While the top five remained steady this week, that may not last long with all involved in highly anticipated conference tournament matches in the coming week. The big riser is Syracuse who breaks into the ranking after putting three past an NC State defense that led the nation.

Elsewhere, SMU also enters the top 25 after its upset of No. 11 Stanford in the ACC quarterfinal.

Check out the rankings here.

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