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2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
The 2000–01 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 | ||
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| 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 Pre[1] | Week 2 Nov. 13[2] | Week 3 Nov. 20[3] | Week 4 Nov. 27[4] | Week 5 Dec. 5[5] | Week 6 Dec. 12[6] | Week 7 Dec. 19[7] | Week 8 Dec. 26[8] | Week 9 Jan. 3[9] | Week 10 Jan. 10[10] | Week 11 Jan. 17[11] | Week 12 Jan. 24[12] | Week 13 Jan. 31[13] | Week 14 Feb. 7[14] | Week 15 Feb. 14[15] | Week 16 Feb. 21[16] | Week 17 Feb. 28[17] | Week 18 Mar. 7[18] | Final Mar. 14[19] | ||
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| 1. | Arizona | Arizona (0–0) | Arizona (1–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (7–0) | Duke (9–0) | Duke (9–0) | Michigan State (9–0) | Michigan State (11–0) | Stanford (13–0) | Stanford (15–0) | Stanford (17–0) | Stanford (19–0) | North Carolina (19–2) | North Carolina (21–2) | Stanford (23–1) | Stanford (25–1) | Stanford (27–1) | Duke (29–4) | 1. |
| 2. | Duke | Duke (0–0) | Duke (2–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Michigan State (5–0) | Michigan State (7–0) | Michigan State (8–0) | Stanford (9–0) | Stanford (11–0) | Duke (13–1) | Duke (15–1) | Duke (17–1) | Duke (19–1) | Stanford (20–1) | Stanford (22–1) | North Carolina (21–3) | Duke (25–3) | Michigan State (24–3) | Stanford (28–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Michigan State | Michigan State (0–0) | Kansas (3–0) | Michigan State (3–0) | Kansas (7–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Duke (10–1) | Duke (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | Michigan State (14–1) | Michigan State (15–1) | Kansas (17–1) | Duke (20–2) | Duke (22–2) | Illinois (21–5) | Michigan State (22–3) | Duke (26–4) | Michigan State (24–4) | 3. |
| 4. | Stanford | Kansas (2–0) | Michigan State (1–0) | Stanford (4–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Tennessee (8–0) | Tennessee (9–0) | Wake Forest (10–0) | Wake Forest (11–0) | Tennessee (14–1) | Tennessee (16–1) | Kansas (15–1) | North Carolina (17–2) | Michigan State (18–2) | Illinois (19–5) | Duke (23–3) | North Carolina (22–4) | Illinois (23–6) | Illinois (24–7) | 4. |
| 5. | Maryland | Stanford (0–0) | Stanford (1–0) | Arizona (3–1) | Arizona (5–1) | Illinois (7–2) | Illinois (8–2) | Florida (9–1) | Florida (10–1) | Kansas (12–1) | Kansas (13–1) | North Carolina (15–2) | Michigan State (16–2) | Kansas (18–2) | Michigan State (19–3) | Michigan State (20–3) | Illinois (22–6) | Florida (22–5) | Arizona (23–7) | 5. |
| 6. | North Carolina | Maryland (0–0) | Maryland (0–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | Tennessee (6–0) | Wake Forest (7–0) | Wake Forest (8–0) | Tennessee (10–1) | Tennessee (13–1) | Wake Forest (12–1) | North Carolina (13–2) | Tennessee (17–2) | Illinois (16–4) | Virginia (15–4) | Kansas (19–3) | Iowa State (22–3) | Florida (20–5) | North Carolina (23–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Kansas | North Carolina (2–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | Tennessee (3–0) | Seton Hall (4–0) | Arizona (5–2) | Florida (6–1) | Kansas (10–1) | Kansas (11–1) | Illinois (12–3) | Florida (11–2) | Illinois (15–4) | Arizona (14–5) | Illinois (17–5) | Iowa State (21–3) | Florida (18–5) | Virginia (19–6) | Iowa State (25–4) | Boston College (26–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Illinois | Illinois (0–0) | Illinois (1–0) | Seton Hall (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | Florida (5–1) | Seton Hall (6–1) | Virginia (8–0) | Virginia (10–0) | Florida (10–2) | Syracuse (15–1) | Maryland (14–4) | Tennessee (17–3) | Florida (15–4) | Arizona (17–6) | Arizona (18–7) | Iowa State (23–4) | Arizona (21–7) | Florida (23–6) | 8. |
| 9. | Tennessee | Tennessee (0–0) | Tennessee (2–0) | Illinois (4–1) | Illinois (5–2) | Seton Hall (5–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Illinois (9–3) | Illinois (10–3) | North Carolina (11–2) | Georgetown (15–0) | Wake Forest (14–3) | Maryland (14–5) | Syracuse (18–3) | Boston College (18–2) | Virginia (18–6) | Arizona (19–7) | Kansas (23–5) | Kentucky (22–9) | 9. |
| 10. | Seton Hall | Seton Hall (0–0) | Seton Hall (1–0) | Florida (1–0) | Notre Dame (4–0) | Kansas (7–1) | Arizona (5–3) | Connecticut (9–1) | Connecticut (11–1) | Virginia (11–1) | Wake Forest (13–2) | Georgetown (16–1) | Wisconsin (13–4) | Tennessee (18–4) | Syracuse (19–4) | Boston College (19–3) | Kansas (21–5) | Boston College (23–4) | Iowa State (25–5) | 10. |
| 11. | Florida | Florida (0–0) | Florida (1–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Wake Forest (6–0) | Connecticut (7–1) | Connecticut (8–1) | Seton Hall (7–2) | Seton Hall (9–2) | Syracuse (13–1) | Illinois (13–4) | Syracuse (15–2) | Virginia (14–4) | Arizona (15–6) | Florida (16–5) | Kansas (19–5) | Boston College (20–4) | Maryland (20–9) | Maryland (21–10) | 11. |
| 12. | Kentucky | Utah (0–0) | Connecticut (1–0) | Wake Forest (4–0) | USC (4–0) | Syracuse (8–0) | Syracuse (9–0) | Arizona (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–1) | Georgetown (13–0) | Maryland (12–4) | Arizona (12–5) | Syracuse (16–3) | Iowa State (19–3) | Virginia (16–6) | Ole Miss (21–4) | UCLA (19–6) | Virginia (20–7) | Kansas (24–6) | 12. |
| 13. | Utah | Connecticut (0–0) | Utah (1–0) | Maryland (1–2) | Syracuse (7–0) | USC (6–0) | USC (7–0) | Wisconsin (8–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | Connecticut (12–2) | Virginia (11–3) | Virginia (13–3) | Florida (13–4) | Maryland (15–6) | Oklahoma (19–4) | Kentucky (17–7) | Notre Dame (19–6) | UCLA (20–7) | Oklahoma (26–6) | 13. |
| 14. | Connecticut | UCLA (1–1) | Notre Dame (1–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | North Carolina (3–2) | Virginia (6–0) | Virginia (6–0) | North Carolina (7–2) | Syracuse (11–1) | Maryland (11–3) | Iowa (14–2) | Florida (11–4) | Georgetown (17–2) | Iowa (17–4) | Notre Dame (16–5) | Alabama (20–5) | Ole Miss (22–5) | Ole Miss (23–6) | Ole Miss (25–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Arkansas т | Arkansas (0–0) | UCLA (1–1) | USC (3–0) | Connecticut (6–1) | North Carolina (5–2) | North Carolina (6–2) | Syracuse (9–1) | Oklahoma (11–1) | Seton Hall (10–3) | Alabama (13–2) | Wisconsin (11–4) | Iowa State (17–3) | Georgetown (18–3) | Tennessee (18–6) | UCLA (17–6) | Kentucky (18–8) | Kentucky (19–9) | UCLA (21–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Notre Dame т | Notre Dame (0–0) | Cincinnati (1–0) | Connecticut (3–1) | Virginia (4–0) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Wisconsin (7–1) | USC (9–1) | Arizona (8–4) | Alabama (12–1) | Connecticut (13–3) | Seton Hall (12–5) | Wake Forest (14–5) | Wisconsin (14–5) | Ole Miss (19–4) | Oklahoma (20–5) | Maryland (18–9) | Oklahoma (23–6) | Virginia (20–8) | 16. |
| 17. | UCLA | Cincinnati (0–0) | Wake Forest (2–0) | Temple (4–1) | Wisconsin (3–1) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Alabama (7–0) | Oklahoma (9–1) | Maryland (9–3) | Wisconsin (10–2) | Arizona (10–5) | Iowa State (15–3) | Alabama (16–3) | Boston College (16–2) | Maryland (15–8) | Syracuse (19–6) | Oklahoma (21–6) | Syracuse (22–7) | Syracuse (24–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Cincinnati | Wake Forest (0–0) | Wisconsin (0–0) | Utah (3–1) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Alabama (6–0) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Maryland (7–3) | Alabama (10–1) | Iowa State (13–1) | Seton Hall (11–4) | Alabama (14–3) | Iowa (16–4) | Alabama (17–4) | Georgetown (19–4) | Notre Dame (17–6) | Saint Joseph's (23–4) | Georgetown (23–6) | Texas (25–8) | 18. |
| 19. | Wisconsin | Wisconsin (0–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | St. John's (3–1) | Maryland (3–3) | Oklahoma (6–1) | Iowa (8–0) | Cincinnati (8–2) | Georgetown (11–0) | USC (12–2) | Wisconsin (10–4) | Ole Miss (15–3) | Fresno State (17–2) | Wake Forest (15–5) | Wisconsin (15–6) | Wisconsin (16–7) | Syracuse (20–7) | Notre Dame (19–8) | Notre Dame (19–9) | 19. |
| 20. | Wake Forest | Kentucky (0–2) | USC (1–0) | Syracuse (4–0) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Maryland (5–3) | Maryland (6–3) | Alabama (9–1) | USC (10–2) | Ole Miss (13–1) | Missouri (12–3) | Texas (15–3) | Boston College (14–2) | Notre Dame (14–5) | Fresno State (20–3) | Maryland (16–9) | Alabama (20–7) | Texas (23–7) | Indiana (21–12) | 20. |
| 21. | DePaul | Oklahoma (0–0) | DePaul (1–0) | Virginia (3–0) | Arkansas (5–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Georgetown (10–0) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Arizona (8–5) | Ole Miss (14–2) | Iowa (14–4) | USC (15–4) | Oklahoma (17–4) | Alabama (18–5) | Georgetown (20–5) | Georgetown (21–6) | Saint Joseph's (24–5) | Georgetown (23–7) | 21. |
| 22. | Oklahoma | DePaul (0–0) | Kentucky (0–2) | Cincinnati (2–1) | Utah (4–2) | Iowa (7–0) | Cincinnati (5–2) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Ole Miss (12–1) | Oklahoma (11–2) | Oklahoma (12–3) | Fresno State (16–2) | Seton Hall (12–6) | USC (16–5) | Kentucky (15–7) | Tennessee (18–8) | Wisconsin (17–8) | Wake Forest (19–9) | Saint Joseph's (25–6) | 22. |
| 23. | USC | USC (0–0) | St. John's (2–1) | Wisconsin (1–1) | Alabama (3–0) | Ole Miss (7–0) | Georgetown (9–0) | Iowa (9–1) | Iowa State (11–1) | Texas (11–2) | Iowa State (13–3) | Boston College (13–2) | Notre Dame (13–5) | Fresno State (18–3) | Wake Forest (16–7) | Saint Joseph's (21–4) | Wake Forest (19–9) | Wisconsin (18–9) | Wake Forest (19–10) | 23. |
