| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Indiana | With a quality win over Michigan, the Hoosiers are back on top. It may not last long with two tough road games. | 3 |
| 2 |  | Duke | Back-to-back road games are never easy, but the Blue Devils came away with wins over Wake Forest and FSU. | 4 |
| 3 |  | Florida | Florida plays Ole Miss just once in the regular season and they got the win. The SEC title is theirs to lose. | 6 |
| 4 |  | Michigan | Michigan made a game of it at Indiana, but fell short. On Tuesday they will look to avenge their other loss vs. OSU. | 2 |
| 5 |  | Kansas | Most expected that Kansas would lose at some point, but it is a big surprise that it happened at home. | 1 |
| 6 |  | Arizona | The Wildcats took care of business in Washington. This week they host Stanford and California. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga survived a trip to San Diego with a 65-63 win. This week they host Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. | 10 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes can get back into the ranks of the elite if they can beat Michigan and Indiana this week. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Louisville | With wins over Pitt and Marquette, Louisville is hanging onto a slim lead in the Big East over Syracuse. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse fell to a determined Pittsburgh squad on Saturday. This week they get to stay at home for a couple games. | 5 |
| 11 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans will look for revenge against Minnesota on Wednesday before hitting the road to face Purdue. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Miami | With wins at Virginia Tech and NC State, the Hurricanes have an impressive two game lead in the ACC. | 22 |
| 13 |  | Kansas State | The Wildcats rebounded nicely from their back-to-back losses by beating Texas and Oklahoma last week. | 23 |
| 14 |  | Cincinnati | Cincinnati's four losses have come by a combined total of ten points. This is a team that can beat anybody. | 13 |
| 15 |  | Butler | Losing at Saint Louis is not a big surprise. That can be a very good team at times. Now Butler plays SBU and GW. | 12 |
| 16 |  | Minnesota | The Golden Gophers finally put an end to their four game skid. A new losing streak may begin on Wednesday. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Creighton | Creighton is back on track, but a trip to a Sycamore squad hoping to get in the title race will be very difficult. | 19 |
| 18 |  | New Mexico | The Lobos got their offense back in gear after the rough outing against SDSU. The big game this week is at UNLV. | 24 |
| 19 |  | Oregon | The Ducks had a bad week in Northern California, losing to both Stanford and California. | 14 |
| 20 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas defense is as strong as ever. The offense is doing just enough to win games and this week will be the same. | NR |
| 21 |  | Missouri | The Tigers fell yet again on the road…this time to LSU. A win at Texas A&M on Thursday would be big. | 15 |
| 22 |  | Mississippi | With losses to Kentucky and Florida, Ole Miss has come back down to reality. This week they play MSU and Mizzou. | 18 |
| 23 |  | San Diego State | The Aztecs have now lost three of their last four games, but there really is not a break in the Mountain West. | 16 |
| 24 |  | Notre Dame | This week Notre Dame heads to Syracuse and hosts Louisville. This is their chance to make a big statement. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Louisiana Tech | There may not be many quality wins on the schedule, but Louisiana Tech is 10-0 in the WAC and 19-3 overall. | NR |
2/4 Men's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 02/03/2013
