The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking
| Record | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Baylor (55) | 15-0 | 1608 | 2 |
| 2. Kansas (8) | 14-1 | 1517 | 3 |
| 3. Villanova (1) | 15-1 | 1499 | 1 |
| 4. UCLA (1) | 16-1 | 1433 | 4 |
| 5. Gonzaga | 15-0 | 1366 | 5 |
| 6. Kentucky | 13-2 | 1327 | 6 |
| 7. Duke | 14-2 | 1173 | 8 |
| 8. Creighton | 15-1 | 1111 | 10 |
| 9. Florida St. | 15-1 | 1071 | 12 |
| 10. West Virginia | 13-2 | 972 | 7 |
| 11. North Carolina | 14-3 | 902 | 14 |
| 12. Butler | 14-2 | 880 | 18 |
| 13. Oregon | 15-2 | 869 | 15 |
| 14. Louisville | 13-3 | 744 | 9 |
| 15. Xavier | 13-2 | 651 | 16 |
| 16. Arizona | 15-2 | 634 | 17 |
| 17. Purdue | 14-3 | 584 | 20 |
| 18. Wisconsin | 13-3 | 581 | 13 |
| 19. Virginia | 12-3 | 580 | 11 |
| 20. Notre Dame | 14-2 | 468 | 23 |
| 21. Saint Mary’s (Cal) | 14-1 | 377 | 19 |
| 22. Cincinnati | 13-2 | 256 | 22 |
| 23. Florida | 12-3 | 252 | 24 |
| 24. Minnesota | 15-2 | 167 | - |
| 25. Kansas St | 13-2 | 20 | - |
| 25. Southern Cal | 15-2 | 20 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Seton Hall 11, South Carolina 7, Iowa St. 7, Indiana 6, Virginia Tech 6, Maryland 5, SMU 5, Clemson 4, UNC Wilmington 3, VCU 3, Nevada 2, Dayton 2, Wichita St. 2.
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