| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | +1, No slight to UConn, but the resume two weeks into the season is too difficult to ignore. I feel good about moving a team with wins over UNC and MSU over my previous #1 team that has just played no |
| 2 | UConn | -1 |
| 3 | Gonzaga | |
| 4 | Auburn | |
| 5 | Houston | |
| 6 | Iowa State | +1 |
| 7 | North Carolina | +1 |
| 8 | Purdue | +5, Dukeing it out with Kentucky for win of the week |
| 9 | Alabama | -3, They will be all right following the loss to Purdue |
| 10 | Tennessee | +1 |
| 11 | Duke | -2 |
| 12 | Baylor | |
| 13 | Marquette | +2, they jump Creighton for the win at Maryland |
| 14 | Creighton | |
| 15 | Kentucky | +7 |
| 16 | Arizona | -6 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | -1 |
| 18 | St. John's | |
| 19 | Texas Tech | |
| 20 | Illinois | |
| 21 | Indiana | |
| 22 | Wisconsin | NEW |
| 23 | Florida | NEW |
| 24 | UCF | |
| 25 | Xavier | NEW |
IN: WISCONSIN, FLORIDA, XAVIER OUT: WAKE FOREST, OHIO STATE, ARKANSAS NEXT FIVE: TEXAS A&M, RUTGERS, BYU, ARKANSAS, WAKE FOREST