1969-70
AP College
Basketball Poll
Go to Nov-Dec-Jan Feb-March-April
| Final | Post Season | |||||||
| School | 3-Feb | 10-Feb | 17-Feb | 24-Feb | 3-Mar | 10-Mar | Record | Finish |
| Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26-2 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| UCLA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28-2 | National Champions |
| St. Bonaventure | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25-3 | Lost in Final 4 |
| Jacksonville | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27-2 | Lost in NCAA Finals |
| New Mexico State | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27-3 | Lost in Final 4-Won 3rd place game |
| South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25-3 | |
| Iowa | 20 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 20-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Marquette | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 26-3 | |
| Notre Dame | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 21-8 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |
| North Carolina State | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 23-7 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Florida State | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 23-3 | |
| Houston | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 25-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25-2 | Lost NCAA First Round |
| Drake | 13 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 22-7 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Davidson | 15 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 22-5 | Lost NCAA First Round |
| Utah State | 20 | 18 | 16 | 22-7 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals | |||
| Niagara | 17 | 23-7 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||||
| Western Kentucky | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 22-3 | Lost NCAA First Round | |
| Long Beach State | 19 | 23-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||||
| Southern California | 11 | 18 | 20 | 18-8 | ||||
| Kansas State | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| Ohio University | 17 | |||||||
| Cincinnati | 19 | |||||||
| Columbia | 17 | 19 | 18 | |||||
| North Carolina | 7 | 10 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| Louisville | 19 | |||||||
| Santa Clara | 20 | |||||||
| Georgia | 20 | |||||||
| Illinois | 14 | |||||||
| Villanova | 19 | |||||||
| School | PS | 9-Dec | 16-Dec | 23-Dec | 30-Dec | 6-Jan | 13-Jan | 20-Jan | 27-Jan |
| UCLA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| St. Bonaventure | 17 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| South Carolina | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| New Mexico State | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Jacksonville | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Marquette | 8 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |
| North Carolina State | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Illinois | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | |||||
| Davidson | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Houston | 20 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | |
| Ohio University | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Southern California | 16 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 15 | |
| Drake | 19 | 16 | |||||||
| Columbia | 15 | 17 | 13 | 17 | |||||
| Florida State | 18 | ||||||||
| Kansas State | 17 | 19 | |||||||
| Iowa | 18 | 20 | |||||||
| Duke | 19 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
| Louisville | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 18 | ||
| Notre Dame | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 20 | |||
| Niagra | 15 | 12 | |||||||
| Washington | 20 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Tennessee | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 16 | ||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| Colorado | 10 | 17 | 16 | 20 | |||||
| Kansas | 16 | ||||||||
| Villanova | 9 | 12 | 9 | 20 | |||||
| Santa Clara | 12 | 15 | 11 | ||||||
| Louisiana State | 15 | ||||||||
| Duquesne | 11 | 7 | |||||||
| Ohio State | 18 | 16 | |||||||
| St. Johns | 14 | ||||||||