🏀 The 1997-98 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 · 31 conferences · 64-team tournament

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1997-98 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Kentucky

35-42 seedFinal AP #5

Title gameKentucky 78, Utah 69 (Mar 30)

Final FourKentuckyUtahNorth CarolinaStanford

The 1998 NCAA tournament

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

64-team field · 4 regions

First Round

1Duke99

16Radford63

8Oklahoma State74

9George Washington59

4New Mexico79

13Butler62

5Syracuse63

12Iona61

2Kentucky82

15South Carolina State67

7Massachusetts46

10Saint Louis51

3Michigan80

14Davidson61

6UCLA65

11Miami (FL)62

Second Round

1Duke79

8Oklahoma State73

4New Mexico46

5Syracuse56

2Kentucky88

10Saint Louis61

3Michigan82

6UCLA85

Regional Semifinals

1Duke80

5Syracuse67

2Kentucky94

6UCLA68

Regional Finals

1Duke84

2Kentucky86

South region

First Round

1Duke99

16Radford63

8Oklahoma State74

9George Washington59

4New Mexico79

13Butler62

5Syracuse63

12Iona61

2Kentucky82

15South Carolina State67

7Massachusetts46

10Saint Louis51

3Michigan80

14Davidson61

6UCLA65

11Miami (FL)62

Second Round

1Duke79

8Oklahoma State73

4New Mexico46

5Syracuse56

2Kentucky88

10Saint Louis61

3Michigan82

6UCLA85

Regional Semifinals

1Duke80

5Syracuse67

2Kentucky94

6UCLA68

Regional Finals

1Duke84

2Kentucky86

Midwest region

First Round

2Purdue95

15Delaware56

7St. John's64

10Detroit66

3Stanford67

14College of Charleston57

6Clemson72

11Western Michigan75

1Kansas110

16Prairie View52

8Rhode Island97

9Murray State74

5TCU87

12Florida State96

4Mississippi69

13Valparaiso70

Second Round

2Purdue80

10Detroit65

3Stanford83

11Western Michigan65

1Kansas75

8Rhode Island80

12Florida State77

13Valparaiso83

Regional Semifinals

2Purdue59

3Stanford67

8Rhode Island74

13Valparaiso68

Regional Finals

3Stanford79

8Rhode Island77

East region

First Round

16Navy52

5Princeton69

12UNLV57

2Connecticut93

15Fairleigh Dickinson85

7Indiana94

10Oklahoma87

6Xavier68

11Washington69

3South Carolina61

14Richmond62

Second Round

1North Carolina93

8UNC Charlotte83

4Michigan State63

5Princeton56

2Connecticut78

7Indiana68

11Washington81

14Richmond66

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina73

4Michigan State58

2Connecticut75

11Washington74

Regional Finals

1North Carolina75

2Connecticut64

West region

First Round

1Arizona99

16Nicholls State60

8Tennessee81

9Illinois State82

4Maryland82

13Utah State68

5Illinois64

12South Alabama51

3Utah85

14San Francisco68

6Arkansas74

11Nebraska65

2Cincinnati65

15Northern Arizona62

7Temple52

10West Virginia82

Second Round

1Arizona82

9Illinois State49

4Maryland67

5Illinois61

3Utah75

6Arkansas69

2Cincinnati74

10West Virginia75

Regional Semifinals

1Arizona87

4Maryland79

3Utah65

10West Virginia62

Regional Finals

1Arizona51

3Utah76

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

2Kentucky86

3Stanford85

South vs Midwest · Mar 28

1North Carolina59

3Utah65

East vs West · Mar 28

Championship game: Kentucky

2Kentucky78

3Utah69

South vs West · Mar 30

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 28 conference tournaments held in 1997-98.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Delaware 66-58, Mar 7	Boston University	66-58, Mar 7
Atlantic 10	Xavier 77-63, Mar 7	George Washington	77-63, Mar 7
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 83-68, Mar 8	Duke	83-68, Mar 8
Big 12	Kansas 72-58, Mar 8	Oklahoma	72-58, Mar 8
Big East	Connecticut 69-64, Mar 7	Syracuse	69-64, Mar 7
