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 Jan. 5, 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) | 16-1 | 1607 | 1 |
| 2. Duke (9) | 13-1 | 1545 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (2) | 11-2 | 1513 | 3 |
| 4. Baylor | 11-1 | 1386 | 6 |
| 5. Auburn | 13-0 | 1317 | 8 |
| 6. Butler | 14-1 | 1181 | 11 |
| 7. San Diego St. | 15-0 | 1130 | 13 |
| 8. Michigan St. | 12-3 | 1129 | 14 |
| 9. Oregon | 12-3 | 1075 | 4 |
| 10. Florida St. | 13-2 | 966 | 18 |
| 11. Ohio St. | 11-3 | 924 | 5 |
| 12. Maryland | 12-2 | 863 | 15 |
| 13. Louisville | 11-3 | 844 | 7 |
| 14. Kentucky | 10-3 | 811 | 17 |
| 15. Dayton | 13-2 | 614 | 20 |
| 16. Villanova | 10-3 | 604 | 10 |
| 17. West Virginia | 11-2 | 599 | 16 |
| 18. Virginia | 11-2 | 556 | 19 |
| 19. Michigan | 10-4 | 502 | 12 |
| 20. Penn St. | 12-2 | 456 | 21 |
| 21. Memphis | 12-2 | 455 | 9 |
| 22. Texas Tech | 10-3 | 287 | 22 |
| 23. Wichita St. | 13-1 | 252 | 24 |
| 24. Arizona | 11-3 | 184 | 25 |
| 25. Colorado | 12-3 | 81 | – |
Others receiving votes: Iowa 63, Seton Hall 48, Arkansas 38, Marquette 25, Xavier 18, Wisconsin 17, Houston 8, Creighton 6, Washington 6, VCU 5, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, N Iowa 2, Liberty 2, Purdue 1, Stephen F Austin 1, BYU 1.
