The BYU Cougars are ranked No 7 in the latest AP Top 25 poll results, but two voters believe they should be the No. 1 team. Surprisingly, the Cougars have more first-place votes (2) than the team ahead of them, the No. 6 San Diego St. Aztecs, who received none in this poll. The Aztecs picked up three first-place votes in the Coaches poll. The Cougars sent San Diego St. to their first loss of the year a couple of weeks ago, and the two will face each other in Viejas Arena in San Diego this Saturday.
The Duke Blue Devils took No. 1 in this poll as well. The Ohio St. Buckeyes, the Kansas Jayhawks, the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Texas Longhorns completed the top five. All of them received at least one first-place vote.
The St. John's Red Storm, previously No. 31, jumped into the rankings following their victory over No. 4 Pitt. They are ranked No. 23.
The UNLV Runnin' Rebels were the third team from the Mountain West to receive votes. UNLV finished No. 31 this week. Harvard (20-4) received one vote.
Here are the complete rankings:
| No. | School | Record | Prev |
| 1 | Duke (35) | 25-2 | 5 |
| 2 | Ohio State (10) | 25-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Kansas (5) | 25-2 | 1 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh (12) | 24-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Texas (1) | 23-4 | 3 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 27-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Brigham Young (2) | 25-2 | 7 |
| 8 | Purdue | 22-5 | 11 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 21-5 | 8 |
| 10 | Arizona | 23-4 | 12 |
| 11 | Georgetown | 21-6 | 9 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 20-6 | 10 |
| 13 | Florida | 21-5 | 14 |
| 14 | Connecticut | 20-6 | 13 |
| 15 | Villanova | 21-6 | 15 |
| 16 | Louisville | 20-7 | 16 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 22-6 | 17 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | 20-6 | 18 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 20-6 | 19 |
| 20 | Missouri | 21-6 | 20 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 21-5 | 21 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 19-7 | 22 |
| 23 | St. John's | 17-9 | 31 |
| 24 | Temple | 21-5 | 23 |
| 25 | Xavier | 20-6 | 24 |
Others Receiving Votes: Utah State(25-3) 97; George Mason(23-5) 51; West Virginia(17-9) 42; Alabama(18-8) 15; Florida State(19-7) 4; UNLV(20-7) 2; Washington(18-8) 2; Belmont(25-4) 1; Harvard(20-4) 1; UCLA(19-8) 1