Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Tier 1- Pure dominance, clear #1 in my opinion. - |
2 |
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Loss to Arkansas, but still 23-2 which is great. - |
3 |
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Bad loss to Michigan, but looked great vs Illinois, keeping them at 3. - |
4 |
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Easy wins, nothing crazy, stay at 4. - |
5 |
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Easy wins as well so stay at 5. - |
6 |
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Lost to Texas close, not a bad loss, jumps Duke. +1 |
7 |
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Lost to Virginia who is playing well right now. -1 |
8 |
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Looked great vs. Texas. +2 |
9 |
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Tier 2- They keep winning, so they are going to keep jumping teams. +4 |
10 |
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Two solid wins, nothing crazy. +4 |
11 |
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Close loss to a solid USC team, UCLA is slipping. -3 |
12 |
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Rough loss to Oklahoma, rebounded with a quality win over TCU. -1 |
13 |
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Blowout loss to Purdue (they are really good) win over Northwestern. -1 |
14 |
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On a roll, jumping teams that are losing. +4 |
15 |
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Great win @ Michigan St., lost to a hot Rutgers team. - |
16 |
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Lost to a hot Rutgers team, solid win over Michigan. - |
17 |
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Dissapointing loss to Wisconsin, good win vs Indiana. - |
18 |
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Tier 3- Great win vs. Auburn, could have easily beat Alabama. +3 |
19 |
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They keep winning so they are going to keep climbing. +1 |
20 |
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Back to back bad losses to SMU and Memphis, you walk a thin rope when you play in a non power conference. -9 |
21 |
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Looked bad vs. Pacific but they got the W, great win over UCLA. +3 |
22 |
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Great win over Kansas, tough loss vs. Baylor. -2 |
23 |
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Tier 4- Putting up video game numbers, very hot team right now. NR |
24 |
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They keep racking up the W's. NR |
25 |
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A couple solid wins, the Irish are starting to look like a tournament team. NR |