Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kentucky | Not sold on these young Cats yet. The game against MSU was more about how terrible MSU was. In time, we'll find out if it was really UK. |
2 | Villanova | Great win at Purdue. Villanova just being Villanova. |
3 | Kansas | Toughest schedule of any top team by a good margin. Easily could be 3-0 or 1-2 against it, but thought they looked like a Top 3 team. |
4 | Duke | Tough to rank Duke. I still think they are probably the most talented team, but the team on the court today might not be Top 10. |
5 | North Carolina | Nothing to note. They're good. But I don't think they are on the same tier as the 4 above them. |
6 | Indiana | May be weird with them behing KU & Duke, but I'm not sure 1 OT win against KU should jump them that high. Want to see more, I guess. |
7 | Louisville | Louisville doesn't feel like a Top 7 team, but I don't think there are more teams better than them. So, here we are I guess. |
8 | Xavier | The against Missouri was not good. I dropped them a little, but I still have faith. |
9 | Virginia | A bit of a leap of faith without Nichols, but Tony Bennett will just do Tony Bennett things. |
10 | Oregon | Even with the loss to Baylor (okay, ass whooping), I still think this is a Top 10 team when healthy. They should be healthy moving forward. |
11 | UCLA | I have actually been a little impressed by UCLA. I did not expect to write that sentence this year. |
12 | Saint Mary's | What can I say? The Gaels have looked really good. Winning at Dayton is one of the 10 (5?) best wins of the season so far. |
13 | Texas | Huge leap of faith. Struggled in their first game against Incarnate Word. I still believe. We'll find out more in this upcoming stretch. |
14 | Syracuse | Moved up a little. Impressed by the Monmouth margin of victory, but how good is Monmouth? I don't know. |
15 | West Virginia | WVU hasn't really done anything we can judge them on yet. They moved up 3 for me, but that's just because other teams suck, I guess. |
16 | Michigan | I did not think I would have Michigan here. And no, this is not supposed to be Michigan State. |
17 | Purdue | No shame losing to Nova. Almost following that up with a home loss to Georgia State? That'll hurt. |
18 | Creighton | Good win against Wisconsin. Enough to be ranked, for sure. |
19 | Iowa State | Tough to know how good they are yet due to their schedule. Still major concerns in the post. I want to see them beat a team that can rebound |
20 | Wisconsin | Loss to Creighton hurts, but it's a road loss. Not the end of the world. We'll learn more in a week and a half against Syracuse. |
21 | URI | Loss to Duke is fine. Looked very good against Cincy. |
22 | Florida | Moved down a little, but we haven't really learned anything about Florida yet. |
23 | Cincinnati | I think the loss to URI was more about URI. I still think this is a Top 25 team. |
24 | Ohio State | Probably don't deserve to be here, but I had them #13 preseason and it's tough to take them completely out without a loss. |
25 | Gonzaga | Why didn't I have Gonzaga ranked preseason? I don't know. Why only #25 now? Well, I'm not sold on SDSU. I want to see more. |