This week's college basketball polls see a big jump for our Boilermakers in the Coaches Poll Purdue goes from No. 22 to No. 16, falling right in line with their widely projected 4 seed.
| 1 | North Carolina | 19-2 | 786 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1/11 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 18-2 | 780 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1/8 |
| 3 | Maryland | 19-3 | 667 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2/9 |
| 4 | Villanova | 18-3 | 657 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4/17 |
| 5 | Xavier | 19-2 | 650 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6/NR |
| 6 | Kansas | 17-4 | 627 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1/7 |
| 7 | Iowa | 17-4 | 618 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4/NR |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 18-3 | 594 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5/NR |
| 9 | Virginia | 17-4 | 564 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4/13 |
| 10 | Michigan St | 19-4 | 517 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1/13 |
| 11 | Providence | 18-4 | 464 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 9/NR |
| 12 | West Virginia | 17-4 | 374 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 7/23 |
| 13 | Baylor | 17-4 | 366 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 14/25 |
| 14 | Iowa St. |