1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Season 1986–87 NCAA Tournament 1987 Preseason No. 1 NCAA Tournament Champions Indiana
The 1986–87 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.
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AP Poll
Preseason Nov 17[ 1] Week 2 Dec 1[ 2] Week 3 Dec 8[ 3] Week 4 Dec 15[ 4] Week 5 Dec. 22[ 5] Week 6 Dec. 29[ 6] Week 7 Jan. 5[ 7] Week 8 Jan. 12[ 8] Week 9 Jan. 19[ 9] Week 10 Jan. 26[ 10] Week 11 Feb. 2[ 11] Week 12 Feb. 9[ 12] Week 13 Feb. 16[ 13] Week 14 Feb. 23[ 14] Week 15 Mar. 2[ 15] Week 16 Mar. 9[ 16] [ 17] 1. North Carolina North Carolina (2–0) UNLV (5–0) UNLV (6–0) UNLV (9–0) UNLV (10–0) UNLV (12–0) UNLV (14–0) Iowa (16–0) North Carolina (17–1) UNLV (21–1) UNLV (23–1) UNLV (26–1) UNLV (28–1) UNLV (30–1) UNLV (33–1) 1. 2. Louisville UNLV (4–0) Indiana (3–0) Purdue (5–0) Purdue (6–0) Purdue (7–0) Iowa (13–0) Iowa (15–0) North Carolina (15–1) Iowa (18–1) Indiana (17–2) Indiana (19–2) Indiana (20–2) North Carolina (25–2) North Carolina (27–2) North Carolina (29–3) 2. 3. Indiana Indiana (1–0) Purdue (3–0) Iowa (8–0) Iowa (9–0) Iowa (11–0) North Carolina (11–1) North Carolina (13–1) Indiana (14–1) UNLV (19–1) North Carolina (18–2) North Carolina (20–2) North Carolina (23–2) Indiana (23–2) Purdue (23–3) Indiana (24–4) 3. 4. Purdue Purdue (1–0) Iowa (6–0) North Carolina (5–1) North Carolina (6–1) North Carolina (8–1) Indiana (10–1) Indiana (12–1) UNLV (15–1) Indiana (15–2) Iowa (19–2) Iowa (21–2) DePaul (22–1) DePaul (25–1) Indiana (23–4) Georgetown (26–4) 4. 5. UNLV Iowa (3–0) North Carolina (4–1) Illinois (7–0) Auburn (6–0) Auburn (7–0) Syracuse (12–0) Syracuse (14–0) Purdue (14–1) Purdue (15–2) DePaul (18–1) DePaul (20–1) Temple (25–2) Temple (28–2) DePaul (25–2) DePaul (26–2) 5. 6. Georgia Tech Kansas (1–0) Illinois (4–0) Auburn (4–0) Oklahoma (6–1) Indiana (9–1) Purdue (9–1) Purdue (12–1) DePaul (14–0) Syracuse (17–2) Temple (20–2) Temple (23–2) Purdue (20–3) Purdue (20–3) Iowa (25–4) Iowa (27–4) 6. 7. Oklahoma Auburn (1–0) Auburn (2–0) Oklahoma (5–1) Syracuse (8–0) Syracuse (10–0) DePaul (10–0) DePaul (12–0) Syracuse (15–1) Temple (18–2) Purdue (16–3) Purdue (18–3) Iowa (22–3) Iowa (23–4) Georgetown (23–4) Purdue (24–4) 7. 8. Kansas Alabama (1–0) Western Kentucky (6–1) Indiana (4–1) Indiana (6–1) Georgetown (8–0) Temple (11–1) Illinois (12–2) Temple (16–2) DePaul (16–1) Oklahoma (17–3) Oklahoma (19–3) Pittsburgh (21–4) Georgetown (21–4) Temple (29–3) Temple (31–3) 8. 9. Navy Illinois (2–0) Oklahoma (3–1) Syracuse (7–0) Illinois (7–1) Navy (5–1) Kentucky (7–2) Georgetown (12–1) Illinois (13–3) Alabama (15–2) Alabama (16–3) Syracuse (19–3) Syracuse (20–4) Pittsburgh (22–5) Alabama (23–4) Alabama (26–4) 9. 