Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Villanova | I keep flip-flopping on them and Kansas, but they have the better loss |
2 | Kansas | |
3 | UCLA | Recovered nicely since Oregon |
4 | Gonzaga | Blew out their only competition in WCC play, look like a serious Final Four threat |
5 | Creighton | Only loss to Nova, otherwise tearing through the Big East |
6 | Baylor | This doesn't feel like a #6, but it's tight up here |
7 | Kentucky | |
8 | Oregon | Have been dominant in the Pac-12 |
9 | West Virginia | Easily knocked off Baylor |
10 | Louisville | Rolled through Duke |
11 | Florida State | |
12 | Duke | Not a great week, but they'll hang here for now |
13 | Arizona | Undefeated in the conference |
14 | Wisconsin | Still lacking a win of note |
15 | Virginia | A win at Clemson isn't bad |
16 | North Carolina | Still not sold on these guys, but that FSU win was impressive |
17 | Notre Dame | |
18 | Butler | |
19 | Xavier | |
20 | Cincinnati | Yea these guys aren't bad |
21 | Saint Mary's | They have one more crack at the Zags on home court |
22 | Purdue | Tough loss at Iowa |
23 | Florida | Good losses, but no good wins |
24 | South Carolina | Crawling back in |
25 | Maryland | 26. Illinois State, 27. Northwestern, 28. Nevada, 29. TCU, 30. USC |