Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama | |
2 | UConn | |
3 | Kansas | |
4 | Iowa State | |
5 | North Carolina | |
6 | Duke | |
7 | Gonzaga | |
8 | Arizona | |
9 | Houston | |
10 | Baylor | |
11 | Texas A&M | |
12 | Creighton | |
13 | Auburn | |
14 | Arkansas | |
15 | Marquette | |
16 | Texas Tech | |
17 | Cincinnati | |
18 | Purdue | |
19 | Indiana | |
20 | Texas | |
21 | Florida | |
22 | Rutgers | |
23 | Kentucky | |
24 | Wake Forest | |
25 | Pitt |
I heavily weighed teams that finished strongly last year and/or return pieces. Teams like Rutgers deserve benefit of the doubt simply due to the incredible freshman they bring in. But after a week or two I expect this list to look radically different