Big Sky	Northern Arizona 77-50, Mar 7	Montana State	77-50, Mar 7
Big South	Radford 63-61, Feb 28	NC-Asheville	63-61, Feb 28
Big Ten	Michigan 76-67, Mar 8	Purdue	76-67, Mar 8
Big West	Utah State 78-63, Mar 8	Pacific	78-63, Mar 8
Colonial	Richmond 79-64, Mar 1	NC-Wilmington	79-64, Mar 1
Conference USA	Cincinnati 71-57, Mar 7	UNC Charlotte	71-57, Mar 7
Metro Atlantic	Iona 90-75, Mar 2	Siena	90-75, Mar 2
Mid-American	Eastern Michigan 92-77, Mar 4	Miami (OH)	92-77, Mar 4
Mid-Continent	Valparaiso 67-48, Mar 3	Youngstown State	67-48, Mar 3
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State 66-61, Mar 7	Coppin State	66-61, Mar 7
Midwestern	Butler 70-51, Mar 3	Wisconsin-Green Bay	70-51, Mar 3
Missouri Valley	Illinois State 84-74, Mar 2	SW Missouri State	84-74, Mar 2
Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson 105-91, Mar 2	LIU-Brooklyn	105-91, Mar 2
Ohio Valley	Murray State 92-69, Mar 1	Tennessee State	92-69, Mar 1
Patriot	Navy 93-85, Mar 5	Lafayette	93-85, Mar 5
Southeastern	Kentucky 86-56, Mar 8	South Carolina	86-56, Mar 8
Southern	Davidson 66-62, Mar 1	Appalachian State	66-62, Mar 1
Southland	Nicholls State 84-81, Mar 7	Texas-Arlington	84-81, Mar 7
Southwestern Athletic	Prairie View 59-57, Mar 7	Texas Southern	59-57, Mar 7
Sun Belt	South Alabama 62-59, Mar 3	SW Louisiana	62-59, Mar 3
Trans America	College of Charleston 72-63, Feb 28	Florida International	72-63, Feb 28
West Coast	San Francisco 80-67, Mar 2	Gonzaga	80-67, Mar 2
Western Athletic	UNLV 56-51, Mar 7	New Mexico	56-51, Mar 7

The 1997-98 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov9	16	23	Dec1	8	15	22	29	Jan4	11	18	25	Feb2	9	16	23	Mar2	9
North Carolina	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	1
Kansas	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	3	2
Duke	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3
Arizona	1	1	1	4	6	5	5	8	5	5	6	6	4	3	3	2	2	4
Kentucky	8	9	8	7	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	5
Connecticut	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	10	8	10	8	9	7	6	7	6	6	6
Utah	16	16	16	11	9	7	6	4	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	5	5	7
Princeton				25	22	19	18	17	15	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8
Cincinnati											21	18	20	19	17	17	14	9
Stanford	14	15	15	12	11	9	8	7	7	7	5	4	9	14	10	8	11	10
Purdue	9	8	6	6	8	8	7	5	9	9	12	10	10	8	5	11	9	11
Michigan						21		18	17	19	16	19	18	21	22	21	17	12
Mississippi	23	21	17	14	21	18	16	16	14	11	13	12	17	18	15	13	10	13
South Carolina	7	6	5	5	5	6	10	11	16	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	15	14
TCU						24	25							22	19	15	13	15
Michigan State												22	16	13	14	10	12	16
Arkansas				18	15	13	12	23	22	22	18	15	14	12	16	12	16	17
New Mexico	11	11	10	8	14	14	14	12	12	15	17	14	12	11	11	16	20	18
UCLA	6	7	7	15	12	11	9	9	10	8	9	8	6	9	12	18	19	19
Maryland			24	23	19	22	20	20				23	25	24	25		21	20
Syracuse						25	19	19	18	15	15	20	19	23	21	23	22	21
Illinois															23	22	18	22
Xavier	10	10	9	9	7	10	13	13	19	18	19	24	21					23
Temple	24	18	20	20	20	16	24									24	24	24
Murray State																		25
West Virginia							23	22	25	21	23	17	15	16	20	19	23
Oklahoma State										25						25	25
Massachusetts													23	20	18	20
George Washington													22	17	24
Rhode Island	21	20	23				22	24	23	20	22	21		25
Iowa	15	14	14	10	10	15	15	14	11	13	10	16	24
Indiana	17	23	21									25
Florida State				19	16	17	17	15	13	17	20
Hawaii									21	24	24
Clemson	5	5	13	17	17		21	21	24		25
Marquette								25	20	23
Georgia	19	25	22	21	23	20
Wake Forest				24	25	23
Fresno State	13	13	12	16	18
Georgia Tech				22	24
Oklahoma	20	19	18
Louisville	25	22	19
UNC Charlotte	18	17	25
Illinois State		24
Texas	22

