| Pollster report: Sagarin Top 50 |   |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 95.34 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Ohio State | 93.49 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 3 | Kansas | 92.92 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 4 | North Carolina | 92.42 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 5 | Syracuse | 92.33 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 6 | Michigan State | 92.14 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Missouri | 90.64 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Wisconsin | 90.25 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 9 | Indiana | 89.81 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 10 | Duke | 89.1 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 11 | Wichita State | 89.03 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 12 | Baylor | 88.25 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 13 | Marquette | 88.09 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 14 | Georgetown | 88.08 | |||
| 15 | Memphis | 87.12 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 16 | Florida | 86.88 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 17 | Saint Louis | 86.81 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 18 | New Mexico | 86.64 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 19 | Kansas State | 86.2 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 20 | Michigan | 86.18 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 21 | UNLV | 85.7 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Louisville | 85.51 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Virginia | 85.5 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 24 | Creighton | 85.39 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 25 | Florida State | 85.34 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Purdue | 85.29 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 27 | Texas | 85.22 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 28 | Vanderbilt | 85.19 | 0 | ||
| 29 | California | 85.11 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 30 | Alabama | 85.11 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 31 | Gonzaga | 84.98 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 32 | Iowa State | 84.91 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 33 | Belmont | 84.41 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 34 | Temple | 84.31 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 35 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 83.78 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 36 | West Virginia | 83.69 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 83.49 | 0 | ||
| 38 | BYU | 83.29 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 39 | Connecticut | 83.29 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Murray State | 83.13 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 83.12 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 42 | Long Beach State | 82.86 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Harvard | 82.77 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 44 | Miami (FL) | 82.47 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 45 | San Diego State | 82.27 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 46 | North Carolina State | 82.08 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 47 | Arizona | 81.81 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 48 | Middle Tennessee | 81.74 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Northwestern | 81.71 | |||
| 50 | Va. Commonwealth | 81.69 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST |
| 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 |
