2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings were made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other pre-season polls.

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

Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 13[2]
Week 3
Nov. 20[3]
Week 4
Nov. 27[4]
Week 5
Dec. 5[5]
Week 6
Dec. 12[6]
Week 7
Dec. 19[7]
Week 8
Dec. 26[8]
Week 9
Jan. 3[9]
Week 10
Jan. 10[10]
Week 11
Jan. 17[11]
Week 12
Jan. 24[12]
Week 13
Jan. 31[13]
Week 14
Feb. 7[14]
Week 15
Feb. 14[15]
Week 16
Feb. 21[16]
Week 17
Feb. 28[17]
Week 18
Mar. 7[18]
Final
Mar. 14[19]
1.ArizonaArizona (0–0)Arizona (1–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (7–0)Duke (9–0)Duke (9–0)Michigan State (9–0)Michigan State (11–0)Stanford (13–0)Stanford (15–0)Stanford (17–0)Stanford (19–0)North Carolina (19–2)North Carolina (21–2)Stanford (23–1)Stanford (25–1)Stanford (27–1)Duke (29–4)1.
2.DukeDuke (0–0)Duke (2–0)Kansas (5–0)Michigan State (5–0)Michigan State (7–0)Michigan State (8–0)Stanford (9–0)Stanford (11–0)Duke (13–1)Duke (15–1)Duke (17–1)Duke (19–1)Stanford (20–1)Stanford (22–1)North Carolina (21–3)Duke (25–3)Michigan State (24–3)Stanford (28–2)2.
3.Michigan StateMichigan State (0–0)Kansas (3–0)Michigan State (3–0)Kansas (7–0)Stanford (6–0)Stanford (6–0)Duke (10–1)Duke (11–1)Michigan State (12–1)Michigan State (14–1)Michigan State (15–1)Kansas (17–1)Duke (20–2)Duke (22–2)Illinois (21–5)Michigan State (22–3)Duke (26–4)Michigan State (24–4)3.
4.StanfordKansas (2–0)Michigan State (1–0)Stanford (4–0)Stanford (6–0)Tennessee (8–0)Tennessee (9–0)Wake Forest (10–0)Wake Forest (11–0)Tennessee (14–1)Tennessee (16–1)Kansas (15–1)North Carolina (17–2)Michigan State (18–2)Illinois (19–5)Duke (23–3)North Carolina (22–4)Illinois (23–6)Illinois (24–7)4.
5.MarylandStanford (0–0)Stanford (1–0)Arizona (3–1)Arizona (5–1)Illinois (7–2)Illinois (8–2)Florida (9–1)Florida (10–1)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (13–1)North Carolina (15–2)Michigan State (16–2)Kansas (18–2)Michigan State (19–3)Michigan State (20–3)Illinois (22–6)Florida (22–5)Arizona (23–7)5.
6.North CarolinaMaryland (0–0)Maryland (0–0)North Carolina (3–0)Tennessee (6–0)Wake Forest (7–0)Wake Forest (8–0)Tennessee (10–1)Tennessee (13–1)Wake Forest (12–1)North Carolina (13–2)Tennessee (17–2)Illinois (16–4)Virginia (15–4)Kansas (19–3)Iowa State (22–3)Florida (20–5)North Carolina (23–5)North Carolina (25–6)6.
7.KansasNorth Carolina (2–0)North Carolina (3–0)Tennessee (3–0)Seton Hall (4–0)Arizona (5–2)Florida (6–1)Kansas (10–1)Kansas (11–1)Illinois (12–3)Florida (11–2)Illinois (15–4)Arizona (14–5)Illinois (17–5)Iowa State (21–3)Florida (18–5)Virginia (19–6)Iowa State (25–4)Boston College (26–4)7.
