1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1989–90 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
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The AP poll expanded to 25 teams beginning with the 1989–90 season.

Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 27[2]
Week 3
Dec. 5[3]
Week 4
Dec. 12[4]
Week 5
Dec. 19[5]
Week 6
Dec. 26[6]
Week 7
Jan. 2[7]
Week 8
Jan. 9[8]
Week 9
Jan. 16[9]
Week 10
Jan. 23[10]
Week 11
Jan. 30[11]
Week 12
Feb. 6[12]
Week 13
Feb. 13[13]
Week 14
Feb. 20[14]
Week 15
Feb. 27[15]
Week 16
Mar. 6[16]
Final
Mar. 13[17]
1.UNLVSyracuse (0–0)Syracuse (4–0)Syracuse (6–0)Syracuse (7–0)Syracuse (8–0)Syracuse (9–0)Kansas (15–0)Kansas (18–0)Missouri (17–1)Missouri (19–1)Missouri (21–1)Kansas (24–1)Missouri (24–2)Kansas (27–2)Oklahoma (23–4)Oklahoma (26–4) (57)1.
2.LSUArizona (1–0)Kansas (6–0)Kansas (9–0)Kansas (10–0)Kansas (11–0)Kansas (13–0)Georgetown (11–0)Georgetown (13–0)Kansas (19–1)Kansas (20–1)Kansas (22–1)Missouri (22–2)Kansas (25–2)UNLV (24–4)Kansas (28–3)UNLV (29–5) (3)2.
3.SyracuseGeorgetown (2–0)Georgetown (3–0)Georgetown (5–0)Georgetown (7–0)Georgetown (8–0)Georgetown (9–0)Michigan (10–1)Oklahoma (12–0)Georgetown (14–1)Arkansas (17–2)Arkansas (19–2)Georgetown (19–2)Duke (22–4)Missouri (25–3)UNLV (26–5)Michigan State (26–5) (3)3.
4.MichiganKansas (4–0)Missouri (4–0)Missouri (7–0)Missouri (9–0)Illinois (8–0)Illinois (10–0)Oklahoma (10–0)Missouri (15–1)Louisville (14–2)Michigan (15–3)Duke (18–3)Syracuse (18–3)UNLV (22–4)Connecticut (24–4)Syracuse (22–5)Connecticut (28–5)4.
5.GeorgetownMissouri (3–0)UNLV (3–1)Illinois (5–0)Illinois (6–0)Michigan (8–1)Michigan (10–1)Missouri (13–1)Syracuse (12–1)UNLV (12–3)Duke (16–3)Georgetown (17–2)Michigan (18–4)Georgetown (20–3)Duke (23–5)Georgetown (22–5)Kansas (29–4)5.
6.ArizonaUNLV (3–1)Duke (3–0)Michigan (5–1)Michigan (7–1)Oklahoma (5–0)Oklahoma (8–0)Syracuse (10–1)Michigan (11–2)Arkansas (14–2)Georgetown (15–2)Syracuse (16–3)Duke (19–4)Connecticut (22–4)Oklahoma (21–4)Missouri (26–4)Syracuse (24–6)6.
7.North CarolinaDuke (1–0)Illinois (2–0)Arkansas (5–0)Oklahoma (4–0)Missouri (9–1)Missouri (10–1)UNLV (9–2)Illinois (12–1)Michigan (13–3)Syracuse (14–3)Michigan (16–4)UNLV (19–4)Michigan (19–5)Georgetown (21–4)Michigan State (24–5)Arkansas (26–4)7.
8.IllinoisIllinois (0–0)Michigan (3–1)Oklahoma (4–0)LSU (4–1)Louisville (8–1)Louisville (9–1)Illinois (11–1)Duke (12–2)Duke (13–3)Purdue (15–2)Connecticut (19–3)Arkansas (20–3)Georgia Tech (19–4)Michigan (20–5)Connecticut (25–5)Georgetown (23–6)8.
