College basketball rankings
| 1 | KANSAS (5-0) | Jayhawks are playground bully nobody has stood up to yet. (Last week, 1) |
| 2 | TEXAS (5-0) | Can’t-miss Longhorns are second in nation in field-goal percentage. (3) |
| 3 | VILLANOVA (6-0) | Wildcats haven’t allowed an opponent out of the 60s. (4) |
| 4 | KENTUCKY (7-0) | Needed buzzer-beater against Miami (Ohio) and overtime versus Stanford. (5) |
| 5 | PURDUE (5-0) | Gets Wake Forest in Big Ten/ACC Challenge. (6) |
| 6 | DUKE (6-0) | Squashed criticism by crushing Connecticut (8) |
| 7 | SYRACUSE (7-0) | Guard Scoop Jardine can lend assist or steal. (7) |
| 8 | MICHIGAN STATE (5-1) | Everyone thought first loss would come against North Carolina. (2) |
| 9 | WEST VIRGINIA (5-0) | Avoided Portland pitfall -- welcomes back Devin Ebanks. (9) |
| 10 | WASHINGTON (5-0) | Survived Montana scare -- still class of the Pacific 10. (15) |
| 11 | NORTH CAROLINA (6-1) | Ed Davis: 9.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks per game. (13) |
| 12 | GEORGETOWN (5-0) | Four Hoyas averaging in double digits. (17) |
| 13 | TENNESSEE (5-1) | Touring Tennessee State directionals this week -- East and Middle. (10) |
| 14 | OHIO STATE (5-1) | Faces tough one-loss Florida State. (18) |
| 15 | CONNECTICUT (4-1) | Guards Kemba Walker and Jerome Dyson had nine turnovers versus Duke. (12) |
| 16 | GONZAGA (5-1) | Seven-footer Robert Sacre came up big in Maui. (25) |
| 17 | CLEMSON (6-1) | Beat Butler, lost to Texas A&M in Anaheim. (19) |
| 18 | FLORIDA (6-0) | There’s more in Gainesville than Tim Tebow to talk about. (NR) |
| 19 | BUTLER (4-2) | Losses came versus ranked Clemson and Minnesota. (11) |
| 20 | CINCINNATI (4-1) | Thinking big for first time since Bob Huggins era in 1990s. (NR) |
| 21 | LOUISVILLE (5-1) | Might want to scratch Nevada Las Vegas off future schedules. (16) |
| 22 | MICHIGAN (3-2) | Unraveled in losses to Marquette, Alabama. (14) |
| 23 | PORTLAND (5-1) | Knocked off Oregon, UCLA and Minnesota in one week. (NR) |
| 24 | TEXAS A&M (5-1) | Was 2-1 against ranked opponents at 76 Classic in Anaheim. (NR) |
| 25 | FLORIDA STATE (6-1) | 6-foot-9 forward Chris Singleton is five for six on three-point shots in last two games. (NR) |
| Dropped out: Illinois (20), Minnesota (21), Maryland (22), Notre Dame (23), Oklahoma (24). | ||
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