View source for 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

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{{Infobox NCAA basketball rankings
| year = 1962
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| preseason_number_1 = [[1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]
| ncaa_champions = [[1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team|Loyola-Chicago]]
}}
The '''1962–63 NCAA men's basketball rankings''' was made up of two human polls, the [[AP Poll]] and the [[Coaches Poll]].
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== AP Poll ==
All AP polls for this season included only ten ranked teams.
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{{ColPollTable
|Week1  = 0
|Week2  = 2
|Week3  = 3
|Week4  = 4
|Week5  = 5
|Week6  = 6
|Week7  = 7
|Week8  = 8
|Week9  = 9
|Week10 = 10
|Week11 = 11
|Week12 = 12
|Week13 = 13
|Week14 = 14
|Week15 = 15
|Week16 = Final
|Week1Date = &nbsp;<ref name="ESPN">{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|publisher=[[Random House]]|page=706|year=2009|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}</ref>
|Week2Date = Dec. 4<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week3Date = Dec. 11<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week4Date = Dec. 18<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week5Date = Dec. 25<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week6Date = Jan. 1<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week7Date = Jan. 8<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week8Date = Jan. 15<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week9Date = Jan. 22<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week10Date = Jan. 29<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week11Date = Feb. 5<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week12Date = Feb. 12<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week13Date = Feb. 19<ref name="ESPN2">{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|publisher=[[Random House]]|page=707|year=2009|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}</ref>
|Week14Date = Feb. 26<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week15Date = Mar. 5<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week16Date = Mar. 12<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week1-1   = [[1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]
|Week1-2   = [[1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]
|Week1-3   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Kentucky Wildcats|title=Kentucky}}
|Week1-4   = [[1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team|Loyola-Chicago]]
|Week1-5   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=West Virginia Mountaineers|title=West Virginia}}
|Week1-6   = [[1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team|Mississippi State]]
|Week1-7   = [[1962–63 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team|Oregon State]]
|Week1-8   = [[1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
|Week1-9   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Brown Indians|title=St. Bonaventure}}
|Week1-10   = [[1962–63 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]
|Week2-1   = Cincinnati (1–0)
|Week2-1-Color  =
|Week2-2   = Duke (1–0)
|Week2-2-Color  =
|Week2-3   = West Virginia (1–0)
|Week2-3-Color  = u
|Week2-4   = Loyola-Chicago (1–0)
|Week2-4-Color  =
|Week2-5   = Mississippi State (0–0)
|Week2-5-Color  = u
|Week2-6   = Wisconsin (1–0)
|Week2-6-Color  = u
|Week2-7   = Oregon State (0–0)
|Week2-7-Color  =
|Week2-8   = [[1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]] (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color  = npr
|Week2-9   = Kentucky (0–1)
|Week2-9-Color  = d
|Week2-10   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Wichita Shockers|title=Wichita}} (1–0)
|Week2-10-Color  = npr
|Week2Dropped   = {{ubl|Illinois (1–0)|St. Bonaventure}}
|Week3-1   = Cincinnati (4–0)
|Week3-1-Color  =
|Week3-2   = Duke (3–0)
|Week3-2-Color  =
|Week3-3   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}} (4–0)
|Week3-3-Color  = npr
|Week3-4   = Loyola-Chicago (2–0)
|Week3-4-Color  =
|Week3-5   = Mississippi State (3–0)
|Week3-5-Color  =
|Week3-6   = West Virginia (2–1)
|Week3-6-Color  = d
|Week3-7   = Wisconsin (2–1)
|Week3-7-Color  = d
|Week3-8   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}} (3–0)
|Week3-8-Color  = npr
|Week3-9   = Oregon State (1–1)
|Week3-9-Color  = d
