| Pollster report: Massey Ratings Top 50 |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2.79367 | 0 - HIGHEST | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 2 | Kentucky | 2.72341 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 3 | Baylor | 2.69586 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Ohio State | 2.67156 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Indiana | 2.60987 | 0 | ||
| 6 | North Carolina | 2.58943 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Michigan State | 2.58611 | |||
| 8 | Duke | 2.51666 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 9 | Kansas | 2.50197 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Missouri | 2.49121 | |||
| 11 | Kansas State | 2.47912 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 12 | Georgetown | 2.42627 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 13 | UNLV | 2.39471 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 14 | Murray State | 2.35876 | |||
| 15 | Seton Hall | 2.31687 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Michigan | 2.29047 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Alabama | 2.28475 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 2.28361 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Gonzaga | 2.28278 | |||
| 20 | Creighton | 2.25566 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 21 | West Virginia | 2.24423 | |||
| 22 | Louisville | 2.18776 | |||
| 23 | Virginia | 2.18545 | 0 | ||
| 24 | San Diego State | 2.16813 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Wichita State | 2.13317 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Illinois | 2.13164 | 0 | ||
| 27 | California | 2.12416 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Florida | 2.11081 | 0 | ||
| 29 | New Mexico | 2.10642 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 2.09914 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Southern Miss | 2.09895 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Marquette | 2.09706 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 33 | BYU | 2.09392 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Middle Tennessee | 2.05663 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Memphis | 2.05541 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Connecticut | 2.03121 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Mississippi State | 2.02248 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Dayton | 2.0205 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Saint Louis | 2.01375 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Purdue | 2.01176 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Long Beach State | 2.01151 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Oral Roberts | 2.00961 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 43 | Harvard | 2.00341 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Northwestern | 2.00232 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Temple | 1.99719 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Iona | 1.99714 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Iowa State | 1.99218 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Texas | 1.98236 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Vanderbilt | 1.97856 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 50 | Marshall | 1.95666 | 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 |