Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | No reason to change the top of my rankings. |
2 | Kansas | |
3 | Duke | |
4 | UCLA | |
5 | Kentucky | |
6 | North Carolina | A one possession loss to UK isn't anything worth dropping UNC. In fact, I moved both UNC and UK ahead of Baylor. They just look better. |
7 | Baylor | Dropped through no fault of their own. Baylor is a question mark for me. I'm confident they aren't one of the best 5 teams though. |
8 | Gonzaga | Big gap between Baylor and Gonzaga in my rankings, but this team is very good. Great balance. |
9 | West Virginia | I still want to see this team against another quality opponent. They beat the KenPom #3 offense but their OppO is still 345th. |
10 | Louisville | Nothing significant to note. |
11 | Virginia | |
12 | Butler | Impressive win against Indiana in the Crossroads Classic. |
13 | Wisconsin | Nothing significant to note. Jumped by Butler. |
14 | Indiana | Loss to Butler wasn't great. Indiana continues to have a very mixed bag of results, but this isn't a bad loss by any means. |
15 | Purdue | Great adjustments against Notre Dame to make that comeback. I'm not sure they can deal with great opposing guards, yet, but who can? |
16 | Creighton | Probably should have lost to Oral Roberts (winless vs. D1) at HOME. Woof. Still undefeated, but not exactly unblemished. |
17 | Arizona | Looked good against Texas A&M. I didn't see the second half and it did get closer, but I liked what I saw. This team has improved. |
18 | Notre Dame | A close, neutral site loss to a similarly ranked team shouldn't drop Notre Dame much. In fact, I didn't move them at all. |
19 | Oregon | I still don't know about this team. But we haven't had many opportunities to learn much lately. Still just kind of holding here. |
20 | Cincinnati | Nothing significant to note. Moved up due to Xavier's drop. |
21 | USC | I'm not convinced USC is really this good. But give them credit for winning their games. I don't anticipate this being a Top 3 Pac 12 team. |
22 | Saint Mary's | Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others. |
23 | Florida | Moved up a few spots due to losses of others. And they get a home game this week! |
24 | Florida State | Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others. FSU was first team out last week. |
25 | Xavier | Pretty uninspiring performances against Utah and Wake at home. |