10. Iowa Navy (2–1) Navy (3–1) Georgetown (5–0) Georgetown (7–0) St. John's (8–0) St. John's (9–1) Auburn (9–2) Clemson (16–0) Oklahoma (14–3) Georgetown (15–3) Pittsburgh (19–4) Clemson (23–2) Alabama (21–4) Syracuse (24–5) Syracuse (26–6) 10. 11. Kentucky Oklahoma (1–1) UCLA (3–0)Navy (4–1) NC State (7–1) Kentucky (6–1) Oklahoma (9–2) Temple (14–2) Oklahoma (12–3) Georgetown (14–2) Syracuse (17–3) Illinois (18–5) Georgetown (19–4) Syracuse (22–5) Pittsburgh (23–6) Illinois (23–7) 11. 12. Auburn Pittsburgh (1–0) Syracuse (4–0) NC State (6–1) Navy (4–1) Kansas (6–2) Illinois (9–2) Clemson (14–0) Duke (13–2) Illinois (14–4) Clemson (19–2) Clemson (21–2) Alabama (19–4) Oklahoma (21–5) Illinois (21–7) Pittsburgh (24–7) 12. 13. Alabama Kentucky (1–0) Georgetown (4–0) Kansas (4–1) Kansas (5–1) Oklahoma (7–2) Auburn (7–2) St. John's (10–2) Alabama (13–2) Duke (14–3) Pittsburgh (17–4) Georgetown (16–4) Oklahoma (19–5) Clemson (24–3) Clemson (25–4) Clemson (25–5) 13. 14. Illinois Western Kentucky (3–1)Kansas (3–1) Pittsburgh (4–1) Pittsburgh (5–1) Temple (8–1) Pittsburgh (9–2) Duke (11–2) St. John's (12–2) Clemson (17–1) Illinois (15–5) Alabama (17–4) Illinois (19–6) Illinois (19–6) Duke (22–7) Missouri (24–9) 14. 15. Syracuse Georgia Tech (1–1) NC State (5–1) St. John's (6–0)St. John's (7–0) DePaul (8–0) Navy (6–2) Alabama (10–2) Georgetown (12–2) St. John's (13–3) TCU (18–3) Duke (19–4) Kansas (19–6) TCU (22–4) TCU (23–5) UCLA (24–6) 15. 16. Pittsburgh Georgetown (2–0) Georgia Tech (3–1) Georgia Tech (3–2) Temple (8–1) Illinois (8–2) Georgetown (9–1) Oklahoma (10–3) Pittsburgh (13–3) TCU (16–3) Duke (16–4) St. John's (18–4) TCU (20–4) Kansas (21–7) New Orleans (25–3) New Orleans (25–3) 16. 17. NC State Syracuse (1–0) Pittsburgh (2–1) UCLA (3–1) DePaul (7–0) Pittsburgh (6–2) Duke (9–1) NC State (10–3) Auburn (10–3) Pittsburgh (14–4) Providence (16–3)Kansas (18–5) Duke (20–5) Duke (21–6) Oklahoma (21–8) Duke (22–8) 17. 18. Georgetown NC State (3–1) Alabama (2–1) Kentucky (3–1) Kentucky (5–1) Georgia Tech (6–2) NC State (9–2) Pittsburgh (11–3) Navy (11–3) Auburn (11–4) Kansas (15–5) TCU (19–4) Florida (20–6) Florida (21–7) UCLA (21–6) Notre Dame (22–7) 18. 19. Arizona Northeastern (2–1)Kentucky (2–1) DePaul (5–0)Georgia Tech (5–2) NC State (7–2) Kansas (7–2) Navy (9–3) TCU (13–3)Florida (15–4) St. John's (14–4) Florida (18–5) Providence (17–5) New Orleans (22–3)Missouri (21–9)TCU (23–6) 19. 