8.IllinoisIllinois (0–0)Illinois (1–0)Seton Hall (2–0)Florida (3–0)Florida (5–1)Seton Hall (6–1)Virginia (8–0)Virginia (10–0)Florida (10–2)Syracuse (15–1)Maryland (14–4)Tennessee (17–3)Florida (15–4)Arizona (17–6)Arizona (18–7)Iowa State (23–4)Arizona (21–7)Florida (23–6)8.
9.TennesseeTennessee (0–0)Tennessee (2–0)Illinois (4–1)Illinois (5–2)Seton Hall (5–1)Kansas (9–1)Illinois (9–3)Illinois (10–3)North Carolina (11–2)Georgetown (15–0)Wake Forest (14–3)Maryland (14–5)Syracuse (18–3)Boston College (18–2)Virginia (18–6)Arizona (19–7)Kansas (23–5)Kentucky (22–9)9.
10.Seton HallSeton Hall (0–0)Seton Hall (1–0)Florida (1–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Kansas (7–1)Arizona (5–3)Connecticut (9–1)Connecticut (11–1)Virginia (11–1)Wake Forest (13–2)Georgetown (16–1)Wisconsin (13–4)Tennessee (18–4)Syracuse (19–4)Boston College (19–3)Kansas (21–5)Boston College (23–4)Iowa State (25–5)10.
11.FloridaFlorida (0–0)Florida (1–0)Notre Dame (3–0)Wake Forest (6–0)Connecticut (7–1)Connecticut (8–1)Seton Hall (7–2)Seton Hall (9–2)Syracuse (13–1)Illinois (13–4)Syracuse (15–2)Virginia (14–4)Arizona (15–6)Florida (16–5)Kansas (19–5)Boston College (20–4)Maryland (20–9)Maryland (21–10)11.
12.KentuckyUtah (0–0)Connecticut (1–0)Wake Forest (4–0)USC (4–0)Syracuse (8–0)Syracuse (9–0)Arizona (8–3)Wisconsin (9–1)Georgetown (13–0)Maryland (12–4)Arizona (12–5)Syracuse (16–3)Iowa State (19–3)Virginia (16–6)Ole Miss (21–4)UCLA (19–6)Virginia (20–7)Kansas (24–6)12.
13.UtahConnecticut (0–0)Utah (1–0)Maryland (1–2)Syracuse (7–0)USC (6–0)USC (7–0)Wisconsin (8–1)North Carolina (9–2)Connecticut (12–2)Virginia (11–3)Virginia (13–3)Florida (13–4)Maryland (15–6)Oklahoma (19–4)Kentucky (17–7)Notre Dame (19–6)UCLA (20–7)Oklahoma (26–6)13.
14.ConnecticutUCLA (1–1)Notre Dame (1–0)Oklahoma (5–0)North Carolina (3–2)Virginia (6–0)Virginia (6–0)North Carolina (7–2)Syracuse (11–1)Maryland (11–3)Iowa (14–2)Florida (11–4)Georgetown (17–2)Iowa (17–4)Notre Dame (16–5)Alabama (20–5)Ole Miss (22–5)Ole Miss (23–6)Ole Miss (25–7)14.
15.Arkansas тArkansas (0–0)UCLA (1–1)USC (3–0)Connecticut (6–1)North Carolina (5–2)North Carolina (6–2)Syracuse (9–1)Oklahoma (11–1)Seton Hall (10–3)Alabama (13–2)Wisconsin (11–4)Iowa State (17–3)Georgetown (18–3)Tennessee (18–6)UCLA (17–6)Kentucky (18–8)Kentucky (19–9)UCLA (21–8)15.
16.Notre Dame тNotre Dame (0–0)Cincinnati (1–0)Connecticut (3–1)Virginia (4–0)Wisconsin (5–1)Wisconsin (7–1)USC (9–1)Arizona (8–4)Alabama (12–1)Connecticut (13–3)Seton Hall (12–5)Wake Forest (14–5)Wisconsin (14–5)Ole Miss (19–4)Oklahoma (20–5)Maryland (18–9)Oklahoma (23–6)Virginia (20–8)16.
