The Kansas University men’s bowling team is ranked fifth in the latest National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Assn. poll. The ranking, which is two spots higher than in the last poll, is the team’s highest ever.
| RANK | LAST | /td> | SCHOOL | CITY | STATE | PTS | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Morehead State University | Morehead | KY | 748 | 14 | |
| 2 | 5 | Wichita State University | Wichita | KS | 648 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Saginaw Valley State University | University Center | MI | 584 | 1 | |
| 4 | 2 | Western Illinois University | Macomb | IL | 512 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kansas University | Lawrence | KS | 466 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | Vincennes University | Vincennes | IN | 420 | 0 | |
| 7 | 14 | Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica | NY | 419 | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | Lindenwood University | St. Charles | MO | 314 | 0 | |
| 9 | 19 | San Jose State University | San Jose | CA | 305 | 0 | |
| 10 | 9 | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ | 286 | 0 | |
| 11 | – | Utah /University of | Salt Lake City | UT | 284 | 0 | |
| 12 | 13 | Florida State University | Tallahassee | FL | 273 | 0 | |
| 13 | 11 | St. John’s University | Jamaica | NY | 181 | 0 | |
| 14 | 8 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb | IL | 173 | 0 | |
| 15 | 16 | Nebraska /University of – Lincoln | Lincoln | NE | 124 | 0 | |
| 16 | – | Erie Community College | Buffalo | NY | 108 | 0 | |
| 17 | – | California State Univ. – Fresno | Fresno | CA | 101 | 0 | |
| 18 | – | Mesa Community College | Mesa | AZ | 74 | 0 | |
| 19 | 10 | Penn State Univ. – Main | State College | PA | 44 | 0 | |
| 20 | 17 | West Texas A&M University | Canyon | TX | 38 | 0 |
