| Pollster report: Sagarin Top 50 |   |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 94.52 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Ohio State | 93.37 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 3 | Kansas | 92.7 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 4 | Syracuse | 92.59 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 92.49 | 0 | ||
| 6 | North Carolina | 91.23 | |||
| 7 | Missouri | 91.13 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Wisconsin | 90.19 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 9 | Duke | 89.57 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 10 | Wichita State | 88.96 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 11 | Indiana | 88.66 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 12 | Georgetown | 88.28 | |||
| 13 | Florida | 88.26 | |||
| 14 | Baylor | 88.21 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 15 | Marquette | 88.03 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 16 | New Mexico | 88.01 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 17 | Saint Louis | 87.35 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 18 | Louisville | 86.37 | 0 | ||
| 19 | California | 86.19 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 20 | UNLV | 86.15 | |||
| 21 | Florida State | 86.07 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Michigan | 85.8 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 23 | Virginia | 85.75 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 24 | Memphis | 85.74 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 25 | Kansas State | 85.64 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 26 | Texas | 85.46 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 27 | Creighton | 85.42 | |||
| 28 | Vanderbilt | 85.13 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Alabama | 85.09 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 30 | Gonzaga | 84.65 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 31 | BYU | 84.58 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Temple | 84.5 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 33 | West Virginia | 84.27 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 34 | Purdue | 84.15 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 35 | Belmont | 84.04 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 36 | Iowa State | 83.96 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Harvard | 83.68 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 38 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 83.49 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 39 | Connecticut | 83.43 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Notre Dame | 83.08 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 41 | Long Beach State | 82.74 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Cincinnati | 82.69 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee | 82.61 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Arizona | 82.44 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 45 | Seton Hall | 82.36 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Miami (FL) | 82.26 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Murray State | 82.26 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 48 | Southern Miss | 82.25 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Northwestern | 81.84 | |||
| 50 | Minnesota | 81.74 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST |
| 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 |
