| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | Could go back to back |
| 2 | North Carolina | Feels like they’ve got a title run in them. |
| 3 | Purdue | Zach Edey. |
| 4 | Auburn | Best SEC team pretty easily. |
| 5 | Kentucky | Big Z. |
| 6 | Houston | One word: Defense. |
| 7 | Tennessee | More than just defense. |
| 8 | Kansas | Lost to WVU. |
| 9 | Baylor | Lost to Texass but still very good. |
| 10 | Wisconsin | Quietly solid. |
| 11 | Arizona | Came back to beat a bad UCLA team |
| 12 | Oklahoma | Good win in Cincy |
| 13 | Illinois | TSJ is back for better or worse |
| 14 | Marquette | Confusing team but we know how good they can be |
| 15 | Creighton | Hell of a win in a game of the year contender against Seton |
| 16 | Duke | Lol you lost to Pitt |
| 17 | Dayton | A10 is underrated, sorry I forgot to rank y’all last week. |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | Very bipolar team. |
| 19 | New Mexico | They can’t lose at home. |
| 20 | Utah State | Best MWC I can remember. |
| 21 | Colorado State | See above. Good win over a tough UNLV squad. |
| 22 | Seton Hall | Don’t sleep on Seton, especially after that performance on Saturday. |
| 23 | Texas Tech | Looking stout in conference play, bad loss to Houston aside. |
| 24 | Memphis | Two unranked losses in one week, y’all are lucky to still be ranked. |
| 25 | Iowa State | Almost let TCU come back and win but were still able to close it out. |
26 - TCU