Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Taken after NCAA Tournament.
Voted on by a panel of 30 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked.
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W-L | Pts | W-L | Rank | ||
1 | Arizona (30) | 25-9 | 750 | 19-9 | 13 |
2 | Kentucky | 35-5 | 719 | 30-4 | 4 |
3 | Minnesota | 31-4 | 675 | 27-3 | 3 |
4 | North Carolina | 28-7 | 653 | 24-6 | 5 |
5 | Kansas | 34-2 | 642 | 32-1 | 1 |
6 | Utah | 29-4 | 594 | 26-3 | 2 |
7 | UCLA | 24-8 | 551 | 21-7 | 7 |
8 | Clemson | 23-10 | 437 | 21-9 | 12 |
9 | Wake Forest | 24-7 | 432 | 23-6 | 9 |
10 | Louisville | 26-9 | 394 | 23-8 | 25 |
11 | Duke | 24-9 | 387 | 23-8 | 8 |
12 | Stanford | 22-8 | 365 | 20-7 | 21 |
13 | Iowa St. | 22-9 | 356 | 20-8 | 17 |
14 | South Carolina | 24-8 | 320 | 24-7 | 6 |
15 | Providence | 24-12 | 300 | 21-11 | NR |
16 | Cincinnati | 26-8 | 295 | 25-7 | 10 |
17 | St. Joseph's-PA | 26-7 | 283 | 24-6 | 15 |
18 | California | 25-9 | 242 | 23-8 | NR |
19 | New Mexico | 25-8 | 179 | 24-7 | 11 |
20 | Texas | 18-12 | 174 | 16-11 | NR |
21 | Coll. of Charleston | 29-3 | 167 | 28-2 | 18 |
22 | Xavier-OH | 23-6 | 142 | 22-5 | 14 |
23 | Boston College | 22-9 | 98 | 21-8 | 20 |
24 | Michigan | 23-11 | 92 | 18-11 | NR |
25 | Colorado | 22-10 | 81 | 21-9 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Iowa (22-10, 67 pts) and Villanova (24-10, 67); 28. Tennessee-Chattanooga (24-11, 60); 29. Illnois (22-10, 39); 30. Georgia (24-9, 38); 31. Tulsa (24-10, 35); 32. Maryland (21-11, 26); 33. Purdue (18-12, 21); 34. Florida St. (runner-up NIT, 20-12, 17); 35. Marquette (22-9, 12); 36. Coppin St.(22-9, 9); 37. Rhode Island (20-10, 7) and Temple (20-11, 7); 39. Mississippi (20-9, 5); 40. Wisconsin (18-10, 3); 41. UNC-Charlotte (22-9, 2), Oklahoma (19-11, 2) and Princeton (24-4, 2); 44. Hawaii (21-8, 1), Illinois St. (24-6, 1) and Indiana (22-11, 1).
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