Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Southern Methodist (12)	12-0-0	300	1
2	Virginia	12-0-1	286	2
3	Saint Louis	10-0-0	277	3
4	Stanford	11-1-0	268	5
5	Washington	10-1-0	238	7
6	North Carolina	12-2-0	236	9
7	Indiana	9-2-0	224	6
8	St. John's	8-0-3	220	4
9	Rutgers	9-2-3	192	8
10	Clemson	10-3-0	191	14
11	Alabama-Birmingham	11-2-0	162	10
12	South Carolina	8-3-1	150	11
13	Connecticut	8-3-2	145	12
14	Loyola (Baltimore)	11-1-2	135	15
15	San Diego	7-3-1	122	13
16	Penn State	8-3-1	91	16
17	Furman	10-3-0	90	17
18	Fairfield	9-2-1	72	18
19	Wake Forest	9-3-1	60	nr
20	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	13-3-0	51	19
21	Notre Dame	8-4-0	48	nr
22	Ohio State	8-3-2	46	20
23	Portland	8-4-1	40	nr
24	Akron	7-3-1	34	nr
25	Princeton	5-2-4	29	24

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

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 22, Harvard 21, Boston College 20, Air Force 18, Maryland 18, Seton Hall 16, South Florida 15, Lehigh 13, Rhode Island 13, Creighton 9, Hartford 8, Loyola Marymount 8, UCLA 8, Bradley 3, Old Dominion 3. Duke 2, Gonzaga 1, Virginia Commonwealth 1.

Voting panel: Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; George Gelnovatch, Virginia; Kevin Grimes, California; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Tom Martin, James Madison; Bob Reasso, Rutgers; Mitch Murray, Santa Clara; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Todd Saldana, UCLA; Keith Tabatznik, Georgetown; Bob Warming, Creighton; 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.

Previous 2001 Top 25 Polls
October 15, 2001
October 8, 2001
October 1, 2001
September 24, 2001
September 17, 2001: No poll
September 10, 2001
September 4, 2001
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