ESPN/USA TODAY POLL
February 21, 1999
The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ESPN college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, 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 (30) |
27-1 |
750 |
1 |
| 2. | Auburn |
25-1 |
712 |
3 |
| 3. | Michigan State |
25-4 |
683 |
4 |
| 4. | Connecticut |
23-2 |
660 |
2 |
| 5. | Maryland |
23-4 |
626 |
5 |
| 6. | Stanford |
22-5 |
560 |
8 |
| 7. | St. John's |
22-6 |
550 |
7 |
| 8. | Cincinnati |
23-4 |
534 |
6 |
| 9. | Arizona |
20-4 |
512 |
10 |
| 10. | Ohio State |
21-6 |
477 |
11 |
| 11. | Kentucky |
21-7 |
413 |
9 |
| 12. | Utah |
22-4 |
402 |
13 |
| 13. | Miami Fla |
19-5 |
382 |
16 |
| 14. | North Carolina |
21-7 |
372 |
12 |
| 15. | Wisconsin |
21-6 |
358 |
13 |
| 16. | UCLA |
19-7 |
295 |
15 |
| 17. | Indiana |
20-9 |
234 |
17 |
| 18. | Coll of Charltn |
25-2 |
207 |
21 |
| 19. | Iowa |
17-7 |
171 |
20 |
| 20. | Syracuse |
18-9 |
158 |
19 |
| 21. | New Mexico |
21-6 |
132 |
22 |
| 22. | Purdue |
18-9 |
111 |
18 |
| 23. | Texas |
17-10 |
89 |
25 |
| 24. | Florida |
18-6 |
74 |
24 |
| 25. | Minnesota |
15-8 |
59 |
23 |
Others Receiving Votes
Temple 42, Arkansas 33, Louisville 22, Missouri 20, Gonzaga 18,
Murray State 15, Kansas 11, Tennessee 11, Detroit 10, Miami Ohio
9, Oklahoma State 9, Princeton 7, Rutgers 7, Oklahoma 4, Washington
3, DePaul 2, Northwestern 2, Sw Missouri State 2, Kent 1, Siena
1
Dropped From Rankings
None