After a pair of wins over teams from South Carolina the Ohio State Buckeyes stayed at No. 2 in this week's college basketball AP Poll. The complete rankings are as follows:
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Syracuse (53) | 11-0 | 1,585 |
| 2 | Ohio State (5) | 10-1 | 1,474 |
| 3 | Kentucky (4) | 9-1 | 1,457 |
| 4 | Louisville (2) | 10-0 | 1,364 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 1,340 |
| 6 | Baylor | 9-0 | 1,271 |
| 7 | Duke | 9-1 | 1,266 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 9-1 | 1,102 |
| 9 | Missouri | 11-0 | 1,076 |
| 10 | Marquette | 10-0 | 1,021 |
| 11 | Florida | 8-2 | 946 |
| 12 | Kansas | 7-2 | 939 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 746 |
| 14 | Xavier | 8-1 | 728 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10-1 | 707 |
| 16 | Georgetown | 9-1 | 644 |
| 17 | Indiana | 10-0 | 601 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 11-1 | 576 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 9-2 | 413 |
| 20 | Michigan | 9-2 | 381 |
| 21 | UNLV | 11-2 | 251 |
| 22 | Murray State | 12-0 | 222 |
| 23 | Creighton | 8-1 | 130 |
| 24 | Virginia | 9-1 | 102 |
| 25 | Illinois | 10-1 | 96 |
Cleveland State also moved closer to the top 25 this week. The Vikings received seven votes in this week's poll, which was 35th among those receiving votes.