12/8 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 9, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Arizona | Arizona makes an apperance at #1 and on Saturday they head to Ann Arbor for another big game. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut is gaining some respect after beating Florida on Monday. They don’t play again until 12/18. | 4 |
| 3 |  |
Syracuse | C.J. Fair and company are off to a 9-0 start with wins over Indiana and Binghamton last week. | 5 |
| 4 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State remained perfect on the year with wins over Maryland and Central Connecticut State. | 6 |
| 5 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans rarely play well against North Carolina, so the 79-65 loss was not all that surprising. | 1 |
| 6 |  |
Louisville | Louisville has now had three easy wins in a row. This week they should get number four against Western Kentucky. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Wisconsin | The Badgers added a couple more quality wins last week with victories over Virginia and Marquette. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
Kentucky | The Wildcats lost to Baylor and have another interesting game this week in Chapel Hill. | 3 |
| 9 |  |
Gonzaga | The high scoring Bulldogs have an interesting game at West Virginia on Tuesday night. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Duke | Duke will enjoy their victory over Michigan for a while longer. They don’t play against until December 16th. | 14 |
| 11 |  |
Oklahoma State | Smart and Brown keep putting up big numbers for Oklahoma State and the Big 12 race is already looking fun. | 13 |
| 12 |  |
Wichita State | Wichita State keeps cruising along and are off to a 9-0 start. Tennessee hopes to end that run on Sunday. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Oregon | The Ducks won a fun overtime game at Ole Miss 115-105. Their lone game this week is against Illinois. | 15 |
| 14 |  |
Kansas | Kansas suffered their second loss in as many weeks and they play Florida and New Mexico this week. | 8 |
| 15 |  |
North Carolina | The Tar Heels have been up and down this year, but after beating Michigan State, they are certainly up. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Baylor | Kenny Cherry scored 18 points as Baylor knocked off formerly third ranked Kentucky on Friday night. | 19 |
| 17 |  |
Colorado | Askia Booker hit a buzzer beater to provide Colorado with a huge win over Kansas. This is a very good team. | 21 |
| 18 |  |
Florida | A very tough stretch of games did not begin well for Florida. Next up is a game against Kansas. | 11 |
| 19 |  |
Memphis | The Tigers lone game last week was a 96-76 win over Northwestern State. This Saturday they host UALR. | 18 |
| 20 |  |
Villanova | JayVaughn Pinkston and James Bell accounted for 52 of Villanova’s 98 points in a win over St. Joe’s. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Iowa State | The schedule has not been terribly tough, but wins over Auburn and Northern Iowa are not bad. | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Massachusetts | Umass beat EMU and BYU last week and have already played a pretty tough schedule. | NR |
| 23 |  |
New Mexico | People may start paying more attention to UNM after wins against NMSU and Cincy. Beating Kansas would help. | 22 |
| 24 |  |
Iowa | The Hawkeyes are averaging 90 points per game and dropped 98 on Notre Dame Tuesday night. | NR |
| 25 |  |
VCU | VCU does need to pick up another quality victory or two. Winning at UNI sounds good, but won’t help the RPI. | 23 |