17.UCLACincinnati (0–0)Wake Forest (2–0)Temple (4–1)Wisconsin (3–1)Cincinnati (3–1)Alabama (7–0)Oklahoma (9–1)Maryland (9–3)Wisconsin (10–2)Arizona (10–5)Iowa State (15–3)Alabama (16–3)Boston College (16–2)Maryland (15–8)Syracuse (19–6)Oklahoma (21–6)Syracuse (22–7)Syracuse (24–8)17.
18.CincinnatiWake Forest (0–0)Wisconsin (0–0)Utah (3–1)Cincinnati (3–1)Alabama (6–0)Oklahoma (7–1)Maryland (7–3)Alabama (10–1)Iowa State (13–1)Seton Hall (11–4)Alabama (14–3)Iowa (16–4)Alabama (17–4)Georgetown (19–4)Notre Dame (17–6)Saint Joseph's (23–4)Georgetown (23–6)Texas (25–8)18.
19.WisconsinWisconsin (0–0)Oklahoma (2–0)St. John's (3–1)Maryland (3–3)Oklahoma (6–1)Iowa (8–0)Cincinnati (8–2)Georgetown (11–0)USC (12–2)Wisconsin (10–4)Ole Miss (15–3)Fresno State (17–2)Wake Forest (15–5)Wisconsin (15–6)Wisconsin (16–7)Syracuse (20–7)Notre Dame (19–8)Notre Dame (19–9)19.
20.Wake ForestKentucky (0–2)USC (1–0)Syracuse (4–0)Oklahoma (5–1)Maryland (5–3)Maryland (6–3)Alabama (9–1)USC (10–2)Ole Miss (13–1)Missouri (12–3)Texas (15–3)Boston College (14–2)Notre Dame (14–5)Fresno State (20–3)Maryland (16–9)Alabama (20–7)Texas (23–7)Indiana (21–12)20.
21.DePaulOklahoma (0–0)DePaul (1–0)Virginia (3–0)Arkansas (5–1)Notre Dame (4–2)Notre Dame (5–2)Georgetown (10–0)Notre Dame (8–2)Arizona (8–5)Ole Miss (14–2)Iowa (14–4)USC (15–4)Oklahoma (17–4)Alabama (18–5)Georgetown (20–5)Georgetown (21–6)Saint Joseph's (24–5)Georgetown (23–7)21.
22.OklahomaDePaul (0–0)Kentucky (0–2)Cincinnati (2–1)Utah (4–2)Iowa (7–0)Cincinnati (5–2)Notre Dame (7–2)Ole Miss (12–1)Oklahoma (11–2)Oklahoma (12–3)Fresno State (16–2)Seton Hall (12–6)USC (16–5)Kentucky (15–7)Tennessee (18–8)Wisconsin (17–8)Wake Forest (19–9)Saint Joseph's (25–6)22.
23.USCUSC (0–0)St. John's (2–1)Wisconsin (1–1)Alabama (3–0)Ole Miss (7–0)Georgetown (9–0)Iowa (9–1)Iowa State (11–1)Texas (11–2)Iowa State (13–3)Boston College (13–2)Notre Dame (13–5)Fresno State (18–3)Wake Forest (16–7)Saint Joseph's (21–4)Wake Forest (19–9)Wisconsin (18–9)Wake Forest (19–10)23.
24.VirginiaSt. John's (1–1)Arkansas (1–1)Dayton (2–1)St. John's (4–2)Georgetown (7–0)Ole Miss (8–0)Ole Miss (11–1)Texas (10–2)Boston College (11–0)USC (12–3)Connecticut (13–5)Oklahoma (15–4)Xavier (17–3)UCLA (15–6)Wake Forest (17–8)Texas (21–7)Ohio State (20–9)Iowa (22–11)24.
