The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.

Rank	School (record)	Points	Last week’s rank	First-place votes
1	Auburn (18-1)	775	1	31
2	Duke (17-2)	741	2	0
3	Iowa State (17-2)	689	4	0
4	Alabama (17-3)	676	3	0
5	Houston (16-3)	635	5	0
6	Florida (18-2)	634	6	0
7	Michigan State (17-2)	583	8	0
8	Tennessee (17-3)	564	7	0
9	Marquette (17-3)	536	10	0
10	Purdue (16-5)	476	12	0
11	Kansas (14-5)	429	11	0
12	Kentucky (14-5)	399	9	0
13	Mississippi State (16-4)	324	14	0
14	St. John’s (17-3)	318	21	0
15	Texas A&M (15-5)	310	13	0
16	Memphis (16-4)	242	22	0
17	Wisconsin (16-4)	214	19	0
18	Oregon (16-4)	201	15	0
19	Texas Tech (15-4)	169	25	0
20	Illinois (14-6)	166	17	0
21	Missouri (16-4)	163	24	0
22	Louisville (15-5)	162	NR	0
23	Mississippi (15-5)	104	16	0
24	Connecticut (14-6)	100	18	0
25	Clemson (17-4)	96	NR	0

Dropped out: No. 20 Michigan (14-5); No. 23 West Virginia (13-6).

Others receiving votes: Michigan (14-5) 67; Gonzaga (15-6) 55; Maryland (16-5) 50; Vanderbilt (16-4) 44; Arizona (13-6) 41; Saint Mary’s (18-3) 41; Utah State (18-2) 22; Creighton (14-6) 18; West Virginia (13-6) 17; Georgia (14-6) 6; Baylor (13-6) 4; New Mexico (17-4) 3; UC Irvine (18-3) 1.