| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Alabama | Hottest team in the country |
| 2 |  Purdue | By default |
| 3 |  Texas | Quietly taking care of business |
| 4 |  Houston | Still a great team |
| 5 |  UCLA | loss @ Arizona means nothing |
| 6 |  Tennessee | Good team |
| 7 |  Kansas | Loss at K State is negligible but TCU smoked em |
| 8 |  Virginia | Overrated in a bad conference |
| 9 |  Kansas State | BACK |
| 10 |  Iowa State | Still good |
| 11 |  Arizona | Much needed win |
| 12 |  TCU | Pretty neutral week leaning towards good |
| 13 |  Xavier | Depaul! Really! |
| 14 |  Auburn | Silent but deadly |
| 15 |  Marquette | Shaka is good |
| 16 |  Baylor | Still really good |
| 17 |  Saint Mary's | Best team in their conference |
| 18 |  Gonzaga | Dead |
| 19 |  Charleston | Gonna lose soon so hold onto this ranking |
| 20 |  Florida Atlantic | Best mid major? |
| 21 |  UConn | One loss from extinction |
| 22 |  Miami (FL) | Overrated but who else to put here? |
| 23 |  Indiana | Pains me but they’re back |
| 24 |  Providence | Almost dead |
| 25 |  Rutgers | Still a top 3 big ten team |
