| Pollster report: Massey Ratings Top 50 |   |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2.92305 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Syracuse | 2.71056 | |||
| 3 | Missouri | 2.63102 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 4 | Michigan State | 2.5551 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 5 | Ohio State | 2.55214 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Kansas | 2.54888 | 0 | ||
| 7 | North Carolina | 2.54277 | |||
| 8 | Duke | 2.49818 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Baylor | 2.46128 | |||
| 10 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 2.32248 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 2.31956 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Indiana | 2.31267 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Wichita State | 2.31222 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Louisville | 2.31004 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 15 | UNLV | 2.30917 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 16 | Marquette | 2.30478 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 17 | Georgetown | 2.29399 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 18 | Gonzaga | 2.28665 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Michigan | 2.28659 | |||
| 20 | Saint Louis | 2.20762 | 0 | ||
| 21 | San Diego State | 2.20709 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Temple | 2.20019 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Florida | 2.19883 | 0 | ||
| 24 | New Mexico | 2.17089 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Virginia | 2.16922 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Southern Miss | 2.16885 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Creighton | 2.16542 | |||
| 28 | Memphis | 2.15263 | |||
| 29 | California | 2.14491 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Iowa State | 2.12539 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee | 2.12177 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 32 | Notre Dame | 2.11836 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Long Beach State | 2.11384 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Murray State | 2.11265 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Kansas State | 2.10957 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Harvard | 2.10507 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Florida State | 2.09579 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | 2.08745 | 0 | ||
| 39 | BYU | 2.07168 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Texas | 2.06424 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Miami (FL) | 2.05095 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Alabama | 2.04404 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Oral Roberts | 2.01758 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Va. Commonwealth | 2.01289 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Mississippi State | 2.00449 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Seton Hall | 2.00409 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Purdue | 1.99508 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Nevada | 1.98624 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Connecticut | 1.98533 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Illinois | 1.98449 | 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 |
