| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Gonzaga | 26-0, 14-0 | San Francisco, Pacific | 1 |
| 2 |  | Villanova | 24-2, 11-2 | at DePaul, at Seton Hall | 2 |
| 3 |  | Kansas | 22-3, 10-2 | West Virginia, at Baylor | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | 22-3, 9-3 | at Texas Tech, Kansas | 8 |
| 5 |  | North Carolina | 21-5, 9-3 | at North Carolina State, Virginia | 6 |
| 6 |  | Oregon | 22-4, 11-2 | Utah, Colorado | 5 |
| 7 |  | Arizona | 23-3, 12-1 | at Washington State, at Washington | 9 |
| 8 |  | UCLA | 23-3, 10-3 | USC | 10 |
| 9 |  | West Virginia | 20-5, 8-4 | at Kansas, Texas Tech | 13 |
| 10 |  | Virginia | 18-6, 8-4 | Duke, at North Carolina | 14 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | 20-5, 8-4 | at Syracuse, Virginia Tech | 4 |
| 12 |  | Purdue | 20-5, 9-3 | Rutgers, Michigan State | 15 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | 21-5, 9-4 | at Pittsburgh | 12 |
| 14 |  | Duke | 20-5, 8-4 | at Virginia, Wake Forest | 17 |
| 15 |  | Florida | 20-5, 10-2 | at Auburn, at Mississippi State | 18 |
| 16 |  | Kentucky | 20-5, 10-2 | Tennessee, at Georgia | 19 |
| 17 |  | SMU | 22-4, 12-1 | Tulane, at Houston | 23 |
| 18 |  | Cincinnati | 22-3, 11-1 | at South Florida, Tulsa | 11 |
| 19 |  | Notre Dame | 19-7, 8-5 | at Boston College, at North Carolina State | 24 |
| 20 |  | Creighton | 21-4, 8-4 | at Seton Hall, Georgetown | NR |
| 21 |  | Wisconsin | 21-4, 10-2 | at Michigan, Maryland | 7 |
| 22 |  | Butler | 19-6, 8-5 | St. John's, DePaul | 20 |
| 23 |  | Saint Mary's | 22-3, 12-2 | Loyola Marymount, at BYU | 21 |
| 24 |  | Maryland | 21-4, 9-3 | at Northwestern, at Wisconsin | 16 |
| 25 |  | Xavier | 18-7, 8-4 | at Providence, at Marquette | 25 |
