THE MASTER LIST HOW THEY RANK

TOP 25

1 Kansas
2 Kentucky
3 Villanova
4 Mississippi State
5 UConn
6 UCLA
7 Memphis
8 California
9 Michigan
10 Wake Forest
11 Stanford
12 Utah
13 Georgetown
14 Arkansas
15 Cincinnati
16 Iowa
17 UMass
18 Oklahoma
19 Georgia
20 Missouri
21 Maryland
22 Virginia
23 Louisville
24 Tulane
25 Marquette

COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO Raef LaFrentz (left) and Scot Pollard have Kansas eyeing No. 1. [Overhead view of Raef LaFrentz and Scot Pollard jumping for basketball]

MAJOR-CONFERENCE RANKINGS

(Conferences are listed in order of projected strength; if a
team is ranked in our Top 25, it is noted in parentheses.)

1 Big East

1 Villanova (3)
2 UConn (5)
3 Georgetown (13)
4 Syracuse
5 Providence
6 Pittsburgh
7 St. John's
8 Miami
9 West Virginia
10 Rutgers
11 Seton Hall
12 Boston College
13 Notre Dame

2 SEC

EASTERN DIVISION
1 Kentucky (2)
2 Georgia (19)
3 Florida
4 Tennessee
5 South Carolina
6 Vanderbilt

WESTERN DIVISION
1 Mississippi St. (4)
2 Arkansas (14)
3 Auburn
4 Alabama
5 Louisiana State
6 Mississippi

3 USA

RED DIVISION
1 Tulane (24)
2 South Florida
3 Southern Miss
4 Alabama-Birmingham

WHITE DIVISION
1 Memphis (7)
2 Louisville (23)
3 UNC Charlotte

BLUE DIVISION
1 Cincinnati (15)
2 Marquette (25)
3 Saint Louis
4 DePaul

4 ACC

1 Wake Forest (10)
2 Maryland (21)
3 Virginia (22)
4 North Carolina
5 Duke
6 Florida State
7 Georgia Tech
8 Clemson
9 N.C. State

5 Big Eight

1 Kansas (1)
2 Oklahoma (18)
3 Missouri (20)
4 Oklahoma State
5 Nebraska
6 Colorado
7 Kansas State
8 Iowa State

6 PAC-10

1 UCLA (6)
2 California (8)
3 Stanford (11)
4 Washington State
5 Arizona
6 Washington
7 Arizona State
8 USC
9 Oregon
10 Oregon State

7 Big Ten

1 Michigan (9)
2 Iowa (16)
3 Purdue
4 Indiana
5 Illinois
6 Minnesota
7 Michigan State
8 Penn State
9 Wisconsin
10 Northwestern
11 Ohio State

8 Atlantic 10

EAST
1 UMass (17)
2 Temple
3 St. Joseph's
4 St. Bonaventure
5 Rhode Island
6 Fordham

WEST
1 Virginia Tech
2 George Washington
3 Xavier
4 LaSalle
5 Duquesne
6 Dayton

9 WAC

1 Utah (12)
2 Wyoming
3 BYU
4 UTEP
5 Fresno State
6 New Mexico
7 San Diego State
8 Colorado State
9 Hawaii
10 Air Force

10 Southwest

1 Texas Tech
2 Texas
3 TCU
4 Houston
5 Rice
6 Baylor
7 Texas A&M
8 SMU