| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | Great win to start the year, de facto number 1 |
| 2 | UConn | Great win to start the year, expect them to be a strong team |
| 3 | Duke | Look excellent to start, more based on preseason |
| 4 | Illinois | Look excellent to start more based on preseason |
| 5 | Virginia | Great win over arkansas |
| 6 | Houston | Dominant against cal, but sampson looks to have them rolling again |
| 7 | Michigan State | Expect good things out of this team |
| 8 | UCLA | Great win to start |
| 9 | Louisville | Look strong, based on preseason still |
| 10 | St. John's | Look strong, based on preseason still |
| 11 | Texas | Look strong, based on preseason still |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | Dominant against wake forest |
| 13 | Gonzaga | Purdue win looks less impressive in hindsight, but still see this as a strong team |
| 14 | Memphis | best wins to start the year |
| 15 | Arizona | Still think this is a strong team |
| 16 | Nebraska | Look to have an awesome team again |
| 17 | Texas Tech | I like this squad, excited to see them play real comp |
| 18 | USC | Good win over witchita st |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | don't want to punish them too much for a good fight against a really good team |
| 20 | Alabama | Look solid to start the year |
| 21 | Arkansas | don't want to punish them for a tough game either, still think this team is strong |
| 22 | Saint Louis | Team looks strong to start the year |
| 23 | Tennessee | Interested to see how they do this week. |
| 24 | BYU | Look to be rolling again |
| 25 | Marquette | Interested to see how they do this week |
My first few weeks will probably be a little fluid as we get data points, but I want to value actual resume over preseason projections to an extent. I think this week will bring a good portion of clarity.