Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kentucky | UK proves they're deserving after top five win (also UNC going down) |
2 | Maryland | Close call against Rider keeps them at #2 instead of jumping up to #1 |
3 | North Carolina | Don't want to punish them too much because they were missing PG, still shouldn't have been that close though |
4 | Duke | Drops from third to fourth, no shame in losing to a top five team on a neutral site |
5 | Iowa State | Moves up by default with Virginia and Kansas going down |
6 | Michigan State | Big win over Kansas moves them into the top 10 |
7 | Kansas | |
8 | Oklahoma | |
9 | Villanova | |
10 | Miami (FL) | 5-0 with all wins by double digits and two wins over two top 20 teams |
11 | Indiana | |
12 | Virginia | |
13 | Gonzaga | |
14 | Arizona | |
15 | California | |
16 | UConn | |
17 | Purdue | Winning by almost 30 points per game puts them in the top 20 |
18 | Oregon | Beat top 20 Baylor team while missing two of their better players |
19 | Wichita State | This week's biggest loser |
20 | Baylor | Road win against top 25 Oregon squad shouldn't move them too far down |
21 | Vanderbilt | Concerning OT home win over Stony Brook drops them a spot |
22 | Butler | |
23 | Texas A&M | Talent team winning games by almost 34 per game puts them into the top 25 |
24 | Utah | |
25 | Notre Dame |