The following is Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s Associated Press ballot for the March 8, 2010, college basketball poll.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Syracuse
- Duke
- Purdue
- Ohio State
- New Mexico
- West Virginia
- Kansas State
- Michigan State
- Villanova
- Tennessee
- Brigham Young
- Gonzaga
- Butler
- Wisconsin
- Pittsburgh
- Baylor
- Maryland
- Vanderbilt
- Texas A&M
- Virginia Tech
- Temple
- Georgetown
- UTEP