20. Cleveland State Arizona (0–1) Arkansas (4–0)Temple (7–1)Florida (8–1)Duke (6–1)Clemson (11–0)Kansas (9–4) NC State (11–4) Kansas (13–5) Auburn (12–6) Providence (16–5) St. John's (17–5) Providence (18–6) Notre Dame (19–7)Kansas (23–10) 20. Preseason Nov 17[ 1] Week 2 Dec 1[ 2] Week 3 Dec 8[ 3] Week 4 Dec 15[ 4] Week 5 Dec. 22[ 5] Week 6 Dec. 29[ 6] Week 7 Jan. 5[ 7] Week 8 Jan. 12[ 8] Week 9 Jan. 19[ 9] Week 10 Jan. 26[ 10] Week 11 Feb. 2[ 11] Week 12 Feb. 9[ 12] Week 13 Feb. 16[ 13] Week 14 Feb. 23[ 14] Week 15 Mar. 2[ 15] Week 16 Mar. 9[ 16] [ 17] Dropped: Louisville (0–3) Cleveland State (0–1) Dropped: Arizona (2–2) Northeastern (3–3) Dropped: Western Kentucky (7–3) Alabama (3–2) Arkansas (5–1) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Navy (12–5) NC State (12–4) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: NoneDropped: Dropped: Kansas (20–9) Florida (21–9) Providence (20–7) Dropped:
Coaches Poll
Week 1 Dec 2[ 18] Week 2 Dec 9[ 18] Week 3 Dec 16[ 18] Week 4 Dec. 23[ 18] Week 5 Dec. 30[ 18] Week 6 Jan. 6[ 18] Week 7 Jan. 13[ 18] Week 8 Jan. 20[ 18] Week 9 Jan. 27[ 18] Week 10 Feb. 3[ 18] Week 11 Feb. 10[ 18] Week 12 Feb. 17[ 19] Week 13 Feb. 24[ 19] Week 14 Mar. 3[ 19] Week 15 Mar. 10[ 19] [ 20] 1. North Carolina (2–0)UNLV (5–0) UNLV (6–0) UNLV (9–0) UNLV (10–0) UNLV (12–0) UNLV (14–0) North Carolina (15–1) North Carolina (17–1) UNLV (21–1) UNLV (23–1) UNLV (26–1) UNLV (28–1) UNLV (30–1) UNLV (33–1) 1. 2. UNLV (4–0)Indiana (3–0) Purdue (5–0) Purdue (6–0) Purdue (7–0) North Carolina (11–1) Iowa (15–0) Iowa (16–0) UNLV (19–1) Indiana (17–2) Indiana (19–2) Indiana (20–2) Indiana (23–2) North Carolina (27–2) Indiana (24–4) 2. 3. Indiana (1–0)Iowa (6–0) North Carolina (5–1) Iowa (9–0) North Carolina (8–1) Iowa (13–0) North Carolina (13–1) UNLV (15–1) Iowa (18–1) North Carolina (18–2) North Carolina (20–2) North Carolina (23–2) North Carolina (25–2) Purdue (23–3) North Carolina (29–3) 3. 4. Purdue (1–0)Purdue (3–0) Iowa (8–0) North Carolina (6–1) Iowa (11–0) Indiana (10–1) Indiana (12–1) Indiana (14–1) Indiana (15–2) Iowa (19–2) Iowa (21–2) Iowa (22–3) Temple (28–2) Indiana (23–4) Georgetown (26–4) 4. 5. Kansas (1–0)North Carolina (4–1) Illinois (7–0) Auburn (6–0) Indiana (9–1) Purdue (9–1) Purdue (12–1) Purdue (14–1) Purdue (15–2) Temple (20–2) DePaul (20–1) DePaul (22–1) DePaul (25–1) DePaul (25–2) DePaul (26–2) 5. 6. Iowa (3–0)Illinois (4–0) Indiana (4–1) Indiana (6–1) Auburn (7–0) Syracuse (12–0) Syracuse (14–0) DePaul (14–0) Syracuse (17–2) Purdue (16–3) Purdue (18–3) Purdue (20–3) Purdue (20–3) Iowa (25–4) Purdue (24–4) 6. 7. Alabama (1–0)UCLA (3–0) Auburn (4–0) Syracuse (8–0) Syracuse (10–0) Temple (11–1) DePaul (12–0) Syracuse (15–1) Temple (18–2) DePaul (18–1) Temple (23–2) Temple (25–2) Georgetown (21–4) Georgetown (23–4) Iowa (27–4) 7. 8. Auburn (1–0)Auburn (2–0) Georgetown (5–0) Oklahoma (6–1) Georgetown (8–0) Kentucky (7–2) Georgetown (12–1) Temple (16–2) DePaul (16–1) Oklahoma (17–3) Oklahoma (19–3) Pittsburgh (21–4) Iowa (23–4) Temple (29–3) Temple (31–3) 8. 