Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Villanova | Another easy choice |
2 | Duke | 2-4 you could certainly argue in any order, depending on how you weigh things. I think that while ASU's resume stands out, it's close... |
3 | Michigan State | enough to justify a "tie-breaker" based on who I'd like on a neutral court. I think the answer is Duke or MSU, and Duke has come out on... |
4 | Arizona State | top here. |
5 | Texas A&M | |
6 | West Virginia | WVU is my favorite to win the Big 12 this year...at least on paper. |
7 | North Carolina | Big win over Tennessee. Trending way up. |
8 | TCU | Second best resume of the undefeated teams. Nevada ans SMU wins look really nice. |
9 | Miami (FL) | I suppose they will just hang around here until January. We will see if they are real soon enough. |
10 | Xavier | An almost loss is still a win |
11 | Oklahoma | Disrespected last week with being left out of the rankings. I don't think we can possibly do that again. |
12 | Virginia | |
13 | Kentucky | |
14 | Purdue | Purdue is quietly a Final Four caliber team, and their resume is really showing it. Big streak since WKU loss. |
15 | Wichita State | Maybe slight over-ranked at 15? I really struggled with the Shockers this week. |
16 | Gonzaga | |
17 | Tennessee | Given movement around them, a close loss to #7 isn't going to budge a team with the 27th rated SOS |
18 | Florida State | The 0 was covering up a mostly uninspiring schedule to this point. |
19 | Seton Hall | |
20 | Kansas | |
21 | Texas Tech | |
22 | Baylor | |
23 | Arizona | |
24 | Clemson | People may hate this, but two top 50 wins and the only loss to a neutral court Temple team. Seems pretty good. |
25 | Cincinnati | Finally won some games against decent competition |