Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Duke | This team still scares me. Last week's poll: http://cbbpoll.com/ballot/4032 |
2 | Villanova | Had a close call against Notre Dame. Close enough for me to swap them with Duke, who looks pretty amazing right now. |
3 | Kansas | Nothing changed |
4 | UCLA | Nothing really changed from last week. |
5 | Kentucky | A win over UNC at a neutral court is good enough to jump Baylor at this point. |
6 | Baylor | They didn't do much this week, but Kentucky had a big win. As teams start losing, if they keep winning I'll put them higher |
7 | Gonzaga | Bot teams that I had in 7&8 lost. They beat Tennessee by 10 but need to learn how I close out games. |
8 | Louisville | This isn't so much their performance as much as it is the failure of the teams ahead of them |
9 | West Virginia | Teams above them just don't look as good. |
10 | Virginia | They'll tag along behind West Virginia until one of them loses probably. |
11 | North Carolina | They sort of redeemed their near-loss to Tennessee with a close fight against Kentucky. Still lose a spots for a loss. Could be worse. |
12 | Wisconsin | Slowly creeping up my rankings. The team nobody seems to be talking about really. |
13 | Purdue | Quality win over Notre Dame, who I might have underrated a bit. Continue on the path to the top 10. |
14 | Arizona | Close win over a really good Texas A&M team. |
15 | Xavier | Quality win over Wake Forest this week helps them bounce back from last week a bit. |
16 | Butler | If they hadn't lost to Indiana State I'd have them a bit higher than this. But they did beat Indiana. |
17 | Indiana | Stop beating teams high ranked and losing to low-ranked teams. Bad Hoosiers, bad. |
18 | Saint Mary's | They did some stat-padding against some pretty bad teams at home this week. |
19 | Oregon | Placeholder until the UNLV game is over. |
20 | Creighton | Who the fuck is Oral Roberts and how the fuck did you almost lose to them at home? |
21 | Florida State | You didn't lose to Manhattan at a neutral court. Congrats, I guess? (NOTE: this ranking does not include Monday's game). |
22 | Notre Dame | Two losses in a row hurts, but it hurts more how close they were until the end for both |
23 | USC | Bit scary against Troy for a while. |
24 | Cincinnati | I've been underrating them for a while now. They deserve a ranking. |
25 | Texas A&M | The "Fuck it" ranking: Dropped from Rankings: South Carolina, Wichita State, Auburn |