Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Villanova | +3 from my poll last week. If you want to measure how crazy this past week was, 4 of my top 5 teams from last week lost this week. |
2 | Duke | -1 |
3 | West Virginia | +4, god damn these guys are good. Wouldn't be surprised to see them jump to 2nd this week. |
4 | Michigan State | -2, believe it or not, MSU was in line to finally be ranked ahead of Duke in this poll before they lost to OSU. |
5 | Virginia | +3, hate to show bias in these comments, but I couldn't be more excited for when DeAndre Hunter enters the starting lineup next year. |
6 | Xavier | -1, Xavier's and Oklahoma's movements are because of the losses of ASU and A&M. |
7 | Oklahoma | +2, I gotta give credit to Trae Young here. It's tough for a 19 year-old to go toe to toe with a 45 year-old man like Jevon Carter. |
8 | Wichita State | +2 |
9 | Arizona State | -6, was this week a hiccup in the midst of a historic season, or the beginning of an epic collapse? |
10 | Texas Tech | +6, raise your hands if you thought Texas Tech would be in the top 10 by January...that's what I thought. |
11 | Purdue | +0 |
12 | Kansas | +1, Another team assisted by the collapse of TA&M, plus beating TCU doesn't hurt either. |
13 | North Carolina | -1, see a theme here? Damnit Aggies, why did you pick this exact week to collapse? |
14 | Arizona | +1, Arizona is going to be held back by their failure in Atlantis for the rest of the season in these polls. |
15 | TCU | +3, had a second look at TCU. That win over Baylor really saved their |
16 | Miami (FL) | +1, losses against NMST and GT are going to haunt Miami in these polls and for seeding in March madness. |
17 | Kentucky | -3, despite moving down, Kentucky is now the highest ranked SEC team in my poll. |
18 | Seton Hall | +1 |
19 | Auburn | NEW, reminder that Temple has beaten Auburn, Clemson, ODU, and South Carolina, but they have also lost to GW and La Salle. Seriously, wtf? |
20 | Cincinnati | +1, oh, and Temple only lost to Cincy by 2. The American is such a weird conference. |
21 | Florida State | +4, if it weren't for their win over UNC, there is a chance that FSU would slip into the next 15. |
22 | Tennessee | +0, similarly, if Tennessee didn't beat Kentucky, UT would definitely not be ranked. |
23 | Gonzaga | +1 |
24 | Clemson | NEW, Clemson plays Miami, UNC, ND, and UVA in a four game stretch starting Saturday. If they somehow win all of those, they might be top 10. |
25 | Texas A&M | -19, Next 15: Arkansas, Baylor, Creighton, ND, Michigan, Houston, UCLA, Syracuse, Louisville, Florida, NMST, OKST, Texas, Butler, and OSU. |