| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky hit the road and had little trouble with Georgia and LSU. This week they face Tennessee and USC. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse has not always looked pretty since Fab Melo went out, but they did win two games last week. | 2 |
| 3 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina didn't really get tested last week at home. They may not on the road this week either. | 5 |
| 4 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State had little trouble in the end against Penn State and Michigan. A trip to the Kohl Center may be tough. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Kansas | After ten wins in a row, Kansas' winning streak was snapped by Iowa State. This week they travel to Missouri. | 3 |
| 6 |  | Duke | Duke got a couple decent wins at Maryland and against St. John's to rebound from their surprise home loss. | 8 |
| 7 |  | Baylor | Baylor has a couple tough road games this week against A&M and OSU and then they face KU and Mizzou again. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Missouri | Missouri had a letdown loss at OSU and this week they will be tested with a trip to Texas and KU coming to town. | 4 |
| 9 |  | Florida | It was not easy, but Florida beat both Mississippi schools last week. This week they host USC and Vanderbilt. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Michigan State | Tom Izzo got win #400 against Minnesota. Wins 401 and 402 will be tougher with Illinois and Michigan up next. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Murray State | Murray State is now 21-0 and that 0 should stay around for a while. Bracket Buster Saturday is the next big game. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas had a pretty tough week, struggling against Rutgers and losing at Pitt. UConn is coming up on Wednesday. | 10 |
| 13 |  | Virginia | Virginia has not lost a game by more than three points all year. A trip to Florida State this weekend could end that. | 19 |
| 14 |  | Marquette | Marquette had to come back from an 18 point deficit to beat Nova. This week Marquette has two tricky games. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Creighton | Creighton keeps cruising along. This week they host Illinois State and have a tough road game at UNI. | 17 |
| 16 |  | UNLV | It took a couple overtime's, but UNLV got two wins last week. CSU and Wyoming won't make things easy. | 21 |
| 17 |  | Vanderbilt | Don't let the close score fool you, MTSU is a good team and that was a nice win for Vandy. Florida will be tougher. | 20 |
| 18 |  | Michigan | Michigan got a nice win at Purdue before falling to OSU. This week they have Indiana and MSU on the slate. | 13 |
| 19 |  | San Diego State | Winning at Wyoming is a much better win than it appears and losing at CSU is not as bad of a loss as it appears. | 15 |
| 20 |  | Wisconsin | Wisconsin got another quality win last week over IU. Everyone will foget about their struggles if they can beat OSU. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Saint Mary's | The Gaels got a huge win at BYU over the weekend and their 11 game winning streak should go to 12 on Thursday. | 25 |
| 22 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State gave Florida a good game, but came away with a loss. Now they have a week off before Auburn. | 16 |
| 23 |  | Louisville | Louisville got a couple nice wins against Villanova and Seton Hall to stay in the upper half of the standings. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Florida State | The Seminoles have a couple home games this week, including a battle for third place in the ACC against UVA. | NR |
| 25 |  | Harvard | Harvard got a nice road win over Yale on Friday night and followed it up with another road victory over Brown. | NR |
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Sun, 01/29/2012
