Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky | [Last Week: 1] I fully expect this to be a unanimous #1 |
2 | Duke | [2] Two strong wins (MSU, Stanford) plus business-as-usual other games |
3 | Wisconsin | [3] Basically tied with Duke for #2; if all goes well will be settled in awesome B1G/ACC game |
4 | Arizona | [5] Only team in top four yet to face real challenge; this changes in Maui |
5 | North Carolina | [8] My ACC bias is powerful and I am unrepentant; that's why the voting body is diverse, to counteract that stuff |
6 | Louisville | [9] See what I'm saying? |
7 | Wichita State | [7] This is as high as I'm going to put them until there are nearly no undefeateds left |
8 | Virginia | [10] Every bit as good as advertised so far |
9 | Texas | [11] Two decent wins in 2K Classic |
10 | San Diego State | [13] Leapfrogs Villanova because (1) had a decent win (2) need to fight my east-coast bias (can't have two biases like that) |
11 | Villanova | [12] Still moves up a spot; I don't punish teams for having indifferent weeks against cupcakes, just reward less |
12 | Gonzaga | [16] SMU win less impressive now then it was, but still looked like a solid team on the whole from what I saw |
13 | Kansas | [4] Trying to split the difference between "lost by THIRTY" and "Kentucky is just that good" |
14 | Michigan State | [14] Lost to #2 team by ten, this makes sense, that's why they're ranked lower |
15 | VCU | [17] On point so far |
16 | Iowa State | [19] Didn't lose but needs to win HoF Classic to stay here |
17 | Ohio State | [N5] Gets to make a huge leap from basically #26 because EVERYONE in my 20-25 range lost against weak opponents |
18 | Michigan | [N5] See above |
19 | Miami (FL) | [New] Small sample size but ~*~Angel Rodriguez~*~ |
20 | Creighton | [New] That comeback though... |
21 | Indiana | [New] Good enough that I'm sure what-if scenarios about the suspensions and drama preseason are especially frustrating |
22 | Providence | [New] What the heck, right? We'll see how they look against Kentucky |
23 | UCLA | [New] Kenpom take the wheel |
24 | Florida | [8] Would've been in 10-20 range with just loss to Miami but you can't go to OT with ULM like that; that said, I know about the injuries |
25 | Maryland | [New] ayy lmao (Next Five: Utah, Stanford, Oklahoma, Syracuse, UConn) |