| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | The Wildcats got a week off to enjoy their win over Louisville. SEC play begins against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Duke | Duke added three more wins to their resume last week, including a 85-62 blowout over BC in their ACC opener. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Virginia | Virginia moved to 13-0 with a nice double overtime win at Miami. The big game this week is in South Bend. | 5 |
| 4 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers beat Penn State and Northwestern. Next up is Purdue and Rutgers. Now that's an easy start to B10 play. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Louisville | Louisville had to hang on to to win their ACC opener at Wake Forest. This week they play Clemson and UNC. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Arizona | Arizona followed up their surprise loss to UNLV with an easy 73-49 over rival ASU. This week they head to Oregon. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has spent a lot of time on the road, but are still off to a 3-0 start in WCC play. They may not lose for a while. | 8 |
| 8 | 
| Utah | The Utes absolutely crushed USC and UCLA. They will look to move to a 3-0 Pac-12 start against Colorado. | 11 |
| 9 |  | Texas | The Longhorns had to hang on to beat Texas Tech in their Big 12 opener. Oklahoma and OSU are up this week. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Villanova | There were some interesting games in the Big East last week and Nova losing at Seton Hall in OT was one of them. | 3 |
| 11 |  | Kansas | Kansas handled Kent State and UNLV last week and begin Big 12 play at Baylor on Wednesday night. | 12 |
| 12 | 
| Maryland | With wins over Michigan State and Minnesota, the Terps are off to a strong 2-0 start in the Big Ten. | 18 |
| 13 | 
| Notre Dame | The Irish needed double overtime, but they are off to a 2-0 ACC start following their win over Georgia Tech. | 14 |
| 14 |  | West Virginia | WVU knocked off previously unbeaten TCU. This week they play Texas Tech and a very good Iowa State squad. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Wichita State | Wichita State had a couple close wins to open MVC action, but wins are wins. Bradley and Loyola are up next. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State lost a tough game to South Carolina. And now they have to play a tough Big 12 schedule. | 10 |
| 17 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels crushed Clemson on Saturday. This week the competition gets much tougher with ND and Louisville. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Seton Hall | Seton Hall shocked many by going to 2-0 in the Big East with home wins over St. John's and Villanova. | NR |
| 19 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners are off to a great start in the Big 12 with a win over Baylor. It continues at Texas on Monday. | 21 |
| 20 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State suffered a tough loss at home to Iowa, but followed it up with a strong second half against Illinois. | 13 |
| 21 |  | VCU | VCU got off to a good start in A-10 play, but hosting a surprise Davidson team could be tricky on Wednesday night. | NR |
| 22 |  | Arkansas | The Razorbacks had no trouble with Utah Valley in their lone game last week. SEC begins at Georgia on Tuesday. | NR |
| 23 |  | George Washington | George Washington has managed to tally 11 wins despite a pretty tough non-conference slate. | NR |
| 24 |  | LSU | LSU did not have the most difficult non-conference schedule, but they are heading into SEC play at 11-2. | NR |
| 25 |  | Old Dominion | Old Dominion is sitting at 12-1 and that includes wins over LSU and VCU. Their road trip continues this week. | NR |
