| CBSSports.com Top 25 (and one) |
| Rankings updated (03/10/2013) at 10:31 PM EST |
| Rank | Teams | Comments | Last Week | This Week |
| 1 |  Gonzaga
Overall: 32-3
Conference: 18-0
Previous: 1 | The Zags' 13-game winning streak has them positioned to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. | | |
| 2 |  Duke
Overall: 30-6
Conference: 14-5
Previous: 2 | Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils are now 18-0 with a healthy Ryan Kelly in their lineup. | | |
| 3 |  Indiana
Overall: 29-7
Conference: 15-5
Previous: 3 | The Hoosiers' win at Michigan secured the program's first outright league title in two decades. | | |
| 4 |  Louisville
Overall: 35-5
Conference: 17-4
Previous: 8 | Rick Pitino has now won three Big East titles in 12 years as Louisville's men's basketball coach. | | |
| 5 |  Georgetown
Overall: 25-7
Conference: 15-5
Previous: 5 | Georgetown star Otto Porter was the only unanimous selection to the official All-Big East first team. | | |
| 6 |  Michigan
Overall: 31-8
Conference: 13-7
Previous: 6 | The Wolverines' loss to Indiana cost them (and Ohio State and Michigan State) a share of the Big Ten title. | | |
| 7 |  Michigan State
Overall: 27-9
Conference: 14-6
Previous: 7 | The Spartans' win over Northwestern allowed them to be the No. 3 seed in this week's Big Ten tournament. | | |
| 8 |  Kansas
Overall: 31-6
Conference: 17-4
Previous: 4 | The Jayhawks' loss at Baylor cost them an outright Big 12 title and gave Kansas State a share of one. | | |
| 9 |  Marquette
Overall: 26-9
Conference: 14-6
Previous: 13 | Buzz Williams has now finished either first or second in the Big East in three consecutive seasons. | | |
| 10 |  Ohio State
Overall: 29-8
Conference: 16-5
Previous: 15 | OSU closed the regular season with five straight wins, including victories over Indiana and Michigan State. | | |
| 11 |  Miami (Fla.)
Overall: 29-7
Conference: 18-3
Previous: 9 | The Hurricanes' ACC title is their first outright league title in the program's history. | | |
| 12 |  Kansas State
Overall: 27-8
Conference: 16-5
Previous: 10 | Bruce Weber, a year removed from getting fired at Illinois, was voted Big 12 Coach of the Year on Sunday. | | |
| 13 |  New Mexico
Overall: 29-6
Conference: 16-3
Previous: 11 | The Lobos' loss at Air Force probably ended any chance of them getting a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. | | |
| 14 |  Florida
Overall: 29-8
Conference: 16-5
Previous: 12 | The Gators' loss at UK put the Wildcats on the right side of the bubble heading into the SEC tournament. | | |
| 15 |  Oklahoma State
Overall: 24-9
Conference: 14-6
Previous: 14 | Marcus Smart was named the Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year on Sunday. | | |
| 16 |  Pittsburgh
Overall: 24-9
Conference: 12-7
Previous: 22 | Jamie Dixon has finished in the top five of the Big East in eight of 10 seasons as a head coach. | | |
| 17 |  Syracuse
Overall: 30-10
Conference: 15-8
Previous: 16 | The Orange are limping into the Big East tournament as the losers of four of their past five games. | | |
| 18 |  Saint Louis
Overall: 28-7
Conference: 16-3
Previous: 17 | SLU's win over La Salle -- combined with VCU's loss at Temple -- made the Billikens outright A-10 champs. | | |
| 19 |  UCLA
Overall: 25-10
Conference: 15-6
Previous: 18 | Ben Howland has now won at least a share of the Pac-12 title in four of the past eight seasons. | | |
| 20 |  Arizona
Overall: 27-8
Conference: 13-7
Previous: 20 | The Wildcats' win over Arizona State allowed them to finish in a three-way tie for second in the Pac-12. | | |
| 21 |  Notre Dame
Overall: 25-10
Conference: 13-8
Previous: 21 | The Irish finished the regular season with five top-50 wins and zero losses outside of the top 100. | | |
| 22 |  Creighton
Overall: 28-8
Conference: 16-5
Previous: 1 | The Bluejays are the outright MVC champs and MVC tournament champs thanks to two wins over Wichita State. | | |
| 23 |  Virginia Commonwealth
Overall: 27-9
Conference: 14-5
Previous: 23 | The Rams' loss at Temple cost them a share of what would've been their first A-10 championship. | | |
| 24 |  Wisconsin
Overall: 23-12
Conference: 14-7
Previous: 24 | The Badgers are one of the top four seeds in the Big Ten tournament for the 12th straight season. | | |
| 25 |  North Carolina
Overall: 25-11
Conference: 14-7
Previous: 25 | The only team that has been able to beat the Tar Heels in the past month is Duke. | | |
| 26 |  Butler
Overall: 27-9
Conference: 13-7
Previous: NR | The Bulldogs' wins at UMass and over Xavier were enough to give Brad Stevens this final slot. | | |