Tap a rank to read it.

1998 final AP Top 25

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

1998 final AP Top 25AP

1North Carolina34-4
2Kansas35-4
3Duke32-4
4Arizona30-5
5Kentucky35-4
6Connecticut32-5
7Utah30-4
8Princeton27-2
9Cincinnati27-6
10Stanford30-5
11Purdue28-8
12Michigan25-9
13Mississippi22-7

14South Carolina23-8
15TCU27-6
16Michigan State22-8
17Arkansas24-9
18New Mexico24-8
19UCLA24-9
20Maryland21-11
21Syracuse26-9
22Illinois23-10
23Xavier22-8
24Temple21-9
25Murray State29-4

1998 standings by conference

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

1998 standings by conference31 conferences

America East10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Delaware	20-10	12-6	★ 🏆 15 seed
Boston University	19-11	12-6	★
Hofstra	19-12	11-7
Vermont	16-11	11-7
Hartford	15-12	11-7
Drexel	13-15	10-8
Northeastern	14-14	9-9
New Hampshire	10-17	6-12
Towson	8-20	4-14
Maine	7-20	4-14

Atlantic 1012 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Temple	21-9	13-3	★ 7 seed AP 24
Rhode Island	25-9	12-4	8 seed
Massachusetts	21-11	12-4	7 seed
Xavier	22-8	11-5	★ 🏆 6 seed AP 23
George Washington	24-9	11-5	★ 9 seed
Dayton	21-12	11-5	★
St. Bonaventure	17-15	6-10
Virginia Tech	10-17	5-11
Duquesne	11-19	5-11
La Salle	9-18	5-11
St. Joseph's	11-17	3-13
Fordham	6-21	2-14

Atlantic Coast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	32-4	15-1	★ 1 seed AP 3
North Carolina	34-4	13-3	🏆 1 seed AP 1
Maryland	21-11	10-6	4 seed AP 20
Clemson	18-14	7-9	6 seed
Wake Forest	16-14	7-9
Georgia Tech	19-14	6-10
Florida State	18-14	6-10	12 seed
North Carolina State	17-15	5-11
Virginia	11-19	3-13

Big 1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	35-4	15-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 2
Oklahoma State	22-7	11-5	8 seed
Oklahoma	22-11	11-5	10 seed
Nebraska	20-12	10-6	11 seed
Missouri	17-15	8-8
Baylor	14-14	8-8
Kansas State	17-12	7-9
Colorado	13-14	7-9
Texas Tech	13-14	7-9
Texas	14-17	6-10
Iowa State	12-18	5-11
Texas A&M	7-20	1-15

