| Pollster report: Massey Ratings Top 50 |   |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2.92889 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Syracuse | 2.76971 | |||
| 3 | Missouri | 2.64605 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 4 | Michigan State | 2.60994 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Kansas | 2.58563 | |||
| 6 | North Carolina | 2.5832 | |||
| 7 | Duke | 2.52 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Ohio State | 2.50578 | |||
| 9 | Baylor | 2.39422 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 10 | Marquette | 2.37331 | |||
| 11 | Wichita State | 2.34586 | |||
| 12 | Georgetown | 2.32256 | |||
| 13 | Florida | 2.31817 | |||
| 14 | Michigan | 2.30987 | |||
| 15 | Louisville | 2.2902 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Wisconsin | 2.28176 | |||
| 17 | New Mexico | 2.2528 | |||
| 18 | Temple | 2.24054 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Indiana | 2.22413 | |||
| 20 | Saint Louis | 2.224 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Murray State | 2.19249 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Creighton | 2.18042 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Florida State | 2.16507 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 24 | Notre Dame | 2.16045 | 0 | ||
| 25 | California | 2.15903 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Gonzaga | 2.15721 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Vanderbilt | 2.15646 | |||
| 28 | Kansas State | 2.14615 | 0 | ||
| 29 | UNLV | 2.14115 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee | 2.13748 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 31 | Harvard | 2.13669 | |||
| 32 | Virginia | 2.11432 | |||
| 33 | Southern Miss | 2.10795 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Iowa State | 2.098 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 35 | Memphis | 2.09688 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 2.08303 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Long Beach State | 2.07527 | |||
| 38 | BYU | 2.06824 | 0 | ||
| 39 | San Diego State | 2.04668 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Texas | 2.04141 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Alabama | 2.03273 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Oral Roberts | 2.0293 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Miami (FL) | 2.02724 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 44 | West Virginia | 2.02223 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Purdue | 2.00857 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Va. Commonwealth | 1.99712 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Cincinnati | 1.99258 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Seton Hall | 1.99122 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Northwestern | 1.96732 | |||
| 50 | Connecticut | 1.96664 | 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 |
