Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | Indiana | Indiana is playing very good and now have victories over Georgia and Georgetown. UNC is up next. | 2 |
2 | ![]() | Ohio State | How good is Ohio State? Or is the question how good is Duke? At least we'll learn something on Wednesday. | 3 |
3 | ![]() | Florida | Kenny Boynton has led Florida to early success. An intriguing game against Marquette is up this week. | 5 |
4 | ![]() | Syracuse | Syracuse has not had a very tough game in a couple weeks, but Arkansas should provide a little bit of a test. | 6 |
5 | ![]() | Louisville | After a nice win over Missouri, Louisville could not quite knock off Duke, losing 71-76. | 1 |
6 | ![]() | Duke | Duke has now beaten Kentucky and Louisville already this season. They'll try to add Ohio State to the list next. | 14 |
7 | ![]() | Kentucky | We should learn a lot about Kentucky this week when they face off against Notre Dame and Baylor. | 7 |
8 | ![]() | Michigan | Michigan looked very good in New York with wins over Pitt and Kansas State. Up next is NC State. | 9 |
9 | ![]() | North Carolina | Apparently losing to Butler is not a bad loss. But the big game is coming up in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. | 4 |
10 | ![]() | Kansas | Kansas got a couple decent wins in KC. They had very little trouble with Washington State and Saint Louis. | 10 |
11 | ![]() | Arizona | Arizona did not play last week, but will take their early season momentum into games against NAU and TTU. | 12 |
12 | ![]() | Creighton | Creighton knocked off Wisconsin and ASU last weekend. This weekend they have an interesting game vs. St. Joe's. | 16 |
13 | ![]() | Michigan State | In the end the Spartans won three games last week, although a couple were way too close for comfort. | 13 |
14 | ![]() | Gonzaga | Gonzaga won the Old Spice Classic with victories over Clemson, Oklahoma and, in the final, Davidson. | 21 |
15 | ![]() | UCLA | The Bruins have not been playing particularly well, but the young UCLA squad will get better with time. | 8 |
16 | ![]() | Missouri | There is nothing wrong with losing to Louisville. Mizzou came away from Atlantis with wins over VCU and Stanford. | 15 |
17 | ![]() | North Carolina State | The high powered NC State offense sputtered last week. This week they head to Michigan on Tuesday night. | 11 |
18 | ![]() | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is stringing together a few wins now, but that could end on Thursday night against Kentucky. | 19 |
19 | ![]() | San Diego State | San Diego State has a big game against UCLA on Saturday night. That should tell us a lot about both teams. | 20 |
20 | ![]() | Cincinnati | With wins against Iowa State and Oregon, Cincinnati's undefeated record looks pretty good now. | 23 |
21 | ![]() | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State has had a great start. A win over Portland State on Sunday increased their record to 5-0. | NR |
22 | ![]() | UNLV | UNLV suffered their first setback to Oregon at the Global Sports Classic. This team will only get better with time. | 22 |
23 | ![]() | Minnesota | Minnesota played very well in the Battle 4 Atlantis, losing to Duke and beating Memphis and Stanford. | NR |
24 | ![]() | Colorado | Colorado has not played an easy schedule, but have a 5-0 record. They still have a lot to prove however. | NR |
25 | ![]() | Memphis | Early troubles for Memphis are not a huge surprise. The schedule eases up now and the Tigers will look better. | 17 |
11/26 Men's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 11/25/2012