The Top 25

Not ranked in this poll in 2004-2005 — showing the full board.

1. 1
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   Illinois58 1st

   Big Ten
   16-0
2. 2
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   Kansas13 1st

   Big 12
   11-0
3. 3
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   North Carolina1 1st

   ACC
   13-1
4. 4
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   Wake Forest

   ACC
   13-1
5. 5
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   Duke

   ACC
   11-0
6. 6
   ▲ 1
   

   Oklahoma State

   Big 12
   11-1
7. 7
   ▼ 1
   

   Syracuse

   Big East
   15-1
8. 8
   ▲ 1
   

   Georgia Tech

   ACC
   11-2
9. 9
   ▼ 1
   

   Kentucky

   SEC
   10-2
10. 10
    ▲ 5
    

    Texas

    Big 12
    11-2
11. 11
    ▲ 7
    

    Mississippi State

    SEC
    14-2
12. 12
    ▼ 2
    

    Connecticut

    Big East
    9-2
13. 13
    ▲ 12
    

    Boston College

    Big East
    13-0
14. 14
    ▼ 2
    

    Washington

    Pac-12
    13-2
15. 15
    ▲ 5
    

    Michigan State

    Big Ten
    10-2
16. 16
    ▼ 5
    

    Gonzaga

    West Coast
    11-3
17. 17
    ▼ 4
    

    Arizona

    Pac-12
    12-3
18. 18
    ▲ 5
    

    Cincinnati

    Conference USA
    13-1
19. 19
    ▼ 2
    

    Louisville

    Conference USA
    12-3
20. 20
    ▼ 4
    

    Pittsburgh

    Big East
    11-2
21. 21
    ▲ 3
    

    George Washington

    Atlantic 10
    10-2
22. 22
    NEW
    

    Marquette

    Conference USA
    13-1
23. 23
    ▼ 4
    

    Alabama

    SEC
    12-3
24. 24
    ▼ 10
    

    Iowa

    Big Ten
    12-3
25. 25
    NEW
    

    Oklahoma

    Big 12
    11-2