Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | After a week away, Villanova returns to the top, jumping KU in the process. |
2 | Kansas | They just don't look like the #1 team to me. I'm not even sure they deserve to be here to be honest. |
3 | Kentucky | This UK team has looked really good all of a sudden. That probably says as much about the SEC as it does Kentucky, though. |
4 | UCLA | After 3 straight games holding opponents under 1 ppp, UCLA's defensive lapses showed up again allowing over 1.15 ppp at Colorado and Utah. |
5 | Gonzaga | The problem with Gonzaga is I think St. Mary's may just not be as good as expected. Without a good St. Mary's, Gonzaga won't be tested much. |
6 | Baylor | Plenty of teams will lose at WVU. Some will get embarrassed. That game doesn't mean Baylor was a fraud. |
7 | North Carolina | I'm not sure what to say about UNC. Without that GT game this team could be 3 or 4 slots higher. |
8 | West Virginia | Behind Baylor? Yeah. I still expect Baylor to beat WVU in Waco and I just don't trust WVU's style over a full conference slate. |
9 | Louisville | Is a home win against Duke a "jump in the rankings win?" It's weird to say, but probably not. |
10 | Creighton | Great win against a very good Butler team. |
11 | Duke | Will the highly touted freshmen ever make an impact? If they're going to, it needs to be soon. |
12 | Arizona | I still have Arizona and Oregon linked together here. Both are in great shape in the conference and are trending up. But will either... |
13 | Oregon | ... team finish ahead of UCLA? I think both are fully capable. |
14 | Florida State | Statement win at home against Duke and a hard fought loss in Chapel Hill shouldn't hurt FSU's rankings in my mind. |
15 | Notre Dame | Back-to-back road wins against Miami and Virginia Tech is impressive. Road wins against middle ACC teams are tough to get. |
16 | Virginia | That road win against Clemson should stabilize a Virginia team that had two losses last week. |
17 | Wisconsin | Nothing particularly notable for a Wisconsin team that had one game against Ohio State this week. |
18 | Butler | Good bounceback win against Xavier after an beatdown by Creighton. |
19 | Purdue | Away games are tough, even against a mediocre Iowa team. Still a disappointing game for Purdue, but not such that they aren't a Top 20 team. |
20 | Cincinnati | Home win against SMU was big for the AAC race. Not a needle moving win on the national scale, however. |
21 | Florida | They haven't been playing great, but not playing great doesn't prevent a team from being undefeated in the SEC. |
22 | Xavier | Didn't do a great job out of halftime against Butler. That cost them. Didn't expect Xavier to win this week but @Nova could have been better |
23 | Iowa State | Despite the loss at TCU, ISU is looking like the 4th best Big 12 team to me - 4th best in a historically good conference should be ranked. |
24 | Kansas State | This seems weird, but Clemson has lost 4 straight, Minnesota has lost two in a row, Indiana looks lost, Maryland is just lucky, etc. |
25 | UNC Wilmington | Shout out to a mid-major that I would like to see get an at-large if they lose 1 road game or fewer the rest of the way. |