After winning the SEC Tournament, Kentucky moved up three spots to #13 in the latest Coaches Poll, which has Kansas, Michigan State, and North Carolina as the top three teams in the country:
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Kansas | 30-4 | 799 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1/7 |
| 2 | Michigan St | 29-5 | 761 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1/13 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 28-6 | 732 | 0 | 7 | +4 | 1/11 |
| 4 | Oregon | 28-6 | 673 | 0 | 9 | +5 | 9/NR |
| 5 | Virginia | 26-7 | 665 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3/13 |
| 6 | Villanova | 29-5 | 610 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1/17 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 25-7 | 588 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 1/8 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 26-8 | 575 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7/23 |
| 9 | Xavier | 27-5 | 548 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4/NR |
| 10 | Purdue | 26-8 | 466 | 0 | 13 | +3 | 8/24 |
| 11 | Miami-Florida | 25-7 | 459 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7/NR |
| 12 | Indiana | 25-7 | 421 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 10/NR |
| 13 | Kentucky | 26-8 | 418 | 0 | 16 | +3 | 1/21 |
| 14 | Utah | 26-8 | 379 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 12/NR |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 26-8 | 343 | 0 | 17 | +2 | 5/NR |
| 16 | Arizona | 25-8 | 323 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 6/20 |
| 17 | Maryland | 25-8 | 306 | 0 | 15 | -2 | 2/15 |
| 18 | Baylor | 22-11 | 227 | 0 | 20 | +2 | 13/25 |
| 19 | Iowa St. |