The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Gonzaga (54) | 13-1 | 1608 | 2 |
| 2. Ohio St. (9) | 11-1 | 1520 | 5 |
| 3. Louisville (1) | 11-1 | 1460 | 3 |
| 4. Duke (1) | 10-1 | 1429 | 4 |
| 5. Kansas | 9-2 | 1388 | 1 |
| 6. Oregon | 10-2 | 1286 | 8 |
| 7. Baylor | 9-1 | 1207 | 10 |
| 8. Auburn | 11-0 | 1107 | 12 |
| 9. Memphis | 10-1 | 1040 | 11 |
| 10. Villanova | 9-2 | 950 | 18 |
| 11. Michigan | 9-3 | 889 | 14 |
| 12. Butler | 11-1 | 853 | 17 |
| 13. Maryland | 10-2 | 785 | 7 |
| 14. Michigan St. | 9-3 | 775 | 15 |
| 15. San Diego St. | 12-0 | 763 | 20 |
| 16. Virginia | 9-2 | 595 | 9 |
| 17. Florida St. | 10-2 | 583 | 19 |
| 18. Dayton | 9-2 | 541 | 13 |
| 19. Kentucky | 8-3 | 411 | 6 |
| 20. Penn St. | 10-2 | 332 | 23 |
| 21. Washington | 9-2 | 326 | 22 |
| 22. West Virginia | 10-1 | 229 | 25 |
| 23. Texas Tech | 8-3 | 178 | 24 |
| 24. Arizona | 10-3 | 153 | 16 |
| 25. Iowa | 9-3 | 125 | – |
Others receiving votes: Wichita St. 112, Colorado 79, Xavier 68, DePaul 54, Indiana 45, Liberty 40, Utah St. 36, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 29, Marquette 28, Tennessee 24, N Iowa 23, Creighton 12, Purdue 11, Georgetown 9, Stanford 7, BYU 4, St. John’s 4, Virginia Tech 3, Seton Hall 2, ETSU 1, Yale 1.
