Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzaga | Tier S |
2 | Baylor | |
3 | Villanova | Tier A |
4 | Texas | I *knew* I was wrong to rank Kansas ahead of Texas! |
5 | Iowa | Tier B |
6 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin and Iowa are effectively T-5 for me. They're both the cream of the crop in the B1G. |
7 | Houston | Tulsa exists in a different universe. I've been here too long to dock teams a bunch for losing there. |
8 | Illinois | Illinois is still good. Thank you for playing the Illinois Lottery. |
9 | Kansas | |
10 | Michigan | I didn't even wait until the Northwestern game ended before I started putting this ballot together. That's how much of a blowout it was. |
11 | Tennessee | I still trust their defensive scheming despite the loss to Alabama. |
12 | Oregon | Tier C |
13 | Creighton | |
14 | Missouri | KenPom this week: Start at 40; get blown out by Tennessee at home, drop to 50; light up Arkansas on the road, rise back up to 41 |
15 | West Virginia | Losing Tshiebwe hurts a lot |
16 | Clemson | This team's challenging the 2018 squad for the title of Brownell's Best Team. |
17 | Minnesota | Tier D | Would still like to see an away win but to be fair, their two road games have been against the class of the conference |
18 | Oklahoma State | The Big XII is gonna be just as brutal as the B1G. |
19 | Texas Tech | |
20 | Rutgers | I didn't think I'd have Minnesota ahead of Rutgers when I started putting this together either. Injuries are hurting Rutgers somewhat. |
21 | Florida | Tier E |
22 | St. Louis | I don't like moving an idle team from unranked to ranked, but jeez, what is the rest of the country even doing?? |
23 | Arizona | I'm gonna give them credit for that road win @ Wazzu, even if it took two overtimes. Wazzu isn't memeworthily bad this year. |
24 | Louisville | |
25 | Arkansas | Fringe: Florida State, NC State, Drake, Duke, Virginia Tech, Connecticut, Ohio State, Virginia |