| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | Best player, probably still best team |
| 2 |  UConn | Keep winning even w/ no Clingan |
| 3 |  Houston | Best predictives |
| 4 |  North Carolina | They are playing really good defense o |
| 5 |  Kansas | I think this team is fraudulent but they have a great resume |
| 6 |  Arizona | Losing games they shouldn’t, but still great wins and metrics |
| 7 |  Wisconsin | Won 11 of 12, great predictives and resume metrics |
| 8 |  Baylor | Elite guard talent, defend better this year |
| 9 |  Tennessee | Dalton Knecht. That’s it |
| 10 |  Memphis | Stopped playing with their food against Wichita state |
| 11 |  Duke | Found a way to win w/o Mitchell and Roach down the stretch |
| 12 |  Auburn | Predictives love them. They are steamrolling everyone rn |
| 13 |  Utah State | Probably should have lost but now 16-1 and 6-1 in Q1/2 |
| 14 |  Dayton | Daron Holmes #4 in KenPom POY |
| 15 |  Marquette | Wake up Tyler Kolek. |
| 16 |  Creighton | Won a gutty one against st johns |
| 17 |  Illinois | Lost at home to Maryland L O L. Their little goonies on Twitter shut up now. |
| 18 |  Clemson | Early wins carrying resume |
| 19 |  Kentucky | I think there aren’t 18 teams better, but this is where their resume is |
| 20 |  San Diego State | Most teams would lose at the Pit |
| 21 |  Colorado State | Tough week - but still have best PG, creighton W |
| 22 |  Oklahoma | Double loss big drop |
| 23 |  Villanova | 4-0 in Q1, maybe they should only play those games lol |
| 24 |  Grand Canyon | Best true mid major |
| 25 |  BYU | Still 4 in NET |
