| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils remained perfect on the year, and atop the rankings by easily handling Cornell and Elon. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Michigan | Michigan crushed Eastern Michigan last week. This week they take on another directional Michigan school. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Kansas | Kansas proved that they are among the nation's elite after knocking off Ohio State in Columbus. | 9 |
| 4 |  | Indiana | The Hoosiers had an easy week with home wins over Mount St. Mary's and FAU. Jacksonville is up next. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Arizona | Oral Roberts, East Tennessee State and Miami provided no serious threat to Arizona. San Diego State might. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Syracuse | After getting Coach Jim Boeheim his 900th win on Monday, Syracuse followed it up with their first loss of the year. | 2 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | Louisville looked very good last week against FIU and WKU. This Saturday they go up against rival Kentucky. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Missouri | Missouri has not really beaten anybody all that good until they removed the Illini from the ranks of the unbeatens. | 11 |
| 9 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes could not buy a bucket in the second half of their loss to Kansas. Chicago State will be a nice break. | 6 |
| 10 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame added three more wins to their tally last week and now take a big break before conference play. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Florida | Florida fell again on the road to a quality opponent. The Gators have a couple more weeks before SEC play. | 7 |
| 12 |  | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is still undefeated, but they may face their toughest team this week when UNM comes to town. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Creighton | The Bluejays finished off the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 71-54 win over Tulsa on Wednesday. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Minnesota | Minnesota didn't show much rust against Lafayette. Now they have a nine day break before hosting Michigan St. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans got a nice win against Texas. Next up is a great Big Ten opener at Minnesota on New Year's Eve. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has a couple Big 12 teams left on the slate prior to the start of WCC play. First up is Baylor on Friday. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Illinois | Illinois lost their first game of the season to Missouri. It will be interesting to see how they fare in the Big Ten. | 15 |
| 18 |  | San Diego State | With wins over San Francisco and Indiana State, SDSU now has a shot at the Diamond Head Classic title. | 19 |
| 19 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas won their lone game this week, knocking off American on Saturday. They don't play again until 1/5. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky will have plenty of opportunities to beat quality teams in 2013, but they can finish off '12 in style. | 21 |
| 21 |  | North Carolina State | The Wolfpack picked up wins over Stanford and St. Bonaventure last week. This week they host Western Michigan. | 24 |
| 22 |  | UNLV | UNLV keeps tacking on the wins. This week they head to North Carolina for easily their toughest game to date. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Butler | Butler avoided a letdown game after their huge win over Indiana. They should get another win at Vanderbilt. | NR |
| 24 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State added a couple more wins to their growing tally and should feel good heading into the break. | 25 |
| 25 |  | New Mexico | UNM suffered their first loss of the season against a good South Dakota State squad. They head to Cincy this week. | 22 |
12/24 Men's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/23/2012
