| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Gonzaga | 22-0, 10-0 | at BYU, Santa Clara | 3 |
| 2 |  | Kansas | 19-2, 7-1 | Baylor, Iowa State | 2 |
| 3 |  | Villanova | 20-2, 7-2 | at Providence, St. John's | 1 |
| 4 |  | Arizona | 20-2, 9-0 | at Oregon State, at Oregon | 8 |
| 5 |  | Baylor | 20-1, 7-1 | at Kansas, Kansas State | 9 |
| 6 |  | Virginia | 16-4, 6-2 | Virginia Tech, at Syracuse | 14 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | 18-4, 6-3 | at Boston College | 15 |
| 8 |  | West Virginia | 17-4, 5-3 | at Iowa State, Oklahoma State | 21 |
| 9 |  | Kentucky | 17-4, 7-1 | Georgia, at Florida | 5 |
| 10 |  | Oregon | 19-3, 8-1 | Arizona State, Arizona | 10 |
| 11 |  | North Carolina | 19-4, 7-2 | Pittsburgh, Notre Dame | 6 |
| 12 |  | Wisconsin | 18-3, 7-1 | at Illinois, Indiana | 17 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | 19-3, 6-3 | at Washington State, at Washington | 4 |
| 14 |  | Butler | 18-4, 7-3 | Creighton | 13 |
| 15 |  | Cincinnati | 19-2, 8-0 | at Tulsa, Connecticut | 19 |
| 16 |  | Maryland | 19-2, 7-1 | at Ohio State, Purdue | 20 |
| 17 |  | Purdue | 17-5, 6-3 | Northwestern, at Maryland | 16 |
| 18 |  | Florida State | 18-4, 6-3 | at Miami, Clemson | 7 |
| 19 |  | Notre Dame | 17-5, 6-3 | Duke, at North Carolina | 11 |
| 20 |  | Creighton | 19-3, 6-3 | at Butler, Xavier | 12 |
| 21 |  | Saint Mary's | 19-2, 9-1 | at Pacific, at San Diego | 22 |
| 22 |  | South Carolina | 17-4, 7-1 | at LSU, Georgia | 23 |
| 23 |  | Duke | 16-5, 4-4 | at Notre Dame, Pittsburgh | 18 |
| 24 |  | SMU | 18-4, 8-1 | East Carolina, at Tulsa | 24 |
| 25 |  | Northwestern | 18-4, 7-2 | at Purdue | 25 |
