The following is Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s ballot for the Associated Press college basketball poll on March 15, 2010.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Syracuse
- Duke
- Ohio State
- West Virginia
- Kansas State
- Purdue
- Michigan State
- Villanova
- Tennessee
- Georgetown
- New Mexico
- Butler
- BYU
- Baylor
- Temple
- Pittsburgh
- Wisconsin
- Maryland
- Vanderbilt
- Texas A&M
- Marquette
- Gonzaga
- St. Mary’s