Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Overall body of work |
2 |
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Has great wins |
3 |
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Plays tough defense, great wins |
4 |
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Great SOS |
5 |
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An overall polished team |
6 |
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Very talented |
7 |
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Great overall team |
8 |
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Solid team, but bad loss at Penn State |
9 |
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Playing. Much better right now |
10 |
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Struggling right now but good team, but bad loss at Minnesota |
11 |
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Playing great right now |
12 |
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Good team despite blowout loss at UNC |
13 |
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Tough week but good resume |
14 |
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Gritty performance at UNC |
15 |
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Heartbreaking loss at A&M but still a good team |
16 |
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Nice bounce back vs Oregon State |
17 |
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Great win vs Purdue, 1st place in Big 10 |
18 |
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Great week with wins vs Iowa State and at Texas |
19 |
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Need to start winning on road |
20 |
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Great bounce back week and huge win over Kentucky |
21 |
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Heartbreaking loss at Georgia Tech but a good resume |
22 |
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Need to start beating good teams on road |
23 |
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Great week with wins at UCLA and USC |
24 |
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Great win vs West Virginia, but a bad performance in blowout home loss to Baylor |
25 |
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Rough week but still in top 25 |