| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Resume: 1.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 2.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Florida, UCLA, UCONN, Auburn, Alabama, SDSU |
| 2 | Iowa State | Resume: 4.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 4.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Purdue, St. Johns, Creighton, Syracuse, Iowa |
| 3 | UConn | Resume: 4.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat BYU, Kansas, Florida, Texas, & Illinois, loss to Arizona |
| 4 | Purdue | Resume: 6.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Alabama, Texas Tech. Lost to Iowa State |
| 5 | Michigan | Resume: 6.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 1.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)beat Gonzaga, Auburn, SDSU, & TCU. Loss to Wisconsin |
| 6 | Duke | Resume: 4.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)beat Michigan St., Florida, Kansas, Louisville & Arkansas. Lost to TTU |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | Resume: 5.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat Alabama, St. Mary's, Memphis, SMU & VCU |
| 8 | Gonzaga | Resume: 7.67(BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 6.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) lost to Michigan, beat Kentucky, UCLA, Alabama, & Oklahoma |
| 9 | Nebraska | Resume: 5.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 19.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat MSU, Indiana, UNM,Wisconsin, Illinois, & Creighton |
| 10 | Houston | Resume: 11.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)) Beat Auburn, Arkansas, Syracuse, Notre Dame, & TTU. Lost to Tennessee |
| 11 | BYU | Resume: 10.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 10.3 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Wisconsin, Clemson, Dayton, Miami FL, & Villanova, loss to UCONN |
| 12 | Michigan State | Resume: 12.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 14.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Arkansas, Kentucky, USC & UNC. Losses to Duke & Nebraska |
| 13 | Illinois | Resume: 13.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Tennesse, Ohio State, & Texas Tech, losses to Alabama, Nebraska, & UCONN |
| 14 | Texas Tech | Resume: 17.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 22.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Duke; loses to Illinois, Arkansas, Houston, & Purdue |
| 15 | Alabama | Resume: 17.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 13.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat St. Johns, Maryland, Clemson & Ilinois; losses to Purdue, Arizona, Vandy, Texas, & Gonzaga |
| 16 | North Carolina | Resume: 17.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 32.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio St; losses to SMU & Michigan St. |
| 17 | Florida | Resume: 27.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 11.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Miami, Tennessee, Georgia, losses to Arizona, Duke, Missouri, UCONN, & TCU |
| 18 | Arkansas | Resume: 24.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 29.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat Louisville & Texas Tech losses to Michigan St, Houston, Auburn, & Duke |
| 19 | Louisville | Resume: 28.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 13.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Kentucky, Memphis, Indiana & Cincinnati. Losses to Duke, Arkansas & Tennessee |
| 20 | Clemson | Resume: 18.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 25.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat UGA, SMU, & Syracuse. Loses to BYU, Alabama & GTown |
| 21 | Kansas | Resume: 25.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 20.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Tennessee, Syracuse, Missouri, NCSU; losses to UNC, UCF, UCONN, West Virginia & Duke |
| 22 | Tennessee | Resume: 34.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 16.00 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Houston & Louisville, losses to Florida, Kansas, Syracuse, & Illinois |
| 23 | Saint Mary's | Resume: 30.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 36.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Losses to Vanderbilt & Boise State |
| 24 | Utah State | Resume: 19.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 24.00 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat VCU & Illinois State. Loss to South Florida |
| 25 | Saint Louis | Resume: 26.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 32.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat VCU & Santa Clara. Loss to Stanford |
Fell Out: Iowa, Villanova, UCF, SMU, & Georgia. Others considered: Virginia, Seton Hall, Iowa, Georgia, Saint John's