Over the weekend, the high scoring Oklahoma Sooners squared off with the suffocating defense of the West Virginia Mountaineers. With a chance to rise or fall significantly, it was Bob Huggins’ program securing the win. However, numerous upsets occurred over the course of the week keeping OU inside the top ten.
NCAA Men’s Basketball AP Top Twenty-Five
| 1 | Villanova (52) | 1611 | 14-1 |
| 2 | West Virginia (12) | 1559 | 14-1 |
| 3 | Virginia (1) | 1438 | 14-1 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 1390 | 15-2 |
| 5 | Purdue | 1225 | 15-2 |
| 5 | Wichita State | 1225 | 13-2 |
| 7 | Duke | 1222 | 13-2 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 1174 | 14-1 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 1152 | 12-2 |
| 10 | Xavier | 1050 | 15-2 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 1036 | 13-2 |
| 12 | Kansas | 888 | 12-3 |
| 13 | Seton Hall | 759 | 14-2 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 739 | 14-2 |
| 15 | Gonzaga | 676 | 14-3 |
| 16 | TCU | 621 | 13-2 |
| 17 | Arizona | 537 | 12-4 |
| 18 | Miami | 502 | 13-2 |
| 19 | Clemson | 465 | 14-1 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 423 | 12-4 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 314 | 12-3 |
| 22 | Auburn | 243 | 14-1 |
| 23 | Florida State | 202 | 12-3 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 198 | 10-4 |
| 25 | Creighton | 160 | 13-3 |
As a conference, the Big 12 retained three teams inside the top ten, a feat no other league can claim at this point of the season. Remaining the toughest conference in the nation, the rankings this go around feature five Big 12 programs. Things are likely to continue shifting before finally settling just before March Madness. Could all ten teams make the cut this season?