After a week that saw Virginia drop a tough road game against a top-fifteen opponent at Miami, then win an even bigger matchup with top-ten foe North Carolina at home, the Hoos held steady in the AP and Coaches' polls, dropping only one spot to fourth in both.
RANK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
POINTS |
1 |
Kansas (63) |
25-4 |
1,623 |
2 |
Michigan State (2) |
24-5 |
1,510 |
3 |
Villanova |
25-4 |
1,479 |
4 |
Virginia |
22-6 |
1,405 |
5 |
Xavier |
25-4 |
1,356 |
6 |
Oklahoma |
22-6 |
1,297 |
7 |
Miami (FL) |
23-5 |
1,211 |
8 |
North Carolina |
23-6 |
1,205 |
9 |
Oregon |
23-6 |
1,065 |
10 |
West Virginia |
22-7 |
1,056 |
11 |
Louisville |
22-7 |
822 |
12 |
Indiana |
23-6 |
819 |
13 |
Utah |
23-7 |
751 |
14 |
Maryland |
23-6 |
733 |
15 |
Purdue |
22-7 |
613 |
16 |
Iowa |
20-8 |
572 |
17 |
Duke |
21-8 |
495 |
18 |
Arizona |
22-7 |
450 |
19 |
Baylor |
21-8 |
447 |
20 |
Texas A&M |
22-7 |
419 |
21 |
Iowa State |
20-9 |
413 |
22 |
Kentucky |
21-8 |
405 |
23 |
Texas |
19-10 |
338 |
24 |
SMU |
24-4 |
196 |
25 |
California |
21-8 |
178 |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St 43, Saint Joseph's 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Vanderbilt 3, Saint Mary's 3, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1 |
Dropped out: Notre Dame 23. |
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | HI/LOW |
1 |
Kansas (31) |
25-4 |
799 |
2 |
1/7 |
2 |
Villanova |
25-4 |
734 |
1 |
1/17 |
3 |
Michigan St (1) |
24-5 |
733 |
7 |
1/13 |
4 |
Virginia |
22-6 |
673 |
3 |
3/13 |
5 |
Xavier |
25-4 |
637 |
5 |
4/NR |
6 |
Oklahoma |
22-6 |
623 |
4 |
1/8 |
7 |
Miami-Florida |
23-5 |
607 |
11 |
9/NR |
8 |
North Carolina |
23-6 |
584 |
6 |
1/11 |
9 |
West Virginia |
22-7 |
518 |
12 |
7/23 |
10 |
Oregon |
23-6 |
510 |
13 |
12/NR |
11 |
Indiana |
23-6 |
434 |
15 |
14/NR |
12 |
Maryland |
23-6 |
405 |
9 |
2/9 |
13 |
Purdue |
22-7 |
330 |
19 |
8/24 |
13 |
Utah |
23-7 |
330 |
23 |
16/NR |
15 |
Iowa |
20-8 |
321 |
8 |
4/NR |
16 |
Arizona |
22-7 |
307 |
10 |
6/20 |
17 |
Baylor |
21-8 |
288 |
16 |
13/25 |
18 |
Texas A&M |
22-7 |
261 |
21 |
5/NR |
19 |
Kentucky |
21-8 |
226 |
14 |
1/21 |
20 |
Iowa St. |
20-9 |
221 |
17 |
2/21 |
21 |
Duke |
21-8 |
211 |
18 |
3/NR |
22 |
Texas |
19-10 |
187 |
25 |
25/NR |
23 |
Wichita St. |
23-7 |
68 |
28 |
11/NR |
24 |
St. Mary's |
24-4 |
61 |
27 |
25/NR |
25 |
California |
21-8 |
58 |
32 |
13/NR |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 52; Notre Dame 42; Seton Hall 39; Texas Tech 36; Providence 28; St. Joseph?s 17; Pittsburgh 17; South Carolina 16; Dayton 14; Valparaiso 6; St. Bonaventure 4; Colorado 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 1. |
Dropped out: No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 22 Dayton, No. 24 Providence. |