| Pollster report: Sagarin Top 50 |   |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Syracuse | 93.69 | 0 - HIGHEST | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 2 | Kentucky | 92.68 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 3 | Ohio State | 92.51 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 4 | Indiana | 91.96 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 5 | Michigan State | 91.28 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 6 | Kansas | 90.98 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 7 | Duke | 90.86 | 0 | ||
| 8 | North Carolina | 90.57 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Baylor | 90.33 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 10 | Missouri | 90.17 | |||
| 11 | Georgetown | 89.37 | |||
| 12 | UNLV | 89.09 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 13 | Kansas State | 88.18 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Alabama | 87.58 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 15 | Murray State | 87.36 | |||
| 16 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 87.33 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 17 | Marquette | 86.87 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 86.83 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 19 | Gonzaga | 86.62 | |||
| 20 | Creighton | 86.52 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 21 | West Virginia | 86.36 | |||
| 22 | Louisville | 86.18 | |||
| 23 | California | 85.84 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 24 | Wichita State | 85.8 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 25 | Seton Hall | 85.76 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Virginia | 85.69 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Michigan | 85.67 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 28 | BYU | 85.14 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 29 | Memphis | 84.97 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 30 | Purdue | 84.72 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 31 | New Mexico | 84.26 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Saint Louis | 84.13 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 33 | Southern Miss | 83.74 | 0 | ||
| 34 | San Diego State | 83.64 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Illinois | 83.5 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Long Beach State | 83.45 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Iona | 83.42 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Florida | 83.36 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Stanford | 83.33 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Connecticut | 83.16 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 82.99 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Dayton | 82.92 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee | 82.82 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Texas | 82.63 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 45 | Northern Iowa | 82.57 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Vanderbilt | 82.52 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Oral Roberts | 82.5 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Harvard | 82.43 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 49 | Temple | 82.32 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Northwestern | 82.22 | 0 |
| 1. | Louisville |
| 2. | Michigan |
| 3. | Duke |
| 4. | Kansas |
| 4. | Indiana |
| 6. | Ohio State |
| 7. | Syracuse |
| 8. | Gonzaga |
| 9. | Miami (FL) |
| 10. | Florida |
| 11. | Michigan State |
| 12. | Wichita State |
| 13. | Georgetown |
| 13. | Marquette |
| 14. | Arizona |
| 15. | New Mexico |
| 16. | Creighton |
| 17. | Memphis |
| 17. | Oregon |
| 19. | Wisconsin |
| 20. | Kansas State |
| 21. | Va. Commonwealth |
| 22. | Pittsburgh |
| 23. | North Carolina |
| 24. | Butler |
| 25. | Oklahoma State |
