Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Villanova | Overall body of work |
2 | Kansas | Has great wins |
3 | Virginia | Plays tough defense, great wins |
4 | Oklahoma | Great SOS |
5 | Xavier | An overall polished team |
6 | North Carolina | Very talented |
7 | Michigan State | Great overall team |
8 | Iowa | Solid team, but bad loss at Penn State |
9 | Arizona | Playing. Much better right now |
10 | Maryland | Struggling right now but good team, but bad loss at Minnesota |
11 | Louisville | Playing great right now |
12 | Miami (FL) | Good team despite blowout loss at UNC |
13 | West Virginia | Tough week but good resume |
14 | Duke | Gritty performance at UNC |
15 | Kentucky | Heartbreaking loss at A&M but still a good team |
16 | Oregon | Nice bounce back vs Oregon State |
17 | Indiana | Great win vs Purdue, 1st place in Big 10 |
18 | Baylor | Great week with wins vs Iowa State and at Texas |
19 | Iowa State | Need to start winning on road |
20 | Texas A&M | Great bounce back week and huge win over Kentucky |
21 | Notre Dame | Heartbreaking loss at Georgia Tech but a good resume |
22 | Purdue | Need to start beating good teams on road |
23 | Utah | Great week with wins at UCLA and USC |
24 | Texas | Great win vs West Virginia, but a bad performance in blowout home loss to Baylor |
25 | Dayton | Rough week but still in top 25 |