Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | North Carolina | They've been playing at an extremely high level in conference play. |
2 | Oklahoma | They're playing everybody close. Good win against WVU and escaped against Oklahoma State. |
3 | Villanova | They haven't passed my eye test, but the results are the results. |
4 | Maryland | I'm only dropping them 2 spots for losing to a good Michigan team on the road and then obliterating OSU. |
5 | Kansas | Were never really in the game against a very good WVU team. Just a matchup problem? |
6 | Xavier | Still only have the one blowout loss against Villanova. I'll bump them up 2 spots for not losing. |
7 | West Virginia | Crushed #1 Kansas and only lost by 2 at Oklahoma. Impressive week for WVU. |
8 | Iowa | Can't say that this win against MSU was because Valentine was out. |
9 | SMU | No Keith Frazier probably helps this team. I'll be interested to see how far a team with 7 players can go. |
10 | Arizona | Winning twice in a week is a good way to move up. |
11 | Butler | Only played once this week and won by 20 at St Johns. |
12 | Texas A&M | Escaped Florida and romped Georgia. Good week to not lose. |
13 | Michigan State | Kohl is a hard place to play. Losing twice in a week is a bad look. |
14 | Duke | Two losses drops them from 6 to 14. |
15 | Miami (FL) | Two tough road losses means they only drop from 9 to 15. |
16 | Virginia | Beating Miami at home almost offsets losing to FSU on the road. Almost. |
17 | Iowa State | Only one game this week and it was a road win. |
18 | Louisville | Good win against Pitt. |
19 | USC | Dominant win @UCLA. |
20 | Indiana | This team has talent. They are starting to play like their preseason ranking. |
21 | Baylor | Texas Tech has been good this year. Good road win. |
22 | Providence | Seemed to really struggle this week. They've been playing above their talent level much of the year. |
23 | Clemson | 3 ranked wins in a row deserves to be ranked. |
24 | South Carolina | Because I like to watch the world burn and they got destroyed @Bama. |
25 | Dayton | Just missed: Purdue, Every other team that doesn't want to be ranked. |