1977-78
AP College
Basketball Poll
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| Final | Post Season | |||||||
| School | 7-Feb | 14-Feb | 21-Feb | 28-Feb | 6-Mar | Record | Finish | |
| Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30-2 | National Champions |
| UCLA | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25-3 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| DePaul | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27-3 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Michigan State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 32-4 | Lost in Final 4 |
| Notre Dame | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23-8 | Lost in Final 4-Won 3rd place game |
| Duke | 20 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 27-7 | Lost in NCAA Finals | |
| Marquette | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24-4 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Louisville | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 23-7 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Kansas | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24-5 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| San Francisco | 20 | 11 | 22-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | ||||
| New Mexico | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 24-4 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Indiana | 13 | 21-8 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||||
| Utah | 19 | 15 | 14 | 23-6 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||
| Florida State | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 23-6 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 23-8 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Texas | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 26-5 | NIT-Champion |
| Detroit | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | Lost in NIT Quarter-Finals | |
| Miami (OH) | 19 | 19-9 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||||
| Pennsylvania | 20 | 20-8 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |||||
| Houston | 14 | |||||||
| Illinois State | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | |||
| Syracuse | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 18 | |||
| Georgetown | 18 | 18 | 17 | |||||
| Providence | 20 | 13 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| Minnesota | 19 | |||||||
| Nebraska | 19 | |||||||
| Virginia | 13 | |||||||
| Wake Forest | 14 | |||||||
| School | PS | 29-Nov | 6-Dec | 13-Dec | 20-Dec | 27-Dec | 3-Jan | 10-Jan | 17-Jan | 24-Jan | 31-Jan |
| Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Marquette | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| UCLA | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Michigan State | 18 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Kansas | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Louisville | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| New Mexico | 20 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 19 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 11 | ||||
| Texas | 15 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||
| DePaul | 20 | 18 | 19 | 13 | |||||||
| Georgetown | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | ||||||
| Florida State | 18 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||
| Providence | 20 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Duke | 17 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||
| Syracuse | 11 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
| Illinois State | 20 | 19 | |||||||||
| San Francisco | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 20 | |||
| Indiana State | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Holy Cross | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 14 | ||
| UNLV | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 16 | ||
| North Carolina State | 16 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | 15 | 11 | 18 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 19 | |||
| Maryland | 14 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Detroit | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 20 | |||||
| Utah | 20 | 14 | 17 | ||||||||
| Alabama | 15 | 15 | 18 | ||||||||
| Michigan | 13 | 13 | 9 | 15 | |||||||
| Purdue | 12 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||
| Kansas State | 19 | ||||||||||
| St. Johns | 20 | 16 | 13 | ||||||||
| Wake Forest | 17 | 18 | |||||||||
| Minnesota | 16 | ||||||||||