| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | |
| 2 | Arizona | |
| 3 | Marquette | |
| 4 | Kansas | |
| 5 | UConn | |
| 6 | Houston | |
| 7 | Baylor | |
| 8 | Duke | |
| 9 | Gonzaga | |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | |
| 11 | Tennessee | |
| 12 | Kentucky | |
| 13 | BYU | |
| 14 | Creighton | |
| 15 | Villanova | |
| 16 | Mississippi State | |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic | |
| 18 | Texas A&M | |
| 19 | North Carolina | |
| 20 | Oklahoma | |
| 21 | Memphis | |
| 22 | Alabama | |
| 23 | Illinois | |
| 24 | San Diego State | |
| 25 | Colorado State |
Honestly feels like teams 10-25 could be in almost any order. And there's another 5-10 I struggled to not put in as well. Somehow the MTEs made me even more unsure of where to put teams