| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | The Wildcats should move to 21-0 by the end of the week after contests against Mizzou and Alabama. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Virginia | Virginia held Georgia Tech to a mere 28 points. They held VT to 47, but needed a late explosion to reach 50. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Gonzaga | The one team that might be able to stop Gonzaga is St. Mary's. The Bulldogs beat them 68-47 on Thursday night. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Coach K picked up win 999 and 1,000 over the week. With trips to ND and UVA next, win 1,001 will not be easy. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Wisconsin | Wisconsin crushed Iowa at home and slipped past Michigan in OT on the road. This week Iowa gets another shot. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Arizona | Arizona took care of business against Stanford and Cal. This week they host the Oregon schools. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Kansas | Kansas made a statement by knocking off Oklahoma and Texas. This is still the team to beat in the Big 12. | 11 |
| 8 |  | Utah | Utah got back to their winning ways by beating up on WSU and UW. This week they head to Southern California. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Notre Dame | It took overtime against North Carolina State, but the Irish moved to 19-2 on the season and 7-1 in ACC play. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Villanova | Villanova looked back against Georgetown and lost by 20. Their lone game this week is at pesky DePaul. | 4 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Louisville will look for revenge on Saturday when they host UNC. Just two weeks ago they lost at UNC 72-71. | 13 |
| 12 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels had to hang on to beat FSU at home. The big game this week is in Louisville on Saturday afternoon. | 14 |
| 13 |  | Maryland | Maryland could not deal with the hot shooting of Indiana and then they were lucky to beat Northwestern at home. | 8 |
| 14 |  | Wichita State | Wichita State will face their toughest conference game of the year on Saturday when they head to Northern Iowa. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Texas | After losing at home to Kansas, the Longhorns hit the road to face Iowa State and Baylor this week. | 16 |
| 16 |  | VCU | VCU barely hung on to beat Saint Louis on Friday night. Next up are home games against GW and Richmond. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Northern Iowa | UNI held on to win at Illinois State and have a massive showdown with Wichita State looming on Saturday. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Iowa State | If there is a road game everybody in the Big 12 should win, it is at Texas Tech. Iowa State did not win in Lubbock. | 12 |
| 19 |  | West Virginia | WVU won an absolute thriller in overtime at home against TCU. Those are the games they should dominate though. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Baylor | After a tough half against Huston -Tillotson, Baylor played well the rest of the week, especially in the win over OU. | NR |
| 21 |  | Miami (FL) | This is a very dangerous Miami squad. After beating Syracuse on the road, they are now a solid 4-2 in ACC play. | NR |
| 22 |  | Colorado State | Colorado State picked up a nice win over San Diego State thanks to a hot shooting start. A tough trip to Boise is next. | 25 |
| 23 |  | Georgetown | After beating Nova by 20, it appears as though Georgetown is the new team to beat in the Big East. | NR |
| 24 |  | Arkansas | Arkansas put an end to their little losing streak by slipping past Alabama in overtime and Mizzou by one in regulation. | NR |
| 25 |  | Providence | Besides that loss to Brown, Providence has a pretty nice resume. But there are a lot of tough road games to come. | NR |
