Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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(1) Top team in the nation still. Nothing has changed here. |
2 |
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(2) Almost swapped them and Duke with Duke looking better and better |
3 |
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(3) See above |
4 |
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(5) Swapped with Baylor after an exciting, impressive win |
5 |
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(4) See above |
6 |
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(7) |
7 |
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(6) They showed how good they can be, but they need to get healthy |
8 |
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(11) Continues to impress |
9 |
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(9) |
10 |
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(10) |
11 |
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(13) |
12 |
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(14) |
13 |
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(15) |
14 |
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(18) Great win over Indiana. |
15 |
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(8) Close neutral loss to Butler isn't bad, but this team is hard to figure out |
16 |
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(12) Close win over a bad ORU team, yikes. |
17 |
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(17) |
18 |
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(20) |
19 |
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(16) Another team hard to figure out, but a close win over an ok Wake team is, ehhh. |
20 |
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(21) |
21 |
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(25) |
22 |
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(23) |
23 |
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(24) Not going to punish a team for losing a tight game to a good Purdue team, especially towards the bottom of the rankings |
24 |
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(UR) Interesting team with a good win over Iowa State but other than that? No real clear top teams from 17 on. |
25 |
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(UR) Others considered: South Carolina, Maryland, Ok State, Valpo, and Providence |