|Week3-10   = Illinois (2–0)
|Week3-10-Color  = npr
|Week3Dropped   = {{ubl|Indiana (1–3)|Kentucky (1–1)|Wichita}}
|Week4-1   = Cincinnati (6–0)
|Week4-1-Color  =
|Week4-2   = Duke (6–0)
|Week4-2-Color  =
|Week4-3   = Ohio State (5–0)
|Week4-3-Color  =
|Week4-4   = Loyola-Chicago (4–0)
|Week4-4-Color  =
|Week4-5   = Mississippi State (5–0)
|Week4-5-Color  =
|Week4-6   = Colorado (4–0)
|Week4-6-Color  = u
|Week4-7   = West Virginia (3–1)
|Week4-7-Color  = d
|Week4-8   = Illinois (3–0)
|Week4-8-Color  = u
|Week4-9   = Kentucky (3–1)
|Week4-9-Color  = npr
|Week4-10   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Seattle Chieftains|title=Seattle}} (4–0)
|Week4-10-Color  = npr
|Week4Dropped   = {{ubl|Wisconsin (3–2)|Oregon State (2–2)}}
|Week5-1   = Cincinnati (8–0)
|Week5-1-Color  =
|Week5-2   = Ohio State (6–0)
|Week5-2-Color  = u
|Week5-3   = Loyola-Chicago (7–0)
|Week5-3-Color  = u
|Week5-4   = Illinois (5–0)
|Week5-4-Color  = u
|Week5-5   = Kentucky (5–2)
|Week5-5-Color  = u
|Week5-6   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}} (7–1)
|Week5-6-Color  = npr
|Week5-7   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}} (9–0)
|Week5-7-Color  = npr
|Week5-8   = Duke (6–2)
|Week5-8-Color  = d
|Week5-9   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Stanford Indians|title=Stanford}} (7–0)
|Week5-9-Color  = npr
|Week5-10   = Mississippi State (6–1)
|Week5-10-Color  = d
|Week5Dropped   = {{ubl|Colorado (5–2)|West Virginia (4–2)|Seattle (5–1)}}
|Week6-1   = Cincinnati (9–0)
|Week6-1-Color  =
|Week6-2   = Loyola-Chicago (11–0)
|Week6-2-Color  = u
|Week6-3   = Illinois (8–1)
|Week6-3-Color  = u
|Week6-4   = Arizona State (10–1)
|Week6-4-Color  = u
|Week6-5   = Ohio State (8–1)
|Week6-5-Color  = d
|Week6-6   = Kentucky (7–3)
|Week6-6-Color  = d
|Week6-7   = Duke (8–2)
|Week6-7-Color  = u
|Week6-8   = Wichita (9–2)
|Week6-8-Color  = npr
|Week6-9   = [[1962–63 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] (10–2)
|Week6-9-Color  = npr
|Week6-10   = [[1962–63 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team|Auburn]] (8–0)
|Week6-10-Color  = npr
|Week6Dropped   = {{ubl|USC|Stanford (9–2)|Mississippi State (7–2)}}
|Week7-1   = Cincinnati (11–0)
|Week7-1-Color  =
|Week7-2   = Loyola-Chicago (13–0)
|Week7-2-Color  =
|Week7-3   = Arizona State (12–1)
|Week7-3-Color  = u
|Week7-4   = Ohio State (9–1)
|Week7-4-Color  = u
|Week7-5   = Illinois (9–1)
|Week7-5-Color  = d
|Week7-6   = Duke (10–2)
|Week7-6-Color  = u
|Week7-7   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|title=Georgia Tech}} (9–0)
|Week7-7-Color  = npr
|Week7-8   = Wichita (9–3)
|Week7-8-Color  =
|Week7-9   = West Virginia (8–3)
|Week7-9-Color  = npr
|Week7-10   = [[1962–63 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] (6–1)
|Week7-10-Color  = npr
|Week7Dropped   = {{ubl|Kentucky (7–4)|UCLA (10–4)|Auburn (8–1)}}
|Week8-1   = Cincinnati (13–0)
|Week8-1-Color  =
|Week8-2   = Loyola-Chicago (15–0)
|Week8-2-Color  =
|Week8-3   = Illinois (11–1)
|Week8-3-Color  = u
|Week8-4   = Arizona State (14–1)
|Week8-4-Color  = d
|Week8-5   = Duke (12–2)
|Week8-5-Color  = u
|Week8-6   = Georgia Tech (11–1)
|Week8-6-Color  = u
|Week8-7   = Wichita (11–3)
|Week8-7-Color  = u
|Week8-8   = Ohio State (10–2)
|Week8-8-Color  = d
|Week8-9   = Mississippi State (10–3)
|Week8-9-Color  = npr
|Week8-10   = Oregon State (9–4)
|Week8-10-Color  = npr
|Week8Dropped   = {{ubl|West Virginia (10–3)|North Carolina}}
|Week9-1   = Cincinnati (14–0)
|Week9-1-Color  =
|Week9-2   = Loyola-Chicago (16–0)
|Week9-2-Color  =
|Week9-3   = Illinois (12–1)
|Week9-3-Color  =
|Week9-4   = Duke (12–2)
|Week9-4-Color  = u
|Week9-5   = Arizona State (15–2)
|Week9-5-Color  = d
|Week9-6   = West Virginia (12–3)
|Week9-6-Color  = npr
|Week9-7   = Georgia Tech (12–1)
|Week9-7-Color  = d
|Week9-8   = Wichita (12–4)
|Week9-8-Color  = d
|Week9-9   = Mississippi State (12–3)
|Week9-9-Color  =
|Week9-10   = Stanford (12–3)
|Week9-10-Color  = npr
|Week9Dropped   = {{ubl|Ohio State (10–3)|Oregon State (10–4)}}
|Week10-1   = Cincinnati (15–0) ''(42)''
|Week10-1-Color  =
|Week10-2   = Loyola-Chicago (18–0)
|Week10-2-Color  =
|Week10-3   = Duke (13–2) ''(1)''
|Week10-3-Color  = u
|Week10-4   = Illinois (12–2)
|Week10-4-Color  = d
|Week10-5   = Arizona State (15–2)
|Week10-5-Color  =
|Week10-6   = Georgia Tech (14–1)
|Week10-6-Color  = u
|Week10-7   = Stanford (12–3)
|Week10-7-Color  = u
|Week10-8   = Colorado (11–3)
|Week10-8-Color  = npr
|Week10-9   = Mississippi State (12–4)
|Week10-9-Color  =
