Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Arizona | |
2 | James Madison | |
3 | Tennessee | |
4 | Memphis | |
5 | Baylor | |
6 | Weber State | |
7 | Clemson | |
8 | BYU | |
9 | Princeton | |
10 | Texas A&M | |
11 | USC | |
12 | Virginia | |
13 | Mississippi State | |
14 | Miami (FL) | |
15 | South Carolina | |
16 | NC State | |
17 | Oregon | |
18 | TCU | |
19 | Tulane | |
20 | Western Carolina | |
21 | Bradley | |
22 | Duquesne | |
23 | UConn | |
24 | Kansas | |
25 | Purdue |
Resume polls are a mess this time of year, so there's a fair bit of weirdness and other elements incorporated. I somewhat just sorted the teams into tiers – Zona and JMU have really good wins (@ preseason top 5 teams, I hate using preseason like this but I don't have much choice), then Tennessee-South Carolina all have wins over solid teams that I would expect to compete for the tournament, NC State-WCU and GMU have wins over teams that pulled upsets or that I think are okay, Bradley/Duquesne have two decent wins over mid-majors I expect to be solid, and UConn/Kansas I've given spots as I think they will be really good this year.