| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | |
| 2 | Duke | |
| 3 | Houston | |
| 4 | Florida | Should Florida be higher? Or Tennessee? |
| 5 | Tennessee | I'm just using KenPom and NET as a tiebreaker...don't judge me lol |
| 6 | Michigan State | Double ranked wins...you can't ignore that... |
| 7 | St. John's | Still...I feel bad about dropping the Johnnies a bit, even if they haven't done anything wrong... |
| 8 | Alabama | Would've dropped them more if the teams directly below them didn't also lose games as well... |
| 9 | Texas Tech | Ditto for TTU...although at least they bounced back from their earlier loss... |
| 10 | Iowa State | Ergo for ISU...but also they had the ranked win against Arizona as well... |
| 11 | Clemson | Woof...maybe I've been underrating Clemson for a good while now... |
| 12 | Wisconsin | |
| 13 | Missouri | Ok, I'm biased...but considering how other teams faired, losing in OT on the road...is a relatively forgivable mistake... |
| 14 | Saint Mary's | Ergo, I have been underrating the Gaels for awhile now too...not this time! |
| 15 | Memphis | Still, Memphis is relatively neck-and-neck with Moraga as well...we'll see how next week plays out... |
| 16 | Louisville | |
| 17 | Michigan | |
| 18 | Texas A&M | Remember when the Committee said that the Aggies were a #2 seed? lmao |
| 19 | Purdue | The metrics say that the Boilermaker should be "worse" than the Terps... |
| 20 | Maryland | ...but alas, on-court results kind of speak more sometimes (at least Maryland can bounce back soon)... |
| 21 | Marquette | |
| 22 | Kentucky | |
| 23 | BYU | Probably should not be here, on account of the Arizona game ending...but hey, if you make the most of your presence while you're here... |
| 24 | Illinois | Heh...being biased again...but hey, beating a Top 15 team on the road by 20...is kind of hard to ignore, you know? |
| 25 | Arizona | They're hanging on...by a MERE thread...I would've put in New Mexico in their place had they not lost this week as well... |
Every five teams make up a single tier, for a total of five tiers overall.