For the second straight week, Syracuse sits atop the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for college basketball. Joining the Orange are Louisville (#4), Connecticut (#8), Marquette (#10), Pittsburgh (#15), and Georgetown (#16). In the coaches poll, for the first time this year, Seton Hall, off to its best start in years thanks to the play of center Herb Pope, received a vote. You can view both full polls below the jump.
| AP Top 25 | Coaches Poll | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Syracuse (53) | 11-0 | 1,585 | 1 | Syracuse (30) | 11-0 | 774 |
| 2 | Ohio State (5) | 10-1 | 1,474 | 2 | Ohio State (1) | 10-1 | 713 |
| 3 | Kentucky (4) | 9-1 | 1,457 | 3 | Kentucky | 9-1 | 702 |
| 4 | Louisville (2) | 10-0 | 1,364 | 4 | Louisville | 10-0 | 679 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 1,340 | 5 | Duke | 9-1 | 637 |
| 6 | Baylor | 9-0 | 1,271 | 6 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 623 |
| 7 | Duke | 9-1 | 1,266 | 7 | Baylor | 9-0 | 570 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 9-1 | 1,102 | 8 | Missouri | 11-0 | 560 |
| 9 | Missouri | 11-0 | 1,076 | 9 | Connecticut | 9-1 | 526 |
| 10 | Marquette | 10-0 | 1,021 | 10 | Marquette | 10-0 | 503 |
| 11 | Florida | 8-2 | 946 | 11 | Kansas | 7-2 | 471 |
| 12 | Kansas | 7-2 | 939 | 12 | Florida | 8-2 | 447 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 746 | 13 | Pittsburgh | 10-1 | 386 |
| 14 | Xavier | 8-1 | 728 | 14 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 361 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10-1 | 707 | 15 | Xavier | 8-1 | 318 |
| 16 | Georgetown | 9-1 | 644 | 16 | Georgetown | 9-1 | 301 |
| 17 | Indiana | 10-0 | 601 | 17 | Mississippi State | 11-1 | 277 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 11-1 | 576 | 18 | Indiana | 10-0 | 245 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 9-2 | 413 | 19 | Michigan | 9-2 | 221 |
| 20 | Michigan | 9-2 | 381 | 20 | Michigan State | 9-2 | 193 |
| 21 | UNLV | 11-2 | 251 | 21 | Creighton | 8-1 | 107 |
| 22 | Murray State | 12-0 | 222 | 22 | Murray State | 12-0 | 100 |
| 23 | Creighton | 8-1 | 130 | 23 | UNLV | 11-2 | 68 |
| 24 | Virginia | 9-1 | 102 | 24 | Illinois | 10-1 | 66 |
| 25 | Illinois | 10-1 | 96 | 25 | Harvard | 9-1 | 53 |