Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kansas | (1) Same as last week. Was the lone poller with them at 1 and imagine it will be the same. |
2 | Duke | (2) Same as last week. |
3 | Kentucky | (3) Same as last week. |
4 | Gonzaga | (7) Spanked us and then beat Florida and Iowa State. Jordan Matthews and Williams-Goss have joined with ease. Collins looks legit. |
5 | Villanova | (4) Move back only because Gonzaga moved up. |
6 | North Carolina | (6) Big wins against Ok State and Wisconsin, but stay where they are. Feels too low, but I don't know who I would bump above. |
7 | Virginia | (9) Still haven't had a tough match up, but it's impressive how they are putting teams away. |
8 | Xavier | (12) I knocked them down and now moved them back. Winning back to back games against UNI how they did is impressive. |
9 | Indiana | (5) Them looking great was the reason I had Kansas at 1 last week, but they've now shown they're vulnerable. |
10 | Creighton | (16) Had them at 16 last week which was messed up. They move up by virtue of Wisconsin, Syracuse, WVU, Arizona and Oregon all losing. |
11 | Saint Mary's | (15) Seems too high, but everyone else is losing. |
12 | Baylor | (NR) Go from unranked to 12 for me. I wanted them to prove that the Oregon game wasn't a fluke. Well they certainly did that this week. |
13 | Louisville | (10) I did some CFB playoff comittee stuff putting Baylor at 12 so I could put Louisville here. |
14 | Purdue | (18) Auburn is no joke and they slaughtered them. |
15 | Iowa State | (NR) Impressed that even though size was their big concern going into the season they did well against Gonzaga. Big jump for Iowa State. |
16 | URI | (19) Belmont isn't an impressive win this year, but still move up. |
17 | Syracuse | (10) First real challenge and got rocked. Is South Carolina the real deal? |
18 | Arizona | (13) Butler isn't a bad loss, but I wasn't impressed with this team beforehand either. |
19 | Maryland | (19) It pains me to have Maryland here because it's not too deserved, but everyone is losing and they're not. |
20 | UCLA | (24) Finally played someone that was a challenge (A&M) and performed. Ball looks good. |
21 | Cincinnati | (21) Same as last week. |
22 | Oregon | (8) I was really high on this team preseason. They obviously don't have it all together right now. Hopefully Brooks is back soon. |
23 | Wisconsin | (10) Still higher than most. North Carolina and Creighton are good teams. How they lost is concerning though. |
24 | West Virginia | (15) Hadn't played anyone and lost to Temple. That said Temple is a good team. |
25 | Notre Dame | (NR) I slept on them. Good wins against Colorado and Northwestern. Last 5 out: Colorado, NC State, Ohio State, SDSU, Butler. |