|Week10-10   = Wichita (13–5)
|Week10-10-Color  = d
|Week10Dropped   = {{ubl|West Virginia (12–4)}}
|Week11-1   = Cincinnati (17–0)
|Week11-1-Color  =
|Week11-2   = Loyola-Chicago (20–0)
|Week11-2-Color  =
|Week11-3   = Duke (15–2)
|Week11-3-Color  =
|Week11-4   = Illinois (12–2)
|Week11-4-Color  =
|Week11-5   = Arizona State (16–2)
|Week11-5-Color  =
|Week11-6   = Georgia Tech (16–1)
|Week11-6-Color  =
|Week11-7   = Colorado (12–3)
|Week11-7-Color  = u
|Week11-8   = Mississippi State (14–4)
|Week11-8-Color  = u
|Week11-9   = Wichita (14–5)
|Week11-9-Color  = u
|Week11-10   = Stanford (12–4)
|Week11-10-Color  = d
|Week11Dropped   =
|Week12-1   = Cincinnati (19–0)
|Week12-1-Color  =
|Week12-2   = Loyola-Chicago (20–0)
|Week12-2-Color  =
|Week12-3   = Duke (17–2)
|Week12-3-Color  =
|Week12-4   = Illinois (14–2)
|Week12-4-Color  =
|Week12-5   = Arizona State (18–2)
|Week12-5-Color  =
|Week12-6   = Mississippi State (16–4)
|Week12-6-Color  = u
|Week12-7   = Colorado (13–4)
|Week12-7-Color  =
|Week12-8   = Stanford (13–5)
|Week12-8-Color  = u
|Week12-9   = Ohio State (14–3)
|Week12-9-Color  = npr
|Week12-10   = Georgia Tech (17–3)
|Week12-10-Color  = d
|Week12Dropped   = {{ubl|Wichita (14–6)}}
|Week13-1   = Cincinnati (19–1)
|Week13-1-Color  =
|Week13-2   = Duke (19–2)
|Week13-2-Color  = u
|Week13-3   = Loyola-Chicago (21–1)
|Week13-3-Color  = d
|Week13-4   = Arizona State (20–2)
|Week13-4-Color  = u
|Week13-5   = Ohio State (15–3)
|Week13-5-Color  = u
|Week13-6   = Illinois (14–4)
|Week13-6-Color  = d
|Week13-7   = Wichita (16–6)
|Week13-7-Color  = npr
|Week13-8   = Mississippi State (17–5)
|Week13-8-Color  = d
|Week13-9   = Auburn (16–2)
|Week13-9-Color  = npr
|Week13-10   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=NYU Violets|title=NYU}} (13–2)
|Week13-10-Color  = npr
|Week13Dropped   = {{ubl|Colorado (14–5)|Stanford (14–6)|Georgia Tech (18–4)}}
|Week14-1   = Cincinnati (21–1)
|Week14-1-Color  =
|Week14-2   = Duke (21–2)
|Week14-2-Color  =
|Week14-3   = Loyola-Chicago (23–1)
|Week14-3-Color  =
|Week14-4   = Arizona State (22–2)
|Week14-4-Color  =
|Week14-5   = Ohio State (17–3)
|Week14-5-Color  =
|Week14-6   = Illinois (16–4)
|Week14-6-Color  =
|Week14-7   = Mississippi State (19–5)
|Week14-7-Color  = u
|Week14-8   = Wichita (16–7)
|Week14-8-Color  = d
|Week14-9   = NYU (15–2)
|Week14-9-Color  = u
|Week14-10   = Georgia Tech (20–4)
|Week14-10-Color  = npr
|Week14Dropped   = {{ubl|Auburn (17–3)}}
|Week15-1   = Cincinnati (23–1)
|Week15-1-Color  =
|Week15-2   = Duke (24–2)
|Week15-2-Color  =
|Week15-3   = Ohio State (19–3)
|Week15-3-Color  = u
|Week15-4   = Arizona State (23–2)
|Week15-4-Color  =
|Week15-5   = Loyola-Chicago (24–2)
|Week15-5-Color  = d
|Week15-6   = Wichita (19–7)
|Week15-6-Color  = u
|Week15-7   = Mississippi State (21–5)
|Week15-7-Color  =
|Week15-8   = Illinois (17–5)
|Week15-8-Color  = d
|Week15-9   = Stanford (18–6)
|Week15-9-Color  = npr
|Week15-10   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Providence Friars|title=Providence}} (19–4)
|Week15-10-Color  = npr
|Week15Dropped   = {{ubl|NYU (15–3)}}
|Week16-1   = Cincinnati (23–1)
|Week16-1-Color  =
|Week16-2   = Duke (24–2)
|Week16-2-Color  =
|Week16-3   = Loyola-Chicago (24–2)
|Week16-3-Color  = u
|Week16-4   = Arizona State (24–2)
|Week16-4-Color  =
|Week16-5   = Wichita (19–7)
|Week16-5-Color  = u
|Week16-6   = Mississippi State (21–5)
|Week16-6-Color  = u
|Week16-7   = Ohio State (20–4)
|Week16-7-Color  = d
|Week16-8   = Illinois (19–5)
|Week16-8-Color  =
|Week16-9   = NYU (17–3)
|Week16-9-Color  = npr
|Week16-10   = Colorado (17–6)
|Week16-10-Color  = npr
|Week16Dropped   = {{ubl|Stanford (18–6)|Providence (21–4)}}
}}
== UPI Poll ==
{{clear right}}
{{ColPollTable
|Week1  = 0
|Week2  = 2
|Week3  = 3
|Week4  = 4
|Week5  = 5
|Week6  = 6
|Week7  = 7
|Week8  = 8
|Week9  = 9
|Week10 = 10
|Week11 = 11
|Week12 = 12
|Week13 = 13
|Week14 = 14
|Week15 = 15
|Week16 = Final
|Week1Date = &nbsp;<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week2Date = Dec. 4<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week3Date = Dec. 11<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week4Date = Dec. 18<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week5Date = Dec. 25<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week6Date = Jan. 1<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week7Date = Jan. 8<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week8Date = Jan. 15<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week9Date = Jan. 22<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week10Date = Jan. 29<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week11Date = Feb. 5<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week12Date = Feb. 12<ref name="ESPN" />
