Purdue played only once last week, but it beat a top 10 team, so that was bound to have an effect on its ranking. For most of the season Purdue has been int he 15-20 range with a high of 8 and a low of 25. Not a bad place to be, especially as one of only 10 or so teams that have been ranked every week.
this week Purdue was able to jump 6 spots from 19th to 13th in the coaches based on beating Maryland:
| 1 | Kansas | 25-4 | 799 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1/7 |
| 2 | Villanova | 25-4 | 734 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1/17 |
| 3 | Michigan St | 24-5 | 733 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1/13 |
| 4 | Virginia | 22-6 | 673 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3/13 |
| 5 | Xavier | 25-4 | 637 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4/NR |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 22-6 | 623 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 1/8 |
| 7 | Miami-Florida | 23-5 | 607 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9/NR |
| 8 | North Carolina | 23-6 | 584 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 1/11 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 22-7 | 518 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7/23 |
| 10 | Oregon | 23-6 | 510 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12/NR |
| 11 | Indiana | 23-6 | 434 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14/NR |
| 12 | Maryland | 23-6 | 405 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 2/9 |
| 13 | Purdue | 22-7 | 330 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8/24 |
| 13 | Utah | 23-7 | 330 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 16/NR |
| 15 | Iowa | 20-8 | 321 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 4/NR |
| 16 | Arizona | 22-7 | 307 | 0 | 10 | -6 | 6/20 |
| 17 | Baylor | 21-8 | 288 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 13/25 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 22-7 | 261 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5/NR |
| 19 | Kentucky | 21-8 | 226 | 0 | 14 | -5 | 1/21 |
| 20 | Iowa St. |