| 24. | Virginia | St. John's (1–1) | Arkansas (1–1) | Dayton (2–1) | St. John's (4–2) | Georgetown (7–0) | Ole Miss (8–0) | Ole Miss (11–1) | Texas (10–2) | Boston College (11–0) | USC (12–3) | Connecticut (13–5) | Oklahoma (15–4) | Xavier (17–3) | UCLA (15–6) | Wake Forest (17–8) | Texas (21–7) | Ohio State (20–9) | Iowa (22–11) | 24. |
| 25. | Iowa State | Virginia (0–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Arkansas (3–1) | Iowa State (5–0) | Arkansas (6–2) | Arkansas (6–2) | Iowa State (10–1) | Cincinnati (9–3) | Notre Dame (9–3) | Boston College (12–1) | USC (13–4) | Georgia (13–7) | Ole Miss (17–4) | Iowa (17–6) | Providence (18–7) | Xavier (21–5) | Fresno State (24–5) | Wisconsin (18–10) | 25. |
| Preseason Pre[1] | Week 2 Nov. 13[2] | Week 3 Nov. 20[3] | Week 4 Nov. 27[4] | Week 5 Dec. 5[5] | Week 6 Dec. 12[6] | Week 7 Dec. 19[7] | Week 8 Dec. 26[8] | Week 9 Jan. 3[9] | Week 10 Jan. 10[10] | Week 11 Jan. 17[11] | Week 12 Jan. 24[12] | Week 13 Jan. 31[13] | Week 14 Feb. 7[14] | Week 15 Feb. 14[15] | Week 16 Feb. 21[16] | Week 17 Feb. 28[17] | Week 18 Mar. 7[18] | Final Mar. 14[19] | ||
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Coaches Poll
| Preseason [20] | Week 2 Nov. 22[20] | Week 3 Nov. 29[20] | Week 4 Dec. 6[20] | Week 5 Dec. 13[20] | Week 6 Dec. 20[20] | Week 7 Dec. 27[20] | Week 8 Jan. 3[20] | Week 9 Jan. 10[20] | Week 10 Jan. 17[20] | Week 11 Jan. 24[20] | Week 12 Jan. 31[21] | Week 13 Feb. 7[21] | Week 14 Feb. 14[21] | Week 15 Feb. 21[21] | Week 16 Feb. 28[21] | Week 17 Mar. 7[21] | Week 18 Mar. 14[21] | Final Apr. 3[21] | ||
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| 1. | Arizona | Duke (2–0) | Duke (5–0) | Duke (7–0) | Duke (9–0) | Duke (9–0) | Michigan State (9–0) | Michigan State (11–0) | Stanford (13–0) | Stanford (15–0) | Stanford (17–0) | Stanford (19–0) | North Carolina (19–2) | North Carolina (21–2) | Stanford (23–1) | Stanford (25–1) | Stanford (27–1) | Duke (29–4) | Duke (35–4) | 1. |
| 2. | Duke | Arizona (1–0) | Michigan State (3–0) | Michigan State (5–0) | Michigan State (7–0) | Michigan State (8–0) | Stanford (9–0) | Stanford (11–0) | Duke (13–1) | Duke (15–1) | Duke (17–1) | Duke (19–1) | Stanford (20–1) | Stanford (22–1) | North Carolina (21–3) | Duke (25–3) | Duke (26–4) | Stanford (28–2) | Arizona (28–8) | 2. |
| 3. | Stanford | Michigan State (1–0) | Stanford (4–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Stanford (6–0) | Duke (10–1) | Duke (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | Michigan State (14–1) | Michigan State (15–1) | Kansas (17–1) | Duke (20–2) | Duke (22–2) | Duke (23–3) | Michigan State (22–3) | Michigan State (24–3) | Michigan State (24–4) | Michigan State (28–5) | 3. |
| 4. | North Carolina | Kansas (3–0) | Kansas (5–0) | Kansas (7–0) | Tennessee (8–0) | Tennessee (9–0) | Wake Forest (10–0) | Wake Forest (11–0) | Tennessee (14–1) | Tennessee (16–1) | Kansas (15–1) | North Carolina (17–2) | Michigan State (18–2) | Michigan State (19–3) | Illinois (21–5) | North Carolina (22–4) | Illinois (23–6) | Arizona (23–7) | Maryland (25–11) | 4. |
