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There were a lot of losses by Top 25 teams this week, but a few big wins allowed a few teams to jump into the poll.
Kansas took advantage of their opportunity to play two Top 10 teams this week, beating them botgh to jump into the top spot.
Notre Dame and Dayton both picked up big wins, finally getting into the poll after hanging around for weeks.
The ACC and Big 12 now both have 6 teams in the poll, with the Big Ten having 5. No other conference has more than two.
Rock Chalk Talk Top 25
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
| 1 | Kansas(4) | 172 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Villanova(2) | 166 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 156 | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Iowa | 141 | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 137 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Virginia | 134 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 129 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Michigan State(1) | 126 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | Maryland | 123 | 4 | -5 |
| 10 | Xavier | 113 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Miami | 103 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Louisville | 94 | 11 | -1 |
| 13 | Purdue | 76 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 74 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 71 | 21 | 6 |
| 16 | Arizona | 70 | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 56 | NR | 13 |
| 18 | Dayton | 50 | NR | 10 |
| 19 | Oregon | 48 | 14 | -5 |
| 20 | Duke | 41 | 23 | 3 |
| 20 | Southern Methodist | 41 | 17 | -3 |
| 22 | Indiana | 31 | 20 | -2 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 28 | 13 | -10 |
| 24 | Texas | 26 | 23 | -1 |
| 25 | Baylor | 17 | 19 | -6 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 16, Southern California 11, Utah 10, California 6, Wichita State 6, Louisiana State 2, Pittsburgh 1 | ||||
| New this week: Notre Dame, Dayton | ||||
| Dropping out: Wichita State(22) , Providence(23) , Saint Mary's(23) | ||||
| Biggest Movers (still receiving votes): | ||||
| Texas A&M -10, Baylor -6, Maryland -5, Oregon -5 | ||||
| Notre Dame +13, Dayton +10, Kansas +6, Kentucky +6 | ||||
| Rank | misterbrain | Hammen | (David) | mikeville | sax solo | brendandzwierzynski | FLJhawk |
| 1 | Kansas | Villanova | Michigan State | Kansas | Villanova | Kansas | Kansas |
| 2 | Villanova | Kansas | Kansas | Oklahoma | Kansas | Villanova | Oklahoma |
| 3 | North Carolina | North Carolina | Oklahoma | Villanova | Virginia | Oklahoma | Villanova |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Xavier | Villanova | Iowa | Oklahoma | Iowa | Virginia |
| 5 | Maryland | Iowa | West Virginia | West Virginia | Iowa | Michigan State | Virginia |
| 6 | Iowa | Virginia | Kentucky | Virginia | North Carolina | Maryland | Maryland |
| 7 | West Virginia | Maryland | Louisville | Maryland | West Virginia | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 8 | Miami | Oklahoma | Virginia | North Carolina | Maryland | Xavier | West Virginia |
| 9 | Louisville | Miami | Duke | Michigan State | Michigan State | West Virginia | Michigan State |
| 10 | Virginia | Michigan State | Vanderbilt | Xavier | Xavier | Virginia | Xavier |
| 11 | Xavier | Louisville | North Carolina | Iowa State | Kentucky | Purdue | Miami |
| 12 | Arizona | West Virginia | Indiana | Miami | Miami | Miami | Arizona |
| 13 | Michigan State | Arizona | Iowa | Notre Dame | Oregon | Louisville | Kentucky |
| 14 | Dayton | Dayton | Purdue | Purdue | Duke | Iowa State | Iowa State |
| 15 | Iowa State | Purdue | Miami | Louisville | Iowa State | Arizona | Louisville |
| 16 | Notre Dame | Kentucky | Xavier | Dayton | Southern Methodist | Notre Dame | Dayton |
| 17 | Purdue | Southern Methodist | Arizona | Oregon | Purdue | Southern Methodist | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Indiana | Texas A&M | Iowa State | Texas | Louisville | Oregon | Purdue |
| 19 | Baylor | Oregon | Texas A&M | Southern California | Arizona | Baylor | Southern Methodist |
| 20 | Kentucky | Wichita State | Maryland | Utah | Notre Dame | Texas A&M | Oregon |
| 21 | Duke | Iowa State | Texas | Indiana | Texas | California | Indiana |
| 22 | Southern Methodist | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Duke | Texas A&M | Dayton | Utah |
| 23 | Texas A&M | Duke | Oregon | Duke | Southern California | Texas | Texas |
| 24 | Oregon | Louisiana State | Southern Methodist | Arizona | Dayton | Southern California | Baylor |
| 25 | Texas | Texas | Pittsburgh | Baylor | California | Utah | Duke |