NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Team Rankings
Ranking the best teams to ever cut down the nets of March Madness and prevail in the Final Four and those who lucked their way into the record books of the NCAA championship.
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🌍 World Ranking
▲ Top 5
#1
1984 - Georgetown (over HOU)
+4
#2
1992 - Duke (over MICH)
+4
#3
1993 - North Carolina (over MICH)
+4
#4
1994 - Arkansas (over DUKE)
+2
#5
2003 - Syracuse (over KU)
+1
▼ Bottom 5
#1
2004 - UConn (over GT)
-5
#2
2000 - Michigan State (over FLA)
-4
#3
1997 - Arizona (over UK)
-3
#4
1985 - Villanova (over GTOWN)
-2
#5
1987 - Indiana (over SYR)
-1
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All Items (88)
1993 - North Carolina (over MICH)+4
1992 - Duke (over MICH)+4
1984 - Georgetown (over HOU)+4
1994 - Arkansas (over DUKE)+2
2003 - Syracuse (over KU)+1
2024 - UConn (over PUR)—
2023 - UConn (over SDSU)—
2022 - Kansas (over UNC)—
2021 - Baylor (over GONZ)—
2020 - No Tournament (COVID-19)—
2019 - Virginia (over TTU)—
2018 - Villanova (over MICH)—
2017 - North Carolina (over GONZ)—
2016 - Villanova (over UNC)—
2015 - Duke (over WISC)—
2014 - UConn (over UK)—
2013 - Louisville (over MICH)—
2012 - Kentucky (over KU)—
2011 - UConn (over BUT)—
2010 - Duke (over BUT)—
2009 - North Carolina (over MSU)—
2008 - Kansas (over MEM)—
2007 - Florida (over OSU)—
2006 - Florida (over UCLA)—
2005 - North Carolina (over ILL)—
2002 - Maryland (over IND)—
2001 - Duke (over ARIZ)—
1999 - UConn (over DUKE)—
1998 - Kentucky (over UTAH)—
1996 - Kentucky (over SYR)—
1995 - UCLA (over ARK)—
1991 - Duke (over KU)—
1990 - UNLV (over DUKE)—
1989 - Michigan (over SH)—
1988 - Kansas (over OKLA)—
1986 - Louisville (over DUKE)—
1983 - NC State (over HOU)—
1982 - North Carolina (over GTOWN)—
1981 - Indiana (over UNC)—
1980 - Louisville (over UCLA)—
1979 - Michigan State (over INST)—
1978 - Kentucky (over DUKE)—
1977 - Marquette (over UNC) —
1976 - Indiana (over MICH)—
1975 - UCLA (over UK)—
1974 - NC State (over MARQ)—
1973 - UCLA (over MEM)—
1972 - UCLA (over FSU)—
1971 - UCLA (over NOVA)—
1970 - UCLA (over JAX)—
1969 - UCLA (over PUR)—
1968 - UCLA (over UNC)—
1967 - UCLA (over DAY)—
1966 - Texas Western (over UK)—
1965 - UCLA (over MICH)—
1964 - UCLA (over DUKE)—
1963 - Loyola Chicago (over CIN)—
1962 - Cincinnati (over OSU)—
1961 - Cincinnati (over OSU)—
1960 - Ohio State (over CAL)—
1959 - California (over WVU)—
1958 - Kentucky (over SEA)—
1957 - North Carolina (over KU)—
1956 - San Francisco (over IOWA)—
1955 - San Francisco (over LAS)—
1954 - La Salle (over BRAD)—
1953 - Indiana (over KU)—
1952 - Kansas (over SJU)—
1951 - Kentucky (over KSU)—
1950 - CCNY (over BRAD)—
1949 - Kentucky (over OKST)—
1948 - Kentucky (over BAY)—
1947 - Holy Cross (over OKLA)—
1946 - Oklahoma A&M (over UNC)—
1945 - Oklahoma A&M (over NYU)—
1944 - Utah (over DART)—
1943 - Wyoming (over GTOWN)—
1942 - Stanford (over DART)—
1941 - Wisconsin (over WSU)—
1940 - Indiana (over KU)—
1939 - Oregon (over OSU)—
2026 - Michigan (over UConn)—
2025 - Florida (over HOU)—
1987 - Indiana (over SYR)-1
1985 - Villanova (over GTOWN)-2
1997 - Arizona (over UK)-3
2000 - Michigan State (over FLA)-4
2004 - UConn (over GT)-5