Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kansas | KU moves up with a loss? Yes. KU was expected to come out of this week with .5 wins per KenPom. They outperformed from the 2 slot. |
2 | Gonzaga | Another week of beating overmatched opponents. |
3 | Villanova | Great closing 10 minutes against Virginia to prevent an 0-2 week. |
4 | Baylor | No impressive wins this week, but Baylor still has arguably the best resume in the country. |
5 | Arizona | Nothing to say about Arizona's week. Home games against Washington St. and Washington is as cupcakey as it gets. |
6 | Louisville | Big wins against ACC bottom feeders. But they looked great during those games. |
7 | Kentucky | The loss to KU isn't a huge deal, but the Tennessee loss hurts. |
8 | North Carolina | The issue isn't that UNC lost at Miami, it's how they lost. Just completely dominated all game. Fortunately for UNC, everyone else lost. |
9 | West Virginia | Great win at home against KU. A win at Iowa State this week would allow them to still be in the Big 12 discussion. |
10 | Virginia | Almost pulled off a great win at Nova after a very impressive performance at Notre Dame. |
11 | UCLA | UCLA did not bounce back from the Arizona loss by showing improved defensive effort. They can't just outscore teams every time out. |
12 | Oregon | Could have dropped more with a loss to Colorado, but everyone around them seemed to lose as well. |
13 | Florida State | Florida State had 5 out of their first 7 ACC games at home. It was an easier stretch than most considered it because of that. |
14 | Notre Dame | Tough loss at home to Virginia, but it's not like Virginia isn't good. Loss to GT is worse, but GT looks respectable and everyone else lost. |
15 | Cincinnati | Crosstown Shootout win was great. The game at SMU in a couple weeks is one of the last resume building games for Cincy, but plenty of traps. |
16 | Butler | Despite the Georgetown loss Butler actually moved up. But that has little to do with Butler's week. My opinion of them didn't change much. |
17 | Maryland | At some point you just have to tip your hat to Maryland's winning ways. I'm not used to considering a win at The Barn being good, though. |
18 | Saint Mary's | This is just a gut feel ranking. There is very little evidence, good or bad, to help figure this team out. |
19 | Purdue | Collapse at Nebraska is not great. This team continues to confuse me. They are so matchup dependent. |
20 | Duke | Duke had a rough week, but it easily could have been worse if not for Kennard. Maybe they should, you know, run the O through him more. |
21 | Florida | Two road games. Two 30 point wins. Two pretty mediocre opponents. Enough for me to re-insert Florida into my Top 25 though. |
22 | Creighton | They still get a little credit for what they did earlier in the year in the hopes that they are in a transition period/growing pains stage. |
23 | Northwestern | Umm... this is weird. |
24 | South Carolina | They didn't do anything notable this week. South Carolina is the beneficiary of some poor Big 12 performances (ISU & KSU). |
25 | SMU | Good efficiency numbers. No home losses. But no statement wins. Definitely vulnerable to being jumped. |