| 5. | Michigan State | Stanford (1–0) | Arizona (3–1) | Arizona (5–1) | Illinois (7–2) | Illinois (8–2) | Tennessee (10–1) | Tennessee (13–1) | Kansas (12–1) | Kansas (13–1) | Tennessee (17–2) | Michigan State (16–2) | Kansas (18–2) | Illinois (19–5) | Michigan State (20–3) | Illinois (22–6) | North Carolina (23–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | Stanford (31–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Kansas | Maryland (0–0) | North Carolina (3–0) | Tennessee (6–0) | Arizona (5–2) | Wake Forest (8–0) | Illinois (9–3) | Florida (10–1) | Wake Forest (12–1) | North Carolina (13–2) | North Carolina (15–2) | Illinois (16–4) | Illinois (17–5) | Kansas (19–3) | Iowa State (22–3) | Florida (20–5) | Florida (22–5) | Illinois (24–7) | Illinois (27–8) | 6. |
| 7. | Maryland | North Carolina (3–0) | Tennessee (3–0) | Illinois (5–2) | Wake Forest (7–0) | Florida (6–1) | Florida (9–1) | Kansas (11–1) | Florida (10–2) | Florida (11–2) | Illinois (15–4) | Tennessee (17–3) | Syracuse (18–3) | Syracuse (19–4) | Florida (18–5) | Arizona (19–7) | Arizona (21–7) | Boston College (26–4) | Kansas (26–7) | 7. |
| 8. | Tennessee | Illinois (1–0) | Illinois (4–1) | Seton Hall (4–0) | Kansas (7–1) | Arizona (5–3) | Kansas (10–1) | Illinois (10–3) | Illinois (12–3) | Wake Forest (13–2) | Wake Forest (14–3) т | Syracuse (16–3) | Tennessee (18–4) | Arizona (17–6) | Arizona (18–7) | Iowa State (23–4) | Iowa State (25–4) | Florida (23–6) | Kentucky (24–10) | 8. |
| 9. | Illinois | Tennessee (2–0) | Seton Hall (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | Florida (5–1) | Kansas (9–1) | Virginia (8–0) | Virginia (10–0) | Virginia (11–1) | Syracuse (15–1) | Syracuse (15–2) т | Arizona (14–5) | Virginia (15–4) | Iowa State (21–3) т | Boston College (19–3) | Virginia (19–6) | Boston College (23–4) | Iowa State (25–5) | Ole Miss (27–8) | 9. |
| 10. | Seton Hall | Seton Hall (1–0) | Florida (1–0) | Notre Dame (4–0) | Seton Hall (5–1) | Syracuse (9–0) | Arizona (8–3) | Connecticut (11–1) | Syracuse (13–1) | Illinois (13–4) | Maryland (14–4) | Maryland (14–5) | Arizona (15–6) | Florida (16–5) т | Kansas (19–5) | Boston College (20–4) | Kansas (23–5) | Kentucky (22–9) | North Carolina (26–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Florida | Florida (1–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Wake Forest (6–0) | Connecticut (7–1) | Seton Hall (6–1) | Connecticut (9–1) | Seton Hall (9–2) | North Carolina (11–2) | Georgetown (15–0) | Georgetown (16–1) | Virginia (14–4) | Florida (15–4) | Boston College (18–2) | Virginia (18–6) | Kansas (21–5) | Ole Miss (23–6) | Maryland (21–10) | Boston College (27–5) | 11. |
| 12. | Kentucky | Connecticut (1–0) | Wake Forest (4–0) | North Carolina (3–2) | Syracuse (8–0) | Connecticut (8–1) | Seton Hall (7–2) | Wisconsin (9–1) | Connecticut (12–2) | Alabama (13–2) | Virginia (13–3) | Wake Forest (14–5) | Georgetown (18–3) | Virginia (16–6) | Syracuse (19–6) | Ole Miss (22–5) | Virginia (20–7) | Kansas (24–6) | UCLA (23–9) | 12. |