Big East13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	32-5	15-3	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 6
St. John's	22-10	13-5	7 seed
Syracuse	26-9	12-6	★ 5 seed AP 21
West Virginia	24-9	11-7	10 seed
Miami (FL)	18-10	11-7	11 seed
Seton Hall	15-15	9-9
Villanova	12-17	8-10
Notre Dame	13-14	7-11
Providence	13-16	7-11
Georgetown	16-15	6-12
Boston College	15-16	6-12
Rutgers	14-15	6-12
Pittsburgh	11-16	6-12

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northern Arizona	21-8	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Weber State	14-13	12-4
Eastern Washington	16-11	10-6
Montana State	19-11	9-7
Montana	16-14	9-7
CSU-Northridge	12-16	7-9
Idaho State	6-20	2-14
Sacramento State	1-25	0-16
Portland State	15-12

Big South7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Asheville	19-9	11-1	★
Radford	20-10	10-2	🏆 16 seed
MD-Baltimore County	14-14	6-6
Liberty	11-17	5-7
Coastal Carolina	8-19	4-8
Winthrop	7-20	4-8
Charleston Southern	5-22	2-10

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan State	22-8	13-3	★ 4 seed AP 16
Illinois	23-10	13-3	★ 5 seed AP 22
Purdue	28-8	12-4	2 seed AP 11
Michigan	25-9	11-5	🏆 3 seed AP 12
Iowa	20-11	9-7
Indiana	20-12	9-7	7 seed
Penn State	19-13	8-8
Minnesota	20-15	6-10
Wisconsin	12-19	3-13
Northwestern	10-17	3-13
Ohio State	8-22	1-15

Big West12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pacific	23-10	14-2	★
Utah State	25-8	13-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Nevada	16-12	11-5
Boise State	17-13	9-7
Idaho	15-12	9-7
New Mexico State	18-12	8-8
Cal Poly-SLO	14-14	7-9
CSU-Fullerton	12-16	6-10
UC Irvine	9-18	6-10
Long Beach State	10-19	5-11
UC Santa Barbara	7-19	4-12
North Texas	5-21	4-12

Colonial9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
William & Mary	20-7	13-3	★
NC-Wilmington	20-11	13-3	★
Richmond	23-8	12-4	🏆 14 seed
Old Dominion	12-16	8-8
James Madison	11-16	6-10
George Mason	9-18	6-10
East Carolina	10-17	5-11
American	9-19	5-11
Virginia Commonwealth	9-19	4-12

Conference USA12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Cincinnati	27-6	14-2	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 9
UNC Charlotte	20-11	13-3	8 seed
Memphis	17-12	12-4	★
Saint Louis	22-11	11-5	10 seed
UAB	21-12	10-6
Southern Mississippi	22-11	9-7
Marquette	20-11	8-8
South Florida	17-13	7-9
Louisville	12-20	5-11
DePaul	7-23	3-13
Houston	9-20	2-14
Tulane	7-22	2-14

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	27-2	14-0	★ 5 seed AP 8
Pennsylvania	17-12	10-4
Yale	12-14	7-7
Harvard	13-13	6-8
Columbia	11-15	6-8
Cornell	9-17	6-8
Dartmouth	7-19	4-10
Brown	6-20	3-11

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Iona	27-6	15-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
Rider	18-10	12-6
Siena	17-12	10-8
Niagara	14-13	10-8
Canisius	13-14	9-9
Loyola (MD)	12-16	9-9
Fairfield	12-15	7-11
Manhattan	12-17	7-11
Marist	11-17	7-11
St. Peter's	8-19	4-14

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ball State	21-8	14-4	★
Western Michigan	21-8	14-4	11 seed
Eastern Michigan	20-10	13-5	🏆 13 seed
Akron	17-10	13-5	★
Toledo	15-12	10-8
Miami (OH)	17-12	9-9
Kent	13-17	9-9
Marshall	11-16	7-11
Bowling Green	10-16	7-11
Northern Illinois	10-16	6-12
Central Michigan	5-21	3-15
Ohio	5-21	3-15

