Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kansas | I had them at #2 and they knocked off my #1. Yes I know Duke wasn't full strength. Yes I know they lost to Indiana. This teams the real deal |
2 | Duke | Took KU to the wire and beat a tough Rhode Island team. They've looked sluggish to start v. Penn St and GCU resulting in the one spot drop. |
3 | Kentucky | Yes they routed Michigan State. I'm just not that high on Michigan State. |
4 | Villanova | Big win @Purdue. I expect they will be #1 overall this week in the reddit poll. I still want to see more without Arcidiacano and Ochefu. |
5 | Indiana | I had them at 10 to start the season and that was still sleeping on them. They looked polished against KU and I forgot how good Blackmon is. |
6 | North Carolina | Stoked for the Indiana game. They routed a LBSU team that should win the Big West. I know it's the Big West but I was still impressed. |
7 | Gonzaga | Highest climb in my poll. They absolutely embarrassed SDSU. Williams-Goss and Jordan Matthews are legit. Should contend for 1 seed and FF. |
8 | Oregon | They let me down with their loss to Baylor. Hopefully they can rebound when Brooks gets back, but the rest of the team is still talented. |
9 | Virginia | 62-38 win against Yale is impressive. Virginia is still Virginia. |
10 | Wisconsin | I thought this team was going to win B1G with ease. I think I just underestimated how much the B1G destroys eachother. |
11 | Syracuse | Beat Monmouth up. Lots of moving parts as I said before, but it looks like they have it figured out already. I expected more bumps. |
12 | Xavier | Fell a bit in my rankings from 8 to 12. They looked sluggsih to start the season, but wins over Clemson and UNI help. |
13 | Arizona | I'm still not high on this team. Yes they beat Michigan State, but I wasn't high on them either. Trier coming back should help. |
14 | Saint Mary's | Big time win over Dayton. UAB and Stanford are their only other hard OOC games. |
15 | West Virginia | Haven't really played anyone... so they stay where I had them. |
16 | Creighton | Big win over Wisconsin. Beat NC State. Feel kind of bad about them only going from 21 to 16. They might deserve better. |
17 | Michigan State | I was really not high on Arizona or Michigan State preseason, and then a beat down by Kentucky. |
18 | Purdue | Lost to a good Nova team, but it was at home. |
19 | URI | Beat Cincy. The hype was real. I'm sorry I didn't rank you guys week 1. |
20 | Maryland | Looked sloppy to start the season but edged out a win @Georgetown. Cake conference schedule should allow them to end up in the top 10. |
21 | Cincinnati | Tough loss to Rhode Island. I still think this team is the real deal. |
22 | Colorado | Haven't played anyone so they stay where I had them. |
23 | NC State | Move from 25 to 23 in my poll. Good win over Montana and played Creighton tough. Once Yurtseven starts playing they should be a real force. |
24 | UCLA | Haven't played anyone so they stay where I had them. Ball looks better than expected though, but that isn't enough for me to move them up. |
25 | Texas | Didn't know who to put here. Hasn't really been a team that's impressed me. Considered: Iowa St, SDSU, Florida State, VT, OSU, Minnesota. |