Where did all the top collegiate basketball teams end up in the last top 25 AP polls from 1960-1969? Which programs made it and which just missed out but received votes?
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How do the programs rank according to the final AP rankings for all time, by decade, and by era? Which were the best in the 1960s?
Take all AP finals rankings and use our CFN rating system – AP regular season finals #1 gets 25 points, #2 team gets 24, #3 gets 23 and so on until the end.
At a bazillion miles, this is easily the glitchiest decade of the bunch.
Apparently UCLA was the dominant program of the era, tearing through the NCAA tournament with five national titles in six years — and she’s No. 2 at it.
Why? The AP had only ten teams from 1961-68, and Duke was among most of them that UCLA was not. Also, the final polls were released after the regular seasons, not the NCAA tournament. Incidentally, the Blue Devils didn’t win any national titles in the 1960s.
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NCAA basketball national champion
1960 state of ohio, 1961 cincinnati, 1962 cincinnati, 1963 Loyola Chicago, 1964 UCLA, 1965 UCLA, 1966 Texas West (UTEP), 1967 UCLA, 1968 UCLA, 1969 UCLA
AP Poll: 1960 to 1969 Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings
1 Duke 143
2UCLA 123
3 Cincinnati 117
4 Kentucky 110
5 State of Ohio 92
6 North Carolina 87
7 Davidson75
8Michigan 66
T9 Bradley 63
T9 St. Bonaventure 63
11 Villanova62
12 Loyola-Chicago 61
T13 Kansas 52
T13 Louisville 52
T15 Houston 44
T15 St. Joseph 44
T17 State of Kansas 42
T17 State of Mississippi 42
T17 State of Wichita 42
20 Colorado 41
T21 Utah 39
T21 UTEP 39
T21 Vanderbilt 39
24 Virginia 38
25 Western Kentucky 36
Others receive votes (points): Providence 34, NYU 31, Boston College 27, St. John’s 25, Cal 24, Illinois 24, La Salle 24, Santa Clara 23, Arizona State 22, Princeton 21, New Mexico 20, Oregon State 20, Purdue 20, Columbia 19, Indiana 19, Minnesota 19, USC 19, Bowling Green 18, Iowa 18, Tennessee 18, Utah State 18, BYU 17, DePaul 17, Duquesne 17, Miami 16, Auburn 15, Drake 15, New Mexico State 14, Georgia Tech 13, 13 South Carolina, 12 Marquette, 11 Saint Louis, 10 Holy Cross, 9 Notre Dame, 7 Wake Forest
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1969 Final Top 20
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1969 Final Top 20
NCAA Basketball National Champion: UCLA
1UCLA
2 La Salle
3 Santa Clara
4 North Carolina
5Davidson
6 Purdue
7 Kentucky
8 St John’s
9 Duquesne
10 Villanova
11 Drake
12 State of New Mexico
13South Carolina
14 markette
15Louisville
16 Boston College
17 Notre Dame
18 Colorado
19 Kansas
20 Illinois
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1968 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1968 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: UCLA
1 Houston
2UCLA
3 St. Bonaventure
4 North Carolina
5 Kentucky
6 New Mexico
7 Colombia
8Davidson
9Louisville
10 duke
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1967 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1967 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: UCLA
1UCLA
2Louisville
3 Kansas
4 North Carolina
5 Princeton
6 Western Kentucky
7 Houston
8 Tennessee
9 Boston College
10 UTEP
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1966 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1966 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: Texas West (UTEP)
1 Kentucky
2 duke
3 UTEP (Texas Western)
4 Kansas
5 St Joseph
6 Loyola-Chicago
7 Cincinnati
8Vanderbilt
9Michigan
10 Western Kentucky
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1965 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1965 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: UCLA
1Michigan
2UCLA
3 St Joseph
4 Providence
5 Vanderbilt
6Davidson
7Minnesota
8 Villanova
9BYU
10 duke
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1964 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1964 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: UCLA
1UCLA
2Michigan
3 duke
4 Kentucky
5 State of Wichita
6 State of Oregon
7 Villanova
8 Loyola-Chicago
9 Paul
10Davidson
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1963 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1963 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: Loyola-Chicago
1 Cincinnati
2 duke
3 Loyola-Chicago
4 State of Arizona
5 State of Wichita
6 State of Mississippi
7 State of Ohio
8 Illinois
9 New York
10 Colorado
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1962 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1962 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: cincinnati
1 State of Ohio
2 Cincinnati
3 Kentucky
4 State of Mississippi
5Bradley
6 State of Kansas
7 Utah
8 bowling greens
9 Colorado
10 duke
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1961 Final Top 10
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1961 Final Top 10
NCAA Basketball National Champion: cincinnati
1 State of Ohio
2 Cincinnati
3 St. Bonaventure
4 State of Kansas
5 North Carolina
6Bradley
7 U.S.C
8iowa
9 West Virginia
10 duke
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
NEXT: AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1960 Final Top 20
AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1960 Final Top 20
NCAA Basketball National Champion: State of Ohio
1 Cincinnati
2 cal
3 State of Ohio
4Bradley
5 West Virginia
6 Utah
7 Indiana
8 State of Utah
9 St. Bonaventure
10Miami
11 maroon
12 New York
13 Georgia Tech
14 Providence
15 Saint-Louis
16 Holy Cross
17 Villanova
18 duke
T19 Wachwald
T19 St John’s
AP poll, all-time college basketball rankings
Final All-Time College Basketball Rankings | 1950s | 1960s
1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
AP Top 20 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
college football The greatest AP programs of all time
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