| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Auburn | Best team in the league rn, not even a question. |
| 2 |  Kansas | Outlasted Duke in a thriller. |
| 3 |  Tennessee | No reason to not be high on Tennessee as of yet. |
| 4 |  Gonzaga | Bad loss to WVU, but they’ve bounced back just fine |
| 5 |  Kentucky | Screw Clash Peters |
| 6 |  Duke | Freshmen mistakes cost them against KU, just as they did against UK, but Duke will be fine in the end |
| 7 |  Marquette | Haven’t really played anyone since beating Purdue (except Georgia), still high on them for that though |
| 8 |  Iowa State | Had a shot at jumping into the top 3 if they could’ve beaten Auburn |
| 9 |  Purdue | Good showing in the Rady Children’s Invitational |
| 10 |  Alabama | Beat Houston and Rutgers in close games but lose to Oregon? Oregon may just be better than anyone thought though |
| 11 |  Houston | I’m starting to lose trust in this team. |
| 12 |  Cincinnati | They just keep winning |
| 13 |  Illinois | Dominated Arky, guess we know who the better Ivisic bro is |
| 14 |  Florida | I was wayyyyyy too low on Florida before |
| 15 |  St. John's | One of only like 2-3 good teams in the Big East at this point |
| 16 |  Memphis | Metrics still hate Memphis but you’ve gotta rank them after getting to the finals in Maui |
| 17 |  Oregon | Metrics aren’t favorable towards Oregon but they’ve definitely impressed me as of late |
| 18 |  Dayton | Great showings in Maui, despite only winning once |
| 19 |  Oklahoma | Won the Battle 4 Atlantis |
| 20 |  San Diego State | Showed out against Houston and Creighton despite losing to Oregon |
| 21 |  Louisville | Indiana may not be good but I was personally more impressed by their win over WVU. Great resolve by the Cards to come back and pull that one off. |
| 22 |  North Carolina | The 2nd half comebacks are starting to wear thin for UNC. They need to figure out how to put a complete game together. |
| 23 |  Wisconsin | Still not fully sold on Wisconsin, the metrics don’t like them, but they’re still undefeated |
| 24 |  Pitt | Great win over OSU. Could see Pitt being a sneaky ACC title contender |
| 25 |  West Virginia | 3 straight overtimes in Atlantis had to take a toll on them but I was pretty impressed with what I saw from WVU overall. The Mountaineers are back. |
