The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team’s records, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Houston (25) | 24-3 | 791 | 2 |
| 2. Connecticut (3) | 25-3 | 756 | 1 |
| 3. Purdue (4) | 25-3 | 755 | 3 |
| 4. Tennessee | 21-6 | 698 | 5 |
| 5. Marquette | 21-6 | 616 | 8 |
| 6. Iowa State | 21-6 | 605 | 6 |
| 7. Arizona | 21-6 | 597 | 4 |
| 8. North Carolina | 21-6 | 589 | 9 |
| 9. Kansas | 21-6 | 582 | 10 |
| 10. Duke | 21-6 | 461 | 7 |
| 11. Auburn | 21-6 | 426 | 14 |
| 12. Creighton | 20-8 | 412 | 15 |
| 13. Alabama | 19-8 | 372 | 13 |
| 14. Baylor | 19-8 | 353 | 11 |
| 15. Kentucky | 19-8 | 351 | 17 |
| 16. Illinois | 20-7 | 348 | 12 |
| 17. Saint Mary’s | 23-6 | 332 | 18 |
| 18. South Carolina | 22-5 | 214 | 20 |
| 19. San Diego State | 21-7 | 153 | 19 |
| 20. Dayton | 21-5 | 152 | 16 |
| 21. Washington State | 21-7 | 149 | 22 |
| 22. Gonzaga | 22-6 | 132 | NR |
| 23. Utah State | 22-5 | 114 | NR |
| 24. Florida | 19-8 | 98 | NR |
| 25. South Florida | 21-5 | 57 | NR |
Dropped Out: No. 21 Brigham Young (19-8); No. 23 Texas Tech (19-8); No. 24 Colorado State (20-8); No. 25 TCU (19-8).
Others receiving votes: Brigham Young (19-8) 53; Wake Forest (18-9) 51; TCU (19-8) 36; Texas Tech (19-8) 35; Wisconsin (18-9) 20; Oklahoma (19-8) 19; Clemson (19-8) 15; Nevada (22-6) 14; Virginia (20-8) 10; Nebraska (20-8) 8; Appalachian State (24-5) 8; Seton Hall (18-9) 7; Loyola Chicago (20-7) 3; Northwestern (19-8) 3; ; Indiana State (24-5) 2; James Madison (26-3) 2; Boise State (19-8) 1.
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