9. Oklahoma (1–1)Kansas (3–1) Oklahoma (5–1) Georgetown (7–0) Kentucky (6–1) DePaul (10–0) Auburn (9–2) Oklahoma (12–3) Oklahoma (14–3) Alabama (16–3) Syracuse (19–3) Syracuse (20–4) Pittsburgh (22–5) Alabama (23–4) Alabama (26–4) 9. 10. Western Kentucky (3–1)Western Kentucky (6–1) Syracuse (7–0) Illinois (7–1) Navy (5–1) Oklahoma (9–2) Illinois (12–2) Illinois (13–3) Alabama (15–2) Georgetown (15–3) Georgetown (16–4) Clemson (23–2) Alabama (21–4) Pittsburgh (23–6) Syracuse (26–6) 10. 11. Pittsburgh (1–0)Georgetown (4–0) Kansas (4–1) Kansas (5–1) St. John's (8–0) Auburn (7–2) Temple (14–2) Alabama (13–2) Duke (14–3) Syracuse (17–3) Clemson (21–2) Alabama (19–4) Syracuse (22–5) Syracuse (24–5) Illinois (23–7) 11. 12. Georgetown (2–0)Syracuse (4–0) Navy (4–1) Navy (4–1) Oklahoma (7–2) St. John's (9–1) Clemson (14–0)Clemson (16–0) Illinois (14–4) TCU (18–3) Illinois (18–5) Georgetown (19–4) Clemson (24–3) Illinois (21–7) Pittsburgh (24–7) 12. 13. Syracuse (1–0)Oklahoma (3–1) Pittsburgh (4–1) NC State (7–1) Illinois (8–2) Illinois (9–2) Duke (11–2) Duke (13–2) Georgetown (14–2) Clemson (19–2) Pittsburgh (19–4) Illinois (19–6) Illinois (19–6) TCU (23–5) UCLA (24–6) 13. 14. Navy (2–1)Navy (3–1) St. John's (6–0)Pittsburgh (5–1) Kansas (6–2) Navy (6–2) St. John's (10–2) St. John's (12–2) Clemson (17–1) Illinois (15–5) Alabama (17–4) Kansas (19–6) Oklahoma (21–5) Clemson (25–4) Missouri (24–9) 14. 15. Illinois (2–0)Arkansas (4–0)NC State (6–1) DePaul (7–0) Temple (8–1) Pittsburgh (9–2) Alabama (10–2) Auburn (10–3) TCU (16–3) Duke (16–4) TCU (19–4) TCU (20–4) TCU (22–4) Duke (22–7) Clemson (25–5) 15. 16. Kentucky (1–0)Alabama (2–1) UCLA (3–1) St. John's (7–0) DePaul (8–0) Duke (9–1) Oklahoma (10–3) Georgetown (12–2) Florida (15–4) Pittsburgh (17–4) Duke (19–4) Oklahoma (19–5) Kansas (21–7) UCLA (21–6) TCU (23–6) 16. 17. UCLA (2–0)Pittsburgh (2–1) DePaul (5–0) тTemple (8–1) Pittsburgh (6–2) Georgetown (9–1) NC State (10–3) Pittsburgh (13–3) Auburn (11–4) Kansas (15–5) Kansas (18–5) Florida (20–6) Florida (21–7) Oklahoma (21–8) Wyoming (22–9) 17. 18. Louisville (0–3)NC State (5–1) Arkansas (5–1) т Kentucky (5–1) Duke (6–1) Kansas (7–2) Pittsburgh (11–3) TCU (13–3) St. John's (13–3) Providence (16–3)St. John's (18–4) Duke (20–5) UTEP (21–5) Notre Dame (19–7)Notre Dame (22–7) 18. 19. NC State (3–1)Kentucky (2–1) т Temple (7–1) Florida (8–1)Cal State Fullerton (7–1) TCU (10–3) TCU (12–3) Navy (11–3) Pittsburgh (14–4) Florida (16–5) Florida (18–5) UTEP (20–5) Duke (21–6) New Orleans (25–3) т New Orleans (25–3) т UTEP (24–6) т 19. 