The latest USAToday / Coaches Poll has the Missouri Tigers (11-0) holding strong at No. 8.
Mizzou is finishing up a month in which they did not allow opponents to score any more than 71 points, while themselves not dropping beneath 81. However, they face a strong challenge on Thursday when they square off against the Illinois Fighting Illini (10-1) at home.
The Saint Louis Bilikins (9-1), having last week dropped from the polls, continue to receive votes despite their late November loss to the Loyola Marymount Lions. This week, the Bilikins cobbled together 13 points, a solid 40 points behind the Harvard Crimson (9-1) who sit at No. 25.
Here is a glance at the Top 10 in each major poll:
| Rank | Coaches Poll | AP Poll |
| 1 | Syracuse | Syracuse |
| 2 | Ohio St. | Ohio St. |
| 3 | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 4 | Louisville | Louisville |
| 5 | Duke | North Carolina |
| 6 | North Carolina | Baylor |
| 7 | Baylor | Duke |
| 8 | Missouri | Connecticut |
| 9 | Connecticut | Missouri |
| 10 | Marquette | Marquette |
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