The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 26, 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. Baylor (44) | 17-1 | 1578 | 1 |
| 2. Gonzaga (19) | 21-1 | 1552 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (1) | 16-3 | 1434 | 3 |
| 4. San Diego St. | 21-0 | 1408 | 4 |
| 5. Florida St. | 17-2 | 1318 | 5 |
| 6. Louisville | 17-3 | 1277 | 6 |
| 7. Dayton | 18-2 | 1163 | 7 |
| 8. Villanova | 16-3 | 1110 | 9 |
| 9. Duke | 16-3 | 1084 | 8 |
| 10. Seton Hall | 15-4 | 1055 | 10 |
| 11. Oregon | 17-4 | 926 | 12 |
| 12. West Virginia | 16-3 | 874 | 14 |
| 13. Kentucky | 15-4 | 839 | 15 |
| 14. Michigan St. | 15-5 | 751 | 11 |
| 15. Maryland | 16-4 | 650 | 17 |
| 16. Butler | 16-4 | 631 | 13 |
| 17. Auburn | 17-2 | 619 | 16 |
| 18. Iowa | 14-5 | 545 | 19 |
| 19. Illinois | 15-5 | 483 | 21 |
| 20. Colorado | 16-4 | 314 | 23 |
| 21. Houston | 16-4 | 296 | 25 |
| 22. LSU | 15-4 | 260 | — |
| 23. Wichita St. | 17-3 | 161 | — |
| 24. Penn St. | 14-5 | 114 | — |
| 25. Rutgers | 15-5 | 102 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Creighton 59, Arizona 55, Texas Tech 33, Ohio St. 16, Indiana 15, ETSU 14, N Iowa 13, Memphis 11, Southern Cal 9, Purdue 6, Rhode Island 6, Florida 4, Arkansas 3, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, SMU 3, Tulsa 3, Akron 1, Harvard 1, Wisconsin 1.
