Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Kentucky | Kentucky's bid for regular season perfection concludes this week at Georgia and at home against Florida. | 1 | |
2 | Virginia | Virginia has a tough week ahead with road trips to Sryracuse and Louisville. The Cards played UVA close earlier. | 3 | |
3 | Duke | Duke survived a surprisingly tough game at VT and beat Syracuse easily. The rematch against UNC is on Saturday. | 5 | |
4 | Villanova | Nova crushed Providence and came from behind to beat Xavier by a dozen. They finish vs. Creighton and St. John's. | 6 | |
5 | Arizona | With their victory at Utah, Arizona has clinched a share of the Pac-12 title and the #1 seed in the conference tourney. | 7 | |
6 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin lost at Maryland, but did pick up a nice win over MSU on Senior Day. Trips to Minny and OSU are next. | 4 | |
7 | Gonzaga | Losing the last game of the regular season is not a good way to head to the postseason. A #1 seed is unlikely now. | 2 | |
8 | Kansas | The Big 12 title is still up for grabs and it could come down to Kansas' road trip to Oklahoma on Saturday. | 9 | |
9 | Wichita State | With their win against Northern Iowa, Wichita State won the MVC title outright and will be the top seed in St. Louis. | 11 | |
10 | Maryland | Maryland got a huge win over Wisconsin and that should boost them up to at least #3 seed for now. | 14 | |
11 | Notre Dame | The Irish were upset at home by Syracuse in their lone game of the week. They can make up it for it at Louisville. | 8 | |
12 | Louisville | Once again Louisville looked sluggish in a 52-51 win over Georgia Tech, but they beat FSU handily over the weekend. | 15 | |
13 | Utah | Utah had their chance to earn part of a Pac-12 title against Arizona, but they fell 63-57 to the Wildcats. | 12 | |
14 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa may not have won the MVC, but they will almost certainly get another shot at WSU this weekend. | 10 | |
15 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma won yet another close contest, this time against TCU. They finish against Iowa State and Kansas. | 17 | |
16 | Baylor | It was a statement week for Baylor. They looked good in a win at Hilton and a win at home over West Virginia. | 22 | |
17 | Arkansas | Arkansas picked up a big home win over Texas A&M before the fell at Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. | 16 | |
18 | Iowa State | Iowa State lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. They'll hope to end their skid against Oklahoma. | 13 | |
19 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels lost a tough home game to North Carolina State, but they'll look ahead to Duke on Saturday. | 18 | |
20 | Butler | Butler is now all alone in second place in the Big East. Georgetown and Providence will be tough though. | 23 | |
21 | West Virginia | The Mountaineers won at home and lost on the road. That will probably happen again this week. | 20 | |
22 | Ohio State | With wins over Nebraska and Purdue, Ohio State has moved into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten. | NR | |
23 | Southern Methodist | A share of the AAC title will be on the line when SMU hosts Tulsa in their regular season finale on Sunday. | 19 | |
24 | Murray State | Murray State finish Ohio Valley play with a perfect 16-0 record. They have not lost since November 29th. | NR | |
25 | Dayton | The Flyers picked up their biggest win of the year when they went to VCU and came home with a 59-55 win. | NR |