| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut dominated South Carolina 83-58 and had no trouble with Cincinnati on Sunday. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State survived a tough challenge from Missouri to improve to 23-0 on the season. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Baylor | Baylor was pushed a little bit by Oklahoma State but the Bears pulled away for a solid victory. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Louisville | Louisville had a very productive week with two wins at Virginia and Syracuse. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame snapped Duke's 30 game home winning streak with a 72-54 win over the Blue Devils. | 5 |
| 6 |  | UCLA | Bruins defended at a high level against USC as they limited the Trojans to 46 points on Friday night. | 8 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | Gamecocks took their best shot at Uconn, but fell short and have a big test against Miss. State on Monday. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Texas | The Longhorns had a very nice week, beating Kansas and TCU. | 11 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | Ducks destroyed California but couldn’t slow down Stanford late in the game on Sunday. | 6 |
| 10 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee took it to Texas A&M in Knoxville 82-67 and then beat Vanderbilt 74-64 in Nashville. | 13 |
| 11 |  | Maryland | Maryland routed Rutgers and held off Nebraska in Lincoln to pick up two more wins. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Florida State | Seminoles were surprised by NC State and recovered to beat Pittsburgh. | 9 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies drop a tough one at Tennessee and beat Auburn at home to salvage a split this week. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Stanford | Cardinal are back in the mix for the Pac-12 title after sweeping the Oregon schools. | NR |
| 15 |  | Michigan | Wolverines dropped two close games against Purdue and Rutgers this week. | 14 |
| 16 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State dropped a heart breaker to Stanford and destroyed California. | 15 |
| 17 |  | Ohio State | Buckeyes pick up a decisive win over Penn State and grinded one out in a win over Wisconsin. | 20 |
| 18 |  | Georgia | Georgia suffered its first road loss at LSU and came back home to beat Ole Miss. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Missouri | Missouri gave Mississippi State a heck of a battle but fell short 57-53. | 17 |
| 20 |  | Duke | Blue Devils split two home games with Georgia Tech and Notre Dame. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay has won ten in a row after beating Northern Kentucky and Wright State this week. | 19 |
| 22 |  | South Florida | Bulls beat Tulsa and Tulane on the road this week to improve to 18-5 on the season. | NR |
| 23 |  | North Carolina State | Wolfpack are now 19-5 this season as they have quietly put themselves in position to make noise in the tourney. | NR |
| 24 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State performed well against Baylor in a loss and cruised past Kansas on Saturday. | 24 |
| 25 |  | DePaul | Blue Demons have picked things up in conference play and are now at the top of the Big East standings. | NR |
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