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The Top Ranked Basketball Colleges of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | College |
| 1 | UCLA |
| 2 | Marquette |
| 3 | Kentucky |
| 4 | Indiana |
| 5 | NC State |
| 6 | Michigan St. |
| 7 | North Carolina |
| 8 | Jacksonville |
| 9 | Memphis |
| 10 | Villanova |
| 11 | Michigan |
| 12 | Duke |
| 13 | Indiana St. |
| 14 | Florida St. |
| 15 | Louisville |
| 16 | Western Kentucky |
| 17 | New Mexico St. |
| 18 | DePaul |
| 19 | UNLV |
| 20 | Arkansas |
| 21 | Kansas |
| 22 | Notre Dame |
| 23 | Syracuse |
| 24 | Penn |
| 25 | Providence |
| 26 | Rutgers |
| 27 | St. Bonaventure |
| 28 | Charlotte |
| 29 | St. John's |
| 30 | San Francisco |
| 31 | Kansas St. |
| 32 | Long Beach St. |
| 33 | Utah St. |
| 34 | Missouri |
| 35 | Oral Roberts |
| 36 | Maryland |
| 37 | Drake |
| 38 | Arizona St. |
| 39 | Arizona |
| 40 | VMI |
| 41 | Idaho St. |
| 42 | Ohio St. |
| 43 | Pitt |
| 44 | Cal St.-Fullerton |
| 45 | Wake Forest |
| 46 | Houston |
| 47 | South Carolina |
| 48 | Utah |
| 49 | Cincinnati |
| 50 | Alabama |
| 51 | Central Michigan |
| 52 | Creighton |
| 53 | Miami (OH) |
| 54 | Connecticut |
| 55 | Oklahoma |
| 56 | New Mexico |
| 57 | Texas Tech |
| 58 | UL-Lafayette |
| 59 | Detroit Mercy |
| 60 | Iowa |
| 61 | Pacific |
| 62 | Pepperdine |
| 63 | Toledo |
| 64 | LSU |
| 65 | Minnesota |
| 66 | Fordham |
| 67 | Southern Illinois |
| 68 | Santa Clara |
| 69 | Western Michigan |
| 70 | Weber St. |
| 71 | Furman |
| 72 | Dayton |
| 73 | Texas |
| 74 | BYU |
| 75 | Niagara |
| 76 | Austin Peay |
| 77 | Boston College |
| 78 | Oregon St. |
| 79 | Montana |
| 80 | Vanderbilt |
| 81 | Tennessee |
| 82 | Georgetown |
| 83 | St. Joseph's |
| 84 | Purdue |
| 85 | Princeton |
| 86 | Virginia Tech |
| 87 | Temple |
| 88 | USC |
| 89 | Virginia |
| 90 | Holy Cross |
| 91 | Ohio |
| 92 | Duquesne |
| 93 | LaSalle |
| 94 | UTEP |
| 95 | Hawaii |
| 96 | Hofstra |
| 97 | Middle Tennessee St. |
| 98 | San Diego St. |
| 99 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 100 | East Carolina |
| 101 | Texas A&M |
| 102 | Davidson |
| 103 | Marshall |
| 104 | Rhode Island |
| 105 | Boise St. |
| 106 | Appalachian St. |
| 107 | Cal St.-LA |
| 108 | Lamar |
| 109 | Rice |
| 110 | South Alabama |
| 111 | TCU |
| 112 | Washington |
| 113 | Wichita St. |
| 114 | Iona |
| 115 | Georgia Tech |
| 116 | Oregon |
| 117 | Army |
| 118 | Bowling Green |
| 119 | Bradley |
| 120 | Old Dominion |
| 121 | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 122 | U.Mass |
| 123 | Manhattan |
| 124 | Fairfield |
| 125 | Illinois St. |
| 126 | Lafayette |
| 127 | Nebraska |
| 128 | SMU |
| 129 | Clemson |
| 130 | Alcorn St. |
| 131 | Nevada |
| 132 | Seton Hall |
| 133 | St. Peter's |
| 134 | North Carolina A&T |
| 135 | American |
| 136 | VCU |
| 137 | UL-Monroe |
| 138 | Mississippi St. |
| 139 | Wagner |
| 140 | Chattanooga |
| 141 | Cheyney |
| 142 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 143 | North Alabama |
| 144 | Jefferson |
| 145 | Puget Sound |
| 146 | Roanoke |
| 147 | Evansville |
| 148 | Morgan St. |
| 149 | Tennessee St. |
| 150 | Green Bay |
| 151 | New Orleans |
| 152 | Akron |
| 153 | Missouri St. |
| 154 | Randolph-Macon |
| 155 | Assumption |
| 156 | Eastern Illinois |
| 157 | UC-Riverside |
| 158 | Eastern Michigan |
| 159 | Brockport St. |
| 160 | Bridgeport |
| 161 | Sacred Heart |
| 162 | Buffalo St. |
| 163 | Central Florida |
| 164 | Elizabeth City St. |
| 165 | Hartwick |
| 166 | St. Joseph's (IN) |
| 167 | Lincoln (MO) |
| 168 | North Dakota |
| 169 | Norfolk St. |
| 170 | San Diego |
| 171 | Coe |
| 172 | South Dakota St. |
| 173 | Cal Poly |
| 174 | Nicholls St. |
| 175 | Towson |
| 176 | Gannon |
| 177 | Stetson |
