1997-98
AP College
Basketball Poll
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| Final | Post Season | |||||||
| School | 2-Feb | 9-Feb | 16-Feb | 23-Feb | 1-Mar | 6-Mar | Record | Finish |
| North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 34-4 | Lost in Final 4 |
| Kansas | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 35-4 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Duke | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32-4 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Arizona | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Kentucky | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 35-4 | National Champions |
| Connecticut | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32-5 | Lost NCAA Regional Finals |
| Utah | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30-4 | Lost in NCAA Finals |
| Princeton | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 27-2 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Cincinnati | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 27-6 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Stanford | 9 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 30-5 | Lost in Final 4 |
| Purdue | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 28-8 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Michigan | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 25-9 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| Mississippi | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 22-7 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 |
| South Carolina | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 23-8 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 |
| Texas Christian | 22 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 27-6 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 | |
| Michigan State | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 22-8 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Arkansas | 14 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 24-9 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 24-8 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 |
| UCLA | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 24-9 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Maryland | 25 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 21-11 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals | |
| Syracuse | 19 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 26-9 | Lost NCAA Regional Semi-Finals |
| Illinois | 23 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 23-10 | Lost in NCAA Round of 32 | ||
| Xavier | 21 | 23 | 22-8 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 | ||||
| Temple | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21-9 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 | |||
| Murray State | 25 | 29-4 | Lost in NCAA Round of 64 | |||||
| West Virginia | 15 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 23 | |||
| Oklahoma State | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Massachusetts | 23 | 20 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| George Washington | 22 | 17 | 24 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 25 | |||||||
| Iowa | 24 | |||||||
| School | PS | 16-Nov | 23-Nov | 1-Dec | 8-Dec | 15-Dec | 22-Dec | 29-Dec | 4-Jan | 11-Jan | 18-Jan | 25-Jan |
| Duke | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Utah | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Stanford | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Kansas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| UCLA | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Connecticut | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Purdue | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
| Princeton | 25 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Mississippi | 23 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| New Mexico | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
| Arkansas | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 15 | |||
| Iowa | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 |
| West Virginia | 23 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 17 | ||||||
| Cincinnati | 21 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 19 | ||||||
| Syracuse | 25 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 21 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | |||
| Michigan State | 22 | |||||||||||
| Maryland | 24 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 23 | |||||
| Xavier | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 24 |
| Indiana | 17 | 23 | 21 | 25 | ||||||||
| Florida State | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| Hawaii | 21 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
| Clemson | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | |||
| Marquette | 25 | 20 | 23 | |||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 25 | |||||||||||
| Temple | 24 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 24 | |||||
| Texas Christian | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Georgia | 19 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 20 | ||||||
| Wake Forest | 24 | 25 | 23 | |||||||||
| Fresno State | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | |||||||
| Georgia Tech | 22 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 20 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||
| Louisville | 25 | 22 | 19 | |||||||||
| North Carolina Charlotte | 18 | 17 | 25 | |||||||||
| Illinois State | 24 | |||||||||||
| Texas | 22 | |||||||||||