FERRIS MOWERS 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:
| 1. Gonzaga (28) | 18-0 | 796 | 1 |
| 2. Baylor (4) | 17-0 | 772 | 2 |
| 3. Michigan | 13-1 | 722 | 4 |
| 4. Villanova | 12-2 | 669 | 3 |
| 5. Ohio State | 15-4 | 647 | 9 |
| 6. Illinois | 13-5 | 562 | 13 |
| 7. Houston | 16-2 | 556 | 5 |
| 8. Texas Tech | 14-5 | 533 | 11 |
| 9. Virginia | 13-3 | 491 | 15 |
| 10. Missouri | 13-3 | 465 | 17 |
| 11. Alabama | 15-5 | 453 | 7 |
| 12. Oklahoma | 12-5 | 402 | 14 |
| 13. Texas | 11-5 | 396 | 6 |
| 14. West Virginia | 13-5 | 389 | 18 |
| 15. Tennessee | 13-4 | 378 | 10 |
| 16. Iowa | 13-6 | 314 | 8 |
| 17. Virginia Tech | 14-4 | 304 | 16 |
| (tie) Creighton | 14-5 | 304 | 12 |
| 19. Florida State | 10-3 | 300 | 19 |
| 20. Southern California | 15-3 | 187 | 28 |
| 21. Wisconsin | 14-6 | 171 | 20 |
| 22. Oklahoma St. | 12-5 | 100 | 24 |
| 23. Loyola-Chicago | 17-3 | 92 | 29 |
| 24. UCLA | 13-4 | 75 | 21 |
| 25. Purdue | 13-7 | 45 | 27 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Kansas (12-7); No. 23 Florida (10-5); No. 25 Drake (18-1).
Others receiving votes: Florida (10-5) 43; Louisville (11-4) 38; Rutgers (11-6) 30; Kansas (12-7) 30; Drake (18-1) 23; San Diego State. (13-4) 18; Colorado (14-5) 15; Oregon (10-4) 14; Belmont (20-1) 13; Minnesota (11-7) 12; Xavier (11-2) 10; Alabama-Birmingham (16-2) 6; Utah State (14-5) 5; Clemson (12-5) 5; LSU (11-6) 4; Winthrop (16-1) 3; Seton Hall (11-8) 3; Arkansas (14-5) 3; Toledo (16-5) 1; Saint Louis (8-3) 1.
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