|Week13Date = Feb. 19<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week14Date = Feb. 26<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week15Date = Mar. 5<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week16Date = Mar. 12<ref name="ESPN2" />
|Week1-1   = [[1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]
|Week1-2   = [[1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]
|Week1-3   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Kentucky Wildcats|title=Kentucky}}
|Week1-4   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=West Virginia Mountaineers|title=West Virginia}}
|Week1-5   = [[1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team|Loyola-Chicago]]
|Week1-6   = [[1962–63 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team|Oregon State]]
|Week1-7   = [[1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team|Mississippi State]]
|Week1-8   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Brown Indians|title=St. Bonaventure}}
|Week1-9   = [[1962–63 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]
|Week1-10   = [[1962–63 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team|Bowling Green]] т
|Week1-10-Color   = t
|Week1-11   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Stanford Cardinal|title=Stanford}} т
|Week1-12   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Dayton Flyers|title=Dayton}}
|Week1-13   = [[1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
|Week1-14   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}}
|Week1-15   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}
|Week1-16   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=NYU Violets|title=NYU}}
|Week1-17   = [[1962–63 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]
|Week1-18   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Colorado State Rams|title=Colorado State}}
|Week1-19   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}
|Week1-20   = [[1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]
|Week2-1   = Cincinnati (1–0)
|Week2-1-Color  =
|Week2-2   = Duke (1–0)
|Week2-2-Color  =
|Week2-3   = Loyola-Chicago (1–0)
|Week2-3-Color  = u
|Week2-4   = West Virginia (1–0)
|Week2-4-Color  =
|Week2-5   = Oregon State (0–0)
|Week2-5-Color  = u
|Week2-6   = Mississippi State (0–0)
|Week2-6-Color  = u
|Week2-7   = Illinois (1–0)
|Week2-7-Color  = u
|Week2-8   = Wisconsin (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color  = u
|Week2-9   = Kansas State (1–0)
|Week2-9-Color  = u
|Week2-10   = Bowling Green (1–0)
|Week2-10-Color  =
|Week2-11   = Stanford (2–0)
|Week2-11-Color  = d
|Week2-12   = Creighton (1–0) т
|Week2-12-Color  = tu
|Week2-13   = UCLA (2–0) т
|Week2-13-Color  = u
|Week2-14   = Kentucky (0–1)
|Week2-14-Color  = d
|Week2-15   = NYU (1–0)
|Week2-15-Color  = u
|Week2-16   = Arizona State (2–0)
|Week2-16-Color  = d
|Week2-17   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}} (1–0)
|Week2-17-Color  = npr
|Week2-18   = Indiana (1–0)
|Week2-18-Color  = u
|Week2-19   = Dayton (1–0)
|Week2-19-Color  = d
|Week2-20   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}} (2–0)
|Week2-20-Color  = npr
|Week2Dropped   = {{ubl|St. Bonaventure|Colorado State}}
|Week3-1   = Cincinnati (4–0)
|Week3-1-Color  =
|Week3-2   = Duke (3–0)
|Week3-2-Color  =
|Week3-3   = Loyola-Chicago (2–0)
|Week3-3-Color  =
|Week3-4   = Ohio State (4–0)
|Week3-4-Color  = u
|Week3-5   = Mississippi State (3–0)
|Week3-5-Color  = u
|Week3-6   = Oregon State (1–1)
|Week3-6-Color  = d
|Week3-7   = Stanford (2–0)
|Week3-7-Color  = u
|Week3-8   = Illinois (2–0)
|Week3-8-Color  = d
|Week3-9   = Bowling Green (1–0)
|Week3-9-Color  = u
|Week3-10   = West Virginia (2–1)
|Week3-10-Color  = d
|Week3-11   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}} (3–0)
|Week3-11-Color  = npr
|Week3-12   = Wisconsin (2–1)
|Week3-12-Color  = d
|Week3-13   = Arizona State (3–0)
|Week3-13-Color  = u
|Week3-14   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Drake Bulldogs|title=Drake}} (3–0)
|Week3-14-Color  = npr
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|Week3-15-Color  = d
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|Week3-17-Color  = d
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|Week3-18-Color  = npr
