The Missouri Tigers are off to an outstanding start in Frank Haith's first season on the bench. Missouri is 7-0 on the season and moves up three spots in both the AP Top 25 poll and the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll to No. 10. Since dropping a couple of games in the Maui Invitational, Kansas has righted the ship with two straight wins and jumps up two spots to No. 13.
Baylor is still the highest ranked Big 12 team coming in at No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the coaches poll. Texas A&M is the fourth Big 12 team to be ranked coming in at No. 22 in the AP and No. 25 this week in the coaches Poll.
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky (47) | 8-0 | 1606 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State (18) | 8-0 | 1575 | 2 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 8-0 | 1491 | 4 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 6-2 | 1328 | 5 |
| 5 | Louisville | 7-0 | 1325 | 6 |
| 6 | Baylor | 7-0 | 1283 | 7 |
| 7 | Duke | 7-1 | 1264 | 3 |
| 8 | Xavier | 6-0 | 1133 | 11 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 7-1 | 1120 | 8 |
| 10 | Missouri | 7-0 | 1109 | 13 |
| 11 | Marquette | 7-0 | 982 | 16 |
| 12 | Florida | 5-2 | 923 | 10 |
| 13 | Kansas | 5-2 | 833 | 15 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 6-2 | 665 | 9 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 660 | 17 |
| 16 | Alabama | 7-1 | 635 | 12 |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 8-1 | 493 | 21 |
| 18 | Georgetown | 7-1 | 491 | 30 |
| 19 | Creighton | 7-0 | 352 | 26 |
| 20 | Michigan | 6-2 | 312 | 14 |
| 21 | Memphis | 4-2 | 216 | 22 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 6-1 | 199 | 25 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 5-1 | 197 | 19 |
| 24 | Illinois | 8-0 | 193 | 33 |
| 25 | Harvard | 8-0 | 191 | 27 |
| Others Receiving Votes: UNLV188, Vanderbilt141, Michigan State135, San Diego State50, Virginia26, Saint Louis25, Stanford23, Purdue12, California11, Cleveland State9, Florida State7, Kansas State6, Arizona5, Indiana4, Oregon State2, Northern Iowa2, Murray State2, UC Santa Barbara1 | ||||
Division I Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Kentucky (19) | 8-0 | 763 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State (11) | 8-0 | 754 | 2 |
| 3 | Syracuse (1) | 8-0 | 713 | 3 |
| 4 | Louisville | 7-0 | 654 | 6 |
| 5 | Duke | 7-1 | 611 | 4 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 6-2 | 594 | 5 |
| 7 | Baylor | 7-0 | 582 | 8 |
| 8 | Xavier | 6-0 | 538 | 11 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 7-1 | 533 | 10 |
| 10 | Missouri | 7-0 | 511 | 13 |
| 11 | Marquette | 7-0 | 468 | 16 |
| 12 | Florida | 5-2 | 419 | 9 |
| 13 | Kansas | 5-2 | 385 | 14 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 359 | 17 |
| 15 | Alabama | 7-1 | 326 | 12 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 6-2 | 306 | 7 |
| 17 | Creighton | 7-0 | 222 | 22 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 8-1 | 208 | 24 |
| 19 | Michigan | 6-2 | 164 | 15 |
| 20 | Memphis | 4-2 | 154 | 21 |
| 21 | Georgetown | 7-1 | 136 | 34 |
| 22 | Illinois | 8-0 | 96 | 36 |
| 22 | Gonzaga | 5-1 | 96 | 18 |
| 24 | Harvard | 8-0 | 95 | 27 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 6-1 | 79 | 26 |
| Others Receiving Votes: UNLV62, Vanderbilt61, California32, San Diego State30, Michigan State29, Indiana23, Saint Louis18, Murray State8, Northwestern8, Stanford7, Kansas State4, Purdue4, Saint Mary's4, Virginia4, Cincinnati3, Cleveland State3, Washington3, Arizona2, Tulane2, George Mason1, Northern Iowa1 | ||||