Overview
- Arizona received all 61 first-place votes to stay No. 1, the program's first unanimous AP ranking.
- UConn climbed to No. 2 after a 14th straight win, improving to 18-1 with a road victory at Georgetown.
- Only three Division I teams remain unbeaten: No. 1 Arizona, No. 7 Nebraska at a program-best ranking, and No. 25 Miami (Ohio) returning to the poll for the first time since 1998-99.
- Iowa State fell seven spots to No. 9 after road losses to Kansas and Cincinnati ended its 16-0 start.
- Saint Louis entered at No. 24 as Vanderbilt slid to No. 15 following losses to Texas and Florida; the coaches poll also made Arizona a unanimous No. 1.