Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzaga | Made Virginia look like Northern Arizona. Imagine what they'll do to Northern Arizona. |
2 | Baylor | |
3 | Villanova | Jay got COVID so they're probably gonna be here for a little while. Considerable gap between them and the teams on either side. |
4 | Kansas | |
5 | Wisconsin | |
6 | Texas | |
7 | Houston | Came back from a bad start in a conference game on the road in an arena where there are actually fans. Good W. |
8 | Iowa | Sometimes a random Golden Gopher role player just goes 8-for-9 from three. It happens. You should also know how to defend it. |
9 | Tennessee | |
10 | Illinois | I guess they're good again. Check back next week to continue playing the Illinois Lottery. |
11 | West Virginia | How much can you really dock 'em for a loss at Allen Fieldhouse? |
12 | Oregon | |
13 | Creighton | |
14 | Missouri | A lot is being made of overranking them because "Illinois doesn't actually look good" but I don't really buy that. Good win either way. |
15 | Michigan | Quietly 2-0 in the B1G while so much chaos surrounds them |
16 | Texas Tech | |
17 | Rutgers | They didn't lose that game because of refball and even most Rutgers fans know it. C'mon now. Lost by double digits. |
18 | San Diego State | SMC was the last statement they could make before a bad MWC schedule and did they ever. They don't play Boise State until late February. |
19 | Xavier | |
20 | Ohio State | |
21 | Florida State | Well let's see how they do against a real conference opponent (not Georgia Tech at home) |
22 | Minnesota | Haven't won a non-home game yet, but those will come if they play as fundamentally soundly as they did against both Saint Louis and Iowa. |
23 | Northwestern | Playing kind of a gimmicky defense, but hey. First in the B1G at 3-0. Can't say no to that. |
24 | North Carolina | Ugh...they don't *look* like a ranked team, but...*gestures at all the teams below them* |
25 | Clemson | Fringe: Michigan State, Duke, Virginia Tech, Florida, NC State, Saint Louis, Drake, Arkansas |