| Pollster report: Massey Ratings Top 50 |
| Rank | Team | Rating | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3.03264 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Syracuse | 2.78796 | |||
| 3 | North Carolina | 2.71717 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 4 | Kansas | 2.65252 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Ohio State | 2.54024 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Missouri | 2.5368 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Michigan State | 2.52135 | |||
| 8 | Duke | 2.51606 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Baylor | 2.39335 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 10 | Marquette | 2.37847 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Indiana | 2.36665 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Michigan | 2.34939 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Wisconsin | 2.32873 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Wichita State | 2.28102 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Murray State | 2.27261 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Georgetown | 2.25524 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 17 | Temple | 2.24131 | |||
| 18 | Creighton | 2.22057 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Kansas State | 2.2115 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 20 | Iowa State | 2.20203 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | |
| 21 | Memphis | 2.19962 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Gonzaga | 2.19641 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Louisville | 2.16988 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Florida | 2.16472 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Saint Louis | 2.1632 | |||
| 26 | Vanderbilt | 2.14447 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 27 | Florida State | 2.13363 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 28 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 2.12132 | 0 | ||
| 29 | San Diego State | 2.10685 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Purdue | 2.103 | 0 | ||
| 31 | UNLV | 2.09933 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 32 | Notre Dame | 2.09729 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Virginia | 2.09634 | 0 | ||
| 34 | New Mexico | 2.08838 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 2.07556 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Harvard | 2.0581 | |||
| 37 | Alabama | 2.0385 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Drexel | 2.03198 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Va. Commonwealth | 2.02895 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Texas | 2.02746 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Oral Roberts | 2.02632 | 0 | ||
| 42 | California | 2.02628 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Belmont | 2.02352 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Long Beach State | 2.02108 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Southern Miss | 2.00766 | 0 | ||
| 46 | West Virginia | 2.00363 | |||
| 47 | USF | 1.99935 | 0 | ||
| 48 | BYU | 1.99566 | |||
| 49 | Miami (FL) | 1.98278 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Nevada | 1.97895 | 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 |