Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | UConn | That Xavier game was something |
2 | Purdue | Survived the Rutgers trip |
3 | Houston | Huge trip to Lawrence this weekend looming |
4 | North Carolina | Keep winning games even on the road. |
5 | Tennessee | Had a tough call between 5 and 6. Either of these teams are interchangeable |
6 | Wisconsin | At Nebraska, home for Purdue is a gigantic week for the Badgers |
7 | Arizona | Haven't won more than two in a row since starting 8-0. Somehow still lead the Pac 12 |
8 | Creighton | I don't think they've played like a top 8 team, but someone had to occupy this slot |
9 | Kansas | It's weird but they feel worse than a 16-4 team somehow |
10 | Marquette | Top 3 of Big East starting to separate themselves |
11 | Dayton | Not going to drop them too much for a road loss |
12 | Auburn | Would like to see them win a road game vs a top 100 opponent |
13 | Utah State | Have a decent shot at playing the opening weekend in SLC |
14 | Iowa State | Had them unranked last week. I was wrong |
15 | Kentucky | Fun opportunity at home vs Tennessee this weekend |
16 | Texas Tech | Didn't have these guys ranked last week either. I was also wrong on that |
17 | San Diego State | Big week vs CSU and USU coming up |
18 | Duke | They have the talent and the metrics, they just really don't have a lot of big wins still |
19 | Illinois | Same thing as Duke's situation |
20 | Florida Atlantic | Game winning threes are always fun to watch |
21 | Alabama | 109 points. In regulation. Sheesh |
22 | Baylor | Remember just two weeks ago when they were 3-0 in conference? |
23 | Colorado State | Early hot start earned them a lot of leash on my list. Losing four of six has almost exhausted it |
24 | Oklahoma | Basically the same situation as Colorado St |
25 | New Mexico | Made Nevada look terrible last night |
Just missed: Indiana St, BYU, Clemson, Utah, Memphis