| 178 | Colorado St.-Pueblo |
| 179 | American International |
| 180 | Bloomsburg |
| 181 | Missouri-St. Louis |
| 182 | Southampton |
| 183 | UMBC |
| 184 | Wittenberg |
| 185 | Bentley |
| 186 | Ashland |
| 187 | Hartford |
| 188 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 189 | Southern |
| 190 | Youngstown St. |
| 191 | Valdosta St. |
| 192 | Baltimore |
| 193 | Seattle Pacific |
| 194 | Augustana (SD) |
| 195 | CW Post |
| 196 | Rollins |
| 197 | Albright |
| 198 | Cal St.-Bakersfield |
| 199 | Merrimack |
| 200 | Montclair St. |
| 201 | Virginia Union |
| 202 | Wright St. |
| 203 | Cal St.-Northridge |
| 204 | Truman St. |
| 205 | Sonoma St. |
| 206 | St. Thomas (FL) |
| 207 | Grambling |
| 208 | Central Connecticut St. |
| 209 | Central Missouri |
| 210 | Delta St. |
| 211 | Fisk |
| 212 | Florida A&M |
| 213 | Franciscan |
| 214 | Northern Iowa |
| 215 | SE Louisiana |
| 216 | Southern Indiana |
| 217 | Troy |
| 218 | Valparaiso |
| 219 | Albany St. |
| 220 | UC-Davis |
| 221 | Capital |
| 222 | Armstrong |
| 223 | Bellarmine |
| 224 | Florida Southern |
| 225 | Mount St. Mary's |
| 226 | St. Michael's |
| 227 | North Dakota St. |
| 228 | Ithaca |
| 229 | Cal Poly Pomona |
| 230 | Fayetteville St. |
| 231 | King's (PA) |
| 232 | Louisiana Tech |
| 233 | Minnesota St.-Mankato |
| 234 | Mississippi College |
| 235 | SE Missouri St. |
| 236 | Siena |
| 237 | South Dakota |
| 238 | Springfield |
| 239 | Tuskegee |
| 240 | West Alabama |
| 241 | West Georgia |
| 242 | Potsdam St. |
| 243 | Augustana (IL) |
| 244 | Stony Brook |
| 245 | Transylvania |
| 246 | Quinnipiac |
| 247 | Hiram |
| 248 | Wooster |
| 249 | Winston-Salem St. |
| 250 | Augusta |
| 251 | Missouri S&T |
| 252 | St. Olaf |
| 253 | UC-Irvine |
| 254 | James Madison |
| 255 | Stonehill |
| 256 | Bryant |
| 257 | Cornell (IA) |
| 258 | Adelphi |
| 259 | Alabama St. |
| 260 | Cal St.-East Bay |
| 261 | Chapman |
| 262 | Chico St. |
| 263 | Columbus St. |
| 264 | Florida Tech |
| 265 | Loyola Marymount |
| 266 | Mercer |
| 267 | Northern Kentucky |
| 268 | Northern Michigan |
| 269 | NYIT |
| 270 | Sacramento St. |
| 271 | San Francisco St. |
| 272 | St. Anselm |
| 273 | St. Cloud St. |
| 274 | Wayne St. |
| 275 | New Jersey City |
| 276 | St. Lawrence |
| 277 | Miles |
| 278 | RPI |
| 279 | Chicago |
| 280 | Eckerd |
| 281 | Johns Hopkins |
| 282 | Lebanon Valley |
| 283 | Monmouth (IL) |
| 284 | Ohio Northern |
| 285 | Kentucky St. |
| 286 | Grand Canyon |
| 287 | North Park |
| 288 | Guilford |
| 289 | Drury |
| 290 | LeMoyne-Owen |
| 291 | Texas Southern |
| 292 | Coppin St. |
| 293 | Scranton |
| 294 | Henderson St. |
| 295 | Alcorn St. |
| 296 | Midwestern St. |
| 297 | Central Washington |
| 298 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 299 | Rowan |
| 300 | Nebraska-Kearney |
| 301 | Widener |
| 302 | Campbell |
| 303 | Oneonta St. |
| 304 | Marymount |
| 305 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 306 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 307 | Quincy |
| 308 | Albion |
| 309 | Eastern New Mexico |
| 310 | Texas St. |
| 311 | St. Mary's (TX) |
| 312 | Fairmont St. |
| 313 | Grand Valley St. |
| 314 | Hamline |
| 315 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 316 | Gardner-Webb |
| 317 | Slippery Rock |
| 318 | Lincoln Memorial |
| 319 | Centre |
| 320 | Plattsburgh St. |
| 321 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 322 | Central St. |
| 323 | Wisconsin-Parkside |
| 324 | Briar Cliff |
| 325 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| 326 | U.Mass-Boston |
| 327 | Hanover |
| 328 | Brandeis |
| 329 | Westmont |
| 330 | Missouri Southern |
| 331 | Newberry |
| 332 | Mansfield |
| 333 | Rhode Island College |
| 334 | Alabama-Huntsville |
