Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzaga | Tier 1- Pure dominance, clear #1 in my opinion. - |
2 | Auburn | Loss to Arkansas, but still 23-2 which is great. - |
3 | Purdue | Bad loss to Michigan, but looked great vs Illinois, keeping them at 3. - |
4 | Arizona | Easy wins, nothing crazy, stay at 4. - |
5 | Kentucky | Easy wins as well so stay at 5. - |
6 | Kansas | Lost to Texas close, not a bad loss, jumps Duke. +1 |
7 | Duke | Lost to Virginia who is playing well right now. -1 |
8 | Baylor | Looked great vs. Texas. +2 |
9 | Providence | Tier 2- They keep winning, so they are going to keep jumping teams. +4 |
10 | Villanova | Two solid wins, nothing crazy. +4 |
11 | UCLA | Close loss to a solid USC team, UCLA is slipping. -3 |
12 | Texas Tech | Rough loss to Oklahoma, rebounded with a quality win over TCU. -1 |
13 | Illinois | Blowout loss to Purdue (they are really good) win over Northwestern. -1 |
14 | Tennessee | On a roll, jumping teams that are losing. +4 |
15 | Wisconsin | Great win @ Michigan St., lost to a hot Rutgers team. - |
16 | Ohio State | Lost to a hot Rutgers team, solid win over Michigan. - |
17 | Michigan State | Dissapointing loss to Wisconsin, good win vs Indiana. - |
18 | Arkansas | Tier 3- Great win vs. Auburn, could have easily beat Alabama. +3 |
19 | Murray State | They keep winning so they are going to keep climbing. +1 |
20 | Houston | Back to back bad losses to SMU and Memphis, you walk a thin rope when you play in a non power conference. -9 |
21 | USC | Looked bad vs. Pacific but they got the W, great win over UCLA. +3 |
22 | Texas | Great win over Kansas, tough loss vs. Baylor. -2 |
23 | Iowa | Tier 4- Putting up video game numbers, very hot team right now. NR |
24 | Wyoming | They keep racking up the W's. NR |
25 | Notre Dame | A couple solid wins, the Irish are starting to look like a tournament team. NR |