Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Kansas | Quality wins being accrued. Ugly, but still wins. |
2 | Gonzaga | Great win, but not as many as KU. Doing great without their best |
3 | Duke | Any of these top 5 teams could be in any of the top 5 spots. Duke is the most talented, but needs to finish and win. |
4 | Michigan | Best defense in the nation, great wins so far. |
5 | Virginia | Business as usual |
6 | Auburn | |
7 | Virginia Tech | |
8 | Nevada | I want to rank them #4 so badly -- I think they're that good -- but their "prove it" games come in the next few weeks. |
9 | Michigan State | Solid rebound versus Texas |
10 | North Carolina | I respect Roy Williams for going on the road, but his team has work to do. |
11 | Tennessee | Needs to show it can have decent guard play to move the ball without Williams |
12 | Ohio State | Two impressive road wins already. No big names beat, but road wins are undervalued. |
13 | Wisconsin | Nerf Ethan Happ |
14 | Texas Tech | Chris Beard continues to impress. Culver has made great steps, Mooney filling in well. |
15 | Miami (FL) | |
16 | Arizona State | |
17 | Florida State | |
18 | Oregon | |
19 | Purdue | |
20 | Iowa State | nsane how well they're doing even without Lard and Wigginton. I expect them to reach top 10 at some point. |
21 | Mississippi State | |
22 | Iowa | |
23 | Kansas State | Slightly underwhelming wins despite being undefeated. Should be able to shoot up my rankings if they win more. |
24 | Texas | [Justification for UK not being ranked: They got destroyed in their only tough game and have not been walloping their bad opponents] |
25 | Buffalo | I am a coward for not ranking Furman, I know. But I had to put Texas and Buffalo in. |