Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Oklahoma | Still the best resume in the field |
2 | North Carolina | |
3 | Iowa | |
4 | Villanova | |
5 | Kansas | |
6 | Xavier | |
7 | Texas A&M | Dark horse Final Four contender. Kentucky showdown will be epic (if Kentucky shows up) |
8 | Providence | Huge win to get them back in the top 10 |
9 | West Virginia | |
10 | Iowa State | Prohm starting to put the pieces together |
11 | Baylor | |
12 | Virginia | |
13 | Miami (FL) | |
14 | Louisville | At this point I think Louisville's general consistency is enough to warrant this spot |
15 | Michigan State | |
16 | Maryland | No bad losses but no good wins. All the close games still make me skeptical |
17 | Arizona | |
18 | Oregon | |
19 | SMU | Let's be honest: this team's chances of going undefeated were not good even without a postseason |
20 | Indiana | So far so good...big test coming up in Madison |
21 | Kentucky | |
22 | Purdue | |
23 | Utah | |
24 | Michigan | |
25 | South Carolina | 26) Dayton 27) Pitt 28) USC 29) Duke 30) St. Mary's |