Mid-Continent9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Valparaiso	23-10	13-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Oral Roberts	19-12	12-4
Youngstown State	20-9	11-5
Western Illinois	16-11	11-5
Buffalo	15-13	9-7
UMKC	9-18	7-9
Southern Utah	7-20	4-12
Northeastern Illinois	6-19	3-13
Chicago State	2-25	2-14

Mid-Eastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coppin State	21-8	17-1	★
South Carolina State	22-8	16-2	🏆 15 seed
Hampton	14-12	11-7
Morgan State	12-16	11-7
Florida A&M	11-17	8-10
Delaware State	9-18	7-11
MD-Eastern Shore	9-18	7-11
North Carolina A&T	8-19	7-11
Howard	8-20	5-13
Bethune-Cookman	1-26	1-17

Midwestern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Detroit	25-6	12-2	★ 10 seed
Illinois-Chicago	22-6	12-2	★ 9 seed
Butler	22-11	8-6	🏆 13 seed
Wisconsin-Green Bay	17-12	7-7
Loyola-Chicago	15-15	6-8
Cleveland State	12-15	6-8
Wright State	10-18	3-11
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	3-24	2-12

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Illinois State	25-6	16-2	★ 🏆 9 seed
Creighton	18-10	12-6
Wichita State	16-15	11-7
SW Missouri State	16-16	11-7
Indiana State	16-11	10-8
Bradley	15-14	9-9
Evansville	15-15	9-9
Southern Illinois	14-18	8-10
Northern Iowa	10-17	4-14
Drake	3-24	0-18

Northeast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
LIU-Brooklyn	21-11	14-2	★
Fairleigh Dickinson	23-7	13-3	🏆 15 seed
St. Francis (PA)	17-10	10-6
St. Francis (NY)	15-12	10-6
Mount St. Mary's	13-15	8-8
Wagner	13-16	7-9
Robert Morris	8-19	4-12
Central Connecticut State	4-22	3-13
Monmouth	4-23	3-13

Ohio Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	29-4	16-2	★ 🏆 9 seed AP 25
Eastern Illinois	16-11	13-5
Middle Tennessee State	19-9	12-6
Austin Peay	17-11	11-7
SE Missouri State	14-13	10-8
Tennessee State	13-16	8-10
Eastern Kentucky	10-17	8-10
Tennessee Tech	9-21	5-13
UT-Martin	7-20	5-13
Morehead State	3-23	2-16

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	30-5	17-1	★ 1 seed AP 4
Stanford	30-5	15-3	3 seed AP 10
UCLA	24-9	12-6	6 seed AP 19
Washington	20-10	11-7	11 seed
Arizona State	18-14	8-10
Oregon	13-14	8-10
California	12-15	8-10
USC	9-19	5-13
Oregon State	13-17	3-15
Washington State	10-19	3-15

Patriot7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Lafayette	19-9	10-2	★
Navy	19-11	10-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Bucknell	13-15	8-4
Colgate	10-18	5-7
Lehigh	10-17	4-8
Holy Cross	7-20	3-9
Army	8-19	2-10

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	35-4	14-2	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 5
Mississippi	22-7	12-4	★ 4 seed AP 13
South Carolina	23-8	11-5	3 seed AP 14
Arkansas	24-9	11-5	6 seed AP 17
Tennessee	20-9	9-7	8 seed
Vanderbilt	20-13	7-9
Georgia	20-15	7-9
Auburn	16-14	7-9
Alabama	15-16	6-10
Florida	14-15	6-10
Mississippi State	15-15	4-12
LSU	9-18	2-14

Southern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Appalachian State	21-8	13-2	★
Davidson	20-10	13-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
VMI	14-13	8-7
UT-Chattanooga	13-15	7-7	★
Citadel	15-13	6-8
Wofford	9-18	6-8
Western Carolina	12-15	6-9
East Tennessee State	11-16	6-9
NC-Greensboro	9-19	6-9
Furman	9-20	5-9
Georgia Southern	10-18	4-10

