Rank | Team | Reason |
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Sooners get up to #1 after Spartans lose |
2 |
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Virginia has just one loss, on the road, and a few quality wins. |
3 |
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Jayhawks also a good one loss team. |
4 |
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Sparty's loss drops them to #4, not super-far |
5 |
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Xavier lost to Villanova, but they beat Butler, which keeps them in the Top 5. |
6 |
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A good win over Northwestern, let's see how they do in Big 10 play |
7 |
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SMU still undefeated and still rising - shame they can't play for a postseason |
8 |
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Friars doing strong with a couple good wins Chance to really rise with Big East play. |
9 |
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Gamecocks undefeated but really haven't beaten that good teams yet. Still, the SEC is weak this year, so they could do well. |
10 |
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Wildcats doing well this year. No bad losses. |
11 |
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Tough loss to Oklahoma, but they're playing well this year. |
12 |
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Villanova with a big win over Xavier |
13 |
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Mountaineers playing well but now they get into Big 12 schedule |
14 |
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Texas Tech also playing well, we'll see how they do in Big 12 |
15 |
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Hurricanes managed to recover nicely from that Northeastern loss |
16 |
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They beat Michigan State and Purdue in the same week. Impressive. Three losses but they're all forgivable. |
17 |
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Tough week, but both losses are forgivable |
18 |
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Kentucky may be bouncing back from a couple bad losses. We'll see. |
19 |
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Same with Duke. |
20 |
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Tar Heels have a couple not so great losses. They've played well otherwise but there are too many good teams right now. |
21 |
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Tough loss to Iowa drops them |
22 |
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Aggies playing well this year. |
23 |
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Huskies get back into the Top 25 with a win over Texas and a lot of other teams losing. |
24 |
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Pirates are 12-2, but now have to deal with the Big East |
25 |
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Dayton is only two losses, plus a big win against Iowa, which looks better now than at the time. |