Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Oklahoma | Sooners still #1 |
2 | Michigan State | Sparty moves up to #2 after a Purdue loss |
3 | Virginia | Huge win over Villanova plus teams losing ahead of them moves UVA into top 3 |
4 | Maryland | Terps move into Top 4 |
5 | Kansas | Jayhawks playing well this year too, only loss was to Sparty |
6 | Xavier | Musketeers are undefeated and beat Cincy - this could be a sleeper team |
7 | Arizona | Arizona's doing well this year |
8 | SMU | Ponies are undefeated and The American is better than people think. |
9 | Butler | Big win over Purdue moves them up. |
10 | Purdue | Speaking of Purdue, here they are. It's basically a toss-up between them and Butler, and when that happens (and ONLY then) I look at H2H |
11 | Providence | Providence beat Arizona and is playing well. The Big East may not be back to its former glory, but it's getting there |
12 | Iowa State | UNI loss is bad. But they've been playing well otherwise. |
13 | North Carolina | They're moving up a bit this week, but UNI, and to a lesser extent, Texas, still sting |
14 | Louisville | Cardinals doing well, scandal and all. |
15 | Duke | Loss to Utah is bad, but it was close. |
16 | South Carolina | Still undefeated, and in an SEC that's weak except for an uncharacteristically poor Kentucky team, they could stay that way for a while. |
17 | Villanova | They've struggled their last couple games, but they'll bounce back. |
18 | West Virginia | Mountaineers playing well in Big 12 |
19 | GW | Still only lost to Cincy. And they beat Virginia, which looks better every week. |
20 | Miami (FL) | Canes get back in this week. Loss to Northeastern is terrible, but that's their only one. |
21 | Cincinnati | Beat GW, and may be #2 in The American after SMU |
22 | Texas A&M | Aggies get back in this week after beating Baylor |
23 | Northwestern | They still only have one loss, and it was to UNC. |
24 | Little Rock | Trojans are undefeated, and in a weak conference, could run the table. Only Texas Tech on Tuesday presents a formidable challenge. |
25 | Colorado | Only loss was to Iowa State. The Buffs get in this week. Kentucky is UR because losses to Ohio State and UCLA are too bad to overlook. |