February 8, 2010
| Rank | School (first place votes) | Record | Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Kansas (29) | 22-1 | 773 | 1 |
| 2 | Kentucky (1) | 22-1 | 731 | 3 |
| 3 | Syracuse (1) | 23-1 | 728 | 4 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 19-3 | 657 | 6 |
| 5 | Villanova | 20-2 | 639 | 2 |
| 6 | Purdue | 19-3 | 599 | 7 |
| 7 | Duke | 19-4 | 574 | 9 |
| 8 | Georgetown | 17-5 | 560 | 8 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 19-4 | 506 | 11 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 19-5 | 455 | 5 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | 19-4 | 427 | 13 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 18-4 | 417 | 14 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 18-5 | 401 | 16 |
| 14 | Texas | 19-4 | 361 | 10 |
| 15 | Butler | 20-4 | 326 | 15 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 18-6 | 302 | 18 |
| 17 | Brigham Young | 22-3 | 298 | 12 |
| 18 | Northern Iowa | 21-2 | 221 | 22 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 21-3 | 211 | 23 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 17-6 | 150 | 19 |
| 21 | Temple | 19-5 | 131 | 17 |
| 22 | Cornell | 20-3 | 112 | 25 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 17-6 | 89 | 21 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | 17-5 | 76 | 20 |
| 25 | UNLV | 19-4 | 55 | NR |
Dropped Out: No. 24 Baylor.
Others receiving votes: Baylor (17-5) 44; Texas A&M (17-6) 37; Saint Mary's (21-3) 29; Rhode Island (19-3) 28; Siena (20-4) 28; Missouri (17-6) 25; Maryland (16-6) 18; Mississippi (17-6) 16; Virginia Tech (18-4) 10; Florida State (17-6) 8; UAB (19-4) 7; Wake Forest (16-5) 7; Notre Dame (17-7) 6; Clemson (16-7) 4; Tulsa (18-5) 4; Dayton (16-6) 2; Connecticut (14-9) 1; Louisiana Tech (19-4) 1; Xavier (16-7) 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2009-10 season: Mike Adras, Northern Arizona; Dana Altman, Creighton; Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio); Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Greg Graham, Boise State; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Billy Kennedy, Murray State; Billy Lange, Navy; Dan Leibovitz, Hartford; Fran McCaffery, Siena; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's; Ron "Fang" Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Tom Pecora, Hofstra; John Pelphrey, Arkansas; Mike Rice, Robert Morris; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Scott Sutton, Oral Roberts; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara; Gary Williams, Maryland; Doug Wojcik, Tulsa.