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|Week3-19-Color  = npr
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|Week3-20-Color  = npr
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|Week4-1-Color  =
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|Week4-2-Color  =
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|Week4-3-Color  =
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|Week4-4-Color  =
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|Week4-5-Color  =
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|Week4-6-Color  = u
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|Week4-7-Color  = u
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|Week4-8-Color  = d
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|Week4-9-Color  = u
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|Week4-10-Color  =
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|Week4-12-Color  = u
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|Week4-13-Color  = d
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|Week4-14-Color  = u
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|Week4-15-Color  = u
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|Week4-16-Color  = tnpr
|Week4-17   = UCLA (4–2) т
|Week4-17-Color  = npr
|Week4-18   = Wisconsin (3–2)
|Week4-18-Color  = d
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|Week4-19-Color  = npr
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|Week4-20-Color  = npr
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|Week5-2-Color  = u
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|Week5-3-Color  = u
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|Week5-4-Color  = u
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|Week5-5-Color  = u
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|Week5-6-Color  = u
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|Week5-8-Color  = u
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|Week5-9-Color  = d
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|Week5-10-Color  = d
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|Week5-11-Color  = u
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|Week5-12-Color  = d
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|Week5-13-Color  = u
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|Week5-14-Color  = npr
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|Week5-15-Color  = npr
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|Week5-16-Color  = npr
|Week5-17   = Colorado (5–2)
|Week5-17-Color  = d
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|Week5-18-Color  = npr
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|Week5-19-Color  = u
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|Week5-20-Color  = npr
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|Week6-3-Color  = u
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|Week6-4-Color  = u
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|Week6-5-Color  = u
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|Week6-6-Color  = d
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|Week6-7-Color  = u
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|Week6-8-Color  = u
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|Week6-9-Color  = u
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|Week6-10-Color  = npr
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|Week6-11-Color  = d
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|Week6-12-Color  = npr
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|Week6-13-Color  = u
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|Week6-14-Color  = u
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|Week6-15-Color  = npr
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|Week6-16-Color  = npr
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|Week6-17-Color  = tnpr
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|Week6-18-Color  = d
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|Week6-20-Color  = d
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|Week7-5-Color  = u
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|Week7-7-Color  = u
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|Week7-8-Color  = u
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|Week7-10-Color  = d
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|Week7-11-Color  = d
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|Week7-12-Color  = u
