| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | No big wins last week, stays at 1 tho |
| 2 |  Houston | Close game against UCF, but Kansas also has close game against Oklahoma State so it cancels out |
| 3 |  Kansas | Close win at home to a… not good OSU team |
| 4 |  Arizona | Beat ASU |
| 5 |  UConn | Close loss to a good Xavier team |
| 6 |  Tennessee | Close win against Ole Miss, but UT only other competitor for this spot |
| 7 |  Texas | Close win to a decent OU team, F Beard |
| 8 |  Gonzaga | Dominated Pepperdine |
| 9 |  Alabama | Win over good Mississippi State team |
| 10 |  UCLA | Dominated Washington |
| 11 |  Virginia | Didn’t Lose |
| 12 |  Miami (FL) | Didn’t lose |
| 13 |  Wisconsin | Didn’t lose |
| 14 |  Arkansas | Close loss to meh LSU team on the road |
| 15 |  Indiana | Didn’t play last week |
| 16 |  Duke | Didn’t lose |
| 17 |  Baylor | Lost to decent ISU on the road |
| 18 |  TCU | Close game at home against arguably the second worst team in the big12 |
| 19 |  Xavier | Won vs UConn |
| 20 |  Auburn | Close win against Florida |
| 21 |  New Mexico | Undefeated |
| 22 |  Charleston | Have looked good all season |
| 23 |  Mississippi State | Loss to good Alabama team |
| 24 |  Missouri | Won easily vs UK |
| 25 |  Kentucky | Lost big to Missouri |
