AP MEN'S TOP 25
November 29, 1998
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, 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. Connecticut (52) | 4-0 | 1,751 | 2 |
| 2. Maryland (16) | 7-0 | 1,698 | 5 |
| 3. North Carolina (1) | 6-0 | 1,549 | 9 |
| 4. DUKE | 5-1 | 1,531 | 1 |
| 5. Stanford (1) | 4-1 | 1,405 | 3 |
| 6. Cincinnati (1) | 4-0 | 1,376 | 15 |
| 7. Kansas | 4-0 | 1,341 | 8 |
| 8. Kentucky | 5-1 | 1,244 | 4 |
| 9. Michigan State | 4-1 | 1,185 | 7 |
| 10. Temple | 4-1 | 1,076 | 6 |
| 11. Oklahoma State | 4-0 | 985 | 12 |
| 12. Syracuse | 5-0 | 969 | 19 |
| 13. Arizona | 3-0 | 962 | 11 |
| 14. Purdue | 6-1 | 882 | 14 |
| 15. Washington | 4-0 | 819 | 16 |
| 16. Indiana | 6-1 | 665 | 17 |
| 17. New Mexico | 4-0 | 616 | 20 |
| 18. UCLA | 2-2 | 477 | 10 |
| 19. Arkansas | 5-1 | 439 | 21 |
| 20. Pittsburgh | 6-1 | 421 | - |
| 21. Utah | 3-2 | 334 | 18 |
| 22. Miami, Ohio | 4-0 | 307 | 24 |
| 23. Xavier | 4-2 | 201 | 13 |
| 24. Clemson | 5-1 | 161 | 22 |
| 25. St. John's | 3-2 | 106 | 23 |