Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | Great win against Purdue, not sure when they'll be tested next |
2 | Kentucky | Great win against MSU. 2 cupcakes before this gets really interesting: ASU, UCLA, Valpo, UNC, Louisville, all coming up |
3 | Duke | Loss to Kansas, but still dispensed of a solid Rhode Island team without their full strength. Not 100% where to rank them w/ injury concerns |
4 | North Carolina | Excited to see them play Indiana, crushed a very good mid-major in Chattanooga |
5 | Kansas | Have them a slot ahead of Indiana despite losing the head to head. Kansas's 2 wins are very solid, beating Duke and a good Siena team |
6 | Indiana | Might be under ranking them since they have one of the better wins so far against Kansas |
7 | Virginia | Defense looks great, but losing Nichols hurts. Also never seen a team with a 99.7% win probability on KP, which UVA has against Grambling |
8 | Louisville | Crushed a top-100 William & Mary squad…ODU will be another decent game before some cupcakes |
9 | Syracuse | Handled Monmouth pretty easily, and put up a ridiculous 1.61 PPP against Holy Cross |
10 | Arizona | Possibly getting Trier back is huge, and they have a good win against MSU. |
11 | Saint Mary's | Really impressed with their road win at Dayton. I think this is a legit top-15 team for the rest of the year |
12 | Michigan | Racked up some solid neutral site wins against Marquette and SMU, and get a tough road test this week at South Carolina |
13 | Xavier | No huge wins (2 close ones actually), but they haven't played anyone below KP 140 and are 5-0, 3-0 on neutral court. Not easy |
14 | Oregon | Losing to Baylor away isn't a killer, but they didn't look good. Georgetown will be a good test |
15 | Florida | Like Xavier, the wins don't blow you away, but I give them credit for scheduling and beating good mid/low major teams |
16 | Wisconsin | I know they lost a road game, but I'm not really impressed with this team so far. 2 wins against sub-300 teams isn't much of a resume |
17 | Baylor | Good wins against Oregon and FGCU with a chance to get another nice one against VCU this week |
18 | Gonzaga | |
19 | Miami (FL) | |
20 | Creighton | |
21 | West Virginia | |
22 | Purdue | |
23 | Wichita State | |
24 | Butler | |
25 | Michigan State | Also considered: UCLA, Cincinnati, Rhode Island, Dayton |