| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Indiana | The Hoosiers dropped 100 points on Central Connecticut State. Butler will be a bit tougher for them this week. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Duke | Duke looked very impressive yet again. The way this group is going, the off week will be filled with aced finals. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Florida | Crushing Marquette and FSU is not as impressive as it would have been a year ago, but it is still impressive. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Syracuse | The Orange dominated their three games last week, crushing Eastern Michigan, Long Beach State and Monmouth. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines added a couple more quality wins, and in dominating fashion, last week. WVU would be another. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State had a couple easy wins after their lone loss of the season to Duke. This week they'll get more easy wins. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | Louisville's defense has been good all year, but they allowed a total of 85 points in their last two games. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Kansas | The Colorado matchup could have been interesting, but it wasn't. The Jayhawks crushed the Buffaloes. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Arizona | Arizona had another solid week, knocking off Southern Miss and Clemson. A great game against Florida awaits. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish had no problems with Brown on Saturday. This week they face off against a reeling Purdue squad. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Missouri | The looming Border War in a couple weeks should be very interesting, even without Michael Dixon. | 13 |
| 12 |  | Cincinnati | Cincinnati stayed perfect with wins over Arkansas-Little Rock and Maryland-Eastern Shore. Marshall is next. | 17 |
| 13 |  | Creighton | Creighton got a couple more decent wins last week, winning at Nebraska and at home against Akron. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Minnesota | The Golden Gophers got yet another quality win. The latest came at USC. The lone game this week is against NDSU. | 19 |
| 15 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans were trailing to Loyola (IL) at halftime on Saturday. They hope to build off of their solid second half. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Gonzaga | Following a mid-week win at Washington State, Gonzaga lost their first game of the season to Illinois. | 10 |
| 17 |  | Illinois | Illinois survived what was easily their toughest test on the road with Gonzaga. Now it's time to go back home. | NR |
| 18 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels have not dominated lower competition like they are supposed to, but at least they are winning. | 14 |
| 19 |  | San Diego State | San Diego State has not lost a game since they played Syracuse in their opener. On Saturday they host San Diego. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky does not look all bad against inferior opposition. They have a couple weeks before being tested again. | 12 |
| 21 |  | New Mexico | With a couple more quality victories, over USC and Valpo, New Mexico is going into the game against NMSU 10-0. | 23 |
| 22 |  | UNLV | UNLV survived their first road trip of the season with wins at Portland and Cal. This isn't just a good team at home. | 22 |
| 23 |  | North Carolina State | With wins over Uconn and a good Cleveland State squad, maybe NC State is ready to live up to their preseason hype. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas defense is amazing, but the offense still needs to find some more weapons. | 21 |
| 25 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowboys took care of business against South Florida and Missouri State. This week they taken on UCA. | 25 |
12/10 Men's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/09/2012
