USA Today Men’s Top 25 Poll
The Final USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes |
| 1 | Florida (36-4) | 775 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | Houston (35-5) | 744 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Duke (35-4) | 706 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Auburn (32-6) | 689 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Tennessee (30-8) | 621 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Alabama (28-9) | 610 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Michigan St. (30-7) | 593 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas Tech (28-9) | 582 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Maryland (27-9) | 469 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | St. John’s (31-5) | 436 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Michigan (27-10) | 427 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | Purdue (24-12) | 384 | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | Arizona (24-13) | 353 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | Kentucky (24-12) | 330 | 21 | 0 |
| 15 | BYU (26-10) | 316 | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | Wisconsin (27-10) | 315 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | Iowa St. (25-10) | 280 | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Mississippi (24-12) | 214 | NR | 0 |
| 19 | Texas A&M (23-11) | 195 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Gonzaga (26-9) | 155 | 23 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisville (27-8) | 146 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Saint Mary’s (Cal) (29-6) | 97 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | Clemson (27-7) | 95 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | Creighton (25-11) | 90 | NR | 0 |
| 25 | Arkansas (22-14) | 84 | NR | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Memphis (29-6); No. 24 Missouri (22-12); No. 25 Marquette (23-11).
Others receiving votes: Memphis (29-6) 63; Drake (31-4) 52; Illinois (22-13) 49; UConn (24-11) 41; Oregon (25-10) 40; Missouri (22-12) 33; UCLA (23-11) 33; Marquette (23-11) 18; New Mexico (27-8) 11; Colorado St. (26-10) 9; UC San Diego (30-5) 7; Baylor (20-15) 6; Kansas (21-13) 6; McNeese St. (28-7) 1.
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The Final USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes |
| 1 | Florida (36-4) | 775 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | Houston (35-5) | 744 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Duke (35-4) | 706 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Auburn (32-6) | 689 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Tennessee (30-8) | 621 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Alabama (28-9) | 610 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Michigan St. (30-7) | 593 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas Tech (28-9) | 582 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Maryland (27-9) | 469 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | St. John’s (31-5) | 436 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Michigan (27-10) | 427 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | Purdue (24-12) | 384 | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | Arizona (24-13) | 353 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | Kentucky (24-12) | 330 | 21 | 0 |
| 15 | BYU (26-10) | 316 | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | Wisconsin (27-10) | 315 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | Iowa St. (25-10) | 280 | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Mississippi (24-12) | 214 | NR | 0 |
| 19 | Texas A&M (23-11) | 195 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Gonzaga (26-9) | 155 | 23 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisville (27-8) | 146 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Saint Mary’s (Cal) (29-6) | 97 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | Clemson (27-7) | 95 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | Creighton (25-11) | 90 | NR | 0 |
| 25 | Arkansas (22-14) | 84 | NR | 0 |