(3-1-2001) -- The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

  
                         Record  Pts Pvs 
 1. Stanford (70)         27-1 1,750  1   
 2. Michigan St.          24-3 1,648  3   
 3. Duke                  26-4 1,609  2   
 4. Illinois              23-6 1,486  5   
 5. Florida               22-5 1,469  6   
 6. North Carolina        23-5 1,404  4   
 7. Iowa St.              25-4 1,318  8   
 8. Arizona               21-7 1,279  9   
 9. Kansas                23-5 1,143 10   
10. Boston College        23-4 1,119 11   
11. Maryland              20-9   993 16   
12. Virginia              20-7   961  7   
13. UCLA                  20-7   878 12   
14. Mississippi           23-6   734 14   
15. Kentucky              19-9   696 15   
16. Oklahoma              23-6   684 17   
17. Syracuse              22-7   594 19   
18. Georgetown            23-6   508 21   
19. Notre Dame            19-8   431 13   
20. Texas                 23-7   391 24   
21. St. Joseph's          24-5   287 18   
22. Wake Forest           19-9   274 23   
23. Wisconsin             18-9   212 22   
24. Ohio St.              20-9   158  _   
25. Fresno St.            24-5   114  _   
 

Others receiving votes: Tennessee 101, Providence 95, Alabama 89, Arkansas 63, Cincinnati 53, Gonzaga 40, Indiana 35, Georgia St. 31, UC Irvine 23, Creighton 22, Xavier 20, Hofstra 12, W. Kentucky 10, California 4, Southern Cal 3, St. John's 3, Richmond 2, S. Utah 2, BYU 1, Southern Miss. 1.