| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Carolina | 18-2, 7-0 | Boston College | 2 |
| 2 |  | Oklahoma | 16-2, 5-2 | Texas Tech, at LSU | 1 |
| 3 |  | Texas A&M | 17-2, 7-0 | at Arkansas, Iowa State | 9 |
| 4 |  | Kansas | 16-3, 5-2 | at Iowa State, Kentucky | 3 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | 17-3, 5-2 | Iowa, at Ohio State | 4 |
| 6 |  | Iowa | 16-3, 7-0 | at Maryland, Northwestern | 16 |
| 7 |  | Xavier | 17-2, 5-2 | at Providence, at DePaul | 6 |
| 8 |  | Southern Methodist | 18-1, 7-1 | Memphis | 5 |
| 9 |  | Villanova | 17-3, 7-1 | at St. John's | 7 |
| 10 |  | Providence | 17-3, 3-2 | Xavier, at Georgetown | 17 |
| 11 |  | Miami (FL) | 15-3, 4-2 | Duke, at North Carolina State | 13 |
| 12 |  | Virginia | 15-4, 4-3 | at Wake Forest, at Louisville | 14 |
| 13 |  | Michigan State | 17-4, 4-4 | at Northwestern, Rutgers | 11 |
| 14 |  | West Virginia | 16-3, 5-2 | Kansas State, at Florida | 10 |
| 15 |  | Arizona | 16-4, 4-3 | Oregon, Oregon State | 8 |
| 16 |  | Kentucky | 15-4, 5-2 | Missouri, at Kansas | 15 |
| 17 |  | Louisville | 16-3, 5-1 | at Virginia Tech, Virginia | 18 |
| 18 |  | Iowa State | 15-4, 4-3 | Kansas, at Texas A&M | 22 |
| 19 |  | Indiana | 17-3, 7-0 | at Wisconsin, Minnesota | NR |
| 20 |  | Duke | 15-5, 4-3 | at Miami | 12 |
| 21 |  | Oregon | 16-4, 5-2 | at Arizona, at Arizona State | NR |
| 22 |  | South Carolina | 17-2, 4-2 | Mississippi State, Alabama | 19 |
| 23 |  | Purdue | 17-4, 5-3 | at Minnesota, Nebraska | 20 |
| 24 |  | Baylor | 15-4, 5-2 | at Oklahoma State, Georgia | 24 |
| 25 |  | Pittsburgh | 16-3, 5-2 | at Clemson, Virginia Tech | 23 |
