| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Kansas | 21-4, 9-3 | Oklahoma State, at Kansas State | 4 |
| 2 |  | North Carolina | 21-4, 10-2 | Duke, Miami | 5 |
| 3 |  | Villanova | 22-3, 12-1 | at Temple, Butler | 7 |
| 4 |  | Maryland | 22-4, 10-3 | at Minnesota, Michigan | 1 |
| 5 |  | Oklahoma | 20-4, 8-4 | at Texas Tech, at West Virginia | 3 |
| 6 |  | Xavier | 22-3, 10-3 | Providence, at Georgetown | 2 |
| 7 |  | Iowa | 20-5, 11-2 | at Penn State | 6 |
| 8 |  | Miami (FL) | 20-4, 9-3 | Virginia Tech, at North Carolina | 11 |
| 9 |  | Virginia | 20-5, 9-4 | North Carolina State | 8 |
| 10 |  | Michigan State | 21-5, 8-5 | Wisconsin | 10 |
| 11 |  | West Virginia | 20-5, 9-3 | at Texas, Oklahoma | 9 |
| 12 |  | Arizona | 21-5, 9-5 | Arizona State | 16 |
| 13 |  | Southern Methodist | 21-3, 9-3 | at Connecticut, East Carolina | 12 |
| 14 |  | Duke | 19-6, 8-4 | at North Carolina, at Louisville | 24 |
| 15 |  | Iowa State | 18-7, 7-5 | at Baylor, TCU | 17 |
| 16 |  | Dayton | 21-3, 11-1 | at Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure | 20 |
| 17 |  | Kentucky | 19-6, 9-3 | Tennessee, at Texas A&M | 22 |
| 18 |  | Oregon | 20-6, 9-4 | Oregon State | 13 |
| 19 |  | Louisville | 19-6, 8-4 | Syracuse, Duke | 14 |
| 20 |  | Providence | 19-7, 7-6 | at Xavier | 18 |
| 21 |  | Notre Dame | 18-7, 9-4 | at Georgia Tech | NR |
| 22 |  | Purdue | 20-6, 8-5 | Northwestern, at Indiana | 23 |
| 23 |  | South Carolina | 21-4, 8-4 | at Missouri, Florida | 19 |
| 24 |  | Texas A&M | 18-7, 7-5 | Mississippi, Kentucky | 15 |
| 25 |  | Utah | 19-7, 8-5 | at UCLA, at USC | NR |