9.ArkansasLSU (1–1)LSU (2–1)LSU (4–1)Louisville (7–1)LSU (6–1)Indiana (10–0)Georgia Tech (10–0)UNLV (10–3)Oklahoma (12–2)Oklahoma (14–2)UNLV (16–4)LSU (19–4)Purdue (18–4)Purdue (20–5)Arkansas (23–4)Georgia Tech (24–6)9.
10.DukeMichigan (0–1)Arkansas (3–0)Louisville (6–1)Arkansas (5–1)Indiana (8–0)UNLV (7–2)Duke (10–2)Louisville (12–2)Illinois (13–3)Louisville (14–3)Purdue (16–3)Connecticut (20–4)Oklahoma (19–4)Syracuse (20–5)Purdue (21–6)Purdue (21–7)10.
11.MissouriArkansas (2–0)Louisville (3–1)Indiana (6–0)Indiana (7–0)Arkansas (7–1)LSU (6–1)Louisville (10–2)Georgia Tech (11–1)Syracuse (12–3)Illinois (15–3)LSU (16–4)Oklahoma (17–3)Syracuse (18–5)Georgia Tech (20–5)La Salle (28–1)Missouri (26–5)11.
12.LouisvilleNorth Carolina (2–1)Oklahoma (2–0)Duke (3–2)Duke (3–2)UNLV (5–2)Georgia Tech (8–0)Arkansas (10–2)Arkansas (12–2)Indiana (13–2)UNLV (14–4)Illinois (16–4)Purdue (17–4)LSU (20–5)Arkansas (22–4)Duke (23–7)La Salle (29–1)12.
13.UCLALouisville (2–1)UCLA (3–0)UCLA (4–0)UNLV (4–2)Duke (5–2)Duke (8–2)Indiana (10–1)LSU (10–2)Georgia Tech (12–2)Connecticut (17–3)Oklahoma (15–3)Georgia Tech (16–4)Arkansas (21–4)La Salle (25–1)Michigan (20–7)Michigan (22–7)13.
14.IndianaIndiana (1–0)Indiana (3–0)UNLV (3–2)Georgia Tech (5–0)Georgia Tech (6–0)Arkansas (8–2)LSU (8–2)Indiana (12–2)Purdue (13–2)LSU (14–4)La Salle (16–1)La Salle (19–1)La Salle (22–1)Michigan State (22–5)Georgia Tech (21–6)Arizona (24–6)14.
15.TempleUCLA (1–0)St. John's (4–1)Georgia Tech (3–0)NC State (6–1)Memphis State (6–1)UCLA (8–1)St. John's (13–2)St. John's (14–3)St. John's (16–3)La Salle (15–1)Louisville (16–4)Illinois (17–5)Michigan State (21–5)LSU (21–6)Arizona (21–6)Duke (24–8)15.
16.OklahomaTemple (0–0)Memphis State (3–0)NC State (6–1)Iowa (6–0)UCLA (6–1)St. John's (9–2)Minnesota (10–1)UCLA (11–2)LSU (12–3)UCLA (14–3)Georgia Tech (14–4)Oregon State (18–3)Louisville (20–5)Oregon State (21–4)LSU (22–7)Louisville (26–7)16.
17.Notre DameOklahoma (0–0)North Carolina (4–2)Memphis State (4–1)Memphis State (4–1)St. John's (9–2)La Salle (7–0)NC State (11–2)La Salle (10–1)Oregon State (14–2)Georgia Tech (12–4)Minnesota (15–4)Minnesota (16–5)Oregon State (19–4)Minnesota (19–6)Clemson (23–6)Clemson (24–8)17.
