Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Baylor | Tier 1- Baylor and Gonzaga are basically tied for the top spot. +1 |
2 | Gonzaga | I wasn't convinced on Gonzaga as a potential top team but they proved me wrong this week +3 |
3 | Iowa | Iowa still has the best player in the country. = |
4 | West Virginia | Tier 2 Bob Huggins is one of the best coaches in the country and he has a talented team behind him. +5 |
5 | Illinois | Ugly game against Ohio but teams are getting a longer leash to start the season for me +1 |
6 | Wisconsin | +1 |
7 | Villanova | Nova won games against a ranked and a decent team. Early season this year will be filled with similar upsets due to the uncertainty. -6 |
8 | Duke | Tier 3 Looked pretty bad against Coppin State but you can only punish a team so hard for winning a game. = |
9 | Richmond | I was high on Richmond coming into the season and they proved me right against Kentucky. Favorites in a decent a10. +8 |
10 | Texas | = |
11 | Creighton | very similar to Duke, did not perform well against a mediocre team. = |
12 | Virginia | SF is a pretty bad loss, especially considering they lost to UMass. Long leash due to circumstances. -8 |
13 | Virginia Tech | Hit some timely threes and overcame a wacky ending to win in OT. Domination of South Florida proves they have great potential. NR |
14 | Michigan State | Tier 4 +6 |
15 | St. Louis | Hard fought win against a decent LSU team. Should be competing for the A10 title. +6 |
16 | Rutgers | -4 |
17 | Houston | I had neither Texas Tech nor Houston ranked preseason, but Houston's win over TTU is an early season statement that they belong. NR |
18 | Louisville | Tier 5- Seton Hall aren't exactly what they were with Myles Powell but Louisville still looked impressive against a good team. NR |
19 | Arizona State | ASU played a very similar game to VT against Villanova but didn't get the late barrage of 3's. Still impressed with them -6 |
20 | Kansas | This drop is more a result of Kansas' struggle against St. Joe's than their loss to Gonzaga. -5 |
21 | Kentucky | Did not look great against Richmond, but this should have been expected. They're a young team that Calipari can turn around -5 |
22 | San Diego State | Tier 6- SDSU finished last season as a top team and were unranked to start this season. Perhaps we were too tough on them. NR |
23 | Stanford | play basketball -5 |
24 | North Carolina | -1 |
25 | Western Kentucky | WKU has a former top recruit and beat two top 75 teams, while looking competitive in a loss against a top 10 team. NR |