| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | |
| 2 | Purdue | |
| 3 | Louisville | Defense doesn’t matter when you can score 100 every game 🤷♂️ |
| 4 | BYU | Still good |
| 5 | Gonzaga | A gauntlet of a schedule that they are ripping through so far |
| 6 | Arizona | |
| 7 | Illinois | |
| 8 | Michigan | New Orleans nearly made bank with that one |
| 9 | Kentucky | No defense? |
| 10 | Houston | All defense? |
| 11 | North Carolina | |
| 12 | Duke | |
| 13 | Alabama | |
| 14 | Florida | Starting to look sus |
| 15 | St. John's | |
| 16 | NC State | |
| 17 | Michigan State | |
| 18 | Texas Tech | Just thought of DJ Carton, s/o |
| 19 | Wisconsin | |
| 20 | USC | |
| 21 | Tennessee | |
| 22 | UCLA | Quality loss |
| 23 | Iowa State | Quality win |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | The Fightin’ 6’7”s 🤲 |
| 25 | Ohio State | Offense went from doing nothing with Holtmann to running around with no plan with Diebler. Barely worked this time…at least Michigan struggled too |
Also considered: Iowa, San Diego State, Virginia, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Kansas State, Georgetown, Ole Miss, Kansas, Georgia, Arkansas, Creighton, Baylor, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Saint Louis, Saint Mary’s, LSU, Utah State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Indiana, SMU, Syracuse, Colorado State, Wichita State, Northwestern, George Washington, Santa Clara, Wyoming