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 Feb. 9, 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 (48) | 21-1 | 1583 | 1 |
| 2. Gonzaga (15) | 25-1 | 1546 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (1) | 20-3 | 1450 | 3 |
| 4. San Diego St. | 24-0 | 1422 | 4 |
| 5. Louisville | 21-3 | 1331 | 5 |
| 6. Dayton | 21-2 | 1255 | 6 |
| 7. Duke | 20-3 | 1211 | 7 |
| 8. Florida St. | 20-3 | 1170 | 8 |
| 9. Maryland | 19-4 | 1057 | 9 |
| 10. Seton Hall | 18-5 | 1013 | 12 |
| 11. Auburn | 21-2 | 998 | 11 |
| 12. Kentucky | 18-5 | 853 | 15 |
| 13. Penn St. | 18-5 | 787 | 22 |
| 14. West Virginia | 18-5 | 721 | 13 |
| 15. Villanova | 17-6 | 581 | 10 |
| 16. Colorado | 19-5 | 567 | 24 |
| 17. Oregon | 18-6 | 497 | 14 |
| 18. Marquette | 17-6 | 425 | – |
| 19. Butler | 18-6 | 414 | 19 |
| 20. Houston | 19-5 | 402 | 25 |
| 21. Iowa | 17-7 | 374 | 17 |
| 22. Illinois | 16-7 | 235 | 20 |
| 23. Creighton | 18-6 | 213 | 21 |
| 24. Texas Tech | 15-8 | 169 | – |
| 25. LSU | 17-6 | 160 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 124, Rhode Island 57, N Iowa 44, BYU 43, Arizona 34, Purdue 27, Ohio St. 14, Cincinnati 6, Stephen F Austin 6, Michigan 3, Rutgers 2, Virginia 2, ETSU 2, Wright St. 1, Winthrop 1.