Southland10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Nicholls State	19-10	15-1	★ 🏆 16 seed
SW Texas State	17-11	10-6
TX-San Antonio	16-11	10-6
Northwestern State	13-14	10-6
Northeast Louisiana	13-16	8-8
Texas-Arlington	13-16	8-8
Sam Houston State	9-17	7-9
Stephen F. Austin	10-16	6-10
McNeese State	7-19	4-12
SE Louisiana	6-20	2-14

Southwestern Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas Southern	15-16	12-4	★
Jackson State	14-13	11-5
Grambling	16-12	10-6
Southern	14-13	10-6
Alcorn State	12-15	8-8
Prairie View	13-17	6-10	🏆 16 seed
Alabama State	11-17	6-10
Mississippi Valley State	6-21	6-10

Sun Belt10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Alabama	21-7	14-4	★ 🏆 12 seed
Arkansas State	20-9	14-4	★
SW Louisiana	18-13	12-6
Arkansas-Little Rock	15-13	10-8
New Orleans	15-12	9-9
Louisiana Tech	12-15	9-9
Lamar	15-14	7-11
Western Kentucky	10-19	6-12
Jacksonville	8-19	6-12
Texas-Pan American	3-24	3-15

Trans America12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
College of Charleston	24-6	14-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
Florida International	21-8	13-3
Central Florida	17-11	11-5
Georgia State	16-12	11-5	★
Samford	14-13	9-7
Stetson	11-15	8-8
Centenary	10-20	8-8
Jacksonville State	12-14	6-10
Troy State	7-20	5-11
Florida Atlantic	5-22	5-11
Campbell	10-17	4-12
Mercer	5-21	2-14

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	24-10	10-4	★
Pepperdine	17-10	9-5
Santa Clara	18-10	8-6
San Francisco	19-11	7-7	🏆 14 seed
Portland	14-13	7-7
St. Mary's	11-15	7-7
San Diego	14-14	5-9
Loyola Marymount	7-20	3-11

Western Athletic16 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
TCU	27-6	14-0	★ 5 seed AP 15
Utah	30-4	12-2	★ 3 seed AP 7
New Mexico	24-8	11-3	4 seed AP 18
Fresno State	21-13	10-4
Wyoming	19-9	9-5
Tulsa	19-12	9-5
Hawaii	21-9	8-6
Colorado State	20-9	8-6
UNLV	20-13	7-7	🏆 12 seed
SMU	18-10	6-8
San Diego State	13-15	5-9
BYU	9-21	4-10
UTEP	12-14	3-11
Rice	6-22	3-11
Air Force	10-16	2-12
San Jose State	3-23	1-13

Independent1 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Norfolk State	6-21

1998 Elo and upsets

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

1998 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Kentucky2171
2North Carolina2156
3Duke2129
4Arizona2098
5Kansas2088
6Utah2075
7Connecticut2034
8Stanford2025
9Maryland1963
10Michigan1960

Biggest upsets

BYU 83, New Mexico 62
Feb 26 · regular season · 2.3% win chance
Prairie View 69, Tulane 64
Dec 2 · regular season · 3.5% win chance
North Carolina State 86, North Carolina 72
Feb 21 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
Louisville 79, Kentucky 76
Dec 27 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
USC 91, Arizona 90
Mar 5 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
UC Irvine 62, New Mexico State 55
Jan 10 · regular season · 4.1% win chance
Niagara 86, St. John's 63
Dec 26 · regular season · 4.3% win chance
Florida 86, Kentucky 78
Feb 1 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
East Carolina 81, St. Joseph's 78
Nov 25 · regular season · 4.6% win chance
DePaul 100, Memphis 98
Feb 11 · regular season · 4.7% 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.