Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Villanova | (1) Top team in the nation still. Nothing has changed here. |
2 | Kansas | (2) Almost swapped them and Duke with Duke looking better and better |
3 | Duke | (3) See above |
4 | Kentucky | (5) Swapped with Baylor after an exciting, impressive win |
5 | Baylor | (4) See above |
6 | Gonzaga | (7) |
7 | North Carolina | (6) They showed how good they can be, but they need to get healthy |
8 | UCLA | (11) Continues to impress |
9 | Louisville | (9) |
10 | Virginia | (10) |
11 | Wisconsin | (13) |
12 | West Virginia | (14) |
13 | Purdue | (15) |
14 | Butler | (18) Great win over Indiana. |
15 | Indiana | (8) Close neutral loss to Butler isn't bad, but this team is hard to figure out |
16 | Creighton | (12) Close win over a bad ORU team, yikes. |
17 | Arizona | (17) |
18 | Oregon | (20) |
19 | Xavier | (16) Another team hard to figure out, but a close win over an ok Wake team is, ehhh. |
20 | Florida State | (21) |
21 | USC | (25) |
22 | Saint Mary's | (23) |
23 | Notre Dame | (24) Not going to punish a team for losing a tight game to a good Purdue team, especially towards the bottom of the rankings |
24 | Cincinnati | (UR) Interesting team with a good win over Iowa State but other than that? No real clear top teams from 17 on. |
25 | Seton Hall | (UR) Others considered: South Carolina, Maryland, Ok State, Valpo, and Providence |