| 13. | Connecticut | Cincinnati (1–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Connecticut (6–1) | USC (6–0) | USC (7–0) | Syracuse (9–1) | Syracuse (11–1) | Georgetown (13–0) | Virginia (11–3) | Arizona (12–5) | Georgetown (17–2) | Maryland (15–6) | Tennessee (18–6) | Ole Miss (21–4) | Notre Dame (19–6) т | Maryland (20–9) | Ole Miss (25–7) | Florida (24–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Cincinnati | Utah (1–0) | Maryland (1–2) | Syracuse (7–0) | Virginia (6–0) | Virginia (6–0) | Wisconsin (8–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | Alabama (12–1) | Maryland (12–4) | Florida (11–4) | Florida (13–4) | Iowa State (19–3) | Oklahoma (19–4) | Alabama (20–5) | Syracuse (20–7) т | Syracuse (22–7) | Oklahoma (26–6) | USC (24–10) | 14. |
| 15. | Arkansas | Notre Dame (1–0) | Temple (4–1) | USC (4–0) | North Carolina (5–2) | Wisconsin (7–1) | USC (9–1) | Arizona (8–4) | Seton Hall (10–3) | Connecticut (13–3) | Alabama (14–3) | Alabama (16–3) | Wake Forest (15–5) | Wake Forest (16–7) | Oklahoma (20–5) | Kentucky (18–8) | Kentucky (19–9) | Virginia (20–8) | Iowa State (25–6) | 15. |
| 16. | Utah | Wake Forest (2–0) | Connecticut (3–1) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Oklahoma (6–1) | North Carolina (6–2) | North Carolina (7–2) | Oklahoma (11–1) | Maryland (11–3) | Iowa (14–2) | Wisconsin (11–4) | Wisconsin (13–4) | Iowa (17–4) | Georgetown (19–4) | Kentucky (17–7) | Maryland (18–9) | Oklahoma (23–6) | Syracuse (24–8) | Temple (24–13) | 16. |
| 17. | Notre Dame | UCLA (1–1) | Cincinnati (2–1) | Maryland (3–3) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Oklahoma (9–1) | Maryland (9–3) | Wisconsin (10–2) | Arizona (10–5) | Iowa (14–4) | Iowa (16–4) | Alabama (17–4) | Alabama (18–5) | Wisconsin (16–7) | Oklahoma (21–6) | UCLA (20–7) | Texas (25–8) | Georgetown (25–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Wake Forest | Arkansas (1–1) | USC (3–0) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Cincinnati (3–1) | Alabama (7–0) | Cincinnati (8–2) | Alabama (10–1) | USC (12–2) | Wisconsin (10–4) | Iowa State (15–3) | Iowa State (17–3) | Wisconsin (14–5) | Maryland (15–8) | Notre Dame (17–6) | UCLA (19–6) | Notre Dame (19–8) | UCLA (21–8) | Syracuse (25–9) | 18. |
| 19. | UCLA | Oklahoma (2–0) | Syracuse (4–0) | Virginia (4–0) | Maryland (5–3) | Maryland (6–3) | Maryland (7–3) | USC (10–2) | Oklahoma (11–2) | Seton Hall (11–4) | Seton Hall (12–5) | USC (15–4) | USC (16–5) | Ole Miss (19–4) | Georgetown (20–5) | Alabama (20–7) | Georgetown (23–6) | Notre Dame (19–9) | Oklahoma (26–7) | 19. |
| 20. | DePaul | Wisconsin (0–0) | Utah (3–1) | Wisconsin (3–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Cincinnati (5–2) | Alabama (9–1) | Georgetown (11–0) | Arizona (8–5) | USC (12–3) | Connecticut (13–5) | Boston College (14–2) | Boston College (16–2) | Wisconsin (15–6) | Maryland (16–9) | Georgetown (21–6) | Wake Forest (19–9) | Georgetown (23–7) | Gonzaga (26–7) | 20. |
| 21. | Oklahoma | Kentucky (0–2) | St. John's (3–1) | Arkansas (5–1) | Arkansas (6–2) | Iowa (8–0) | Georgetown (10–0) | Ole Miss (12–1) | Ole Miss (13–1) | Oklahoma (12–3) | Ole Miss (15–3) | Oklahoma (15–4) | Oklahoma (17–4) | Notre Dame (16–5) | Tennessee (18–8) | Wake Forest (19–9) | Wisconsin (18–9) | Indiana (21–12) | Virginia (20–9) | 21. |
