| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   UConn | National Champs gotta be #1 until they lose |
| 2 |  Kansas | Tough game against Chaminade coming up |
| 3 |  Arizona | Looking good - watch out for Princeton tho |
| 4 |  Purdue | Zach Edey is large |
| 5 |  Marquette | Even Dwyane Wade couldn't make Marquette look this good |
| 6 |  Gonzaga | You doubt Gonzaga, don't you |
| 7 |  Houston | #7 is 7-0 |
| 8 |  Miami (FL) | The U |
| 9 |  Creighton | The ghost of McBuckets lives on |
| 10 |  Tennessee | You're the only 10 I see |
| 11 |  Duke | Deep within, the loss to Arizona sits firmly |
| 12 |  Texas A&M | A team that will either be top 10 by the end of the year or lose to Memphis |
| 13 |  Baylor | Remeber when they won the championship? |
| 14 |  Iowa State | Brock Purdy U |
| 15 |  Alabama | Roll Tide? |
| 16 |  Texas | Escaped the world-beaters that are the Louisville Cardinals |
| 17 |  North Carolina | Cupcake schedule gaming |
| 18 |  Virginia | That Tony Bennett defense is back baby |
| 19 |  Mississippi State | KenPom says they're good (they will be an 11 seed again) |
| 20 |  Kentucky | Coach Cal still exists (begrudgingly) |
| 21 |  Colorado | Colorado basketball is better than Colorado football (don't tell Deion) |
| 22 |  Nebraska | I believe in Nebrasketball supremacy |
| 23 |  James Madison | They may never lose again |
| 24 |  UCLA | Mick Cronin put his head in the Shine-O Ball-O |
| 25 |  Princeton | The Ivy is a multi-bid league. Hear me out |
