| Pollster report: USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll |
| Rank | Team | Points | # 1 | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Kentucky | 775 | 31 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Syracuse | 744 | ||||
| 3 | Kansas | 703 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 4 | North Carolina | 690 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 5 | Missouri | 620 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 6 | Duke | 604 | ||||
| 7 | Ohio State | 568 | ||||
| 8 | Michigan State | 540 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 9 | Marquette | 537 | ||||
| 10 | Murray State | 526 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 11 | Baylor | 422 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Wisconsin | 417 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Michigan | 397 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Georgetown | 369 | ||||
| 15 | Indiana | 287 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 16 | Wichita State | 241 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 17 | Florida State | 199 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 18 | Saint Mary's, Calif. | 198 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 19 | Florida | 187 | 0 | |||
| 20 | UNLV | 191 | ||||
| 21 | San Diego State | 165 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Creighton | 164 | ||||
| 23 | Notre Dame | 134 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 24 | Temple | 112 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Gonzaga | 80 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Louisville | 60 | 0 | |||
| 27 | New Mexico | 26 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Iowa State | 24 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Memphis | 24 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Drexel | 21 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Virginia | 18 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Kansas State | 11 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Mississippi State | 8 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 34 | Saint Louis | 6 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Va. Commonwealth | 3 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Nevada | 3 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 37 | Harvard | 2 | ||||
| 38 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 38 | Montana | 1 | 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 |