| 335 | Indiana (PA) |
| 336 | Jackson St. |
| 337 | William Paterson |
| 338 | Xavier (LA) |
| 339 | Cameron |
| 340 | Clark (MA) |
| 341 | Humboldt St. |
| 342 | Knoxville |
| 343 | Lake Superior St. |
| 344 | Rose-Hulman Tech |
| 345 | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 346 | Chaminade |
| 347 | Kean |
| 348 | Malone |
| 349 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 350 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 351 | Shepherd |
| 352 | Western Washington |
| 353 | Washington & Lee |
| 354 | Trine |
| 355 | Wartburg |
| 356 | Whittier |
| 357 | Monmouth |
| 358 | Suffolk |
| 359 | Doane |
| 360 | Central (IA) |
| 361 | Edinboro |
| 362 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 363 | Dowling |
| 364 | Hastings |
| 365 | Albany |
| 366 | Birmingham-Southern |
| 367 | Defiance |
| 368 | Hawaii-Hilo |
| 369 | St. John's (MN) |
| 370 | Winona St. |
| 371 | Bishop |
| 372 | Erskine |
| 373 | Ferris St. |
| 374 | Methodist |
| 375 | Northern St. |
| 376 | South Carolina St. |
| 377 | Southern Poly |
| 378 | Minnesota-Morris |
| 379 | Upsala |
| 380 | Millersville |
| 381 | Adams St. |
| 382 | Arkansas Tech |
| 383 | Belhaven |
| 384 | Bethany (WV) |
| 385 | Cal Baptist |
| 386 | CCNY |
| 387 | Charleston (WV) |
| 388 | Clarion |
| 389 | Earlham |
| 390 | Elizabethtown |
| 391 | Emporia St. |
| 392 | Framingham St. |
| 393 | Glenville St. |
| 394 | Great Falls |
| 395 | High Point |
| 396 | Marietta |
| 397 | Missouri Western |
| 398 | Northeastern St. (OK) |
| 399 | Northwestern St. |
| 400 | Pittsburg St. |
| 401 | Sam Houston St. |
| 402 | Savannah St. |
| 403 | SW Oklahoma St. |
| 404 | U.Mass-Dartmouth |
| 405 | Washburn |
| 406 | Wiley |
| 407 | Montana St.-Billings |
| 408 | East Central |
| 409 | Keene St. |
| 410 | Central Arkansas |
| 411 | Franklin (IN) |
| 412 | Husson |
| 413 | Linfield |
| 414 | Newman |
| 415 | Northwestern (IA) |
| 416 | Oregon Tech |
| 417 | Southern Maine |
| 418 | Southern Nazarene |
| 419 | Western New England |
| 420 | Willamette |
| 421 | Beloit |
| 422 | Grove City |
| 423 | Virginia Wesleyan |
| 424 | Augsburg |
| 425 | Azusa Pacific |
| 426 | Benedictine (KS) |
| 427 | Cal St.-Dominguez Hills |
| 428 | California (PA) |
| 429 | Central Wesleyan |
| 430 | Coast Guard |
| 431 | Cumberland |
| 432 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 433 | Dallas Baptist |
| 434 | Findlay |
| 435 | George Fox |
| 436 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 437 | Hampton |
| 438 | Hillsdale |
| 439 | Howard Payne |
| 440 | Huron |
| 441 | Lewis & Clark |
| 442 | Louisiana College |
| 443 | Marist |
| 444 | Mercyhurst |
| 445 | Minot St. |
| 446 | Mississippi Valley St. |
| 447 | Montevallo |
| 448 | Morningside |
| 449 | Mount Mary |
| 450 | Muskingum |
| 451 | Oberlin |
| 452 | Ohio Dominican |
| 453 | Otterbein |
| 454 | Paine |
| 455 | Palm Beach Atlantic |
| 456 | Pikeville |
| 457 | Point Park |
| 458 | RIT |
| 459 | Simpson |
| 460 | South Dakota Tech |
| 461 | Southern Arkansas |
| 462 | Southern Utah |
| 463 | Spring Garden |
| 464 | St. Augustine's |
| 465 | St. John Fisher |
| 466 | SW Baptist |
| 467 | U.S. International |
| 468 | UMKC |
| 469 | UNC-Asheville |
| 470 | UNC-Pembroke |
| 471 | Virginia St. |
| 472 | Wayne St. (NE) |
| 473 | West Florida |
| 474 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 475 | Western Carolina |
| 476 | William Jewell |
| 477 | Williams |
| 478 | Allegheny |
| 479 | Lynchburg |
| 480 | Manhattanville |
| 481 | Sewanee |
| 482 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 483 | Clark Atlanta |
| 484 | DePauw |
| 485 | Knox |
| 486 | Lane |
| 487 | Ripon |
| 488 | William Penn |
| 489 | Worcester St. |
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