18.PittsburghPittsburgh (0–0)Georgia Tech (2–0)St. John's (5–2)UCLA (4–1)Iowa (7–1)NC State (7–2)Arizona (8–2)Oregon State (12–2)La Salle (12–1)St. John's (17–4)Oregon State (17–3)Louisville (18–5)Minnesota (17–6)Illinois (19–6)Louisville (23–7)Illinois (21–7)18.
19.NC StateNotre Dame (0–0)NC State (4–1)Alabama (5–1)St. John's (8–2)NC State (7–2)Arizona (5–2)UCLA (9–2)NC State (12–3)Arizona (11–3)Minnesota (14–4)UCLA (15–4)Loyola Marymount (19–4)Illinois (18–6)Xavier (23–2)Minnesota (20–7)LSU (22–8)19.
20.MinnesotaSt. John's (3–1)Arizona (1–2)Arizona (2–2)Alabama (6–1)La Salle (6–0)Iowa (8–1)Memphis State (9–3)Xavier (11–1)Connecticut (15–3)Loyola Marymount (15–3)Loyola Marymount (17–4)Arizona (16–4)Xavier (21–2)Clemson (22–5)Illinois (20–7)Minnesota (20–8)20.
21.Oklahoma StateGeorgia Tech (1–0)Alabama (4–0)Iowa (6–0)Oregon State (5–1)Arizona (3–2)Memphis State (7–3)La Salle (8–1)Loyola Marymount (11–3)Minnesota (12–3)Oregon State (15–3)Xavier (17–2)Michigan State (19–5)Arizona (17–5)Louisville (20–7)Loyola Marymount (23–5)Loyola Marymount (23–5)21.
22.Georgia TechMemphis State (2–0)Pittsburgh (2–1)Oklahoma State (4–1)Arizona (2–2)Alabama (7–2)Alabama (9–2)Oregon State (11–2)Minnesota (10–3)Loyola Marymount (13–3)Indiana (13–4)Arizona (14–4)Xavier (19–2)Loyola Marymount (20–5)Loyola Marymount (22–5)Oregon State (22–5)Oregon State (22–6)22.
23.FloridaOklahoma State (0–0)Temple (2–1)Oregon State (4–1)La Salle (4–0)Oregon State (6–2)Oregon State (9–2)Loyola Marymount (9–3)Arizona (9–3)UCLA (12–3)Xavier (15–2)Michigan State (17–5)UCLA (16–5)Clemson (20–5)Arizona (19–6)New Mexico State (25–3)Alabama (24–8)23.
24.Memphis StateFlorida (0–0)Oregon State (3–0)Florida (2–1)Oklahoma State (6–2)North Carolina (6–4)Minnesota (8–1)Alabama (10–3)Purdue (11–2)Alabama (13–4)Arizona (12–4)St. John's (17–6)St. John's (19–6)New Mexico State (21–3)New Mexico State (23–3)Xavier (24–3)New Mexico State (26–4)24.
25.St. John'sNC State (1–1)Florida (1–0)Michigan State (6–0)Michigan State (7–1)Minnesota (7–1)Loyola Marymount (7–2)Xavier (9–1)Alabama (12–3)Xavier (13–2)North Carolina (15–6)Indiana (14–5)New Mexico State (20–2)Indiana (16–6)Georgia (19–6)Georgia (20–7)Xavier (26–4)25.
