Ohio State is a unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in The USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 men’s basketball coaches poll. The Buckeyes are 24-0 and the only unbeaten team. The rest of the top six all stayed unchanged from last week while Notre Dame, BYU, Connecticut and Villanova round out the Top 10. Two newscomers, North Carolina and Saint Mary’s, slip into the top 25 this week.
| ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Ohio State (31) | 24-0 | 775 |
| 2 | Kansas | 22-1 | 732 |
| 3 | Texas | 20-3 | 721 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 21-2 | 678 |
| 5 | Duke | 21-2 | 642 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 23-1 | 614 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 19-4 | 575 |
| 8 | Brigham Young | 22-2 | 564 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 18-4 | 496 |
| 10 | Villanova | 19-4 | 495 |
| 11 | Georgetown | 18-5 | 447 |
| 12 | Purdue | 18-5 | 401 |
| 13 | Syracuse | 20-4 | 369 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 17-5 | 361 |
| 15 | Louisville | 18-5 | 350 |
| 16 | Arizona | 20-4 | 273 |
| 17 | Utah State | 22-2 | 257 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 16-6 | 246 |
| 19 | Florida | 18-5 | 243 |
| 20 | Missouri | 18-5 | 234 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 17-5 | 165 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 17-5 | 128 |
| 23 | Saint Mary’s | 20-4 | 64 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | 16-6 | 39 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 16-7 | 37 |
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 29, Temple 27, Washington 21, Coastal Carolina 15, George Mason 13, Xavier 13, Wichita State 12, UCLA 9, Alabama 8, Florida State 6, UTEP 4, Illinois 3, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Marquette 2, Valpa
raiso 2, UNLV 2
Dropped from rankings: Washington 19, Illinois 24
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