| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Texas | LW 3 --- 26. S. Diego St LW 21 |
| 2 |  Houston | LW 1 --- 27. Alabama LW 26 |
| 3 |  Virginia | LW 30 --- 28. Tennessee LW 31 |
| 4 |  Baylor | LW 2 --- 29. Texas Tech LW 23 |
| 5 |  Iowa | LW 8 --- 30. Iowa St LW 24 |
| 6 |  Kansas | LW 4 --- 31. St. John's LW 37 |
| 7 |  Gonzaga | LW 12 --- 32. V. Tech LW 19 |
| 8 |  Ohio State | LW 13 --- 33. Miss St LW 35 |
| 9 |  Michigan State | LW 15 --- 34. Miami LW UR |
| 10 |  Indiana | LW 5 --- 35. Oregon LW UR |
| 11 |  Illinois | LW 10 --- 36. Wisconsin LW UR |
| 12 |  UCLA | LW 11 --- 37. Florida LW 33 |
| 13 |  North Carolina | LW 9 --- 38. Penn St LW UR |
| 14 |  Purdue | LW 6 ---39. Villanova LW UR |
| 15 |  Duke | LW 18 --- 40. Saint Louis LW UR |
| 16 |  Arkansas | LW 16 |
| 17 |  Auburn | LW 17 |
| 18 |  Arizona | LW 25 |
| 19 |  Maryland | LW 32 |
| 20 |  Saint Mary's | LW 29 |
| 21 |  Kentucky | LW 7 |
| 22 |  Xavier | LW UR |
| 23 |  Creighton | LW 20 |
| 24 |  UConn | LW 17 |
| 25 |  West Virginia | LW 27 --- Dropped from top 40: Texas A&M, Utah, Michigan, Oklahoma St, Cincinnati, Dayton, TCU |