Preseason
Pre[1]
Week 2
Nov. 27[2]
Week 3
Dec. 5[3]
Week 4
Dec. 12[4]
Week 5
Dec. 19[5]
Week 6
Dec. 26[6]
Week 7
Jan. 2[7]
Week 8
Jan. 9[8]
Week 9
Jan. 16[9]
Week 10
Jan. 23[10]
Week 11
Jan. 30[11]
Week 12
Feb. 6[12]
Week 13
Feb. 13[13]
Week 14
Feb. 20[14]
Week 15
Feb. 27[15]
Week 16
Mar. 6[16]
Final
Mar. 13[17]
Dropped:
  • Minnesota (0–1)
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame (1–1)
  • Oklahoma State (2–1)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (4–4)
  • Pittsburgh (2–3)
  • Temple (2–2)
Dropped:
  • Florida (3–2)
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma State (7–3)
  • Michigan State (9–2)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (7–5)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (8–3)
Dropped:
  • Memphis State (10–4)
Dropped:
  • NC State (12–5)
Dropped:
  • Alabama (14–5)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (16–7)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (14–6)
Dropped:
  • St. John's (20–7)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (16–8)
NoneDropped:
  • Georgia (20–8)

Coaches Poll

Preseason
 [18]
Week 2
Nov. 27[19]
Week 3
Dec. 5[20]
Week 4
Dec. 12[21]
Week 5
Dec. 19[22]
Week 6
Dec. 26[23]
Week 7
Jan. 2[24]
Week 8
Jan. 9[25]
Week 9
Jan. 16[26]
Week 10
Jan. 23[27]
Week 11
Jan. 30[18]
Week 12
Feb. 6[18]
Week 13
Feb. 13[28]
Week 14
Feb. 20[28]
Week 15
Feb. 27[28]
Week 16
Mar. 6[28]
Final
Mar. 13[29]
1.UNLVSyracuse (0–0)Syracuse (4–0)Syracuse (6–0)Syracuse (7–0)Syracuse (8–0)Syracuse (9–0)Kansas (15–0)Kansas (18–0)Missouri (17–1)Missouri (19–1)Missouri (21–1)Kansas (24–1)Missouri (24–2)Kansas (27–2)Oklahoma (23–4)Oklahoma (26–4) (34)1.
2.SyracuseKansas (4–0)Kansas (6–0)Kansas (9–0)Kansas (10–0)Kansas (11–0)Kansas (13–0)Georgetown (11–0)Georgetown (13–0)Kansas (19–1)Kansas (20–1)Kansas (22–1)Georgetown (19–2)Kansas (25–2)Missouri (25–3)Kansas (28–3)UNLV (29–5) (3)2.
3.LSUArizona (1–0)Georgetown (3–0)Georgetown (5–0)Georgetown (7–0)Georgetown (8–0)Georgetown (9–0)Oklahoma (10–0)Oklahoma (12–0)Georgetown (14–1)Arkansas (17–2)Arkansas (19–2)Syracuse (18–3)Georgetown (20–3)UNLV (24–4)UNLV (26–5)Connecticut (28–5)3.
4.GeorgetownGeorgetown (2–0)Missouri (4–0)Missouri (7–0)Missouri (9–0)Illinois (8–0)Illinois (10–0)Michigan (10–1)Missouri (15–1)Louisville (14–2)Michigan (15–3)Duke (18–3)Missouri (22–2)Duke (22–4)Duke (23–5)Syracuse (22–5)Michigan State (26–5) (1)4.
5.MichiganUNLV (3–1)UNLV (3–1)Illinois (5–0)Illinois (6–0)Oklahoma (5–0)Oklahoma (8–0) тMissouri (13–1)Syracuse (12–1)UNLV (12–3)Duke (16–3)Georgetown (17–2)Duke (19–4)UNLV (22–4)Georgetown (21–4)Missouri (26–4)Kansas (29–4)5.
6.ArizonaMissouri (3–0)Duke (3–0)Arkansas (5–0)Michigan (7–1)Michigan (8–1) тMichigan (10–1) тSyracuse (10–1)Illinois (12–1)Oklahoma (12–2)Georgetown (15–2)Syracuse (16–3)Michigan (18–4)Georgia Tech (19–4)Connecticut (24–4)Georgetown (22–5)Syracuse (24–6) (1)6.
7.North CarolinaLSU (1–1)Illinois (2–0)Michigan (5–1)Oklahoma (4–0)Missouri (9–1) тMissouri (10–1)Illinois (11–1)Michigan (11–2)Duke (13–3)Syracuse (14–3)UNLV (16–4)UNLV (19–4)Purdue (18–4)Oklahoma (21–4)Connecticut (25–5)Georgia Tech (24–6)7.
