Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Arizona | Top 2 are very close but I think Arizona is the best team in the country. Too much size and athleticism |
2 | Gonzaga | Very good team, one of only 3 remaining 2 loss teams |
3 | Kansas | Quietly fighting up the rankings since that tough home loss |
4 | Purdue | They seem to fluctuate a lot but this was a solid week. |
5 | Villanova | My dark horse pick to win it all at this point. |
6 | Duke | Duke is still duke |
7 | Kentucky | Lost to a good team, beat a good team, |
8 | Auburn | Lost to a not very good team. |
9 | Texas Tech | Solid win moves them up |
10 | Baylor | Another tough loss leaves them with some questions, even as good as they are. |
11 | Providence | Very close with Illinois but I still think they're the better team |
12 | Illinois | Ok week, you can't fault them too hard for the rutgers loss but going 1-1 isn't enough to jump mant teams this week |
13 | Tennessee | " |
14 | USC | Got the job done but didn't do enough to move up |
15 | UCLA | " |
16 | Wisconsin | Decent week gives them a bump |
17 | Arkansas | Very good week and they jump quite a bit |
18 | Houston | After a disastrous 0-2 week they've rebounded well |
19 | Texas | Another loss moves them down but not a ton |
20 | Ohio State | Losing at home to unranked (but decent) Iowa will hurt your ranking |
21 | Murray State | Only other 2 loss team left, granted I can't jump them much due to their unimpressive wins |
22 | UConn | Probably should have ranked them last week but they're here now. |
23 | Saint Mary's | WCC will be a 3 bid league at best but one of them is going to SMC |
24 | Boise State | I really didn't expect to be ranking Boise but with so many losses at the lower end they don't look so bad |
25 | Iowa | This was one of the hardest spots to fill all season, so many teams in this area lost this week. But they did get a top 20 road win. |