Shannon Ryan’s men’s college basketball rankings
By Shannon Ryan (statistics and records through Sunday):
| Rk. | School (W-L) | Comment (last week’s ranking) |
| 1 | KANSAS (26-1) | The Jayhawks haven’t let an opponent score 80 points all season. (1) |
| 2 | KENTUCKY (26-1) | The Wildcats will seek revenge against the only team that beat them -- South Carolina -- on Thursday. (2) |
| 3 | PURDUE (23-3) | Road wins at Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio State speak highly for the Boilermakers. (4) |
| 4 | SYRACUSE (25-2) | The Orange never trailed in a thrilling victory at Georgetown. (5) |
| 5 | DUKE (23-4) | Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler make up 67% of the offense. (6) |
| 6 | KANSAS STATE (22-4) | Oklahoma’s coach called Wildcats guard Denis Clemente the fastest guy in college basketball. (7) |
| 7 | VILLANOVA (22-4) | Losses to Connecticut and Pittsburgh have the Wildcats regrouping. (3) |
| 8 | WEST VIRGINIA (21-5) | The Mountaineers have a habit of letting up in the second half. (9) |
| 9 | OHIO STATE (21-7) | The Buckeyes used just six players to beat Michigan State. (11) |
| 10 | GEORGETOWN (18-7) | The Hoyas are 4-4 in the last eight games, but two losses are to Syracuse. (8) |
| 11 | NEW MEXICO (25-3) | Eleven straight wins for the Lobos. (15) |
| 12 | PITTSBURGH (21-6) | Pittsburgh won its seventh straight home game against a top-five team. (20) |
| 13 | MICHIGAN STATE (21-7) | Sunday’s game at Purdue may decide the Big Ten title. (10) |
| 14 | BRIGHAM YOUNG (25-3) | The Cougars sit just half a game behind New Mexico in Mountain West standings. (17) |
| 15 | VANDERBILT (20-6) | The Commodores nearly upset Kentucky. (19) |
| 16 | TENNESSEE (20-6) | The Volunteers have earned 20 victories for a fifth straight season. (16) |
| 17 | BUTLER (25-4) | The Bulldogs have a shot to finish unbeaten in the Horizon League. (18) |
| 18 | TEXAS (21-6) | More bad news: Dogus Balbay out for the season with a torn ACL. (12) |
| 19 | WISCONSIN (20-7) | Jon Leuer scored 11 points to beat Northwestern in his second game back from injury. (14) |
| 20 | TEXAS A&M (19-7) | Donald Sloan has scored double digits in every Big 12 game but one. (21) |
| 21 | TEMPLE (22-5) | The Owls survived an overtime game against Philadelphia rival St. Joseph’s. (23) |
| 22 | GONZAGA (22-5) | The loss to Loyola Marymount may haunt the Bulldogs when it comes to NCAA tournament seeding. (13) |
| 23 | RICHMOND (22-6) | The last three games are tough: at Xavier, Dayton and at Charlotte. (NR) |
| 24 | MARYLAND (19-7) | A three-game sweep of Virginia, North Carolina State and Georgia Tech came at the right time. (NR) |
| 25 | BAYLOR (20-6) | Baylor tries to avenge an early February loss to Texas A&M on Wednesday. (22) |
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