| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | The Wildcats finished the regular season with a perfect 31-0 record. Now it's off to the SEC Tournament. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Duke | Duke finished the regular season with another big win over UNC. Next up is the winner of Pitt and NC State. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Virginia | Virginia's nine game winning streak came to an end in Louisville on Saturday. They may get a chance for revenge. | 2 |
| 4 |  | Villanova | Villanova is taking their 12 game winning streak to MSG this week for the Big East Tournament. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Arizona | Arizona took care of Cal and Stanford and the offense is on a roll heading into the Pac-12 Tournament. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers crushed Ohio State to end the regular season with a 28-3 overall record and 16-2 in Big Ten action. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga overcame a slow start to beat USF in the WCC tourney. They'll play Pepperdine in the semi's on Monday. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Maryland | Maryland did not have an easy time on the road last week, but they beat both Rutgers and Nebraska in the end. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame got a huge win at Louisville and finished ACC play with an impressive 14-4 record. | 11 |
| 10 |  | Kansas | It took overtime for the Jayhawks to beat WVU at home and then they lost a tight contest at Oklahoma. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Louisville had a tough game against Notre Dame on Wednesday, but beat Virginia 59-57 on Senior Day. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Northern Iowa | UNI cruised past Bradley, Loyola and Illinois State to win the MVC title, but we all wanted to see WSU again. | 14 |
| 13 |  | Wichita State | After their semifinal loss to Illinois State, Wichita State has to wait nearly two weeks before playing again. | 9 |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | After a tough loss at Iowa State, Oklahoma looked good in their win over Kansas. Momentum is heading up. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Iowa State | A week after losing two games, Iowa State turned things around and knocked off Oklahoma and TCU. | 18 |
| 16 |  | Utah | For the third week in a row, Utah has gone 1-1. This time they beat WSU and lost at Washington. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Baylor | Baylor is backing their way into the Big 12 tournament after a loss at Texas and a close win against Texas Tech. | 16 |
| 18 |  | Arkansas | Arkansas suffered a tough home loss against LSU to end the regular season, but they are the #2 seed in the SEC. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Butler | Butler fell to Georgetown on Tuesday night, but picked up a nice road win at Providence on Saturday. | 20 |
| 20 |  | North Carolina | This may be one of the better ten loss teams we've seen in a while. Arguably their worst loss is against NC State. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Southern Methodist | With their 67-62 victory over Tulsa on Sunday, SMU won their first league title in 22 years. | 23 |
| 22 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia ended their two game skid by beating Oklahoma State on Senior Day. They play Baylor on Thursday. | 21 |
| 23 |  | Ohio State | Even with the home loss to Wisconsin, the Buckeyes are playing pretty good basketball right now. | 22 |
| 24 |  | Oregon | The Ducks have now won five games in a row and are heading into the Pac-12 tourney with a lot of momentum. | NR |
| 25 |  | Georgetown | With wins over Butler and Seton Hall, Georgetown nabbed the #2 seed in the Big East Tournament. | NR |
