1/12 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
January 13, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Arizona | Arizona went to So Cal and swept UCLA and USC. This week they stay home to face rival Arizona State. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Syracuse | The Orange made easy work of VT and North Carolina. BC and Pitt will have a tough time scoring too. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Wisconsin | The Badgers are 3-0 in the Big Ten, but a game at Indiana on Tuesday night could be a little tricky. | 5 |
| 4 |  |
Michigan State | Michigan State remained perfect in Big Ten play, despite going to overtime twice last week. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Wichita State | Wichita State was down 18 at the half to Missouri State, but rallied back to win 72-69 in overtime. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Florida | The Gators had a great comeback against Arkansas and eventually won in overtime. UGA and Auburn are next. | 8 |
| 7 |  |
Oklahoma State | The Cowboys survived a tough road trip to West Virginia. The road game this week is against Kansas. | 10 |
| 8 |  |
Villanova | Villanova played very well in a couple road wins against Seton Hall and St. John’s. They stay home this week. | 11 |
| 9 |  |
Ohio State | With losses to Michigan State and Iowa, Ohio State is now on a two game losing streak and .500 in conference play. | 3 |
| 10 |  |
Kentucky | Even though it was just Kentucky’s second true road game, the young Wildcats came away with a win at Vanderbilt. | 12 |
| 11 |  |
Louisville | Louisville fell at home for the first time this year and the AAC race is turning out to be very interestsing. | 7 |
| 12 |  |
San Diego State | San Diego State has had a tough stretch of games over the last couple of weeks, but they keep on winning. | 16 |
| 13 |  |
Baylor | Baylor lost their conference opener at Iowa State, but followed it up with an easy win over TCU. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Iowa State | Iowa State suffered their first loss of the season at OU. More could be coming this week against KU and Texas. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Duke | After falling at Clemson, Duke has yet to win a true road game this season. This week they get to stay at home. | 9 |
| 16 |  |
Kansas | Kansas strung together a couple quality wins last week, winning at Oklahoma and beating K-State at home by 20. | 21 |
| 17 |  |
Massachusetts | Down 13 at one point, Umass came back to beat St. Bonaventure. The A-10 is going to be very, very difficult. | 19 |
| 18 |  |
Connecticut | With wins over Harvard and UCF, it appears Uconn may be back on track. But Memphis and Louisville loom. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Iowa | Roy Devyn Marble and Aaron White had great weeks and helped the Hawkeyes win at Ohio State. | NR |
| 20 |  |
Oregon | The Ducks have now lost three games in a row and given up an average of 93 points per game during that stretch. | 14 |
| 21 |  |
Colorado | The Buffaloes split during their road trip to Washington and that is going to be a good result in the Pac-12 this year. | 17 |
| 22 |  |
Memphis | The Tigers are back in business in the AAC with quality road wins against Louisville and Temple. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Pittsburgh | Pitt will be seriously tested this week when they head to Georgia Tech and Syracuse. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Creighton | Creighton is riding a nine game winning streak and will put it on the line against Butler and Providence this week. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga does not lose in WCC play very often, especially to Portland. Road games may continue to be tough. | 18 |