25.Iowa StateVirginia (0–0)Virginia (1–0)Arkansas (3–1)Iowa State (5–0)Arkansas (6–2)Arkansas (6–2)Iowa State (10–1)Cincinnati (9–3)Notre Dame (9–3)Boston College (12–1)USC (13–4)Georgia (13–7)Ole Miss (17–4)Iowa (17–6)Providence (18–7)Xavier (21–5)Fresno State (24–5)Wisconsin (18–10)25.
Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 13[2]
Week 3
Nov. 20[3]
Week 4
Nov. 27[4]
Week 5
Dec. 5[5]
Week 6
Dec. 12[6]
Week 7
Dec. 19[7]
Week 8
Dec. 26[8]
Week 9
Jan. 3[9]
Week 10
Jan. 10[10]
Week 11
Jan. 17[11]
Week 12
Jan. 24[12]
Week 13
Jan. 31[13]
Week 14
Feb. 7[14]
Week 15
Feb. 14[15]
Week 16
Feb. 21[16]
Week 17
Feb. 28[17]
Week 18
Mar. 7[18]
Final
Mar. 14[19]
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (0–0)
NoneDropped:
  • UCLA (1–2)
  • DePaul (3–1)
  • Kentucky
Dropped:
  • Temple (4–3)
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • St. John's
  • Iowa State (6–1)
NoneDropped:
  • Arkansas (7–3)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (11–2)
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Texas
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • Missouri
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • Ole Miss
  • Texas (15–5)
  • Connecticut (13–6)
Dropped:
  • Seton Hall
  • Georgia
Dropped:
  • USC (16–6)
  • Xavier
Dropped:
  • Fresno State (20–5)
  • Iowa (17–8)
Dropped:
  • Tennessee (19–9)
  • Providence
Dropped:
  • Alabama (21–8)
  • Xavier
Dropped:
  • Ohio State (20–10)
  • Fresno State (25–6)

Coaches Poll

Preseason
 [20]
Week 2
Nov. 22[20]
Week 3
Nov. 29[20]
Week 4
Dec. 6[20]
Week 5
Dec. 13[20]
Week 6
Dec. 20[20]
Week 7
Dec. 27[20]
Week 8
Jan. 3[20]
Week 9
Jan. 10[20]
Week 10
Jan. 17[20]
Week 11
Jan. 24[20]
Week 12
Jan. 31[21]
Week 13
Feb. 7[21]
Week 14
Feb. 14[21]
Week 15
Feb. 21[21]
Week 16
Feb. 28[21]
Week 17
Mar. 7[21]
Week 18
Mar. 14[21]
Final
Apr. 3[21]
1.ArizonaDuke (2–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (7–0)Duke (9–0)Duke (9–0)Michigan State (9–0)Michigan State (11–0)Stanford (13–0)Stanford (15–0)Stanford (17–0)Stanford (19–0)North Carolina (19–2)North Carolina (21–2)Stanford (23–1)Stanford (25–1)Stanford (27–1)Duke (29–4)Duke (35–4)1.
2.DukeArizona (1–0)Michigan State (3–0)Michigan State (5–0)Michigan State (7–0)Michigan State (8–0)Stanford (9–0)Stanford (11–0)Duke (13–1)Duke (15–1)Duke (17–1)Duke (19–1)Stanford (20–1)Stanford (22–1)North Carolina (21–3)Duke (25–3)Duke (26–4)Stanford (28–2)Arizona (28–8)2.
3.StanfordMichigan State (1–0)Stanford (4–0)Stanford (6–0)Stanford (6–0)Stanford (6–0)Duke (10–1)Duke (11–1)Michigan State (12–1)Michigan State (14–1)Michigan State (15–1)Kansas (17–1)Duke (20–2)Duke (22–2)Duke (23–3)Michigan State (22–3)Michigan State (24–3)Michigan State (24–4)Michigan State (28–5)3.
