🏀 The 1967-68 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 · 19 conferences · 23-team tournament

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1967-68 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UCLA

29-1Final AP #2

Title gameNorth Carolina 55, UCLA 78 (Mar 23)

Final FourUCLANorth CarolinaHoustonOhio State

The 1968 NCAA tournament

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

23-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Houston94

Loyola-Chicago76

Second Round

Houston91

Louisville75

Kansas State72

TCU77

Regional Finals

Houston103

TCU68

Midwest region

First Round

Houston94

Loyola-Chicago76

Second Round

Houston91

Louisville75

Kansas State72

TCU77

Regional Finals

Houston103

TCU68

West region

First Round

Second Round

UCLA58

Regional Finals

Santa Clara66

UCLA87

East region

First Round

Second Round

Regional Finals

Mideast region

First Round

Bowling Green71

Marquette72

East Tennessee State79

Florida State69

Second Round

Kentucky107

Marquette89

East Tennessee State72

Ohio State79

Regional Finals

Kentucky81

Ohio State82

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Houston69

UCLA101

Midwest vs West · Mar 22

North Carolina80

Ohio State66

East vs Mideast · Mar 22

Championship game: UCLA

North Carolina55

UCLA78

East vs West · Mar 23

Third-place games

Columbia95

St. Bonaventure75

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 16

New Mexico58

New Mexico State62

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 16

East Tennessee State57

Marquette69

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 16

Kansas State63

Louisville93

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 16

Houston85

Ohio State89

Third Place Game · Midwest vs Mideast · Mar 23

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 4 conference tournaments held in 1967-68.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 87-50, Mar 9	North Carolina State	87-50, Mar 9
Ivy	Columbia 92-74, Mar 5	Princeton	92-74, Mar 5
Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech	Murray State
Southern	Davidson 87-70, Mar 2	West Virginia	87-70, Mar 2

The 1967-68 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov28	Dec5	12	19	26	Jan2	9	16	23	30	Feb6	13	20	27	Mar5	12
Houston	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
St. Bonaventure						9	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
North Carolina	4	5	7	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4
Kentucky		9	4	7	6	5	4	8	9	10	8	8	5	5	4	5
New Mexico						10	9	6	4	4	6	5	7	7	7	6
Columbia							10	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	8	7
Davidson	10		8	6	8										10	8
Louisville	3	3	5											9	9	9
Duke										9		10	8	10	6	10
Marquette													10	8
Vanderbilt	9	8	3	3	9	4	8	9	7	7	9	9	9
Tennessee				9	4	6	5	4	6	6	5	7
New Mexico State											10
Utah					7	7	6	5	10
Oklahoma State						8
Indiana			9	5	3
Boston College	7	10	6	8	10
Bradley				10
Princeton	8		10
Kansas	5	4
Dayton	6	6
Purdue		7

Tap a rank to read it.

1968 final AP Top 10

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

1968 final AP Top 10AP

6New Mexico23-5
7Columbia23-5
8Davidson24-5
9Louisville21-7
10Duke22-6

1968 standings by conference

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

1968 standings by conference19 conferences

AAWU8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	29-1	14-0	★ NCAA AP 2
USC	18-8	11-3
Washington State	16-9	8-6
California	16-9	7-7
Oregon State	12-13	5-9
Stanford	10-15	5-9
Washington	12-14	4-10
Oregon	7-19	2-12

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	28-4	12-2	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 4
Duke	22-6	11-3	AP 10
South Carolina	15-7	9-5
North Carolina State	16-10	9-5
Virginia	9-16	5-9
Maryland	8-16	4-10
Wake Forest	5-21	3-11
Clemson	4-20	3-11

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas State	19-9	11-3	★ NCAA
Kansas	22-8	10-4
Nebraska	15-10	8-6
Oklahoma	13-13	8-6
Iowa State	12-13	8-6
Missouri	10-16	5-9
Oklahoma State	10-16	3-11
Colorado	9-16	3-11

Big Sky6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Weber State	21-6	12-3	★ NCAA
Idaho	15-11	9-6
Idaho State	10-12	7-8
Montana State	10-15	6-9
Gonzaga	9-17	6-9
Montana	8-17	5-10

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio State	21-8	10-4	★ NCAA
Iowa	16-9	10-4	★
Purdue	15-9	9-5
Northwestern	13-10	8-6
Wisconsin	13-11	7-7
Michigan State	12-12	6-8
Illinois	11-13	6-8
Michigan	11-13	6-8
Indiana	10-14	4-10
Minnesota	7-17	4-10

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Columbia	23-5	12-2	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 7
Princeton	20-6	12-2	★
Yale	15-9	8-6
Cornell	14-11	6-8
Dartmouth	8-18	6-8
Brown	9-16	4-10
Pennsylvania	9-17	4-10
Harvard	7-14	4-10

Metropolitan8 teams

School	W-L	Conf
St. Peter's	24-4	8-0
Wagner	21-8	5-3
Iona	13-9	4-4
Fairleigh Dickinson	10-12	4-4
Seton Hall	9-15	4-4
Manhattan	8-14	3-5
Hofstra	13-12	1-7
St. Francis (NY)	7-16	0-8

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bowling Green	18-7	10-2	★ NCAA
Marshall	17-8	9-3
Toledo	16-8	8-4
Western Michigan	11-13	5-7
Miami (OH)	11-12	4-8
Kent State	9-15	3-9
Ohio	7-16	3-9

