Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Gonzaga | Tier 1a- Gonzaga is the undisputable best team in the country |
2 | Baylor | Tier 1b- Baylor is the undisputable second best team in the country |
3 | Villanova | Tier 2 |
4 | Texas | Doing a complete rerank this week, going mainly off of resume and who I think would win h2h on neutral more often. |
5 | Wisconsin | Tier 3 |
6 | Iowa | Iowa still arguably has the best player in the country and they won at the RAC, albeit a fanless one. |
7 | Kansas | Every team is so undeniably bad past like creighton that it just becomes a jumbled mess. Is the big 10 actually good, or is it just |
8 | Creighton | Wisconsin and Iowa+the rest masquerading as good. How soon do we start giving every team a freebie and saying, eh it's that kinda year? |
9 | Tennessee | Tier 4- Tennessee could have realistically been a top 5 team after their dominant win over mizzou...but then they lost to alabama at home? |
10 | Michigan | Michigan is undefeated, but their best win is against an...okay? Northwestern team at home. |
11 | Oregon | Oregon is the best team in a Pac-12 that's looking better than it has in multiple years. |
12 | Virginia Tech | Who would have thought the 12th best team in the country could have a 20 point home loss to Penn State? It's that kind of year. |
13 | Missouri | It's impossible to stress how difficult this poll was, especially starting fresh. Thank your local official poll voter this week. |
14 | Clemson | And again, as I mentioned, every team has very obvious flaws and bad games. It's gotten to the point where they practically all cancel out |
15 | Minnesota | Tier 5 |
16 | Rutgers | I believe that Rutgers can be the 3rd best team in the big 10, but they aren't right now. They have the talent, just need to pull together. |
17 | Houston | I wasn't big on Houston in the first place, so losing to Tulsa is a big hit to them. |
18 | Louisville | Their one loss is a monstrosity to Wisconsin, but they've beaten the rest of the schedule, and their opponents have been decent. |
19 | Illinois | I'm actually overall pretty happy with the teams I have ranked, but the order is definitely screwy. |
20 | St. Louis | |
21 | West Virginia | |
22 | Oklahoma State | |
23 | UConn | Tier 6 |
24 | Arizona | |
25 | Boise State | Lots of west coast teams could fit the 25 spot: BYU, SDSU, UCLA, Colorado, USC, even Stanford. Oklahoma and Drake were also considered. |