| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | Caught sleeping the past few weeks |
| 2 | Duke | Glad Ohio State is good at one sport! |
| 3 | Iowa State | But seriously, we could be 15-4 maybe 16-3 if we knew how to close |
| 4 | Florida | S |
| 5 | Alabama | E |
| 6 | Tennessee | C |
| 7 | Michigan State | |
| 8 | Marquette | |
| 9 | Houston | |
| 10 | Kansas | |
| 11 | Kentucky | |
| 12 | Mississippi State | Juuuuuuust below the tier of AU/FL/AL/TN/UK |
| 13 | Purdue | Purdue was NOT losing two in a row at Mackey |
| 14 | Wisconsin | |
| 15 | Texas A&M | |
| 16 | Louisville | #ReviVILLE |
| 17 | Ole Miss | |
| 18 | Michigan | |
| 19 | UConn | Weak |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | Turnt |
| 21 | St. John's | |
| 22 | Oregon | Ohio State>Minnesota>Oregon/Michigan |
| 23 | Missouri | Underrated story: didn’t win a game in conference last year |
| 24 | Illinois | |
| 25 | Texas Tech |
Also considered: Gonzaga, Memphis, Clemson, Saint Mary’s, Baylor, Wake Forest, Oklahoma, West Virginia, New Mexico, SMU, Arizona, Utah State, VCU, San Diego State, UCLA, Bradley, UC Irvine, Georgia, Pitt, Maryland