| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Carolina | 19-2, 8-0 | at Louisville, at Notre Dame | 1 |
| 2 |  | Oklahoma | 18-2, 6-2 | TCU, at Kansas State | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | 19-3, 8-2 | at Nebraska, Purdue | 5 |
| 4 |  | Xavier | 19-2, 7-2 | St. John's, Marquette | 7 |
| 5 |  | Kansas | 17-4, 5-3 | Kansas State, at TCU | 4 |
| 6 |  | Texas A&M | 18-3, 7-1 | at Vanderbilt, South Carolina | 3 |
| 7 |  | Southern Methodist | 19-1, 8-1 | at Houston, at South Florida | 8 |
| 8 |  | Iowa | 17-4, 8-1 | Penn State, at Illinois | 6 |
| 9 |  | Villanova | 18-3, 8-1 | Creighton, at Providence | 9 |
| 10 |  | Virginia | 17-4, 6-3 | Boston College, at Pittsburgh | 12 |
| 11 |  | Michigan State | 19-4, 6-4 | at Michigan | 13 |
| 12 |  | Providence | 18-4, 6-3 | at DePaul, Villanova | 10 |
| 13 |  | Miami (FL) | 16-4, 5-3 | Notre Dame, at Georgia Tech | 11 |
| 14 |  | West Virginia | 17-4, 6-2 | at Iowa State, Baylor | 14 |
| 15 |  | Oregon | 18-4, 7-2 | Colorado, Utah | 21 |
| 16 |  | Arizona | 17-5, 5-4 | at Washington State, at Washington | 15 |
| 17 |  | Iowa State | 16-5, 5-3 | West Virginia, at Oklahoma State | 18 |
| 18 |  | Kentucky | 16-5, 6-2 | at Tennessee, Florida | 16 |
| 19 |  | Purdue | 19-4, 7-3 | at Maryland | 23 |
| 20 |  | Louisville | 17-4, 6-2 | North Carolina, Boston College | 17 |
| 21 |  | South Carolina | 19-2, 6-2 | at Georgia, at Texas A&M | 22 |
| 22 |  | Indiana | 18-4, 8-1 | at Michigan, at Penn State | 19 |
| 23 |  | Baylor | 17-4, 6-2 | Texas, at West Virginia | 24 |
| 24 |  | Wichita State | 16-5, 10-0 | Southern Illinois, at Illinois State | NR |
| 25 |  | Dayton | 18-3, 8-1 | at George Mason | NR |
