USA TODAY TOP 25 MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, first-place votes received and ranking in last week’s poll:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Gonzaga (24) | 3-0 | 790 | 1 |
| 2. Baylor (6) | 4-0 | 772 | 2 |
| 3. Iowa (2) | 6-0 | 729 | 3 |
| 4. Michigan State | 6-0 | 679 | 4 |
| 5. Kansas | 6-1 | 618 | 5 |
| 6. Villanova (1) | 5-1 | 606 | 6 |
| 7. West Virginia | 6-1 | 562 | 10 |
| 8. Houston (1) | 4-0 | 546 | 8 |
| 9. Creighton | 4-1 | 537 | 7 |
| 10. West Virginia | 2-0 | 434 | 16 |
| 11. Texas | 5-1 | 422 | 12 |
| 12. Wisconsin | 4-1 | 420 | 13 |
| 13. Illinois | 4-2 | 388 | 9 |
| 14. Texas Tech | 6-1 | 356 | 17 |
| 15. Florida State | 3-0 | 334 | 21 |
| 16. Virginia | 3-1 | 243 | 18 |
| 17. Rutgers | 4-0 | 231 | 22 |
| 18. Missouri | 5-0 | 221 | NR |
| 19. Ohio St. | 5-0 | 215 | 20 |
| 20. San Diego State | 5-0 | 209 | NR |
| 21. North Carolina | 4-2 | 195 | 14 |
| 22. Louisville | 4-0 | 168 | 24 |
| 23. Duke | 2-2 | 120 | 11 |
| 24. Michigan | 6-0 | 101 | NR |
| 25. Richmond | 4-1 | 73 | 19 |
Dropped out: No. 15 Virginia Tech (4-1); No. 23 Arizona State (4-2); No. 25 Florida (3-1);
Others receiving votes: Clemson (5-0) 70; Oklahoma State (6-0) 62; Virginia Tech (4-1) 56; Saint Louis (4-0) 56; Oregon (4-1) 41; Xavier (7-0) 30; UCLA (5-1) 28; Arizona State (4-2) 24; Florida (3-1) 22; Indiana (4-2) 9; Connecticut (3-0) 8; Marquette (4-2) 7; Maryland (4-1) 6; Southern Methodist (4-0) 4; Arkansas (6-0) 4; Penn St. (3-2) 2; Louisiana State (3-1) 1; Abilene Christian (6-1) 1.
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