| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Louisville | Russ Smith and Peyton Siva looked very good against Manhattan. Samford and Miami (OH) await this week. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky may not have beaten Maryland by as much as many had expected, but the Wildcats are already growing up. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Indiana | The Hoosiers have high expectations this year and beating Bryant 97-54 was not a bad start. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Ohio State | The big game against Marquette was cancelled, but Aaron Craft showed his stuff against Albany on Sunday. | 4 |
| 5 |  | North Carolina | UNC could have an interesting game this week against Long Beach State, but the Indiana showdown looms. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Kansas | Kansas plays a probably tired Michigan State squad on Tuesday night. Jeff Withey will be tough to stop. | 6 |
| 7 |  | North Carolina State | NC State looked very good againat Miami (OH). This week they head to Penn State and host UNC Asheville. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Florida | Florida will face off against Wisconsin in what could end up being a very interesting early season battle. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse's defense was too much for San Diego State. Although the wind conditions played a big part in that. | 9 |
| 10 |  | UCLA | No Shabazz Muhammad? No problem. At least not yet, but that could change soon as the schedule toughens up. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Michigan | Michigan dropped a smooth 100 points against Slippery Rock. The Rock should stick to the Big House. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Arizona | Arizona struggled against Charleston Southern. They have more games that will help the young team grow up. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame's offense did not have a great outing against Evansville, but the defense is looking very good. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Missouri | Laurence Bowers, Phil Pressey and Alex Orikhi got off to a great start. The team depth could be very good too. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State got off to a very slow start against Uconn auf Deutscheland. They came back, but ran out of gas. | 14 |
| 16 |  | Wisconsin | Jared Berggren and Ben Brust had great games for Wisconsin. They will have to be even better against Florida. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Creighton | Doug McDermott is a superstar and outperformed UNT's Tony Mitchell in a game of great mid-major bigs. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Memphis | Memphis did not play during the opening weekend of the season. They'll tipoff against North Florida on Monday. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Duke | Duke has a big test this week when they play Kentucky on Tuesday night. It should be a very interesting game. | 19 |
| 20 |  | San Diego State | Syracuse is a tough team to beat during windy conditions. SDSU can write this off and move on. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Gonzaga | It never takes long for the tough Gonzaga schedule to get rolling. They play WVU on Tuesday, Monday local time. | 21 |
| 22 |  | UNLV | UNLV starts their 2012-2013 season on Monday against Northern Arizona. Jacksonville State follows on Saturday. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Baylor | Baylor played pretty well against a decent, albeit short handed, Lehigh squad. They also beat Jackson State. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Saint Louis | Saint Louis has talent and they have some tough games coming up over the next couple of weeks. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Texas | UT barely beat a decent Fresno State squad. Sheldon McClellan will need a lot more help in the scoring department. | 25 |
11/12 Men's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 11/11/2012
