🏀 The 1962-63 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 17 conferences · 25-team tournament

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1962-63 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Loyola-Chicago

29-2Final AP #3

Title gameCincinnati 58, Loyola-Chicago 60 (Mar 23)

Final FourLoyola-ChicagoCincinnatiDukeOregon State

The 1963 NCAA tournament

25 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

25-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Texas65

Second Round

Texas68

Regional Finals

Midwest region

First Round

Texas65

Second Round

Texas68

Regional Finals

West region

First Round

Arizona State79

Utah State75

Oregon State70

Seattle66

Second Round

UCLA79

Regional Finals

East region

First Round

NYU93

Second Round

Duke81

NYU76

St. Joseph's97

West Virginia88

Regional Finals

Duke73

St. Joseph's59

Mideast region

First Round

Second Round

Regional Finals

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Cincinnati80

Oregon State46

Midwest vs West · Mar 22

Duke75

Loyola-Chicago94

East vs Mideast · Mar 22

Championship game: Loyola-Chicago

Cincinnati58

Loyola-Chicago60

Midwest vs Mideast · Mar 23

Third-place games

San Francisco76

UCLA75

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 16

Bowling Green60

Mississippi State65

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 16

NYU73

West Virginia83

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 16

Oklahoma City83

Texas90

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 16

Duke85

Oregon State63

Third Place Game · East vs West · Mar 23

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 3 conference tournaments held in 1962-63.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	Duke 68-57, Mar 2	Wake Forest	68-57, Mar 2
Ivy	Princeton 65-53, Mar 9	Yale	65-53, Mar 9
Southern	West Virginia 79-74, Mar 2	Davidson	79-74, Mar 2

The 1962-63 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov27	Dec4	11	18	25	Jan1	8	15	22	29	Feb5	12	19	26	Mar5	12
Cincinnati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Duke	2	2	2	2	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Loyola-Chicago	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	3
Arizona State					6	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wichita		10				8	8	7	8	10	9		7	8	6	5
Mississippi State	6	5	5	5	10			9	9		8	6	8	7	7	6
Ohio State			3	3	2	5	4	8				9	5	5	3	7
Illinois	8		10	8	4	3	5	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	8	8
NYU													10	9		9
Colorado			8	6						8	7	7				10
Stanford					9				10	7	10	8			9
Providence															10
Georgia Tech							7	6	7	6	6	10		10
Auburn						10							9
Oregon State	7	7	9					10		9
West Virginia	5	3	6	7			9		6
North Carolina							10
Kentucky	3	9		9	5	6
UCLA						9
USC					7
Seattle				10
Wisconsin	10	6	7
Indiana		8
St. Bonaventure	9

Tap a rank to read it.

1963 final AP Top 10

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1963 final AP Top 10AP

1963 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1963 standings by conference17 conferences

AAWU5 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	20-9	7-5	★ NCAA
Stanford	16-9	7-5	★
USC	20-9	6-6
Washington	13-13	6-6
California	13-11	4-8

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	27-3	14-0	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 2
Wake Forest	16-10	11-3
North Carolina	15-6	10-4
Clemson	12-13	5-9
North Carolina State	10-11	5-9
Maryland	8-13	4-10
South Carolina	9-15	4-10
Virginia	5-20	3-11

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Colorado	19-7	11-3	★ NCAA AP 10
Kansas State	16-9	11-3	★
Iowa State	14-11	8-6
Oklahoma	12-13	8-6
Oklahoma State	16-9	7-7
Kansas	12-13	5-9
Missouri	10-15	5-9
Nebraska	6-19	1-13

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio State	20-4	11-3	★ AP 7
Illinois	20-6	11-3	★ NCAA AP 8
Indiana	13-11	9-5
Michigan	16-8	8-6
Minnesota	12-12	8-6
Wisconsin	14-10	7-7
Northwestern	9-15	6-8
Iowa	9-15	5-9
Michigan State	4-16	3-11
Purdue	7-17	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	19-6	11-3	★ 🏆 NCAA
Yale	13-10	11-3	★
Pennsylvania	19-6	10-4
Cornell	12-12	6-7
Brown	11-13	6-8
Harvard	6-15	5-9
Columbia	10-12	4-9
Dartmouth	7-18	2-12

Metropolitan New York5 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Fordham	18-8	4-1
NYU	18-5	3-1	NCAA AP 9
St. Francis (NY)	16-7	4-2
St. John's	9-15	2-2
Manhattan	9-14	0-4

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bowling Green	19-8	9-3	★ NCAA
Ohio	13-11	8-4
Toledo	13-11	8-4
Miami (OH)	12-12	8-4
Western Michigan	12-12	7-5
Marshall	7-16	1-11
Kent State	3-18	1-11

Middle Atlantic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Joseph's	23-5	8-0	★ NCAA
La Salle	16-8	7-1
Delaware	14-8	7-3
Temple	15-7	6-3
Lafayette	13-11	6-4
Gettysburg	16-9	6-5
Lehigh	6-19	3-10
Bucknell	7-16	2-8
Muhlenberg	4-17	0-11