Middle Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Note
La Salle	20-8	★ NCAA
Delaware	16-7
Temple	19-9
St. Joseph's	17-9
Gettysburg	14-11
American	14-12
Bucknell	12-11
Lehigh	12-11
Rider	9-15
Lafayette	5-19

Missouri Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	21-7	14-2	★ NCAA AP 9
Bradley	19-9	12-4
Cincinnati	18-8	11-5
Drake	18-8	9-7
Saint Louis	15-11	9-7
Wichita State	12-14	7-9
Tulsa	11-12	5-11
North Texas	8-18	3-13
Memphis State	8-17	2-14

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
East Tennessee State	19-8	10-4	★ NCAA
Murray State	16-8	10-4	★
Western Kentucky	18-7	9-5
Morehead State	12-9	8-6
Middle Tennessee State	15-9	7-7
Eastern Kentucky	10-14	6-8
Tennessee Tech	10-16	4-10	🏆
Austin Peay	8-16	2-12

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	22-5	15-3	★ NCAA AP 5
Tennessee	20-6	13-5
Vanderbilt	20-6	12-6
Georgia	17-8	11-7
Florida	15-10	11-7
LSU	14-12	8-10
Auburn	13-13	8-10
Mississippi State	9-17	5-13
Mississippi	7-17	4-14
Alabama	10-16	3-15

Southern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	24-5	9-1	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 8
West Virginia	19-9	9-2
Citadel	11-14	6-5
VMI	9-12	8-7
Furman	13-14	6-6
Richmond	12-13	8-8
East Carolina	9-16	6-7
William & Mary	6-18	4-10
George Washington	5-19	2-12

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Note
Trinity	23-7
Abilene Christian	11-13	★
Lamar	8-17
Arkansas State	7-17
Texas-Arlington	6-20

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
TCU	15-11	9-5	★ NCAA
Baylor	15-9	8-6
Texas A&M	14-10	8-6
Texas	11-13	8-6
Arkansas	10-14	7-7
Rice	8-16	6-8
Texas Tech	9-15	5-9
SMU	6-18	5-9

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Santa Clara	22-4	13-1	★ NCAA
Loyola Marymount	19-6	11-3
San Francisco	16-10	10-4
San Jose State	13-12	8-6
Pacific	17-9	6-8
UC Santa Barbara	9-17	3-11
St. Mary's	4-20	3-11
Pepperdine	9-17	2-12

Western Athletic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Mexico	23-5	8-2	★ NCAA AP 6
Wyoming	18-9	5-5
Utah	17-9	5-5
BYU	13-12	4-6
Arizona	11-13	4-6
Arizona State	11-17	4-6

Yankee6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Rhode Island	15-11	8-2	★
Massachusetts	14-11	8-2	★
Connecticut	11-13	7-3
Vermont	12-12	5-5
Maine	7-17	2-8
New Hampshire	1-22	0-10

Independent54 teams

School	W-L	Note
Houston	31-2	NCAA AP 1
St. Bonaventure	23-2	NCAA AP 3
LIU-Brooklyn	22-2
Army	20-5
Marquette	23-6	NCAA
New Mexico State	23-6	NCAA
St. Francis (PA)	19-6
Oklahoma City	20-7
Duquesne	18-7
Florida State	19-8	NCAA
Fordham	19-8
St. John's	19-8	NCAA
Dayton	21-9
Notre Dame	21-9
Boston College	17-8	NCAA
Villanova	19-9
Holy Cross	15-8
Loyola-Chicago	15-9	NCAA
Fairfield	16-10
UTEP	14-9
Miami (FL)	17-11
Rutgers	14-10
Utah State	14-11
Virginia Tech	14-11
Southern Illinois	13-11
DePaul	13-12
Detroit	13-12
Seattle	14-13
Jacksonville	13-13
Niagara	12-12
Penn State	10-10
Tulane	12-12
Georgia Tech	12-13
Georgetown	11-12
West Texas A&M	10-11
Colorado State	11-13
Navy	9-11
Butler	11-14
Denver	11-14
Loyola (LA)	11-14
Providence	11-14
Syracuse	11-14
Boston University	10-14
Northern Illinois	10-14
Colgate	10-16
Hardin-Simmons	10-16
Xavier	10-16
Air Force	9-15
NYU	8-16
Creighton	8-17
Pittsburgh	7-15
Canisius	7-17
Portland	5-21
Centenary	3-23

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.

1968 Elo and upsets

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

1968 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1UCLA2159
2North Carolina1974
3Houston1911
4Kentucky1891
5Columbia1873
6Louisville1864
7Dayton1839
8USC1822
9Tennessee1815
10Davidson1810

Biggest upsets

Dartmouth 62, Princeton 60
Feb 24 · regular season · 2.4% win chance
Kent State 68, Toledo 66
Jan 9 · regular season · 4.3% win chance
West Texas A&M 88, Oklahoma City 85
Jan 20 · regular season · 4.3% win chance
St. Mary's 59, San Francisco 58
Mar 2 · regular season · 4.4% win chance
Mississippi State 71, Florida 67
Feb 24 · regular season · 4.7% win chance
Citadel 73, Auburn 70
Dec 1 · regular season · 5.3% win chance
Wake Forest 72, North Carolina State 66
Feb 24 · regular season · 5.3% win chance
Missouri 67, Kansas 66
Jan 15 · regular season · 6.5% win chance
East Tennessee State 63, Western Kentucky 59
Jan 8 · regular season · 7.5% win chance
Xavier 72, Cincinnati 71
Mar 5 · regular season · 7.7% 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.