (15–2)NYU (15–3)Stanford (18–6)10.
11.Stanford тStanford (2–0)Colorado (3–0)Colorado (4–0)UCLA (7–2)Mississippi State (7–2)Oregon State (8–3)Colorado State (9–3)Colorado (11–3)Mississippi State (12–4)Wichita (14–5)Utah State (17–3)Mississippi State (17–5)Texas (16–5)Texas (18–5)NYU (17–3)11.
12.DaytonCreighton (1–0) тWisconsin (2–1)Kentucky (3–1)West Virginia (4–2)Auburn (8–0)North Carolina (6–1)Colorado (10–3)Oregon State (10–4)UCLA (13–4)Utah State (17–3)Ohio State (14–3)NYU (13–2)Georgia Tech (18–4)Colorado State (18–4)Texas (19–6)12.
13.IllinoisUCLA (2–0) тArizona State (3–0)Oregon State (2–2)Seattle (5–1)Georgia Tech (7–0)West Virginia (8–3) тUCLA (11–4)Ohio State (10–3)Utah State (15–3)UCLA (13–4)Texas (12–5)Oregon State (14–6)Colorado (15–6)Providence (19–4) тProvidence (21–4)13.
14.Kansas StateKentucky (0–1)Drake (3–0)Seattle (4–0)Virginia Tech (4–1)North Carolina (4–1)Colorado State (9–3) тWest Virginia (10–3) тUCLA (11–4)Ohio State (11–4)Ohio State (12–4)UCLA (13–5)Texas (14–5)Colorado State (17–4)Kansas State (15–8) тOregon State (19–7)14.
15.Arizona StateNYU (1–0)Kentucky (1–1)Minnesota (3–1)USC (9–0)Miami (FL) (8–0)Kentucky (7–4)Notre Dame (12–3) тUtah State (13–3)Niagara (10–0)Colorado State (12–4)Oklahoma State (14–4)Auburn (16–2)Texas Western (17–5)Oregon State (17–7)UCLA (19–7)15.
16.NYUArizona State (2–0)Minnesota (2–0)Notre Dame (6–0) тWichita (7–2)Colorado State (7–3)Auburn (8–1)Stanford (10–3)Auburn (11–1) тColorado State (11–4)Notre Dame (13–4) тColorado State (14–4)Oklahoma State (15–4)UCLA (14–6)Texas Western (19–6)Saint Joseph's (21–4) т16.
17.UCLAOhio State (1–0)NYU (2–0)UCLA (4–2) тColorado (5–2)Saint Joseph's (8–2) тColorado (8–3)Kentucky (10–4)Colorado State (9–3) тWest Virginia (12–4)Texas (10–5) тWichita (14–6)Utah State (19–5)Auburn (17–3) тBowling Green (17–7)West Virginia (21–7) т17.
18.Colorado StateIndiana (1–0)St. Bonaventure (2–1)Wisconsin (3–2)Georgia Tech (5–0)Stanford (9–2) тSaint Joseph's (9–2)Niagara (8–0) тDePaul (9–2) тMiami (FL) (13–2)DePaul (11–3)Bradley (12–7) тColorado State (16–4)Providence (17–4) тSaint Joseph's (21–4)Bowling Green (18–7)18.
19.CreightonDayton (1–0)Seattle (0–0)Marquette (4–0)Princeton (6–0)Kansas (7–4)California (10–2) тTexas (8–5) тMiami (FL) (12–2) тTexas (8–5) тAuburn (13–2) тNYU (12–2) тUCLA (13–5)Oregon State (15–7)Seattle (20–5)Kansas State (17–8) т19.
20.IndianaUSC (2–0)Iowa State (2–1) т
Texas (3–1) т
Princeton (5–0)North Carolina (4–1)West Virginia (6–3)Stanford (9–2) т
Utah State (11–3) т
Wisconsin (7–3) т
Utah State (12–3)Niagara (9–0) тSaint Louis (11–5) т
Indiana (7–6) т
Oregon (6–8) т
West Virginia (14–5) тSaint Joseph's (16–3)Providence (15–5) т
Texas Western (15–5) т
Saint Joseph's (20–3)West Virginia (21–7)Seattle (21–6) т20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 4[1]
Week 3
Dec. 11[1]
Week 4
Dec. 18[1]
Week 5
Dec. 25[1]
Week 6
Jan. 1[1]
Week 7
Jan. 8[1]
Week 8
Jan. 15[1]
Week 9
Jan. 22[1]
Week 10
Jan. 29[1]
Week 11
Feb. 5[1]
Week 12
Feb. 12[1]
Week 13
Feb. 19[2]
Week 14
Feb. 26[2]
Week 15
Mar. 5[2]
Final
Mar. 12[2]
Dropped:
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Colorado State
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Creighton
  • UCLA
  • Indiana (1–3)
  • Dayton
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Drake
  • NYU
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Iowa State
  • Texas
Dropped:
  • Oregon State
  • Minnesota
  • Notre Dame
  • Wisconsin
  • Marquette
Dropped:
  • Bowling Green
  • Seattle
  • Virginia Tech
  • USC
  • Colorado
  • Princeton
Dropped:
  • Miami (FL)
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • North Carolina
  • Auburn
  • Saint Joseph's
  • California
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
  • Kentucky
  • Texas
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • DePaul
Dropped:
  • Niagara
  • Miami (FL)
  • Saint Louis
  • Indiana
  • Oregon
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
  • DePaul
  • Auburn
  • West Virginia
Dropped:
  • Bradley
  • Saint Joseph's
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma State
  • Utah State
Dropped:
  • Colorado
  • UCLA
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Colorado State
  • Texas Western

References

  1. ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  2. ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 707. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
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