| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | That wasn’t a women’s score?!? |
| 2 | Purdue | No Gohlke means no win |
| 3 | BYU | |
| 4 | Kentucky | |
| 5 | Louisville | |
| 6 | Illinois | |
| 7 | Arizona | Koa is Andrus’s brother?!? |
| 8 | Florida | |
| 9 | Gonzaga | |
| 10 | Alabama | |
| 11 | Michigan | |
| 12 | North Carolina | Beat Kansas only for Trimble to break his arm |
| 13 | Houston | Where I wanted to rank them last week. Relying so much on freshmen and no proven depth |
| 14 | Duke | |
| 15 | St. John's | |
| 16 | Creighton | |
| 17 | Michigan State | |
| 18 | NC State | |
| 19 | Wisconsin | |
| 20 | Arkansas | “Trevon Brazile” lmao |
| 21 | USC | |
| 22 | Texas Tech | |
| 23 | Ohio State | They get a pass for IU Indy because they play a wacko offense but they can’t do anything offensively it looks like without Thornton being on the floor |
| 24 | Tennessee | |
| 25 | UCLA |
Dropped: 23 Iowa, 24 Mississippi State, 25 Washington. Also considered: Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi State, San Diego State, Virginia, Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Kansas State, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Georgetown, Kansas, Georgia, Utah State, Baylor, Syracuse, Clemson, Saint Mary’s, Florida State, Hawaii-Pacific, New Orleans, Saint Louis, Butler