Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Connecticut (11)	9-1-1	299	2
2	UCLA (1)	8-1-0	269	1
3	Southern Methodist	10-2-0	249	6
4	Stanford	9-1-1	243	5
5	South Carolina	8-1-2	241	4
6	North Carolina	10-2-0	239	8
7	San Jose State	10-0-1	210	13
8	Indiana	9-3-0	198	9
9	St. John's	8-2-2	194	3
10	Saint Louis	7-2-1	181	18
11	Virginia	8-3-1	159	10
12	Portland	8-1-2	156	11
13	Pittsburgh	10-1-0	148	14
14	Creighton	9-2-0	147	16
15	Clemson	7-2-1	129	19
16	James Madison	9-1-1	125	15
17	Penn State	9-3-0	116	17
18	San Diego	10-1-1	92	20
19	Southwest Missouri State	7-3-1	91	7
20	Furman	10-2-0	62	12
21	Alabama-Birmingham	7-3-1	43	nr
22	Wake Forest	6-3-1	41	21
23	Fairfield	8-2-1	40	nr
24	Rhode Island	9-3-1	38	24
25	Duke	6-4-0	37	23

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.

Others receiving votes: Washington 30, Marquette 17, Ohio State 12, Loyola (Baltimore) 8, Dartmouth 7, Adelphi 6, North Carolina-Greensboro 6, Virginia Commonwealth 5, Maryland-Baltimore County 3, Bradley 2, Eastern Illinois 1.

Voting panel: Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; George Gelnovatch, Virginia; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Bob Reasso, Rutgers; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Gary St. Clair, San Jose State; Todd Saldana, UCLA; Brett Simon, Creighton; Keith Tabatznik, Georgetown; Bob Warming, Saint Louis; Dean Wurzberger, Washington; Jerry Yeagley, Indiana.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.

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