The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 23, 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. Kentucky (62) | 5-0 | 1,622 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona | 3-0 | 1,493 | 2 |
| 2. Wisconsin (3) | 4-0 | 1,493 | 3 |
| 4. Duke | 5-0 | 1,473 | 4 |
| 5. North Carolina | 3-0 | 1,315 | 6 |
| 6. Louisville | 3-0 | 1,220 | 7 |
| 7. Texas | 4-0 | 1,185 | 10 |
| 8. Virginia | 4-0 | 1,166 | 9 |
| 9. Wichita St. | 3-0 | 1,120 | 11 |
| 10. Gonzaga | 4-0 | 1,076 | 13 |
| 11. Kansas | 1-1 | 982 | 5 |
| 12. Villanova | 3-0 | 913 | 12 |
| 13. Iowa St. | 2-0 | 831 | 14 |
| 14. VCU | 3-0 | 761 | 15 |
| 15. San Diego St. | 3-0 | 735 | 16 |
| 16. Ohio St. | 3-0 | 557 | 20 |
| 17. Miami | 5-0 | 524 | — |
| 18. Florida | 2-1 | 467 | 8 |
| 19. Michigan | 3-0 | 402 | 24 |
| 20. Michigan St. | 2-1 | 400 | 19 |
| 21. West Virginia | 5-0 | 345 | — |
| 22. UCLA | 4-0 | 177 | — |
| 23. Creighton | 4-0 | 148 | — |
| 24. UConn | 3-1 | 145 | 17 |
| 25. Arkansas | 3-0 | 129 | — |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 109, Stanford 80, Providence 63, Utah 38, Minnesota 21, N. Iowa 17, Rhode Island 16, Syracuse 15, Oklahoma St. 14, Georgetown 10, Memphis 10, Baylor 7, Indiana 6, California 5, Illinois 5, Nebraska 5, Cincinnati 4, NC State 4, Wyoming 4, Dayton 3, Maryland 3, UTEP 3, BYU 2, Northeastern 1, Xavier 1.