Missouri Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Cincinnati	26-2	11-1	★ NCAA AP 1
Wichita	19-8	7-5	AP 5
Bradley	17-9	6-6
Saint Louis	16-12	6-6
Tulsa	17-8	5-7
North Texas	10-14	4-8
Drake	11-14	3-9

Ohio Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Tennessee Tech	16-8	8-4	★ NCAA
Morehead State	13-7	8-4	★
East Tennessee State	14-8	7-5
Murray State	13-9	6-6
Eastern Kentucky	9-12	6-6
Middle Tennessee State	9-15	4-8
Western Kentucky State	5-16	3-9

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Mississippi State	22-6	12-2	★ NCAA AP 6
Auburn	18-4	10-4
Georgia Tech	21-5	10-4
Vanderbilt	16-7	9-5
Kentucky	16-9	8-6
Alabama	14-11	7-7
Tennessee	13-11	6-8
LSU	12-12	5-9
Florida	12-14	5-9
Georgia	9-17	4-10
Mississippi	7-17	4-10
Tulane	6-16	4-10

Southern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
West Virginia	23-8	11-2	★ 🏆 NCAA
Davidson	20-7	8-3
William & Mary	15-9	10-5
Furman	14-14	9-6
Virginia Tech	12-12	6-6
George Washington	8-15	6-6
VMI	6-15	6-10
Richmond	7-18	3-13
Citadel	3-20	2-10

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas	20-7	13-1	★ NCAA
Texas A&M	16-8	9-5
Rice	12-11	9-5
Arkansas	13-11	8-6
SMU	12-12	6-8
Texas Tech	6-17	6-8
Baylor	7-17	4-10
TCU	4-20	1-13

West Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Francisco	18-9	10-2	★ NCAA
Santa Clara	16-9	9-3
St. Mary's	14-11	8-4
San Jose State	14-10	6-6
Pepperdine	14-11	6-6
Loyola Marymount	9-17	3-9
Pacific	4-22	0-12

Western Athletic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona State	26-3	9-1	★ NCAA AP 4
BYU	12-14	6-4
Utah	12-14	5-5
New Mexico	16-9	4-6
Arizona	13-13	3-7
Wyoming	11-15	3-7

Yankee6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	18-7	9-1	★ NCAA
Rhode Island	15-11	8-2
Massachusetts	12-12	6-4
Maine	8-15	3-7
Vermont	10-13	2-8
New Hampshire	7-17	2-8

Independent56 teams

School	W-L	Note
Loyola-Chicago	29-2	NCAA AP 3
Providence	24-4
Miami (FL)	23-5
Colorado State	18-5	NCAA
Niagara	14-4
Seattle	21-6	NCAA
Idaho	20-6
Pittsburgh	19-6	NCAA
Penn State	15-5
Utah State	20-7	NCAA
Canisius	19-7
Memphis State	19-7
Texas Western	19-7	NCAA
Oregon State	22-9	NCAA
Seton Hall	16-7
Marquette	20-9
Oklahoma City	19-10	NCAA
Villanova	19-10
Notre Dame	17-9	NCAA
DePaul	15-8
Holy Cross	16-9
Iona	12-7
Regis	15-9
Butler	16-10
Dayton	16-10
Florida State	15-10
Duquesne	13-9
Houston	15-11
Louisville	14-11
Detroit	14-12
Gonzaga	14-12
Boston University	10-9
St. Bonaventure	13-12
Creighton	14-13
Georgetown	13-13
Loyola (LA)	12-12
Montana State	13-13
Navy	9-9
Centenary	12-14
Air Force	10-12
St. Francis (PA)	10-13
Xavier	12-16
Oregon	11-15
Army	8-11
Boston College	10-16
Hardin-Simmons	10-16
Syracuse	8-13
Idaho State	9-15
Portland	8-18
Rutgers	7-16
Colgate	5-13
Montana	6-18
West Texas A&M	6-18
Denver	6-19
Washington State	5-20
New Mexico State	4-17

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1963 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1963 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Columbia 70, Pennsylvania 66
Mar 1 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
Tennessee 78, Kentucky 69
Jan 19 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
Portland 67, Oregon State 58
Feb 8 · regular season · 6.9% win chance
Michigan State 75, Wisconsin 68
Jan 12 · regular season · 7.0% win chance
Baylor 73, SMU 72
Mar 2 · regular season · 7.1% win chance
Baylor 55, Texas 48
Mar 5 · regular season · 7.3% win chance
Rhode Island 65, St. John's 57
Dec 21 · regular season · 8.5% win chance
Oregon 59, Washington 57
Dec 4 · regular season · 8.6% win chance
Loyola (LA) 84, Miami (FL) 77
Feb 16 · regular season · 9.1% win chance
Oregon 54, Oregon State 50
Feb 15 · regular season · 9.2% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.