| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Houston | Highest metrics, great resume, dominant wins |
| 2 |  UConn | |
| 3 |  Purdue | |
| 4 |  North Carolina | Has actually managed to win recently, one of the few prospective fourth 1 seeds that has been consistently winning recently |
| 5 |  Iowa State | Been pretty dominant lately and managed to pick up a quality and dominant win against Baylor. |
| 6 |  Tennessee | Been losing a few too many games lately. They have a great resume but recently seem to be falling apart. |
| 7 |  Arizona | Arizona is a great team but they seem prone to losses at the worst times. Losing to Oregon was bad for them. |
| 8 |  Marquette | Marquette's been playing consistently well recently, but I still think they're a bit worse than the teams above them. |
| 9 |  Kentucky | Kentucky has gotten some good wins but seems prone to a bad day every once in a while. |
| 10 |  Creighton | |
| 11 |  Auburn | |
| 12 |  Alabama | |
| 13 |  Illinois | |
| 14 |  Baylor | |
| 15 |  South Carolina | |
| 16 |  Gonzaga | |
| 17 |  BYU | |
| 18 |  Utah State | |
| 19 |  Texas Tech | |
| 20 |  San Diego State | |
| 21 |  New Mexico | |
| 22 |  Nevada | |
| 23 |  Colorado State | |
| 24 |  Washington State | |
| 25 |  NC State | |
