| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky only scored 58 points against Providence, but they allowed just 38. The Longhorns come to town next. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Arizona | Arizona beat Missouri, Kansas State and San Diego State en route to a Maui Invitational title. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers had a great time in the Bahamas, knocking off UAB, Georgetown and Oklahoma. Duke is next. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Duke dropped 93 points on both Furman and Army. They will not be able to do that in Madison though. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Texas | Texas picked up another quality win over Connecticut and Friday's contest at Kentucky should be very interesting. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Villanova | The Wildcats crushed VCU and slipped past Michigan and are now 6-0. This is the team to beat in the Big East. | 9 |
| 7 |  | Gonzaga | It won't get any easier for Gonzaga. After beating Georgia and St. John's, the Zags now head to Arizona. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State has a big test coming up on Tuesday night when they travel to Louisville to take on the Cardinals. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Kansas | Kansas won the Orlando Classic, culminating with a win over Michigan State. Florida is up next. | 10 |
| 10 | 
| North Carolina | After falling to Butler, UNC rebounded with wins over UCLA and Florida in the Battle 4 Atlantis. | 5 |
| 11 |  | Wichita State | Wichita State has an interesting contest at Utah on Wednesday night. They also play Saint Louis this week. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Louisville | Louisville beat Minnesota a while back, but their toughest test of the young season comes against Ohio State. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Virginia | The Cavs have a couple very interesting road games coming up this weekend against Maryland and VCU. | 14 |
| 14 |  | San Diego State | SDSU's offense looked much better in Maui. They beat BYU and Pitt and lost to Arizona by just two points. | 20 |
| 15 |  | Syracuse | The Orange are off to a decent start and they can get a signature win on Tuesday night in Ann Arbor. | 19 |
| 16 | 
| Arkansas | Arkansas will take their 6-0 record to Iowa State in their toughest test of the young season. | 22 |
| 17 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines lost a close game to Villanova, but we will learn more when Michigan hosts Syracuse on Tuesday. | 16 |
| 18 |  | Michigan State | MSU beat Rider and Marquette in the Orlando Classic, but could not quite get past the Jayhawks. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State lost a tough game to Maryland on Tuesday and they have another big game against Arkansas this week. | 18 |
| 20 |  | VCU | Losing to Villanova was not a big deal, but there is reason to be worried after also falling to Old Dominion. | 15 |
| 21 | 
| West Virginia | West Virginia can add yet another quality win to the resume when they host LSU on Thursday night. | 25 |
| 22 | 
| Miami | Miami is now 7-0, but the victory over Florida on November 17th looks less impressive now. | NR |
| 23 | 
| Utah | The Utes can catapult up the rankings if they can get past Wichita State on Wednesday night. | NR |
| 24 |  | Oklahoma | A loss to Wisconsin in the Bahamas is certainly not bad. OU did pick up potentially good wins over Butler and UCLA. | 21 |
| 25 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish host Michigan State in this year's ACC/Big Ten Challenge. That contest is on Wednesday night. | NR |
