AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, 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 | Pvs | |
| 1. Illinois (50) | 10-0 | 1,727 | 1 |
| 2. Kansas (15) | 7-0 | 1,658 | 2 |
| 3. Oklahoma St. (5) | 8-0 | 1,628 | 4 |
| 4. North Carolina | 8-1 | 1,476 | 5 |
| 5. Wake Forest | 9-1 | 1,427 | 6 |
| 6. Duke | 8-0 | 1,388 | 7 |
| 7. Syracuse | 9-1 | 1,307 | 8 |
| 8. Kentucky | 7-1 | 1,220 | 9 |
| 9. Georgia Tech | 7-1 | 1,219 | 3 |
| 10. Pittsburgh | 8-0 | 1,115 | 10 |
| 11. Connecticut | 5-1 | 964 | 11 |
| 12. Washington | 8-1 | 758 | 18 |
| 13. Gonzaga | 8-1 | 732 | 22 |
| 14. Arizona | 7-2 | 720 | 15 |
| 15. Texas | 7-2 | 703 | 14 |
| 16. N.C. State | 8-1 | 689 | 12 |
| 17. Iowa | 9-1 | 658 | 16 |
| 18. Louisville | 6-2 | 618 | 13 |
| 19. Alabama | 9-1 | 607 | 17 |
| 20. George Washington | 7-1 | 475 | 19 |
| 21. Mississippi St. | 9-2 | 411 | 20 |
| 22. Cincinnati | 7-0 | 297 | 25 |
| 23. Michigan St. | 6-2 | 279 | 21 |
| 24. Maryland | 6-2 | 239 | 23 |
| 25. Virginia | 7-1 | 200 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Marquette 69, Boston College 51, Wisconsin 19, Oklahoma 15, New Mexico 13, Arkansas 12, Oregon 11, Hawaii 8, Creighton 7, Notre Dame 7, Wichita St. 6, West Virginia 4, Miami 3, Florida 2, Fresno St. 2, Iowa St. 2, Old Dominion 2, American U. 1, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.