Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Michigan | Tier 1- This team has looked ridiculously good and deserves to be top 5 in every poll +18 |
2 | Louisville | some ridiculous movements after a ridiculous week of college basketball. resumes are being built right now. = |
3 | Maryland | good wins against decent teams in temple and harvard, and a dominant win against marquette +3 |
4 | Ohio State | +1 |
5 | Virginia | it's really hard call this team elite with its offense, but its defense is making it possible -1 |
6 | Kansas | Tier 2- big week in maui for the jayhawks, with a win in a great game vs dayton. +2 |
7 | San Diego State | haven't looked bad in a game and they've been playing increasingly impressive opponents. hot take but i like what ive seen +14 |
8 | North Carolina | even with the loss to michigan, they hold their ground with a win against oregon +1 |
9 | Gonzaga | Won against oregon, but a blowout loss to michigan is a rough one. these three teams are exciting to watch -2 |
10 | Oregon | even with a 2 loss week, the ducks proved that they belong after a win against seton hall and two close losses against unc and the zags -2 |
11 | Auburn | Tier 3- here we have teams that don't really belong this high but probably don't deserve to be any lower. +9 |
12 | Michigan State | Their loss wouldn't look nearly as bad if it weren't for virginia tech collapsing immediately after -9 |
13 | Duke | I mean come on. you can't lose to stephen f austin at home and expect to stay ranked high. didnt look great against winthrop either -12 |
14 | Arizona | didn't look great against pepperdine or penn, but closing games is important and wins are wins = |
15 | Dayton | Tier 4- went to maui and went 2-1 with their one loss coming to kansas. this team should be good. NR |
16 | Memphis | beat a decent NCST team. +2 |
17 | Arkansas | not playing great offensively but its never easy to go on the road and win in OT. +5 |
18 | Baylor | didn't play this week :[ -2 |
19 | Kentucky | they haven't looked like the same team since their loss to evansville, who promptly collapsed after knocking off kentucky -2 |
20 | Oklahoma State | Tier 5- played an almost perfect game against ole miss. +6 |
21 | West Virginia | WVU has a bunch of decent wins and bob huggins can always lead a team. +8 |
22 | Colorado | +1 |
23 | Seton Hall | don't have bad losses but their wins are borderline at best. the closeness of their losses is keeping them ranked -11 |
24 | DePaul | +1 |
25 | Florida State | tennessee, saint mary's, butler, utah state, Penn state, Indiana, Xavier, Temple, Villanova, Liberty round out top 35 |