Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky | but could they beat the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers? |
2 | Michigan State | Great win over Providence. Davis will be a beast. |
3 | Villanova | Unchallenged so far. |
4 | Maryland | Big game against UNC this week. |
5 | Iowa State | Three Big 12 teams are essentially tied.. |
6 | Kansas | #FreedDiallo |
7 | Oklahoma | Didn't even play their best game against Wisco, but still won by 17 and held them <24% shooting |
8 | Duke | Grayson and the boys |
9 | North Carolina | Could really use Paige. |
10 | Virginia | |
11 | Purdue | |
12 | Cincinnati | maybe this is too high |
13 | Providence | Very impressed by win over Zona and game against MSU. Fell apart down the stretch, but proved their worth. Rebounding could be issue.. |
14 | Gonzaga | Gonzaga is still clearly a good team |
15 | Xavier | They beat the ranking out of Dayton.. Crosstown shootout/classic/whatever it's called will be insane this year |
16 | Oregon | ¯\_(?)_/¯ having troubles in this range. Teams in the teens lost, but who should fill in? anyone? Oregon has good wins over Baylor, Valpo |
17 | Syracuse | Feels like Cooney has been there forever. |
18 | West Virginia | |
19 | Arizona | Felt like I was making a mistake putting them at 2 last week. Lack experience. |
20 | Texas A&M | |
21 | Vanderbilt | |
22 | UConn | Close, tough losses to Zaga and Cuse |
23 | Louisville | |
24 | Baylor | |
25 | Miami (FL) | yeah ok.. Honorable Mentions: SMU, GW, Notre Dame, Arkansas-LR |