2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season 2011–12
NCAA Tournament 2012
Preseason #1 North Carolina
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
«2010–11  2012–13»

Two human polls make up the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.

Contents

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Italics   Number of first place votes
(#-#)   Win-loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP poll

The Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released on October 28, 2011. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness.

Preseason
Oct 28[1]		 Week 1
Nov 14[2]		 Week 2
Nov 21[3]		 Week 3
Nov 28[4]		 Week 4
Dec 5[5]		 Week 5
Dec 12[6]		 Week 6
Dec 19[7]		 Week 7
Dec 26[8]		 Week 8
Jan 2[9]		 Week 9
 Week 10
 Week 11
 Week 12
 Week 13
 Week 14
 Week 15
 Week 16
 Week 17
 Week 18
1. North Carolina 62 North Carolina (2–0) 62 North Carolina (3–0) 62 Kentucky (6–0) 46 Kentucky (8–0) 47 Syracuse (10–0) 51 Syracuse (11–0) 53 Syracuse (13–0) 54 Syracuse (15–0) 60 1.
2. Kentucky Kentucky (1–0) Kentucky (4–0) Ohio State (6–0) 17 Ohio State (8–0) 18 Ohio State (8–1) 7 Ohio State (10–1) 5 Ohio State (12–1) 5 Kentucky (13–1) 5 2.
3. Ohio State 1 Ohio State (1–0) 1 Ohio State (3–0) 1 Duke (7–0) 2 Syracuse (8–0) Kentucky (8–1) 4 Kentucky (9–1) 4 Kentucky (11–1) 4 North Carolina (13–2) 3.
4. Connecticut 2 Connecticut (1–0) 2 Connecticut (4–0) 2 Syracuse (6–0) North Carolina (6–2) Louisville (9–0) 2 Louisville (10–0) 2 Louisville (12–0) 2 Baylor (13–0) 4.
5. Syracuse Syracuse (1–0) Syracuse (4–0) North Carolina (5–1) Louisville (7–0) North Carolina (8–2) 1 North Carolina (9–2) North Carolina (11–2) Duke (12–1) 5.
6. Duke Duke (2–0) Duke (4–0) Louisville (5–0) Baylor (7–0) Baylor (7–0) Baylor (9–0) Baylor (12–0) Ohio State (13–2) 6.
7. Vanderbilt Florida (1–0) Louisville (3–0) Baylor (5–0) Duke (7–1) Duke (9–1) Duke (9–1) Duke (10–1) Missouri (13–0) 7.
8. Florida Louisville (2–0) Memphis (1–0) Connecticut (6–1) Xavier (6–0) Xavier (8–0) Connecticut (9–1) Missouri (12–0) Connecticut (12–1) 8.
9. Louisville Pittsburgh (2–0) Baylor (3–0) Wisconsin (6–0) Connecticut (7–1) Connecticut (8–1) Missouri (11–0) Connecticut (10–1) Georgetown (12–1) 9.
10. Pittsburgh Memphis (0–0) Florida (2–1) Florida (4–1) Missouri (7–0) Missouri (9–0) Marquette (10–0) Florida (10–2) Michigan State (13–2) 10.
11. Memphis Baylor (2–0) Wisconsin (3–0) Xavier (4–0) Marquette (7–0) Marquette (9–0) Florida (8–2) Wisconsin (11–2) Louisville (12–2) 11.
12. Baylor Kansas (1–0) Xavier (3–0) Alabama (7–0) Florida (5–2) Kansas (7–2) Kansas (7–2) Georgetown (10–1) Indiana (13–1) 12.