8.IllinoisIllinois (0–0)LSU (2–1)Oklahoma (4–0)LSU (4–1)Indiana (8–0)Indiana (10–0)UNLV (9–2)Duke (12–2)Michigan (13–3)Oklahoma (14–2)Michigan (16–4)Arkansas (20–3)Connecticut (22–4)Michigan (20–5)Michigan State (24–5)Arkansas (26–4)8.
9.DukeArkansas (2–0)Arkansas (3–0)LSU (4–1)Indiana (7–0)UNLV (5–2)UNLV (7–2)Georgia Tech (10–0)UNLV (10–3)Arkansas (14–2)Purdue (15–2)Purdue (16–3)LSU (19–4)Syracuse (18–5)Syracuse (20–5)Purdue (21–6)Georgetown (23–6)9.
10.Arkansas тNorth Carolina (2–1)Michigan (3–1)Indiana (6–0)Louisville (7–1)Arkansas (7–1)Louisville (9–1)Louisville (10–2)Louisville (12–2)Syracuse (12–3)UNLV (14–4)Oklahoma (15–3)Oklahoma (17–3)Michigan (19–5)Purdue (20–5)Arkansas (23–4)Purdue (21–7)10.
11.Missouri тDuke (1–0)Louisville (3–1)Louisville (6–1)Arkansas (5–1)Louisville (8–1)LSU (6–1)Duke (10–2)Georgia Tech (11–1)Georgia Tech (12–2)Illinois (15–3)Connecticut (19–3)Georgia Tech (16–4)Oklahoma (19–4)Georgia Tech (20–5)Duke (23–7)Missouri (26–5)11.
12.IndianaMichigan (0–1)Oklahoma (2–0)UNLV (3–2)UNLV (4–2)LSU (6–1)Georgia Tech (8–0)Indiana (10–1)LSU (10–2)Illinois (13–3)Louisville (14–3)LSU (16–4)Purdue (17–4)Arkansas (21–4)Arkansas (22–4)La Salle (28–1)Arizona (24–6)12.
13.UCLAUCLA (1–0)Indiana (3–0)Duke (3–2)Georgia Tech (5–0)Georgia Tech (6–0)Duke (8–2)LSU (8–2)Arkansas (12–2)Purdue (13–2) тLSU (14–4)Illinois (16–4)Connecticut (20–4)LSU (20–5)Michigan State (22–5)Georgia Tech (21–6)La Salle (29–1) (1)13.
14.LouisvilleIndiana (1–0)UCLA (3–0)UCLA (4–0)Duke (3–2)Duke (5–2)Arkansas (8–2)Arkansas (10–2)Indiana (12–2)LSU (12–3) тConnecticut (17–3)Louisville (16–4)La Salle (19–1)La Salle (22–1)La Salle (25–1)Michigan (20–7)Duke (24–8)14.
15.Georgia TechLouisville (2–1)North Carolina (4–2)NC State (6–1)Iowa (6–0)UCLA (6–1)UCLA (8–1)Minnesota (10–1)UCLA (11–2)Indiana (13–2)La Salle (15–1) тGeorgia Tech (14–4)Minnesota (16–5)Louisville (20–5)LSU (21–6) тClemson (23–6)Michigan (22–7)15.
16.OklahomaOklahoma (0–0)Alabama (4–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)UCLA (4–1)La Salle (6–0)Colorado State (10–2)St. John's (13–2)Purdue (11–2)Oregon State (14–2)Georgia Tech (12–4) тLa Salle (16–1)Oregon State (18–3)Michigan State (21–5)Oregon State (21–4) тArizona (21–6)Louisville (26–7)16.
