ESPN/USA TODAY POLL
February 14, 1999
The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ESPN college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Rank | Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. | DUKE (28) |
25-1 |
748 |
1 |
| 2. | Connecticut (2) |
22-1 |
720 |
2 |
| 3. | Auburn |
24-1 |
684 |
3 |
| 4. | Michigan State |
22-4 |
659 |
4 |
| 5. | Maryland |
22-4 |
618 |
7 |
| 6. | Cincinnati |
21-4 |
574 |
5 |
| 7. | St. John's |
20-6 |
532 |
8 |
| 8. | Stanford |
20-5 |
524 |
6 |
| 9. | Kentucky |
20-6 |
510 |
9 |
| 10. | Arizona |
18-4 |
479 |
11 |
| 11. | Ohio State |
19-6 |
461 |
13 |
| 12. | North Carolina |
19-7 |
384 |
10 |
| 13. | Wisconsin (tie) |
21-5 |
378 |
14 |
| 13. | Utah (tie) |
20-4 |
378 |
16 |
| 15. | UCLA |
17-7 |
311 |
12 |
| 16. | Miami Fla |
17-5 |
279 |
21 |
| 17. | Indiana |
19-8 |
246 |
15 |
| 18. | Purdue |
18-7 |
226 |
19 |
| 19. | Syracuse |
17-8 |
183 |
17 |
| 20. | Iowa |
16-7 |
153 |
18 |
| 21. | Coll of Charltn |
23-2 |
133 |
25 |
| 22. | New Mexico |
20-6 |
107 |
23 |
| 23. | Minnesota |
14-8 |
77 |
20 |
| 24. | Florida |
17-6 |
72 |
24 |
| 25. | Texas |
15-10 |
54 |
- |
Others Receiving Votes
Temple 34, Arkansas 27, Miami Ohio 25, Missouri 25, Washington
22, Louisville 17, Murray State 17, Kansas 14, Oklahoma State
14, Gonzaga 11, Detroit 10, Tennessee 8, Villanova 8, Oklahoma
6, Princeton 5, Rutgers 5, No Carolina State 4, Northwestern 4,
Xavier 2, Nebraska 1, Pennsylvania 1
Dropped From Rankings
No. 22 Kansas