Kentucky received all 65 first place votes and is No. 1 again this week. Louisville moved up one spot to No. 16.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kentucky (65) | 29-0 | 1,625 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia | 27-1 | 1,547 | 2 |
| 3. Duke | 26-3 | 1,501 | 4 |
| 4. Villanova | 27-2 | 1,417 | 6 |
| 5. Arizona | 26-3 | 1,338 | 7 |
| 6. Wisconsin | 26-3 | 1,318 | 5 |
| 7. Gonzaga | 29-2 | 1,244 | 3 |
| 8. Wichita St. | 27-3 | 1,104 | 11 |
| 9. Kansas | 23-6 | 1,087 | 8 |
| 10. Maryland | 24-5 | 1,035 | 14 |
| 11. N. Iowa | 27-3 | 908 | 10 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 24-5 | 879 | 9 |
| 13. Utah | 22-6 | 823 | 13 |
| 14. Baylor | 22-7 | 801 | 19 |
| 15. Oklahoma | 20-8 | 759 | 16 |
| 16. Louisville | 23-6 | 728 | 17 |
| 17. Iowa St. | 20-8 | 536 | 12 |
| 18. Arkansas | 23-6 | 515 | 18 |
| 19. North Carolina | 20-9 | 435 | 15 |
| 20. West Virginia | 22-7 | 389 | 20 |
| 21. Butler | 21-8 | 359 | 23 |
| 22. SMU | 23-6 | 210 | 21 |
| 23. Ohio St. | 21-8 | 114 | — |
| 24. Providence | 20-9 | 91 | 25 |
| 25. Murray St. | 26-4 | 79 | — |
Others receiving votes: Dayton 61, Boise St. 53, Oregon 33, St. John's 27, BYU 21, Texas A&M 20, Davidson 18, Georgetown 13, Colorado St. 7, San Diego St. 7, Tulsa 7, LSU 6, Rhode Island 3, VCU 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Valparaiso 2.
