The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 27, 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 (40) | 6-0 | 1590 | 1 |
| 2. Villanova (20) | 6-0 | 1567 | 2 |
| 3. North Carolina (4) | 7-0 | 1497 | 4 |
| 4. Kansas | 5-1 | 1414 | 5 |
| 5. Duke | 6-1 | 1365 | 6 |
| 6. Virginia | 6-0 | 1286 | 7 |
| 7. Xavier | 6-0 | 1181 | 9 |
| 8. Gonzaga | 6-0 | 1112 | 11 |
| 9. Baylor (1) | 6-0 | 1068 | 20 |
| 10. Creighton | 6-0 | 965 | 12 |
| 11. UCLA | 7-0 | 955 | 14 |
| 12. Saint Mary’s (Cal) | 5-0 | 866 | 15 |
| 13. Indiana | 4-1 | 857 | 3 |
| 14. Louisville | 5-1 | 808 | 10 |
| 15. Purdue | 5-1 | 687 | 17 |
| 16. Arizona | 5-1 | 655 | 8 |
| 17. Wisconsin | 5-2 | 555 | 16 |
| 18. Butler | 6-0 | 506 | — |
| 19. Iowa St. | 5-1 | 389 | 21 |
| 20. South Carolina | 6-0 | 379 | — |
| 21. Rhode Island | 5-1 | 354 | 23 |
| 22. Syracuse | 4-1 | 229 | 18 |
| 23. Oregon | 4-2 | 189 | 13 |
| 24. Florida | 6-1 | 154 | — |
| 25. West Virginia | 4-1 | 132 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Maryland 126, Notre Dame 85, Cincinnati 49, Michigan St. 28, Ohio St. 22, Michigan 13, Temple 8, Southern Cal 7, Houston 6, Florida St. 5, VCU 5, California 3, Tennessee St. 2, Virginia Tech 1, Minnesota 1, Arkansas St. 1, Colorado 1, Rutgers 1, San Diego St. 1.