20. Temple (3–1)Wyoming (3–0) тKentucky (3–1) Duke (5–1) тCal State Fullerton (6–1) тTCU (9–3)NC State (9–2) Navy (9–3) Kansas (10–5) Kansas (13–5) Auburn (12–6) UTEP (18–5)New Orleans (20–3) тWyoming (18–6) тUCLA (19–6) Kansas (20–9) т Oklahoma (22–9) т 20. Week 1 Dec 2[ 18] Week 2 Dec 9[ 18] Week 3 Dec 16[ 18] Week 4 Dec. 23[ 18] Week 5 Dec. 30[ 18] Week 6 Jan. 6[ 18] Week 7 Jan. 13[ 18] Week 8 Jan. 20[ 18] Week 9 Jan. 27[ 18] Week 10 Feb. 3[ 18] Week 11 Feb. 10[ 18] Week 12 Feb. 17[ 19] Week 13 Feb. 24[ 19] Week 14 Mar. 3[ 19] Week 15 Mar. 10[ 19] [ 20] Dropped: Louisville (2–3) Temple (6–1) Dropped: Western Kentucky (7–3) Alabama (3–2) Wyoming (3–2) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Cal State Fullerton (7–3) Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: NoneDropped: New Orleans (22–3) Wyoming (18–7) Dropped: Florida (21–9) UTEP (22–5) Dropped: Duke (22–8) Kansas (23–10)
References
^ "1987 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP via collegepollarchive.com .
^ "December 1, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . December 1, 1986.
^ "December 8, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . December 8, 1986.
^ "December 15, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . December 15, 1986.
^ "December 22, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . December 22, 1986.
^ "December 29, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . December 29, 1986.
^ "January 5, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . January 5, 1987.
^ "January 12, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . January 12, 1987.
^ "January 19, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . January 19, 1987.
^ "January 26, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . January 26, 1987.
^ "February 2, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . February 2, 1987.
^ "February 9, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . February 9, 1987.
^ "February 16, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . February 16, 1987.
^ "February 23, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . February 23, 1987.
^ "March 2, 1987 AP Men's Basketball Poll" . AP . March 2, 1987.
^ "1987 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll" . College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 21, 2012 .
^ "1986-87 College Basketball Polls" . Sports Reference . Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
^ 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. 943. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2 .
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^ "Iowa drops one notch in final poll" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . March 10, 1987. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
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