| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Auburn | 14 Q1 wins. Losses to nos 2 and 3. Need I say more? |
| 2 |  Florida | Still has best win of the season. Team is demonstrating impressive depth while dealing with injuries to starters. |
| 3 |  Duke | Impressive blowouts vs cal and Stanford. Flagg making a run for player of the year. |
| 4 |  Alabama | Tough loss to no1 Auburn at home. Don’t think Houston would have fared any better than Bama did. |
| 5 |  Houston | Barely got passed Arizona… brutal schedule upcoming. |
| 6 |  Tennessee | Kentucky can get anyone with their high scoring offense. Tennessee still has the best defense in the league. |
| 7 |  Texas A&M | Not impressive wins but still got it done and on a 5 game win streak. |
| 8 |  Texas Tech | Impressive weak and everyone else had stinkers. |
| 9 |  Wisconsin | Hell of a win vs Purdue. |
| 10 |  Iowa State | I think there’s a big difference between 9 and 10. |
| 11 |  Michigan State | |
| 12 |  St. John's | |
| 13 |  Michigan | |
| 14 |  Marquette | |
| 15 |  Missouri | |
| 16 |  Kentucky | This might be too high… they can beat anyone though. |
| 17 |  Purdue | Horrible week. Still like them |
| 18 |  Gonzaga | Roughest year yet for zag in more than two decades? |
| 19 |  Clemson | |
| 20 |  Arizona | Slip after a close loss |
| 21 |  Ole Miss | |
| 22 |  Kansas | |
| 23 |  Mississippi State | They lost to Florida |
| 24 |  Creighton | |
| 25 |  Maryland | Nice win streak |