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|Week7-13-Color  = tu
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|Week7-14-Color  = u
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|Week7-16-Color  = d
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|Week7-18-Color  = d
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|Week7-20-Color  = d
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|Week8-5-Color  = u
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|Week8-6-Color  = u
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|Week8-7-Color  = u
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|Week8-9-Color  = d
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|Week8-10-Color  = u
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|Week8-11-Color  = u
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|Week8-14-Color  = td
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|Week8-16-Color  = u
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|Week8-17-Color  = d
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|Week8-19-Color  = npr
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|Week8-20-Color  = d
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|Week9-3-Color  =
|Week9-4   = Duke (12–2)
|Week9-4-Color  = u
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|Week9-5-Color  = d
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|Week9-7-Color  = u
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|Week9-10-Color  = u
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|Week9-12-Color  = d
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|Week9-13-Color  = d
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|Week9-14-Color  = d
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|Week9-15-Color  = u
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|Week9-17-Color  = td
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|Week9-19-Color  = npr
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|Week10-3-Color  = u
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|Week10-9-Color  = u
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|Week10-11-Color  = d
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|Week10-12-Color  = u
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|Week10-13-Color  = u
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|Week10-14-Color  = d
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|Week10-15-Color  = u
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|Week10-17-Color  = d
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|Week10-18-Color  = u
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|Week10-19-Color  = tnpr
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|Week11-7-Color  = u
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|Week11-9-Color  = u
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|Week11-10-Color  = d
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|Week11-12-Color  = u
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|Week11-14-Color  =
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|Week11-15-Color  = u
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|Week11-16-Color  = tnpr
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|Week11-17-Color  = u
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|Week11-18-Color  = npr
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|Week11-20-Color  = d
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|Week12-7-Color  = u
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|Week12-9-Color  = d
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|Week12-11-Color  = u
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|Week12-13-Color  = u
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|Week12-15-Color  = npr
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|Week12-16-Color  = d
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|Week12-17-Color  = d
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|Week12-19-Color  = npr
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|Week12-20-Color  = npr
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|Week13-2-Color  = u
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|Week13-4-Color  = u
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|Week13-5-Color  = d
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|Week13-6-Color  = u
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|Week13-7-Color  = tu
