Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | Top tier of Villanova through UCLA is very tight. Very little distinction between the four. |
2 | Kansas | |
3 | Duke | |
4 | UCLA | |
5 | Baylor | A neutral win against a top 10 team and two home wins against borderline top 25 teams. Is this really the best resume? I'm not so sure. |
6 | Kentucky | Good bounceback win against Valpo. I'm excited to see UK take on UNC to find out if they belong in that top tier. |
7 | North Carolina | Looked pretty rough against Tennessee at home in what should have been an easy win even without Berry. Dropped out of top tier as a result. |
8 | Indiana | Nothing new here - how will Indiana look against Butler this coming weekend? |
9 | Gonzaga | Continuing to take care of business against Washington and Akron. Gonzaga looks to be the clear favorite in the WCC now. |
10 | West Virginia | How will they look against a team with multiple quality ballhandlers? We haven't seen it yet and won't until Big 12 play. |
11 | Louisville | |
12 | Virginia | |
13 | Wisconsin | Good win at Marquette. But is Marquette any good? Not a win that moves the needle for me. |
14 | Creighton | |
15 | Butler | Home win against Cincy was good, but there is a decent gap between Creighton and Butler at this point. |
16 | Purdue | The lopsided win against ASU is enough to jump Purdue ahead of South Carolina for me. Not higher though. |
17 | South Carolina | |
18 | Notre Dame | I actually had Notre Dame unranked last week because I wanted to see them perform against a quality opponent. |
19 | Oregon | Still somewhat speculative. But really - who deserves to be up here anyway? Slim pickings. |
20 | Xavier | |
21 | Cincinnati | Tough loss to Butler, but this is still a Top 25 team. That Rhode Island loss is looking worse though |
22 | Arizona | They didn't do anything to earn their way back in, but so many other teams faltered that here they are. |
23 | USC | New to my Top 25 this week - which is funny since they had an off-week. Jumped a handful of teams that lost. |
24 | Saint Mary's | Manhandled by UT-A at home. That was rough. But I still think this is a top 25 team with great upside, particularly offensively. |
25 | Florida | Loss at FSU isn't great, but isn't an automatic exit from the Top 25. Let's see what this team looks like with some home games, though. |