| 22. | Wisconsin | DePaul (1–0) | Virginia (3–0) | Utah (4–2) | Alabama (6–0) | Georgetown (9–0) | Iowa (9–1) | Texas (10–2) | Texas (11–2) | Ole Miss (14–2) | USC (13–4) | Fresno State (17–2) | Fresno State (18–3) | Fresno State (20–3) | Wake Forest (17–8) | Saint Joseph's (23–4) | Texas (23–7) | Wake Forest (19–10) | Cincinnati (25–10) | 22. |
| 23. | Iowa State | USC (1–0) | Wisconsin (1–1) | Temple (4–3) | Georgetown (7–0) | Arkansas (6–2) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Iowa (11–2) | Iowa State (13–1) | Iowa State (13–3) | Texas (15–3) | Connecticut (13–6) | Notre Dame (14–5) | USC (16–6) | UCLA (17–6) | Tennessee (19–9) | Saint Joseph's (24–5) | Saint Joseph's (25–6) | Notre Dame (20–10) | 23. |
| 24. | USC | St. John's (1–1) | Arkansas (3–1) | St. John's (4–2) | Charlotte (6–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Ole Miss (11–1) | Cincinnati (9–3) | Iowa (12–2) | Texas (12–3) | Oklahoma (13–4) | Texas (15–5) | Ole Miss (17–4) | Iowa (17–6) | Saint Joseph's (21–4) | Wisconsin (17–8) | Tennessee (21–9) | Wisconsin (18–10) | Saint Joseph's (26–7) | 24. |
| 25. | Virginia | Temple (3–0) | DePaul (3–1) | Texas (5–1) | Iowa (7–0) | Ole Miss (8–0) | Texas (8–3) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Notre Dame (9–3) | Boston College (12–1) | Boston College (13–2) | Seton Hall (12–6) | Texas (16–6) | Kentucky (15–7) | Fresno State (20–5) | Fresno State (21–5) | Fresno State (24–5) т Alabama (21–8) т | Iowa (22–11) | Penn State (21–12) | 25. |
| Preseason [20] | Week 2 Nov. 22[20] | Week 3 Nov. 29[20] | Week 4 Dec. 6[20] | Week 5 Dec. 13[20] | Week 6 Dec. 20[20] | Week 7 Dec. 27[20] | Week 8 Jan. 3[20] | Week 9 Jan. 10[20] | Week 10 Jan. 17[20] | Week 11 Jan. 24[20] | Week 12 Jan. 31[21] | Week 13 Feb. 7[21] | Week 14 Feb. 14[21] | Week 15 Feb. 21[21] | Week 16 Feb. 28[21] | Week 17 Mar. 7[21] | Week 18 Mar. 14[21] | Final Apr. 3[21] | ||
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References
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- ^ "November 13, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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- ^ "November 27, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "December 5, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "December 12, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "December 19, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "December 26, 2000 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "January 3, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "January 10, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "January 17, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "January 24, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "January 31, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "February 7, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "February 14, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "February 21, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "February 28, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "March 7, 2001 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "2001 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1097. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1098. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.