| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | Can't wait to see them in Maui |
| 2 | Gonzaga | Can't wait to see them in the Bahamas |
| 3 | Kansas | Can't wait to see them against Duke |
| 4 | UConn | Can't wait to see them play a top 300 team |
| 5 | Houston | Can't wait to see them in Vegas |
| 6 | Iowa State | Can't wait to see them leave Ames |
| 7 | Duke | Can't wait to see them play Kansas |
| 8 | Tennessee | Best Barnes team yet? |
| 9 | Marquette | Three power conference wins already |
| 10 | Kentucky | Certainly is a fun style to watch |
| 11 | Purdue | Road games against ranked teams are hard |
| 12 | Alabama | Good rebound win vs Illinois |
| 13 | North Carolina | The Maui matches plus Bama are an insane next four games |
| 14 | Cincinnati | The names that they are beating aren't impressive but the scores ar |
| 15 | Creighton | Can't let your in state rival do that to you at home |
| 16 | Wisconsin | Tonje is amazing. Surely Mizzou was great with him last year |
| 17 | Florida | Still winning impressively |
| 18 | Texas A&M | Vegas should test them |
| 19 | Arizona | Best two loss team in the country |
| 20 | Ohio State | 80-30 and 104-60 are just some wild scores |
| 21 | Baylor | No top 50 team has had a tougher first six games |
| 22 | Mississippi State | SMU and Utah aren't amazing wins but both were away from home |
| 23 | St. John's | loss to UGA wasn't good, ngl |
| 24 | Saint Mary's | Better start than last year that's for sure |
| 25 | UC Irvine | It's an ant-eater world. We're just living in it. |
Just missed: Illinois, Pitt, Texas, Indiana, BYU, Oregon, Utah St