| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky held Montana State to 28 points, but the bigger news is that they beat Kansas 72-40. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Arizona | Arizona is off to Maui in what should be a fun week for the Wildcats. It starts with Mizzou on Monday. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers are off to a 4-0 start, but they will be tested in the Bahamas this week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Duke beat Michigan State and Temple last week and the young Blue Devils are living up to their hype early. | 4 |
| 5 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels are heading to the Bahamas and will likely run into some very good teams, including Wisconsin. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas | Texas came away from the 2K Classic with wins over Iowa and California. The big one this week is at Connecticut. | 10 |
| 7 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has looked great so far and this week they are off to New York to play Georgia in the NIT Season Tip-Off. | 9 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State's offense appears extremely potent, but we won't know much until they play somebody good. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Villanova | Villanova has had some close calls against subpar competition, so the game against VCU will be interesting. | 11 |
| 10 |  | Kansas | It is not surprising that Kansas lost to Kentucky, but they got absolutely destroyed. | 7 |
| 11 |  | Wichita State | Wichita State is off to a strong start and they should be able to reach 4-0 this week with Tulsa up next. | 13 |
| 12 |  | Florida | There are reasons why Florida is not playing great right now, but they shouldn't lose to Miami and go to OT vs. ULM | 6 |
| 13 |  | Louisville | Louisville added a couple easy wins to their resume last week and they should do the same this week. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Virginia | UVA is off to a 4-0 start. This weekend they head to New York to partake in the Barclays Center Classic. | 15 |
| 15 |  | VCU | VCU is off to a good start and there is an interesting matchup with Villanova coming up on Monday. | 18 |
| 16 |  | Michigan | Michigan will face their first tough competition this week at the Legends Classic in Brooklyn. | 19 |
| 17 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans fell to Duke 81-71 and the competition at the Orlando Classic will not be easy either. | 16 |
| 18 |  | Iowa State | The Cyclones will face Alabama in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic and then take on either Arizona State or Maryland. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Syracuse | The Orange lost to California at the 2K Classic, but they did squeak past the Hawkeyes. | 12 |
| 20 |  | San Diego State | Winning ugly is still winning, but San Diego State's offense looked pretty awful last week. | 24 |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma | OU fell to Creighton on Wednesday night, but they can pick up some big wins this week in the Bahamas. | 17 |
| 22 | 
| Arkansas | Arkansas is off to a nice start and beat Wake Forest by 30 points. They will get tested more by SMU on Tuesday. | NR |
| 23 |  | Stanford | Stanford lost to Duke, but they didn't look too bad in the process. Next up is Delaware and DePaul. | 23 |
| 24 | 
| Providence | Providence came away from the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament with wins over Florida State and Notre Dame. | NR |
| 25 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia went to Puerto Rico and came home with nice wins over George Mason, Boston College and Uconn. | NR |
