Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | After this week, Villanova is still standing meaning they deserve to be number 1 |
2 | Michigan State | Their body of work deserves to keep them at #2. Would be #1 if not for a great Grayson Allen performance early on |
3 | Arizona State | Undefeated with wins over Xaiver and Kansas. That's a better resume than most of the country. |
4 | Wichita State | I put them over Miami simply because of the teams they have played and beaten so far. They've been willing to go on the road and win. |
5 | Miami (FL) | Legitimate top 5 team, but best win has been at Minnesota, which is now not looking as strong as it did last week. |
6 | Duke | |
7 | Xavier | |
8 | Kentucky | |
9 | Texas A&M | Despite the loss to Arizona this week, I still think A&M is a top 10 team. After this week it has to come down to eye test to help rank. |
10 | TCU | Hard to keep an undefeated team with tournament quality wins outside of the top 15. Good wins over quality SMU and Nevada teams this week. |
11 | North Carolina | Their wins haven't been great, but they have been consistent. |
12 | Florida State | Win over Florida gives them the 1 quality win they needed to jump into the top 12 as an undefeated team. |
13 | Purdue | It's been hard to bring them up this far after Atlantis, but if anyone has proven to fix their issues, its Purdue. |
14 | Gonzaga | |
15 | West Virginia | Win over UVA this week gets WVU slotted in the top 15 ahead of UVA. |
16 | Virginia | |
17 | Kansas | Only reason they didn't drop lower is that ASU is a legitimate team and this week was too crazy with everyone else. |
18 | Notre Dame | |
19 | Cincinnati | Two straight losses, but also both losses to top 25 teams. |
20 | Seton Hall | |
21 | Texas Tech | |
22 | Florida | Only reason they didn't fall out of the top 25 was because they pulled out the win against Cincinnati. Went cold this week. |
23 | Baylor | |
24 | Tennessee | |
25 | Arizona | Texas A&M and Alabama wins this week gets them back in the top 25 and Rawle Alkins back can help them climb. |