| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Tennessee | Will stay #1 until they lose; only unbeaten left |
| 2 |  Auburn | Have killed everyone they have played; best team in the country |
| 3 |  Iowa State | Only loss in a close one to Auburn |
| 4 |  Duke | One of the most talented teams with the best win |
| 5 |  Alabama | Tough loss to Purdue, but the way they beat Illinois and Oklahoma is unreal |
| 6 |  Florida | Kentucky shot 50% from 3 |
| 7 |  Kentucky | Other than the Ohio State game, great team |
| 8 |  Marquette | Cam Jones |
| 9 |  Texas A&M | Take away the 3 point loss on game one on the road at UCF, and with big wins over Purdue, Ohio State, Creighton, and Texas you have an elite team |
| 10 |  Mississippi State | Quietly one of the best teams in the country |
| 11 |  Kansas | It's been a brutal little bit but its a talented team that I think can come back |
| 12 |  Houston | Two good losses, one not so much, other than that, dominant |
| 13 |  Oregon | That loss to Illinois was terrible |
| 14 |  Oklahoma | In their first real game, they were blown out, it could be a bad game, or maybe they just aren't as good as they are ranked |
| 15 |  UConn | After that three game skid, they have looked elite |
| 16 |  Michigan State | A Michigan State fan made a full court putt for $1000 |
| 17 |  Illinois | A 2 point loss to the number ome team in the nation, and blowout win over number 9 |
| 18 |  UCLA | They've been inconstant, but they have lots of depth |
| 19 |  Gonzaga | A really good team, but the losses are stacking up |
| 20 |  Purdue | Just like Gonzaga, a really good team, but the losses are stacking up |
| 21 |  Memphis | Really really good wins, and really really bad losses |
| 22 |  Nebraska | Beat Creighton and UCLA, and won a tournament |
| 23 |  Utah State | They're 14-1 |
| 24 |  West Virginia | Wins over number 3, 7, and 24. Not many teams beat Kansas on the road |
| 25 |  St. John's | All three losses are by one possession, including a buzzer beater loss against Baylor |
