AP MEN'S TOP 25
November 15, 1998
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and last week's ranking:
| Record | Points | Previous | |
| 1. DUKE (42) | 1-0 | 1,738 | 1 |
| 2. Connecticut (18) | 1-0 | 1,697 | 2 |
| 3. Stanford (10) | 1-0 | 1,637 | 3 |
| 4. Kentucky (1) | 0-0 | 1,507 | 4 |
| 5. Michigan State | 1-0 | 1,436 | 5 |
| 6. Maryland | 1-0 | 1,421 | 6 |
| 7. Temple | 2-0 | 1,228 | 7 |
| 8. Kansas | 1-0 | 1,091 | 8 |
| 9. Utah | 1-0 | 1,031 | 10 |
| 10. North Carolina | 1-0 | 1,004 | 11 |
| 11. UCLA | 0-0 | 954 | 12 |
| 12. Arizona | 1-0 | 903 | 18 |
| 13. Oklahoma State | 0-0 | 845 | 13 |
| 14. Washington | 0-0 | 779 | 14 |
| 15. Purdue | 1-0 | 771 | 16 |
| 16. Xavier | 0-0 | 767 | 17 |
| 17. Cincinnati | 0-0 | 748 | 15 |
| 18. Tennessee | 1-1 | 691 | 9 |
| 19. Arkansas | 1-0 | 549 | 19 |
| 20. New Mexico | 1-0 | 470 | 20 |
| 21. Indiana | 3-0 | 455 | 22 |
| 22. Syracuse | 0-0 | 440 | 20 |
| 23. Massachusettes | 0-0 | 212 | 24 |
| 24. Clemson | 1-0 | 101 | - |
| 25. Rhode Island | 2-1 | 87 | 23 |