Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzaga | domination |
2 | Baylor | |
3 | Tennessee | |
4 | West Virginia | gutty wins over VCU and the best mid-major WKU (took over with their defense in that one) |
5 | Houston | +5 up from last week, third biggest risers after L'Ville (+10), and Richmond (+10). defense as good as advertised |
6 | Kansas | -2, not panicking after the loss to the Zags. figured something out with DaJuan Harris |
7 | Kentucky | also not panicking after they lost to Richmond. well-coached senior team vs a team of high ceiling freshmen, still favors the Srs. |
8 | Duke | sloppy sloppy sloppy vs Coppin State, but still so much talent |
9 | Villanova | -7, Justin Moore not seamlessly filling the Bey role makes me a *little* scared, but don't want to overreact |
10 | Creighton | |
11 | Illinois | |
12 | Virginia | -3, again don't want to overreact, but the offense was bordering on 2020 level bad vs SF |
13 | North Carolina | |
14 | Iowa | |
15 | Wisconsin | their freshmen have impressed so far |
16 | Texas Tech | -2, still a high-ceiling team despite losing to Houston |
17 | Florida State | |
18 | Michigan State | |
19 | Oregon | |
20 | Indiana | |
21 | Arkansas | |
22 | Alabama | Jahvon Quinerly revival is upon us |
23 | UCLA | -5, again, don't want to overreact. SDSU is a good, experienced team |
24 | Louisville | +10, win over Seton Hall with no-name dudes shows me they're not folding even without Williams |
25 | Richmond | fell out: Rutgers (injury to Baker), Memphis (turnovers...big yikes). Next 5: Providence, Rutgers, Texas, VT, Ohio State) |