17.TempleTemple (0–0)Arizona (1–2)Iowa (6–0)Oregon State (5–1)Arizona (3–2)Iowa (8–1)Arizona (8–2)St. John's (14–3)St. John's (16–3)UCLA (14–3)Oregon State (17–3)Illinois (17–5)Minnesota (17–6)Illinois (19–6)New Mexico State (25–3)Clemson (24–8)17.
18.PittsburghOklahoma State (0–0)Georgia Tech (2–0) тMichigan State (6–0)Alabama (6–1)Virginia (8–1)Alabama (9–2)Loyola Marymount (9–3)Xavier (11–1)La Salle (12–1)North Carolina (15–6)Minnesota (15–4)New Mexico State (20–2)Oregon State (19–4)Xavier (23–2)Louisville (23–7)Illinois (21–7)18.
19.Notre DameGeorgia Tech (1–0)NC State (4–1) тAlabama (5–1)St. John's (8–2)North Carolina (6–4)La Salle (7–0) тUCLA (9–2)Michigan State (14–2)Connecticut (15–3)St. John's (17–4)New Mexico State (18–2)Xavier (19–2)Xavier (21–2) тNew Mexico State (23–3)Illinois (20–7)Alabama (24–8)19.
20.Oklahoma StateFlorida (0–0)Oregon State (3–0)Oklahoma State (4–1)Memphis (4–1) т
Arkansas-Little Rock (3–0) т
North Carolina (5–4) т
Iowa (7–1)Arizona (5–2) тAlabama (10–3)La Salle (10–1)Alabama (13–4)Minnesota (14–4)UCLA (15–4)Loyola Marymount (19–4)New Mexico State (21–3) тMinnesota (19–6)Minnesota (20–7)New Mexico State (26–4)20.
Preseason
 [18]
Week 2
Nov. 27[19]
Week 3
Dec. 5[20]
Week 4
Dec. 12[21]
Week 5
Dec. 19[22]
Week 6
Dec. 26[23]
Week 7
Jan. 2[24]
Week 8
Jan. 9[25]
Week 9
Jan. 16[26]
Week 10
Jan. 23[27]
Week 11
Jan. 30[18]
Week 12
Feb. 6[18]
Week 13
Feb. 13[28]
Week 14
Feb. 20[28]
Week 15
Feb. 27[28]
Week 16
Mar. 6[28]
Final
Mar. 13[29]
Dropped:
  • Pittsburgh (0–0)
  • Notre Dame (0–0)
Dropped:
  • Temple (2–1)
  • Oklahoma State (2–1)
  • Florida (1–0)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (4–4)
  • Arizona (2–2)
  • Oregon State (4–1)
Dropped:
  • NC State (6–1)
  • Michigan State (7–1)
  • Oklahoma State (6–2)
Dropped:
  • Oregon State (6–2)
  • Alabama (7–2)
  • St. John's (9–2)
  • Memphis (6–1)
  • Arkansas-Little Rock (4–2)
Dropped:
  • Virginia (8–1)
  • North Carolina (8–5)
Dropped:
  • Colorado State (10–3)
  • Iowa (8–3)
  • La Salle (8–1)
Dropped:
  • Minnesota (10–3)
  • Arizona (9–3)
  • Loyola Marymount (11–3)
  • Alabama (12–3)
Dropped:
  • UCLA (12–3)
  • Xavier (13–2)
  • Michigan State (15–3)
Dropped:
  • Indiana (13–4)
  • Oregon State (15–3)
  • Alabama (14–5)
Dropped:
  • North Carolina (16–7)
  • St. John's (17–6)
Dropped:
  • Louisville (18–5)
  • UCLA (16–5)
Dropped:
  • Illinois (18–6)
  • Loyola Marymount (20–5)
Dropped:
  • Louisville (20–7)
Dropped:
  • LSU (22–7)
  • Oregon State (22–5)
  • Xavier (24–3)
Dropped:
  • Minnesota (20–8)

References