| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Kansas | Big win and they're shooting almost 58% from the field as a team |
| 2 |  Purdue | Kansas 1a, Purdue 1b and then there's a gap |
| 3 |  Arizona | Going in to Cameron and winning is uber impressive and that'll have weight for a few weeks |
| 4 |  Marquette | Good win over Illinois, enough to jump UConn |
| 5 |  UConn | Defending champs and they're winning games, nothing else to add |
| 6 |  Duke | The best loss in the country and that's why you can stay in the top 10 with a loss by Week 3 |
| 7 |  Creighton | Ryan Kalkbrenner please get flu shots and vaccines I want to see you dominate in the coming weeks and months |
| 8 |  Houston | Winning 4 games in one week is impressive |
| 9 |  Tennessee | Tennessee is just Tennessee. No other way to say it |
| 10 |  Baylor | Ja'Kobe Walter is so much fun to watch |
| 11 |  Gonzaga | Congrats on beating Eastern Oregon, I CANNOT wait for this Purdue game |
| 12 |  Miami (FL) | I think they're really good, but they have a week off before a big game against BBN |
| 13 |  Texas A&M | Can't wait for December to see 25 days of Buzz Williams' vests |
| 14 |  Texas | Could you imagine all the horns down if they lost to LOUISVILLE |
| 15 |  Kentucky | Key word here is potential |
| 16 |  North Carolina | Bacot just wakes up, probably eats 9 pieces of bacon and puts up 18-13 |
| 17 |  Michigan State | Feel like I'm breaking my own rules keeping a 2 loss team ranked in November, but neither loss seems to be that devastating |
| 18 |  Alabama | Idk a lot of teams I ranked ahead of them last week lost and they didn't |
| 19 |  Florida Atlantic | Bryant is NOT a good loss. But they have the benefit of the doubt and I don't think they'll spiral |
| 20 |  Colorado | Tad took all the Deion inertia and built himself a squad |
| 21 |  James Madison | I believe they are now a basketball school, shoutout PFT |
| 22 |  San Diego State | Decent week to bounce back after a loss, but I don't think it warrants being any higher than this |
| 23 |  Arkansas | Essentially copy and paste the FAU note |
| 24 |  Memphis | Penny's first game back is Michigan. Start the popcorn and let the buffalo chicken dip simmer bc that could be #content |
| 25 |  Princeton | 4-0 and yet to play a home game. That matters |