4.North CarolinaKansas (3–0)Kansas (5–0)Kansas (7–0)Tennessee (8–0)Tennessee (9–0)Wake Forest (10–0)Wake Forest (11–0)Tennessee (14–1)Tennessee (16–1)Kansas (15–1)North Carolina (17–2)Michigan State (18–2)Michigan State (19–3)Illinois (21–5)North Carolina (22–4)Illinois (23–6)Arizona (23–7)Maryland (25–11)4.
5.Michigan StateStanford (1–0)Arizona (3–1)Arizona (5–1)Illinois (7–2)Illinois (8–2)Tennessee (10–1)Tennessee (13–1)Kansas (12–1)Kansas (13–1)Tennessee (17–2)Michigan State (16–2)Kansas (18–2)Illinois (19–5)Michigan State (20–3)Illinois (22–6)North Carolina (23–5)North Carolina (25–6)Stanford (31–3)5.
6.KansasMaryland (0–0)North Carolina (3–0)Tennessee (6–0)Arizona (5–2)Wake Forest (8–0)Illinois (9–3)Florida (10–1)Wake Forest (12–1)North Carolina (13–2)North Carolina (15–2)Illinois (16–4)Illinois (17–5)Kansas (19–3)Iowa State (22–3)Florida (20–5)Florida (22–5)Illinois (24–7)Illinois (27–8)6.
7.MarylandNorth Carolina (3–0)Tennessee (3–0)Illinois (5–2)Wake Forest (7–0)Florida (6–1)Florida (9–1)Kansas (11–1)Florida (10–2)Florida (11–2)Illinois (15–4)Tennessee (17–3)Syracuse (18–3)Syracuse (19–4)Florida (18–5)Arizona (19–7)Arizona (21–7)Boston College (26–4)Kansas (26–7)7.
8.TennesseeIllinois (1–0)Illinois (4–1)Seton Hall (4–0)Kansas (7–1)Arizona (5–3)Kansas (10–1)Illinois (10–3)Illinois (12–3)Wake Forest (13–2)Wake Forest (14–3) тSyracuse (16–3)Tennessee (18–4)Arizona (17–6)Arizona (18–7)Iowa State (23–4)Iowa State (25–4)Florida (23–6)Kentucky (24–10)8.
9.IllinoisTennessee (2–0)Seton Hall (2–0)Florida (3–0)Florida (5–1)Kansas (9–1)Virginia (8–0)Virginia (10–0)Virginia (11–1)Syracuse (15–1)Syracuse (15–2) тArizona (14–5)Virginia (15–4)Iowa State (21–3) тBoston College (19–3)Virginia (19–6)Boston College (23–4)Iowa State (25–5)Ole Miss (27–8)9.
10.Seton HallSeton Hall (1–0)Florida (1–0)Notre Dame (4–0)Seton Hall (5–1)Syracuse (9–0)Arizona (8–3)Connecticut (11–1)Syracuse (13–1)Illinois (13–4)Maryland (14–4)Maryland (14–5)Arizona (15–6)Florida (16–5) тKansas (19–5)Boston College (20–4)Kansas (23–5)Kentucky (22–9)North Carolina (26–7)10.
11.FloridaFlorida (1–0)Notre Dame (3–0)Wake Forest (6–0)Connecticut (7–1)Seton Hall (6–1)Connecticut (9–1)Seton Hall (9–2)North Carolina (11–2)Georgetown (15–0)Georgetown (16–1)Virginia (14–4)Florida (15–4)Boston College (18–2)Virginia (18–6)Kansas (21–5)Ole Miss (23–6)Maryland (21–10)Boston College (27–5)11.
12.KentuckyConnecticut (1–0)Wake Forest (4–0)North Carolina (3–2)Syracuse (8–0)Connecticut (8–1)Seton Hall (7–2)Wisconsin (9–1)Connecticut (12–2)Alabama (13–2)Virginia (13–3)Wake Forest (14–5)Georgetown (18–3)Virginia (16–6)Syracuse (19–6)Ole Miss (22–5)Virginia (20–7)Kansas (24–6)UCLA (23–9)12.
