| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | best team in basketball and murdered smu |
| 2 | Kansas | second best team in basketball (as of now) |
| 3 | Purdue | purdue's backcourt had its first test against Rutgers and had fits. rebounded in next 2 games and proved they're still a legit team |
| 4 | Alabama | smoked their two conf opponents this week, nate goats |
| 5 | UCLA | somehow allowed USC to hang around, still have all the pieces |
| 6 | Tennessee | laid the hammer on the sec this week |
| 7 | UConn | @ Xavier, @ providence are two tough tough games. but handled Creighton relatively easily |
| 8 | Gonzaga | a couple of quad II wins never hurt anybody |
| 9 | Texas | 116 points? really? at home? against Kansas State? |
| 10 | Arizona | do not fear, Tommy Lloyd is here. next two weeks will tell the truth for this team |
| 11 | Iowa State | on FIRE |
| 12 | Virginia | yes they lost @ Pitt, they're still efficient offensively and they can shoot the 3 |
| 13 | Xavier | taking names in the big east. super hot team but not top 10 yet |
| 14 | Kansas State | coming off of 3 huge huge wins, and this week we learned this team can SCORE |
| 15 | Arkansas | give us nick smith jr back and this is a top 10 team. this next week is telling though |
| 16 | Providence | I truly don't understand this team but Cooley is too good |
| 17 | TCU | one of the hottest teams in the country before their home loss this week, hit the reset button |
| 18 | Auburn | lost to...checks notes....Georgia? but evens out with Arkansas win |
| 19 | Marquette | sneaky good team. well coached and extremely good offensively |
| 20 | Duke | time to hit the panic button I reckon, but a W is a W and NC State isn't AWFUL |
| 21 | Northwestern | need another big 10 team right? big wins at IU and vs Illinois |
| 22 | Missouri | really really really good offensively, Arkansas loss doesn't kill them, onward |
| 23 | Florida Atlantic | coming off a HUGE win at north Texas, beat a super good UAB team |
| 24 | Miami (FL) | Georgia tech loss, this team is on the brink of unrankedness, I haven't seen much that I love |
| 25 | Wisconsin | overhyped, resume is decent but where's the scoring? PS no wahl at Illinois |
thanks for the opportunity