For those lamenting about Purdue's insufferable lot in the college basketball universe the Boilers are one of very few teams that has been ranked in every single top 25 poll this season. That is not exactly a bad place to be if you ask me. That trend continues this week with the coaches poll:
| 1 | Villanova | 20-3 | 753 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4/17 |
| 2 | Maryland | 21-3 | 749 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2/9 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 19-3 | 708 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 1/8 |
| 4 | Xavier | 21-2 | 683 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5/NR |
| 5 | Iowa | 19-4 | 674 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4/NR |
| 6 | Kansas | 19-4 | 670 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1/7 |
| 7 | Virginia | 19-4 | 616 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4/13 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 19-4 | 599 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 1/11 |
| 9 | Michigan St | 20-4 | 567 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1/13 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 19-4 | 490 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7/23 |
| 11 | Miami-Florida | 18-4 | 433 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9/NR |
| 12 | Oregon | 20-4 | 423 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 16/NR |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 18-5 | 387 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 5/NR |
| 14 | Arizona | 19-5 | 310 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 6/20 |
| 15 | Iowa St. |