The following is Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s Dec. 28 ballot in the Associated Press college basketball poll.
- Texas
- Kansas
- Syracuse
- Purdue
- Kentucky
- West Virginia
- Duke
- Villanova
- Michigan State
- North Carolina
- Georgetown
- UConn
- Kansas State
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- Ohio State
- Florida State
- Georgia Tech
- Brigham Young
- Temple
- Clemson
- Washington
- Texas Tech
- Wisconsin
- UAB