| Team | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1. Arizona (4) | No-brainer to start the season |
| 2. North Carolina | Dean Smith was expendable |
| 3. Kansas | Best frontline in NCAA (plus, Pollard's a Piston) |
| 4. Clemson | Bright orange uniforms blind opponents |
| 5. South Carolina | Automatic top 10 - it's in one of the Carolinas |
| 6. Duke | Shane Battier too smart for Michigan |
| 7. Purdue | Gene Keady: Bad hair, good coach |
| 8. UCLA | Steve Lavin: Bad hair, bad coach |
| 9. Kentucky | Rick Pitino was expendable |
| 10. Connecticut | Still couldn't beat the Lady Huskies |
| 11. Temple | John Chaney: one classy guy |
| 12. Iowa | Like football team, will falter in Big Ten season |
| 13. New Mexico | Home of Roswell - Lobos alien to top 15 |
| 14. California | Ben Braun: not at all expendable |
| 15. Athletes In Action | Landon Hackim: 3-point wizard |
11-13-97
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