Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky | |
2 | Michigan State | |
3 | Louisville | |
4 | Duke | |
5 | North Carolina | |
6 | Kansas | Look shakey but the pieces are still there. Pressure by the top-tier defensive PGs of opponents have highlighted lack of ball handlers |
7 | Gonzaga | |
8 | Maryland | |
9 | Ohio State | |
10 | Virginia | |
11 | Florida | This is where people are gonna yell at me. "But head to head"! It's a one game sample. I think Florida would win that game 4/5 times. |
12 | Texas Tech | |
13 | Saint Mary's | |
14 | VCU | |
15 | Purdue | This is also where people are gonna yell at me. "But head to head"! It's a one game sample. I think Purdue would win that game 3/5 times. |
16 | Villanova | |
17 | Baylor | Excusable loss drops them down a few pegs from last week. I still think they're a great team. |
18 | Texas | Arguably the #2 win in CBB right now with a road win vs a great Purdue team. Road vs #10-ish is approximately as hard as neutral vs #1-ish |
19 | Oregon | |
20 | Seton Hall | |
21 | Arizona | |
22 | Xavier | |
23 | Florida State | Top win in the young season and it's not close. Road win against that quality of a team is actually way harder than beating the number 1. |
24 | Missouri | |
25 | Memphis | Returning little. Stellar class but it takes a year+ for the 4 stars to turn into + contributors. Coach's resume just isn't there yet either |