| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky passed Columbia and North Carolina with relative ease. This week they take on UCLA. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Arizona | Arizona absolutely crushed a reeling Michigan squad. That win may look more impressive later. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Duke | Duke gets back in action this week with a home date with Elon and a contest against Connecticut. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Villanova | Villanova moved to 10-0 with wins over Illinois and Temple. This week they host Syracuse on Saturday afternoon. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Louisville | Louisville is playing their first true road game of the season on Saturday when they head to Western Kentucky. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers have absolutely dominated the competition since their loss to Duke. They don't play again until 12/22. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Texas | Texas held Texas State to 27 points in their only game of the week. The Bobcats had nine at the half. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Kansas | Kansas still looks like a young team at times, but they won two close games over good teams last week. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga went to UCLA and came away with a 87-74 win. The competition lightens up this week. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Virginia | Virginia will put their perfect record on the line against Cleveland State and Harvard this week. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes keep adding easy wins. It may not be quite so easy against North Carolina on Saturday. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State was busy last week, beating Kansas City, Iowa and Southern. They are averaging over 84 points per game. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Wichita State | Wichita State managed to get by Seton Hall and Detroit. Alabama will provide a tough game on Tuesday. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma has an interesting game coming up on Saturday when they play Washington in Las Vegas. | 17 |
| 15 | 
| Utah | The Utes mounted an impressive comeback against Kansas but came a few points away from victory in the end. | 15 |
| 16 |  | San Diego State | San Diego State edged Long Beach State 60-59 to bounce back from their tough 36 point performance vs. Washington. | 19 |
| 17 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame picked up an ACC victory with an 83-63 romp over Florida State. Next up is Purdue. | 18 |
| 18 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia barely slipped past Marshall 69-66. They will need to play better against NC State on Saturday. | 21 |
| 19 |  | North Carolina | There is no shame in losing to Kentucky, but North Carolina still needs to develop more consistency. | 12 |
| 20 |  | Washington | The Huskies snuck past a very, very good Eastern Washington team to remain perfect on the season. | 23 |
| 21 |  | Butler | The Bulldogs were outscored 42-21 in the second half against Tennsesee to lose by a dozen points. | 16 |
| 22 | 
| Miami | Miami has another quiet week coming up with their lone game against Eastern Kentucky. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Northern Iowa | UNI lost in a double overtime thriller at VCU on Saturday, but we won't punish them too much for that. | 20 |
| 24 |  | California | This is a tough Cal team to get a handle on, but they are 9-1 and keep winning, even if it is ugly at times. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Maryland | Maryland did not blow out USC-Upstate or North Carolina Central, but they are 10-1. | NR |
