Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Kansas | Moving Kansas to #1 due to higher quality win. |
2 | Purdue | |
3 | UConn | |
4 | Marquette | |
5 | Houston | Houston's 10-point win over Utah and 14-point win over Dayton capped off a great week for them. |
6 | Creighton | |
7 | Tennessee | |
8 | Arizona | Correcting my great error of having Arizona ranked below Duke at last. Two straight 100-point games also helps. |
9 | Texas A&M | |
10 | Duke | |
11 | Gonzaga | They played a non-D1 opponent and destroyed them. I don't like that, but there's no real reason to move them. |
12 | North Carolina | |
13 | Miami (FL) | |
14 | Texas | |
15 | Alabama | |
16 | Kentucky | |
17 | Baylor | |
18 | Oregon | |
19 | BYU | |
20 | Arkansas | |
21 | USC | New to ballot |
22 | San Diego State | New to ballot |
23 | James Madison | JMU's still here but their schedule hurts them. They have a non-D1 game coming up and one of the "almost famous" teams could possibly leapfrog them that week with a good win. |
24 | Virginia | |
25 | Memphis | New to ballot |
Fell out of poll: Florida Atlantic (10), Villanova (21). Almost famous: Colorado, Oklahoma, TCU, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Utah. Mostly based on metrics (KP, Torvik, Haslametrics) and eye test for games I was able to watch.