Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Impressive win over Florida St despite no Zion, Virginia game will be great. |
2 |
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Their only loss in basically 11 months is to an insane Villanova team |
3 |
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If Virginia beats Duke they may be No. 1, they look great |
4 |
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The favorite to win the SEC, I like the swagger that the Gator Chomping gives off |
5 |
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That San Francisco game was way closer than the score indicates but the Zags fought hard in that environment to win |
6 |
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In my eyes the favorite to win the Big 12 and unseat Kansas this year |
7 |
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Sparty has some good losses and has been crushing it in the BIG recently |
8 |
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The Virginia game is going to be super hype, if they hadn't barely lost to Penn St the Hokies would be undefeated |
9 |
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This might be the year the Jayhawks finally lose the Big 12, they're looking shaky right now |
10 |
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Very bad loss last week still overshadows the team, but they only have the one |
11 |
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Almost took down the Blue Devils, but I really didn't like how they played the end of that game |
12 |
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Not a great loss to Ole Miss, we'll see how the UK game goes |
13 |
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This Kentucky team could be one of the best teams in the country but they rarely play at peak condition, Cal needs to work on consistency |
14 |
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Very solid resume and good TCU win, their 3 losses are all excusable |
15 |
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Since suffering their first loss they have fought back and been dominating MAC play |
16 |
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They haven't lost in the second round of BIG play while everyone else cannibalizes the conference |
17 |
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Not a good look against Louisville but this team clearly has talent and potential |
18 |
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Couldn't beat the Tar Heels but a good rebound against Pitt, and more ACC challenges ahead of them |
19 |
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Hard fought win over Seton Hall, Markus Howard is a special talent |
20 |
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They should not have lost to Temple but regardless they rebounded well and are favored in most of their remaining games |
21 |
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Ole Miss is rolling right now, including a huge win against the in-state rivals |
22 |
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Nova has won five straight against mostly solid teams and looks to be back on track, although not meeting preseason expectations yet |
23 |
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Iowa St has great performances and then bad ones, so it's hard to rank this team |
24 |
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Obliterated a solid UNC team, Chris Mack is doing a great job with this program |
25 |
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Next Five: Nebraska, Ohio St, TCU, Indiana, Seton Hall |