12/19 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 19, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Villanova | 11-0, 0-0 | American | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Duke | 10-1, 0-0 | Tennessee State, vs Elon | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Kansas | 10-1, 0-0 | at UNLV | 3 |
| 4 |  |
UCLA | 12-0, 0-0 | Western Michigan | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Kentucky | 10-1, 0-0 | at Louisville | 9 |
| 6 |  |
North Carolina | 10-2, 0-0 | Northern Iowa | 5 |
| 7 |  |
Gonzaga | 11-0, 0-0 | South Dakota | 6 |
| 8 |  |
Baylor | 11-0, 0-0 | Texas Southern | 7 |
| 9 |  |
Louisville | 10-1, 0-0 | Kentucky | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Butler | 10-1, 0-0 | Vermont | 15 |
| 11 |  |
Indiana | 10-1, 0-0 | Delaware State, Austin Peay | 8 |
| 12 |  |
Creighton | 11-0, 0-0 | at Arizona State | 10 |
| 13 |  |
Wisconsin | 10-2, 0-0 | Florida A&M | 12 |
| 14 |  |
West Virginia | 9-1, 0-0 | Radford, Northern Kentucky | 13 |
| 15 |  |
Virginia | 9-1, 0-0 | at California | 14 |
| 16 |  |
Purdue | 9-2, 0-0 | Western Illinois, Norfolk State | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Arizona | 10-2, 0-0 | New Mexico | 19 |
| 18 |  |
Notre Dame | 9-2, 0-0 | Colgate | 16 |
| 19 |  |
Xavier | 9-2, 0-0 | Eastern Washington | 18 |
| 20 |  |
South Carolina | 9-1, 0-0 | Clemson | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Florida State | 11-1, 0-0 | Samford | 21 |
| 22 |  |
Florida | 8-3, 0-0 | Little Rock | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Cincinnati | 9-2, 0-0 | Marshall | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Saint Mary’s | 8-1, 0-0 | Texas A&M CC, South Carolina State | 24 |
| 25 |  |
USC | 10-0, 0-0 | Cornell, vs Missouri State | 25 |
