| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | Self explanatory |
| 2 |  Houston | Best predictives + undefeated |
| 3 |  Kansas | I personally think this team is fraudulent (as in they’re the 10-15th best team) but have to respect the game outcomes |
| 4 |  UConn | Seton hall loss aging well, nice collection of wins/great predictives |
| 5 |  Arizona | Imo still the second best team, Stanford loss probably a fluke. |
| 6 |  North Carolina | Went to Clemson and won this week, beat Tenn |
| 7 |  Tennessee | All losses to teams ranked higher, nice wins |
| 8 |  Memphis | Keep skating by the skin of their teeth, but have one of the best results based resumes |
| 9 |  Wisconsin | Good predictives, good wins. Only losses to two teams ranked higher and at one of the hardest places to play in the country |
| 10 |  Kentucky | UNCW loss drags them down a bit, but win at UF is nice (and UNC obv) |
| 11 |  Marquette | Tough loss at SHU, I think they miss Omax a lot |
| 12 |  Clemson | Played UNC competitively shooting like 1-20 from three. Have a Memphis win, some other nice ones |
| 13 |  Duke | Putting it together still, Georgia tech loss might not age well |
| 14 |  Baylor | I think they are good? Auburn win is aging nicely |
| 15 |  Auburn | They’ve looked really good but have yet to pick up a really good win… should be coming |
| 16 |  Illinois | 1-3 in Q1 games brings them down to here for me, have really nice metrics |
| 17 |  Oklahoma | They’ve beaten several bubble level teams, but UNC handled them in their only real high level game |
| 18 |  BYU | They might be computer trickers |
| 19 |  San Diego State | They always defend and the 1-2 punch of Ledee and Dixon-Waters is nice. |
| 20 |  Utah State | Beat CSU. Metrics climbing. Danny Sprinkle can coach. |
| 21 |  Colorado State | Stevens is the best PG in the country so far. Nice roster around him |
| 22 |  Dayton | This looks like the year they are putting it together and becoming a true at large team |
| 23 |  Creighton | Can beat anyone and lose to anyone because they can go 4-23 or 12-23 from three |
| 24 |  Nevada | Only loss to a solid Drake team. Have some good but not great wins. |
| 25 |  Grand Canyon | Tyon Grant Foster is a stud |
