1/14 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
January 14, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Louisville | Louisville has dominated the bottom dwellers of the Big East, but this week they take on Uconn and Syracuse. | 6 |
| 2 |  |
Kansas | The Jayhawks did not look very good in wins over Iowa State and Texas Tech and the schedule gets tougher. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Indiana | Indiana survived their first big conference test against Minnesota. This week they host Wisconsin and head to NW. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Duke | Duke took the short trip to NC State for their first true road game of the year and came away with their first loss. | 1 |
| 5 |  |
Michigan | On Sunday Michigan followed form and joined Wyoming, Arizona and Duke in losing their first game of the year. | 2 |
| 6 |  |
Syracuse | Syracuse will have to play better this week when they head to Louisville than they did last week. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Arizona | Arizona fell from the ranks of the unbeaten at Oregon. This week they head to in-state rival ASU. | 5 |
| 8 |  |
Ohio State | The Buckeyes won at Purdue and knocked off previously undefeated Michigan. The tough games continue at MSU. | 13 |
| 9 |  |
Florida | When Florida hosts Missouri on Saturday it should be one of the highlights of the SEC slate. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Creighton | The Bluejays had no trouble against Drake or MSU, but their toughest conference game awaits at Wichita State. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Minnesota | Splitting this week’s games at Illinois and IU is not bad for the Gophers. Another tough game awaits on Thursday. | 9 |
| 12 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga beat St. Mary’s last week to go 3-0 in WCC play. This week they have an interesting game against Butler. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
North Carolina State | The Wolfpack made a huge statement in their win over Duke. A tricky trip to Maryland is coming up on Wednesday. | 18 |
| 14 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish’s big winning streak came to an end against Connecticut. They should start again with St. John’s and Rutgers. | 8 |
| 15 |  |
Butler | Following wins at St. Joe’s and Dayton, Butler is not leaving the top 25 any time soon. A win over the Zags would help. | 17 |
| 16 |  |
Missouri | Missouri’s high powered offense stuttered at Mississippi on Saturday. A big game at Florida is coming up. | 14 |
| 17 |  |
Kansas State | With wins over Oklahoma State and WVU, Coach Bruce Weber has a squad that can compete for a Big 12 title. | 19 |
| 18 |  |
San Diego State | Just about every game in the MW is going to be tough this season, but so far SDSU has a couple victories. | 22 |
| 19 |  |
Michigan State | MSU beat a decent Iowa team on the road and took care of business against Nebraksa. The big one this week is OSU. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Illinois | The Illini have come back down to Earth after a brutal stretch to begin conference play. It’s a bit easier this week. | 15 |
| 21 |  |
Cincinnati | It is always nice to win on the road in conference play, but UC needs to win at home too. | 16 |
| 22 |  |
New Mexico | The Lobos got a nice win over UNLV and added an easier victory over Fresno State last week. | 25 |
| 23 |  |
UCLA | The Bruins are pulling everything together now and have won nine games in a row, the latest at Utah and CU. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Georgetown | After back-to-back losses, the Hoyas offense exploded for 67 points at St. John’s on Saturday morning. | 21 |
| 25 |  |
VCU | VCU has now won 11 games in a row. St. Joe’s will provide a stiff test on Thursday night and try and stop the streak. | NR |