13.ConnecticutCincinnati (1–0)Oklahoma (5–0)Connecticut (6–1)USC (6–0)USC (7–0)Syracuse (9–1)Syracuse (11–1)Georgetown (13–0)Virginia (11–3)Arizona (12–5)Georgetown (17–2)Maryland (15–6)Tennessee (18–6)Ole Miss (21–4)Notre Dame (19–6) тMaryland (20–9)Ole Miss (25–7)Florida (24–7)13.
14.CincinnatiUtah (1–0)Maryland (1–2)Syracuse (7–0)Virginia (6–0)Virginia (6–0)Wisconsin (8–1)North Carolina (9–2)Alabama (12–1)Maryland (12–4)Florida (11–4)Florida (13–4)Iowa State (19–3)Oklahoma (19–4)Alabama (20–5)Syracuse (20–7) тSyracuse (22–7)Oklahoma (26–6)USC (24–10)14.
15.ArkansasNotre Dame (1–0)Temple (4–1)USC (4–0)North Carolina (5–2)Wisconsin (7–1)USC (9–1)Arizona (8–4)Seton Hall (10–3)Connecticut (13–3)Alabama (14–3)Alabama (16–3)Wake Forest (15–5)Wake Forest (16–7)Oklahoma (20–5)Kentucky (18–8)Kentucky (19–9)Virginia (20–8)Iowa State (25–6)15.
16.UtahWake Forest (2–0)Connecticut (3–1)Oklahoma (5–1)Oklahoma (6–1)North Carolina (6–2)North Carolina (7–2)Oklahoma (11–1)Maryland (11–3)Iowa (14–2)Wisconsin (11–4)Wisconsin (13–4)Iowa (17–4)Georgetown (19–4)Kentucky (17–7)Maryland (18–9)Oklahoma (23–6)Syracuse (24–8)Temple (24–13)16.
17.Notre DameUCLA (1–1)Cincinnati (2–1)Maryland (3–3)Wisconsin (5–1)Oklahoma (7–1)Oklahoma (9–1)Maryland (9–3)Wisconsin (10–2)Arizona (10–5)Iowa (14–4)Iowa (16–4)Alabama (17–4)Alabama (18–5)Wisconsin (16–7)Oklahoma (21–6)UCLA (20–7)Texas (25–8)Georgetown (25–8)17.
18.Wake ForestArkansas (1–1)USC (3–0)Cincinnati (3–1)Cincinnati (3–1)Alabama (7–0)Cincinnati (8–2)Alabama (10–1)USC (12–2)Wisconsin (10–4)Iowa State (15–3)Iowa State (17–3)Wisconsin (14–5)Maryland (15–8)Notre Dame (17–6)UCLA (19–6)Notre Dame (19–8)UCLA (21–8)Syracuse (25–9)18.
19.UCLAOklahoma (2–0)Syracuse (4–0)Virginia (4–0)Maryland (5–3)Maryland (6–3)Maryland (7–3)USC (10–2)Oklahoma (11–2)Seton Hall (11–4)Seton Hall (12–5)USC (15–4)USC (16–5)Ole Miss (19–4)Georgetown (20–5)Alabama (20–7)Georgetown (23–6)Notre Dame (19–9)Oklahoma (26–7)19.
20.DePaulWisconsin (0–0)Utah (3–1)Wisconsin (3–1)Notre Dame (4–2)Cincinnati (5–2)Alabama (9–1)Georgetown (11–0)Arizona (8–5)USC (12–3)Connecticut (13–5)Boston College (14–2)Boston College (16–2)Wisconsin (15–6)Maryland (16–9)Georgetown (21–6)Wake Forest (19–9)Georgetown (23–7)Gonzaga (26–7)20.
