The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Ohio St. (49) | 18-0 | 1,606 | 2 |
| 2. Kansas (6) | 17-0 | 1,526 | 3 |
| 3. Syracuse (8) | 18-0 | 1,523 | 4 |
| 4. Duke (1) | 16-1 | 1,393 | 1 |
| 5. Pittsburgh (1) | 17-1 | 1,382 | 5 |
| 6. San Diego St. | 19-0 | 1,294 | 6 |
| 7. Villanova | 16-1 | 1,265 | 7 |
| 8. Connecticut | 14-2 | 1,148 | 10 |
| 9. BYU | 17-1 | 1,057 | 11 |
| 10. Texas | 14-3 | 1,015 | 12 |
| 11. Texas A&M | 16-1 | 996 | 14 |
| 12. Kentucky | 14-3 | 975 | 13 |
| 13. Missouri | 15-3 | 758 | 15 |
| 14. Purdue | 15-3 | 672 | 8 |
| 15. Minnesota | 14-4 | 513 | — |
| 16. Notre Dame | 14-4 | 495 | 9 |
| 17. Michigan St. | 12-5 | 467 | — |
| 18. Wisconsin | 13-4 | 448 | 20 |
| 19. Louisville | 14-3 | 438 | 18 |
| 20. Washington | 13-4 | 409 | 17 |
| 21. West Virginia | 12-4 | 266 | — |
| 22. Saint Mary's, Calif. | 16-2 | 195 | — |
| 23. Georgetown | 13-5 | 146 | 22 |
| 23. Illinois | 13-5 | 146 | 16 |
| 25. Cincinnati | 16-2 | 125 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Temple 99, Georgia 89, Kansas St. 86, Gonzaga 84, Colorado 78, UNLV 76, Arizona 70, Florida St. 64, Vanderbilt 46, Florida 42, St. John's 27, Missouri St. 25, Utah St. 22, Baylor 18, UCF 10, Southern Miss. 8, Marquette 7, Wichita St. 6, James Madison 4, Butler 2, North Carolina 2, Coastal Carolina 1, Penn St. 1.
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Its a poll and everyone has an opinion. Basketball polls are meaningless anyway since a national champ is crowned on the court according to who wins.
Besides a win over St. Marys, BYU has wins over several other team receiving votes - Arizona, Utah State,UNLV. Those are some quality wins.
Check out the ballots. Of the 64 voters, 60 have BYU between 7 and 12. Two don't come up for some reason. One guy from Virginia has the Cougs at 14. And Jon Wilner from the San Jose Mercury News has them 18th. I'm not sure they deserve to be 9th, but More..