| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Villanova | 19-1, 7-1 | at Marquette, Virginia | 2 |
| 2 |  | Kansas | 18-1, 7-0 | at West Virginia, at Kentucky | 3 |
| 3 |  | Gonzaga | 19-0, 7-0 | at Portland, San Diego, at Pepperdine | 4 |
| 4 |  | UCLA | 19-2, 6-2 | at USC | 1 |
| 5 |  | Kentucky | 17-2, 7-0 | at Tennessee, Kansas | 5 |
| 6 |  | North Carolina | 18-3, 6-1 | Virginia Tech, at Miami | 9 |
| 7 |  | Florida State | 18-2, 6-1 | at Georgia Tech, at Syracuse | 10 |
| 8 |  | Arizona | 18-2, 7-0 | Washington State, Washington | 16 |
| 9 |  | Baylor | 18-1, 6-1 | Texas Tech, at Mississippi | 8 |
| 10 |  | Oregon | 18-2, 7-0 | at Utah, at Colorado | 12 |
| 11 |  | Notre Dame | 17-3, 6-1 | Virginia, at Georgia Tech | 13 |
| 12 |  | Creighton | 18-2, 5-2 | at Georgetown, DePaul | 6 |
| 13 |  | Butler | 17-3, 6-2 | at Seton Hall, Georgetown | 11 |
| 14 |  | Virginia | 15-3, 5-2 | at Notre Dame, at Villanova | 14 |
| 15 |  | Louisville | 16-4, 4-3 | at Pittsburgh, North Carolina State | 15 |
| 16 |  | Purdue | 16-4, 5-2 | at Michigan State, at Nebraska | 17 |
| 17 |  | Wisconsin | 16-3, 5-1 | Penn State, at Rutgers | 18 |
| 18 |  | Duke | 15-4, 3-3 | North Carolina State, at Wake Forest | 19 |
| 19 |  | Cincinnati | 17-2, 7-0 | Xavier, South Florida | 21 |
| 20 |  | Maryland | 17-2, 5-1 | Rutgers, at Minnesota | 22 |
| 21 |  | West Virginia | 15-4, 4-3 | Kansas, Texas A&M | 7 |
| 22 |  | Saint Mary's | 17-2, 7-1 | San Francisco, at Santa Clara | 23 |
| 23 |  | South Carolina | 15-4, 5-1 | Auburn, at Missouri | 25 |
| 24 |  | SMU | 17-4, 7-1 | at UCF | NR |
| 25 |  | Northwestern | 16-4, 5-2 | Nebraska, Indiana | NR |