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|Week13-10-Color  = d
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|Week13-11-Color  = d
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|Week13-12-Color  = u
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|Week13-13-Color  = d
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|Week13-14-Color  = d
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|Week13-15-Color  = npr
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|Week13-16-Color  = d
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|Week13-17-Color  = d
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|Week13-18-Color  = d
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|Week13-19-Color  = d
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|Week14-6-Color  = u
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|Week14-7-Color  = u
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|Week14-9-Color  = d
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|Week14-10-Color  = u
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|Week14-11-Color  = u
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|Week14-13-Color  = d
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|Week14-14-Color  = u
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|Week14-15-Color  = u
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|Week14-16-Color  = u
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|Week14-17-Color  = td
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|Week14-18-Color  = u
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|Week14-19-Color  = d
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|Week14-20-Color  = npr
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|Week15-3-Color  = u
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|Week15-4-Color  = u
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|Week15-6-Color  = u
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|Week15-9-Color  = d
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|Week15-12-Color  = u
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|Week15-13-Color  = tu
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|Week15-14-Color  = npr
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|Week15-15-Color  = u
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|Week15-16-Color  = d
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|Week15-17-Color  = npr
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|Week15-18-Color  = u
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|Week15-19-Color  = npr
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|Week15-20-Color  = npr
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|Week16-1-Color  =
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|Week16-2-Color  =
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|Week16-3-Color  =
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|Week16-4-Color  = u
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|Week16-5-Color  = u
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|Week16-6-Color  =
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|Week16-7-Color  =
|Week16-8   = Ohio State (20–4)
|Week16-8-Color  = d
|Week16-9   = {{cbb link|1=1962|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}} (17–6)
|Week16-9-Color  = npr
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|Week16-10-Color  = d
|Week16-11   = NYU (17–3)
|Week16-11-Color  = d
|Week16-12   = Texas (19–6)
|Week16-12-Color  = d
|Week16-13   = Providence (21–4)
|Week16-13-Color  =
|Week16-14   = Oregon State (19–7)
|Week16-14-Color  = u
|Week16-15   = UCLA (19–7)
|Week16-15-Color  = npr
|Week16-16   = Saint Joseph's (21–4) т
|Week16-16-Color  = tu
|Week16-17   = West Virginia (21–7) т
|Week16-17-Color  = u
|Week16-18   = Bowling Green (18–7)
|Week16-18-Color  =
|Week16-19   = Kansas State (17–8) т
|Week16-19-Color  = td
|Week16-20   = Seattle (21–6) т
|Week16-20-Color  =
|Week16Dropped   = {{ubl|Colorado State|Texas Western}}
}}
== References ==
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{{NCAA men's college basketball rankings}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1962-63 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}
[[Category:1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|*1962-63 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings]]
[[Category:College men's basketball rankings in the United States]]