1959–60 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | No. 2 California | 11 | – | 1 | | .917 | | | 28 | – | 2 | | .933 | UCLA | 7 | – | 5 | | .583 | | | 14 | – | 12 | | .538 | USC | 5 | – | 7 | | .417 | | | 16 | – | 11 | | .593 | Stanford | 4 | – | 7 | | .364 | | | 11 | – | 14 | | .440 | Washington | 2 | – | 9 | | .182 | | | 15 | – | 13 | | .536 | | Rankings from AP Poll[7] | | | |
1959–60 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | No. 3 Ohio State | 13 | – | 1 | | .929 | | | 25 | – | 3 | | .893 | No. 7 Indiana | 11 | – | 3 | | .786 | | | 20 | – | 4 | | .833 | Illinois | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 16 | – | 7 | | .696 | Minnesota | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 12 | – | 12 | | .500 | Northwestern | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 11 | – | 12 | | .478 | Iowa | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 14 | – | 10 | | .583 | Purdue | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 11 | – | 12 | | .478 | Michigan State | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 10 | – | 11 | | .476 | Wisconsin | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 8 | – | 16 | | .333 | Michigan | 1 | – | 13 | | .071 | | | 4 | – | 20 | | .167 | | Rankings from AP Poll | | | 1959–60 Ivy League men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | Princeton | 11 | – | 3 | | .786 | | | 15 | – | 9 | | .625 | Dartmouth | 10 | – | 4 | | .714 | | | 14 | – | 9 | | .609 | Cornell | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 13 | – | 10 | | .565 | Pennsylvania | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 14 | – | 11 | | .560 | Brown | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 13 | – | 12 | | .520 | Harvard | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 12 | – | 11 | | .522 | Yale | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 6 | – | 17 | | .261 | Columbia | 2 | – | 12 | | .143 | | | 9 | – | 14 | | .391 | | Rankings from AP Poll | |
| | 1959–60 MAC men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | University | Saint Joseph's* | 7 | – | 1 | | .875 | | | 20 | – | 7 | | .741 | La Salle | 6 | – | 1 | | .857 | | | 16 | – | 6 | | .727 | Temple | 9 | – | 2 | | .818 | | | 17 | – | 9 | | .654 | Gettysburg | 7 | – | 3 | | .700 | | | 15 | – | 11 | | .577 | Bucknell | 6 | – | 5 | | .545 | | | 10 | – | 11 | | .476 | Rutgers | 4 | – | 4 | | .500 | | | 11 | – | 14 | | .440 | Lafayette | 6 | – | 7 | | .462 | | | 12 | – | 13 | | .480 | Lehigh | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 6 | – | 16 | | .273 | Muhlenberg | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 8 | – | 18 | | .308 | Delaware | 1 | – | 9 | | .100 | | | 7 | – | 16 | | .304 | College–Northern | Wagner | 10 | – | 0 | | 1.000 | | | | – | | | – | Albright | 10 | – | 3 | | .769 | | | 16 | – | 8 | | .667 | Wilkes | | – | | | – | | | 6 | – | 7 | | .462 | Juniata | | – | | | – | | | 5 | – | 12 | | .294 | Elizabethtown | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Lebanon Valley | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Moravian | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Stevens** | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Hofstra | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Susquehanna | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Lycoming | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Scranton | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Upsala | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | College–Southern | Drexel † | 10 | – | 4 | | .714 | | | 12 | – | 7 | | .632 | Pennsylvania Military | 10 | – | 7 | | .588 | | | 12 | – | 8 | | .600 | Ursinus | | – | | | – | | | 9 | – | 6 | | .600 | Haverford | 3 | – | 9 | | .250 | | | 7 | – | 9 | | .438 | Washington (MD)** | | – | | | – | | | 10 | – | 9 | | .526 | Franklin & Marshall | | – | | | – | | | 3 | – | 14 | | .176 | Johns Hopkins | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Swarthmore | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | West Chester** | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Western Maryland | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | Dickinson | | – | | | – | | | | – | | | – | | † College Division playoff game winner * – University Division regular-season champion ** – Ineligible for championship | |
| 1959–60 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | No. 6 Utah | 13 | – | 1 | | .929 | | | 26 | – | 3 | | .897 | No. 8 Utah State | 12 | – | 2 | | .857 | | | 24 | – | 5 | | .828 | Colorado State | 10 | – | 4 | | .714 | | | 13 | – | 10 | | .565 | Denver | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 13 | – | 11 | | .542 | BYU | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 8 | – | 17 | | .320 | Montana | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 7 | – | 17 | | .292 | New Mexico | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 6 | – | 19 | | .240 | Wyoming | 2 | – | 12 | | .143 | | | 5 | – | 19 | | .208 | | Rankings from AP Poll | | |
| | 1959–60 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT | Texas | 11 | – | 3 | | .786 | | | 18 | – | 8 | | .692 | Texas A&M | 10 | – | 4 | | .714 | | | 19 | – | 5 | | .792 | SMU | 10 | – | 4 | | .714 | | | 17 | – | 7 | | .708 | Arkansas | 7 | – | 7 | | .500 | | | 12 | – | 11 | | .522 | Texas Tech | 7 | – | 7 | | .500 | | | 10 | – | 14 | | .417 | Baylor | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 12 | – | 12 | | .500 | TCU | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 7 | – | 17 | | .292 | Rice | 1 | – | 13 | | .071 | | | 4 | – | 20 | | .167 | | Rankings from AP Poll | |
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