21.OklahomaKentucky (0–2)St. John's (3–1)Arkansas (5–1)Arkansas (6–2)Iowa (8–0)Georgetown (10–0)Ole Miss (12–1)Ole Miss (13–1)Oklahoma (12–3)Ole Miss (15–3)Oklahoma (15–4)Oklahoma (17–4)Notre Dame (16–5)Tennessee (18–8)Wake Forest (19–9)Wisconsin (18–9)Indiana (21–12)Virginia (20–9)21.
22.WisconsinDePaul (1–0)Virginia (3–0)Utah (4–2)Alabama (6–0)Georgetown (9–0)Iowa (9–1)Texas (10–2)Texas (11–2)Ole Miss (14–2)USC (13–4)Fresno State (17–2)Fresno State (18–3)Fresno State (20–3)Wake Forest (17–8)Saint Joseph's (23–4)Texas (23–7)Wake Forest (19–10)Cincinnati (25–10)22.
23.Iowa StateUSC (1–0)Wisconsin (1–1)Temple (4–3)Georgetown (7–0)Arkansas (6–2)Notre Dame (7–2)Iowa (11–2)Iowa State (13–1)Iowa State (13–3)Texas (15–3)Connecticut (13–6)Notre Dame (14–5)USC (16–6)UCLA (17–6)Tennessee (19–9)Saint Joseph's (24–5)Saint Joseph's (25–6)Notre Dame (20–10)23.
24.USCSt. John's (1–1)Arkansas (3–1)St. John's (4–2)Charlotte (6–1)Notre Dame (5–2)Ole Miss (11–1)Cincinnati (9–3)Iowa (12–2)Texas (12–3)Oklahoma (13–4)Texas (15–5)Ole Miss (17–4)Iowa (17–6)Saint Joseph's (21–4)Wisconsin (17–8)Tennessee (21–9)Wisconsin (18–10)Saint Joseph's (26–7)24.
25.VirginiaTemple (3–0)DePaul (3–1)Texas (5–1)Iowa (7–0)Ole Miss (8–0)Texas (8–3)Notre Dame (8–2)Notre Dame (9–3)Boston College (12–1)Boston College (13–2)Seton Hall (12–6)Texas (16–6)Kentucky (15–7)Fresno State (20–5)Fresno State (21–5)Fresno State (24–5) т
Alabama (21–8) т
Iowa (22–11)Penn State (21–12)25.
Preseason
 [20]
Week 2
Nov. 22[20]
Week 3
Nov. 29[20]
Week 4
Dec. 6[20]
Week 5
Dec. 13[20]
Week 6
Dec. 20[20]
Week 7
Dec. 27[20]
Week 8
Jan. 3[20]
Week 9
Jan. 10[20]
Week 10
Jan. 17[20]
Week 11
Jan. 24[20]
Week 12
Jan. 31[21]
Week 13
Feb. 7[21]
Week 14
Feb. 14[21]
Week 15
Feb. 21[21]
Week 16
Feb. 28[21]
Week 17
Mar. 7[21]
Week 18
Mar. 14[21]
Final
Apr. 3[21]
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (1–0)
  • Virginia (2–0)
Dropped:
  • UCLA (1–2)
  • Kentucky
Dropped:
  • DePaul
Dropped:
  • Utah
  • Temple
  • St. John's (4–3)
  • Texas (5–2)
Dropped:
  • Charlotte
Dropped:
  • Arkansas (7–3)
NoneDropped:
  • Cincinnati
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
NoneDropped:
  • Ole Miss
Dropped:
  • Connecticut (15–7)
Dropped:
  • Texas
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Iowa (17–8)
NoneNoneDropped:
  • Tennessee
  • Fresno State
  • Alabama
Dropped:
  • Texas (25–9)
  • Indiana (21–13)
  • Wake Forest (19–11)
  • Iowa (23–12)
  • Wisconsin (18–11)

References

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  4. ^ "November 27, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "December 5, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "December 12, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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  15. ^ "February 14, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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  17. ^ "February 28, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "March 7, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  19. ^ "2001 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
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