The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | Virginia | 28-2 | 1,625 | 1 |
| 2 | Villanova | 27-4 | 1,516 | 4 |
| 3 | Xavier | 27-4 | 1,510 | 3 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 29-4 | 1,346 | 2 |
| 5 | Duke | 25-6 | 1,340 | 5 |
| 6 | Gonzaga | 28-4 | 1,254 | 7 |
| 7 | Michigan | 28-7 | 1,231 | 15 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 27-4 | 1,213 | 10 |
| 9 | Kansas | 24-7 | 1,129 | 6 |
| 10 | Purdue | 28-6 | 1,096 | 8 |
| 11 | Wichita State | 24-6 | 861 | 11 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 22-9 | 852 | 9 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 23-7 | 825 | 16 |
| 14 | Texas Tech | 23-8 | 784 | 12 |
| 15 | Arizona | 24-7 | 739 | 19 |
| 16 | Auburn | 25-6 | 692 | 14 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 24-8 | 603 | 13 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 22-9 | 486 | 20 |
| 19 | Clemson | 22-8 | 422 | 18 |
| 20 | Saint Mary’s | 28-4 | 385 | 22 |
| 21 | Houston | 24-6 | 247 | 25 |
| 22 | Nevada | 26-6 | 218 | 21 |
| 23 | Florida | 20-11 | 192 | — |
| 24 | Miami | 22-8 | 191 | — |
| 25 | Rhode Island | 23-6 | 86 | 17 |