| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Syracuse | The Orange are on upset alert as they leave the state of New York for the first time all year and head to Raleigh. | 3 |
| 2 |  | Louisville | Louisville cruised past IUPUI and Fairleigh Dickinson last week, but have a tougher contest against Memphis. | 5 |
| 3 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina was one of the top teams who made it through the weekend without a loss, but LBSU made it close. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State hung around against Kansas despite not having Sullinger. Don't look too much into the loss. | 2 |
| 5 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky lost their first true road game on Saturday and don't have another until the middle of January. | 1 |
| 6 |  | Kansas | Wins against LBSU and a Sullinger-less Ohio State are both impressive wins. KU is the Big 12's team to beat. | 8 |
| 7 |  | Duke | Duke had a couple of nice wins this week, most notably against Washington in New York City. | 6 |
| 8 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut got a nice win over a very, very good Harvard team last week. That's probably their best win so far. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Xavier | Xavier won both games this week, but the repercussions of the mayhem after the Cincy game will be felt later. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Marquette | Marquette keeps cruising along and winning games. There are a couple decent wins, but the big ones are coming. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Missouri | Missouri had a nice win against Villanova last week, but the bigger tests come in a couple more weeks. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Florida | Florida's two losses were to Ohio State and Syracuse. They can beat a top 25 team this week against TAMU. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Baylor | Baylor finally went on the road and proved they could beat a halfway decent team. They did more than beat NW. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Wisconsin | After back-to-back losses, Wisconsin came back strong with wins over Green Bay and UNLV. | 13 |
| 15 |  | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh has really done a nice job retaining their composure following the loss to LBSU. Now we wait for BE play. | 18 |
| 16 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies finally get a real tough test when they face Florida on Saturday. We'll learn a lot about this team. | 15 |
| 17 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State keeps winning and keeps looking better in the process. This week they face FAU and Detroit. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Vanderbilt | Festus Ezeli got back into the action and now this Vanderbilt team is ready to prove why they were in the top ten. | 23 |
| 19 |  | Georgetown | With wins over Memphis and Alabama, Georgetown is putting together a pretty nice looking resume. | NR |
| 20 |  | Alabama | Alabama lost to Dayton and beat Detroit last week and now have an interesting game at Kansas State on Saturday. | 17 |
| 21 |  | Michigan | Michigan has a couple weeks of boosting their win total up before we find out if they can hang in the Big Ten. | 20 |
| 22 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans have won eight in a row following their early losses to Duke and North Carolina away from home. | NR |
| 23 |  | Illinois | We will have to wait a couple more weeks to see if Illinois really deserves a spot in the top 25, but for now they do. | NR |
| 24 |  | Memphis | Memphis has a huge game Saturday against Louisville and they need to come out strong after falling to Murray. | 14 |
| 25 |  | California | Cal still might be the class of the Pac-12, but they need to play good defense like they did on Saturday. | 25 |
12/12 Men's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 12/11/2011