13. Kansas Xavier (1–0) Alabama (5–0) Missouri (6–0) Kansas (5–2) Florida (7–2) Wisconsin (10–2) Indiana (12–0) Florida (11–3) 13.
14. Xavier Wisconsin (1–0) Kansas (1–1) Michigan (5–1) Wisconsin (6–2) Wisconsin (8–2) Xavier (8–1) Marquette (11–1) Kansas (10–3) 14.
15. Wisconsin Arizona (3–0) Michigan (3–0) Kansas (3–2) Pittsburgh (7–1) Pittsburgh (9–1) Pittsburgh (10–1) Mississippi State (12–1) Mississippi State (13–2) 15.
16. Arizona Alabama (1–0) Marquette (4–0) Marquette (5–0) Alabama (7–1) Georgetown (8–1) Georgetown (9–1) Michigan State (11–2) Michigan (12–2) 16.
17. UCLA Michigan (1–0) Pittsburgh (2–1) Pittsburgh (5–1) Mississippi State (8–1) Mississippi State (9–1) Indiana (10–0) Kansas (8–3) UNLV (15–2) 17.
18. Michigan Vanderbilt (1–1) Vanderbilt (3–1) UNLV (7–0) Georgetown (7–1) Indiana (9–0) Mississippi State (11–1) Michigan (10–2) Wisconsin (12–3) 18.
19. Alabama Texas A&M (2–0) Gonzaga (3–0) Gonzaga (4–0) Creighton (7–0) Illinois (10–0) Michigan State (9–2) UNLV (13–2) Murray State (14–0) 19.
20. Texas A&M Cincinnati (1–0) California (3–0) Vanderbilt (5–1) Michigan (6–2) Michigan (7–2) Michigan (9–2) Murray State (13–0) Marquette (12–2) 20.
21. Cincinnati Marquette (1–0) Missouri (3–0) Mississippi State (7–1) Memphis (4–2) Michigan State (8–2) UNLV (11–2) Creighton (10–1) Virginia (12–1) 21.
22. Marquette Gonzaga (1–0) Florida State (4–0) Memphis (2–2) Texas A&M (6–1) Texas A&M (8–1) Murray State (12–0) Pittsburgh (11–2) Harvard (12–1) 22.
23. Gonzaga California (2–0) Arizona (4–1) Saint Louis (6–0) Gonzaga (5–1) Alabama (8–2) Creighton (8–1) Virginia (10–1) Kansas State (11–1) 23.
24. California Missouri (1–0) Mississippi State (4–1) California (5–1) Illinois (8–0) Murray State (10–0) Virginia (9–1) Harvard (10–1) San Diego State (12–2) 24.
25. Missouri Florida State (1–0) Texas A&M (3–1) Texas A&M (4–1) Harvard (8–0) Creighton (7–1) т
Vanderbilt (6–3) т		 Illinois (10–1) San Diego State (11–2) Gonzaga (11–2) 25.
Preseason
Oct 28[1]		 Week 1
Nov 14[2]		 Week 2
Nov 21[3]		 Week 3
Nov 28[4]		 Week 4
Dec 5[5]		 Week 5
Dec 12[6]		 Week 6
Dec 19[7]		 Week 7
Dec 26[8]		 Week 8
Jan 2[9]		 Week 9
 Week 10
 Week 11
 Week 12
 Week 13
 Week 14
 Week 15
 Week 16
 Week 17
 Week 18
Dropped:
UCLA (0–1)		 Dropped:
Cincinnati (2–1)		 Dropped:
Florida State (5–2)
Arizona (4–2)		 Dropped:
UNLV (8–1)
Vanderbilt (5–3)
Saint Louis (7–1)
California (6–2)		 Dropped:
Memphis (5–3)
Gonzaga (5–2)
Harvard (9–1)		 Dropped:
Texas A&M (8–2)
Alabama (8–3)
Vanderbilt (6–4)		 Dropped:
Xavier (9–3)
Illinois (11–2)		 Dropped:
Creighton (11–2)
Pittsburgh (11–4)		 Dropped:
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ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

The Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on October 20, 2011.

Preseason
Oct 20[10]		 Week 1
Nov 14[11]		 Week 2
Nov 21[12]		 Week 3
Nov 28[13]		 Week 4
Dec 5[14]		 Week 5
Dec 12[15]		 Week 6
Dec 19[16]		 Week 7
Dec 26[17]		 Week 8
 Week 9
 Week 10
 Week 11
 Week 12
 Week 13
 Week 14
 Week 15
 Week 16
 Week 17
 Week 18
 Week 19
1. North Carolina 30 North Carolina (2–0) 30 North Carolina (3–0) 30 Kentucky (6–0) 22 Kentucky (8–0) 19 Syracuse (10–0) 28 Syracuse (11–0) 30 Syracuse (13–0) 30 Syracuse (15–0) 30 1.
2. Kentucky 1 Kentucky (1–0) 1 Kentucky (4–0) 1 Ohio State (6–0) 8 Ohio State (8–0) 11 Ohio State (8–1) 2 Ohio State (10–1) 1 Ohio State (12–1) 1 Kentucky (13–1) 1 2.
3. Ohio State Ohio State (1–0) Ohio State (3–0) Syracuse (6–0) 1 Syracuse (8–0) 1 Kentucky (8–1) Kentucky (9–1) Kentucky (11–1) Duke (12–1) 3.
4. Connecticut Connecticut (1–0) Connecticut (4–0) Duke (7–0) Louisville (7–0) Louisville (9–0) Louisville (10–0) Louisville (12–0) North Carolina (13–2) 4.
5. Syracuse Syracuse (1–0) Syracuse (4–0) North Carolina (5–1) Duke (7–1) Duke (9–1) Duke (9–1) Duke (10–1) Baylor (13–0) 5.
6. Duke Duke (2–0) Duke (4–0) Louisville (5–0) North Carolina (6–2) North Carolina (8–2) North Carolina (9–2) North Carolina (11–2) Missouri (13–0) 6.
7. Vanderbilt Louisville (2–0) Louisville (3–0) Wisconsin (6–0) Baylor (7–0) Baylor (7–0) Baylor (9–0) Baylor (12–0) Ohio State (13–2) 7.
8. Louisville Florida (1–0) Memphis (1–0) Baylor (5–0) Xavier (6–0) Missouri (9–0) Missouri (11–0) Missouri (12–0) Connecticut (12–1) 8.
9. Memphis Pittsburgh (2–0) Florida (2–1) Florida (4–1) Connecticut (7–1) Xavier (8–0) Connecticut (9–1) Connecticut (10–1) Georgetown (12–1) 9.
10. Florida Memphis (0–0) Baylor (3–0) Connecticut (6–1) Missouri (7–0) Connecticut (8–1) Marquette (10–0) Florida (10–2) Louisville (12–2) 10.
11. Pittsburgh Kansas (1–0) Wisconsin (3–0) Xavier (4–0) Marquette (7–0) Marquette (9–0) Kansas (7–2) Wisconsin (11–2) Michigan State (13–2) 11.
12. Baylor Baylor (2–0) Xavier (3–0) Alabama (7–0) Florida (5–2) Kansas (7–2) Florida (8–2) Georgetown (10–1) Indiana (13–1) 12.
13. Kansas Wisconsin (1–0) Alabama (5–0) Missouri (6–0) Kansas (5–2) Florida (7–2) Pittsburgh (10–1) Marquette (11–1) Michigan (12–2) 13.
14. Wisconsin Xavier (1–0) Kansas (1–1) Kansas (3–2) Pittsburgh (7–1) Pittsburgh (9–1) Wisconsin (10–2) Mississippi State (12–1) Florida (11–3) 14.
15. Xavier Alabama (1–0) Michigan (3–0) Michigan (5–1) Alabama (7–1) Wisconsin (8–2) Xavier (8–1) Indiana (12–0) Kansas (10–3) 15.
16. Arizona Arizona (3–0) Pittsburgh (2–1) Marquette (5–0) Wisconsin (6–2) Mississippi State (9–1) Georgetown (9–1) Michigan (10–2) Mississippi State (13–2) 16.
17. Alabama Michigan (1–0) Marquette (4–0) Pittsburgh (5–1) Creighton (7–0) Georgetown (8–1) Mississippi State (11–1) Michigan State (11–2) UNLV (15–2) 17.
18. Michigan Texas A&M (2–0) California (3–0) Gonzaga (4–0) Mississippi State (8–1) Michigan (7–2) Indiana (10–0) Kansas (8–3) Murray State (14–0) 18.
19. Texas A&M Marquette (1–0) Gonzaga (3–0) Vanderbilt (5–1) Michigan (6–2) Illinois (10–0) Michigan (9–2) Creighton (10–1) Wisconsin (12–3) 19.
20. UCLA Vanderbilt (1–1) т Florida State (4–0) UNLV (7–0) Memphis (4–2) Indiana (9–0) Michigan State (9–2) UNLV (13–2) Marquette (12–2) 20.
21. Marquette Cincinnati (1–0) т Missouri (3–0) Memphis (2–2) Georgetown (7–1) Alabama (8–2) Creighton (8–1) Murray State (13–0) Harvard (12–1) 21.
22. Cincinnati California (2–0) Vanderbilt (3–1) Creighton (5–1) Illinois (8–0) т Texas A&M (8–1) Murray State (12–0) Pittsburgh (11–2) Kansas State (11–1) 22.
23. Gonzaga Gonzaga (1–0) Arizona (4–1) California (5–1) Gonzaga (5–1) т Michigan State (8–2) UNLV (11–2) Harvard (10–1) Virginia (12–1) 23.
24. California Florida State (1–0) Texas A&M (3–1) Mississippi State (7–1) Harvard (8–0) Creighton (7–1) Illinois (10–1) Virginia (10–1) Creighton (11–2) 24.
25. Missouri Missouri (1–0) Creighton (4–0) Saint Louis (6–0) Texas A&M (6–1) Vanderbilt (6–3) Harvard (9–1) Kansas State (10–1) San Diego State (12–2) 25.
Preseason
Oct 20[10]		 Week 1
Nov 14[11]		 Week 2
Nov 21[12]		 Week 3
Nov 28[13]		 Week 4
Dec 5[14]		 Week 5
Dec 12[15]		 Week 6
Dec 19[16]		 Week 7
Dec 26[17]		 Week 8
 Week 9
 Week 10
 Week 11
 Week 12
 Week 13
 Week 14
 Week 15
 Week 16
 Week 17
 Week 18
 Week 19
Dropped:
UCLA (0–1)		 Dropped:
Cincinnati (2–1)		 Dropped:
Florida State (5–2)
Arizona (4–2)
Texas A&M (4–1)		 Dropped:
Vanderbilt (5–3)
UNLV (8–1)
California (6–2)
Saint Louis (7–1)		 Dropped:
Memphis (5–3)
Gonzaga (5–2)
Harvard (9–1)		 Dropped:
Alabama (8–3)
Texas A&M (8–2)
Vanderbilt (6–4)		 Dropped:
Xavier (9–3)
Illinois (11–2)		 Dropped:
Pittsburgh (11–4)		 Dropped:
None		 Dropped:
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Preseason polls

Various publications and news sources release their preseason top 25 months before the season commences.

