Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Xavier | Big East power manages to get to the top by virtue of everyone else losing |
2 | North Carolina | Tar Heels have been excellent for the most part, but hard to make them #1 with the Northern Iowa loss |
3 | Iowa | Hawkeyes have been best team in the country the last month, and proved it by beating Purdue easily |
4 | Oklahoma | Good win over Baylor, tough loss to Iowa State |
5 | Texas A&M | Aggies have been playing well this whole year, and manage to get into Top 5 |
6 | West Virginia | West Virginia beat Kansas and has played well in Big 12 |
7 | Providence | Big win over Villanova, to recover from a shaky few games |
8 | Villanova | Tough loss to Friars - could be #1 if they won |
9 | Kansas | Lots of Big 12 teams beating up on each other |
10 | Louisville | Louisville has been very good this season so far |
11 | SMU | Undefeated until they lost handily to Temple - they may finally be coming back to Earth |
12 | Indiana | Hoosiers are doing well in Big 10 but haven't played that many good teams. What will happen when they do? |
13 | Miami (FL) | Hurricanes recovering nicely from pitiful early loss to Northeastern. |
14 | Maryland | Terps are doing well until losing to Sparty |
15 | Pitt | Pitt is doing well in the ACC, this could be their year to shine, maybe. |
16 | Baylor | Baylor doing well in Big 12, they'll beat up on each other |
17 | Arizona | Bouncing back nicely from USC loss |
18 | Saint Mary's | Big win against Gonzaga |
19 | South Carolina | Two pitiful losses, but they've won the rest. I don't know what to make of them at this point. |
20 | Iowa State | Another Big 12 team beating up on the rest. |
21 | Dayton | Only three losses, and they beat Iowa and GW. The A-10, or at least the top of it, is very good. |
22 | Purdue | Big loss to Iowa, but Iowa's a very good team. Still, they might want to at least make it close. |
23 | Hawaii | Only two losses, and one was a narrow one to Oklahoma. |
24 | Michigan State | Sparty bounced back nicely from two bad losses, but they're two bad losses just the same. |
25 | Virginia | Cavs get back in the poll this week after a nice win over Syracuse |