The following is Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s Associated Press ballot for the March 1 college basketball poll.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Syracuse
- Duke
- Kansas State
- Purdue
- Ohio State
- Villanova
- New Mexico
- Michigan State
- West Virginia
- Vanderbilt
- Tennessee
- Brigham Young
- Gonzaga
- Wisconsin
- Georgetown
- Pittsburgh
- Butler
- Maryland
- Virginia Tech
- Baylor
- Texas A&M
- UTEP
- Temple