Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
1 | Oklahoma | 15-1, 4-1 | at Iowa State, at Baylor | 2 | |
2 | North Carolina | 16-2, 5-0 | Wake Forest, at Virginia Tech | 5 | |
3 | Kansas | 15-2, 4-1 | at Oklahoma State, Texas | 1 | |
4 | Maryland | 16-2, 5-1 | Northwestern, at Michigan State | 3 | |
5 | Southern Methodist | 17-0, 6-0 | Houston, at Temple | 7 | |
6 | Xavier | 16-1, 4-1 | Georgetown, Seton Hall | 8 | |
7 | Villanova | 16-2, 6-0 | at Seton Hall, Providence | 13 | |
8 | Arizona | 15-3, 3-2 | at Stanford, at California | 12 | |
9 | Texas A&M | 15-2, 5-0 | LSU, Missouri | 14 | |
10 | West Virginia | 15-2, 4-1 | Texas, at Texas Tech | 17 | |
11 | Michigan State | 16-3, 3-3 | Nebraska, Maryland | 4 | |
12 | Duke | 14-4, 3-2 | Syracuse, at North Carolina State | 6 | |
13 | Miami (FL) | 13-3, 2-2 | at Boston College, Wake Forest | 9 | |
14 | Virginia | 13-4, 2-3 | Clemson, Syracuse | 10 | |
15 | Kentucky | 13-4, 3-2 | at Arkansas, Vanderbilt | 11 | |
16 | Iowa | 14-3, 5-0 | at Rutgers, Purdue | 23 | |
17 | Providence | 15-3, 3-2 | Butler, at Villanova | 15 | |
18 | Louisville | 14-3, 3-1 | Florida State, at Georgia Tech | 21 | |
19 | South Carolina | 16-1, 3-1 | at Mississippi, at Tennessee | 18 | |
20 | Purdue | 15-3, 3-2 | at Rutgers, Ohio State, at Iowa | 20 | |
21 | USC | 15-3, 4-1 | at Oregon, at Oregon State | NR | |
22 | Iowa State | 13-4, 2-3 | Oklahoma, at TCU | 16 | |
23 | Pittsburgh | 15-2, 4-1 | North Carolina State, at Florida State | 19 | |
24 | Baylor | 14-3, 4-1 | Kansas State, Oklahoma | 24 | |
25 | Butler | 13-4, 2-3 | at Providence, at Creighton | NR | |