Athlon Lindy's Sporting News[18] Fox Sports[19] CBS Sports[20] Rivals.com[21] Blue Ribbon [22]
1. North Carolina Ohio State North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina
2. Kentucky North Carolina Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky
3. Ohio State Kentucky Ohio State Ohio State Connecticut Connecticut Ohio State
4. Connecticut Vanderbilt Connecticut Connecticut Syracuse Ohio State Syracuse
5. Syracuse Duke Duke Syracuse Ohio State Duke Connecticut
6. Duke Pittsburgh Syracuse Duke Duke Syracuse Duke
7. Vanderbilt Michigan Florida Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Florida Vanderbilt
8. Louisville Connecticut Memphis Florida Louisville Vanderbilt Pittsburgh
9. Florida Syracuse Baylor Louisville Memphis Pittsburgh Florida
10. Pittsburgh Florida Vanderbilt Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Baylor Arizona
11. Baylor California Pittsburgh Memphis Florida Memphis Kansas
12. Memphis Louisville Arizona Baylor Baylor Kansas Memphis
13. Kansas Memphis Wisconsin Kansas Xavier Wisconsin Louisville
14. Wisconsin Gonzaga Kansas Xavier Kansas Marquette Xavier
15. Xavier Washington UCLA Wisconsin Arizona Arizona Wisconsin
16. Alabama Michigan State Louisville Arizona Cincinnati Louisville Texas A&M
17. Marquette Baylor Cincinnati UCLA Texas A&M Xavier Florida State
18. Cincinnati Xavier Xavier Michigan Gonzaga Gonzaga Alabama
19. Michigan State New Mexico Michigan Alabama Florida State Alabama Baylor
20. UCLA UCLA Gonzaga Texas A&M Michigan Michigan Michigan State
21. California Missouri Marquette Cincinnati UCLA Texas A&M California
22. Florida State Arizona California Marquette Alabama California Marquette
23. Texas A&M Creighton Alabama Gonzaga Missouri Cincinnati UCLA
24. Missouri Butler Washington California Wisconsin Florida State Missouri
25. Arizona Alabama Michigan State Missouri Villanova Temple Michigan

References

  1. ^ AP Top 25: Oct 28, Rivals.com, retrieved 10-28-2011.
  2. ^ AP Top 25: Nov 14, Rivals.com, retrieved 11-14-2011.
  3. ^ AP Top 25: Nov 21, Rivals.com, retrieved 11-21-2011.
  4. ^ AP Top 25: Nov 28, Rivals.com, retrieved 11-28-2011.
  5. ^ AP Top 25: Dec 5, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-05-2011.
  6. ^ AP Top 25: Dec 12, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-12-2011.
  7. ^ AP Top 25: Dec 19, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-19-2011.
  8. ^ AP Top 25: Dec 26, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-26-2011.
  9. ^ AP Top 25: Jan 2, Rivals.com, retrieved 01-02-2012.
  10. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Oct 20, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-10-20
  11. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Nov 14, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-11-14
  12. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Nov 21, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-11-21
  13. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Nov 28, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-11-28
  14. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Dec 5, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-12-05
  15. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Dec 12, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-12-12
  16. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Dec 19, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-12-19
  17. ^ USA Today/ESPN: Dec 26, Rivals.com, Retrieved 2011-12-26
  18. ^ "College basketball Top 50 countdown". The Sporting News. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-09-21/college-basketball-top-50-countdown. Retrieved 7 October 2011. 
  19. ^ "North Carolina is No. 1 in poll". Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/North-Carolina-tops-college-basketball-ap-preseason-poll-102811. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
  20. ^ Parrish, Gary. "Preseason Top 25 (and one): From the original guy (and one)". CBS Sports. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/15726143/preseason-top-25-and-one-from-the-original-guy-and-one. Retrieved 12 October 2011. 
  21. ^ "Rivals.com College Basketball – Rivals 2011–12 Countdown to Tipoff". Rivals.com. http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1281057. Retrieved 19 October 2011. 
  22. ^ "Four Big 12 Teams In Blue Ribbon Preseason Poll". Big 12 Conference. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205276064. Retrieved 07 October 2011. 

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