| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | Slight edge based on resume wins, but I’d probably mark this as a Tie for first |
| 2 |  UConn | See above |
| 3 |  North Carolina | |
| 4 |  Houston | Cougs are handling the tougher conference play well thus far, been impressed |
| 5 |  Kansas | |
| 6 |  Tennessee | |
| 7 |  Kentucky | |
| 8 |  Auburn | Not much attention is towards Auburn media wise, but they looked great this week |
| 9 |  Arizona | |
| 10 |  Illinois | |
| 11 |  Oklahoma | |
| 12 |  Duke | |
| 13 |  Wisconsin | |
| 14 |  Marquette | |
| 15 |  Baylor | |
| 16 |  Creighton | |
| 17 |  New Mexico | The MWC is must watch tv, absolutely loaded conference with 6 really strong teams |
| 18 |  BYU | |
| 19 |  Utah State | |
| 20 |  Iowa State | |
| 21 |  Dayton | |
| 22 |  Florida Atlantic | |
| 23 |  Colorado State | |
| 24 |  Texas Tech | |
| 25 |  San Diego State | |
