Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Duke | |
2 | Kansas | |
3 | Michigan State | |
4 | Florida | |
5 | Kentucky | |
6 | Villanova | |
7 | Wichita State | |
8 | Miami (FL) | |
9 | North Carolina | |
10 | Notre Dame | |
11 | Cincinnati | |
12 | USC | Easy schedule has proved nothing about depth |
13 | Minnesota | Not an unordinarily easy schedule so far, but still undefeated |
14 | Alabama | Colin Sexton is the kind of special player who can lead a program. Showed heart in loss to Minnesota. |
15 | Gonzaga | |
16 | Xavier | Win against Wisconsin was balanced out by an embarrassing loss to Arizona St. |
17 | Texas | Played #1 Duke closer than anyone else has |
18 | Saint Mary's | |
19 | Arizona | Losing three straight to mediocre teams is not justifiable, but this team has too much talent to drop out entirely |
20 | Baylor | |
21 | West Virginia | |
22 | Providence | |
23 | TCU | |
24 | URI | |
25 | Creighton |