1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the

AP Poll and the Coaches Poll
, in addition to various other preseason polls.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  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
 
Southern Miss (14–2)
St. John's (14–3)Villanova (16–6)Loyola Marymount (20–3)Georgia Tech (19–6)Xavier (22–3)Xavier (24–3)Kansas State (22–8)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 1[1]
Week 3
Dec. 8[1]
Week 4
Dec. 15[1]
Week 5
Dec. 22[1]
Week 6
Dec. 29[1]
Week 7
Jan. 5[1]
Week 8
Jan. 12[1]
Week 9
Jan. 19[1]
Week 10
Jan. 26[1]
Week 11
Feb. 2[1]
Week 12
Feb. 9[1]
Week 13
Feb. 16[2]
Week 14
Feb. 23[2]
Week 15
Mar. 1[2]
Week 16
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][3]
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • DePaul
Dropped:
Louisville (0–1)
Dropped:
Notre Dame (3–2)
NoneDropped:
Missouri (4–2)
Dropped:
  • Memphis State (7–2)
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Florida (10–4)
  • St. John's (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • New Mexico
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • Wyoming
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • UTEP (17–4)
  • Villanova
  • Southern Miss
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (14–6)
  • Iowa State
  • Florida (16–6)
  • St. John's
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Indiana
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • NC State (18–6)
  • Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Missouri
  • Southern Miss
Dropped:
Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech (21–9)

Coaches Poll

Week 1
Dec. 1
Southern Miss (14–2) т
Missouri (11–4) т
Florida (15–5)Bradley (14–3) т
Georgetown (14–6) т
Loyola Marymount (20–3)Wyoming (20–5)Xavier (22–3)UTEP (21–8)Kansas State (22–8)20.
Week 1
Dec. 1[1]
Week 2
Dec. 8[1]
Week 3
Dec. 15[1]
Week 4
Dec. 22[1]
Week 5
Dec. 29[1]
Week 6
Jan. 5[1]
Week 7
Jan. 12[1]
Week 8
Jan. 19[1]
Week 9
Jan. 26[1]
Week 10
Feb. 2[1]
Week 11
Feb. 9[1]
Week 12
Feb. 16[2]
Week 13
Feb. 23[2]
Week 14
Mar. 1[2]
Week 15
Mar. 8[2]
Final
Mar. 15[2][4]
Dropped:
  • Louisville (0–1)
  • NC State (2–0)
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (3–2)
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Illinois (7–2)
  • Memphis State (3–1)
Dropped:
Georgia Tech (6–2)
Dropped:
Missouri
Dropped:
  • Illinois (11–3)
  • St. John's (9–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (9–5)
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
  • Kansas
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Iowa State (15–5)
  • Villanova
  • Southern Miss
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Illinois (14–8)
  • St. John's
  • UTEP
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Indiana
  • Florida
Dropped:
Georgetown
Dropped:
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Vanderbilt
  • Xavier (24–3)
Dropped:
  • BYU (25–5)
  • Georgia Tech (21–9)
  • UTEP (23–9)

References

  1. ^ .
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  3. ^ "1988 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "UPI Men's Basketball Ratings" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 15, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved February 18, 2018.