Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Iowa | Nothing flashy this week, but everyone else lost. They were #3 last week in my poll. |
2 | Virginia | Steady week for Virginia. Won on the road to a possible tourney team in Pitt. |
3 | Oklahoma | Lost on the road to an unranked team. But as always, I try not to punish teams too much for road losses. |
4 | Kansas | Two blowout victories this week. |
5 | Villanova | Good win @ providence, but maybe Providence isn't very good. Only ranked wins are against Xavier and Providence. Already lost to Providence. |
6 | West Virginia | Good week. Beat ISU at Hilton and then Baylor at home. |
7 | Xavier | Xavier only has two losses, but one was by 30 to Villanova. |
8 | Maryland | They doubled their wins against ranked teams. They also doubled their wins against decent teams this week. 2-0 so far, both at home. |
9 | SMU | Lost on the road to an unranked team. That will drop SMU a few spots. |
10 | Michigan State | Strong road win at Michigan. |
11 | North Carolina | Lost two this week (one to an unranked team), but both were on the road, so they only lose a couple spots. |
12 | Oregon | |
13 | South Carolina | How did SC lose to Georgia, and then beat Texas A&M on the road!? The road loss doesn't hurt them, the road victory at A&M helps a lot. |
14 | Saint Mary's | Had two road games. Won one (SD), lost one @ BYU. As per tradition, road losses don't hurt a team too badly. |
15 | Miami (FL) | Good win against Notre Dame this week. |
16 | Texas A&M | Seemed to be heading in the right direction after beating Iowa State, but maybe Iowa State isn't very good. Lost 3 of their last 4. |
17 | Dayton | They really should win out. Of their remaining 8 games, only VCU at home in March should be a challenge. |
18 | Purdue | |
19 | Louisville | Good win against UNC at home. |
20 | Arizona | Barely beat Washington, but it was on the road. |
21 | Baylor | Couldn't have been much worse. Two losses this week, one at home. |
22 | Iowa State | They won @ OKSt and lost @home to WVU. WVU is a great team, but as per tradition in my poll, home losses hurt you badly. |
23 | Providence | lost two this week, but the one at home was much more costly for their ranking. |
24 | Texas | Beat two quality Big 12 teams this week. However, they have a ton of losses (7) and lost @TCU, which is unacceptable - even by 1 point. |
25 | Little Rock | Two losses on the season. |