| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina keeps cruising along and they should not lose for quite a while…like maybe December. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky beat Penn State and Old Dominion in Connecticut and the 12/1 game against USC should be a dandy. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State hung on to beat Florida last week and this week the trio of games should be easier than that. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse has been blowing everybody out. It may not be quite as easy in the NIT Season Tipoff at MSG. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Duke | Duke keeps getting the job done, but the youngsters need to grow up quickly with the tough competition in Maui. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | After a road trip to Butler, Louisville is now 3-0 and they host Arkansas State and Ohio. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Memphis | Memphis is heading to Maui with only one game under their belt. That may not be good with a young team. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Kansas | Kentucky is going to beat a lot of teams, so Kansas needs to refocus on Georgetown for now. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Connecticut | Uconn leaves Connecticut for the only time before conference play begins when they travel to the Bahamas. | 14 |
| 10 |  | Wisconsin | Wisconsin has another pretty easy week, but North Carolina and Marquette are coming up very soon. | 15 |
| 11 |  | Florida | Florida lost by a touchdown to Ohio State in a closely contested game. UF gets to recover with a few home games. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Arizona | Arizona had a nice run going until they lost to Mississippi State on Friday. They'll start over with SDSU. | 10 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | TAMU lost to Mississippi State, but had a nice win against St. John's at Madison Square Garden. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Marquette | Marquette had no problem with Winthrop and Ole Miss in the Paradise Jam and will play in the final on Monday. | 17 |
| 15 |  | Xavier | Xavier has had some close calls against teams they should beat. Georgia could give them a run for their money. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is back to their winning ways and the Cleveland State loss is quickly become an aberration. | 9 |
| 17 |  | Missouri | Missouri hasn't missed a beat with the coaching change, but playing Notre Dame on Monday night will tell more. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Alabama | After beating Maryland, Wichita State and Purdue in the Puerto Rico Tip-off, Alabama is riding high. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Florida State | FSU is another team heading to the Bahamas. Possible matchups with Harvard and Uconn will be interesting. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh got beat up by LBSU last week and have a schedule full of teams that they won't overlook anymore. | 11 |
| 21 |  | Mississippi State | The Bulldogs got a couple great wins against Texas A&M and Arizona. We shall see if they can keep it up. | NR |
| 22 |  | California | We will find out just how good Cal is when they play Georiga and either Notre Dame or Mizzou in Kansas City. | NR |
| 23 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has been tested early, but they keep winning and growing as a team. The usual tough schedule is coming. | 25 |
| 24 |  | Baylor | Baylor is going to keep slowly moving up the rankings until they play somebody good, which happens in December. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Creighton | This isn't like the MVC of year's past, but Creighton is the cream of the crop after pounding Iowa on Sunday. | NR |
11/21 Men's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 11/20/2011
