| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Little shaky vs Memphis but Texas Tech game was the best I've seen any team play this season |
| 2 | Duke | |
| 3 | Arizona | If polls were purely resume based Arizona would be #1 in the country right now, incredible 3 wins to start the season |
| 4 | Houston | |
| 5 | Gonzaga | |
| 6 | Louisville | |
| 7 | Florida | |
| 8 | UConn | |
| 9 | BYU | |
| 10 | Michigan | |
| 11 | Michigan State | |
| 12 | Alabama | |
| 13 | Iowa State | |
| 14 | Illinois | |
| 15 | St. John's | |
| 16 | North Carolina | |
| 17 | Tennessee | Five Q4 wins so we really have no idea what this team is still...lets see what they can do vs Houston |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | Top 20 Vanderbilt lets goooo |
| 19 | Nebraska | I should've ranked this team last week - reigning NIT champ and owner of the nations longest current winning streak! |
| 20 | Auburn | The rare time a loss makes me take a team from unranked to ranked |
| 21 | UCLA | |
| 22 | Georgetown | |
| 23 | Utah State | |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | Texas A&M and USF are decent wins - two decent wins this early in the season is worth a shout out even if this ranking likely doesn't last long |
| 25 | Santa Clara | Santa Clara keeps spot 25 as Mid-Major of the week (is the WCC a mid-major? Much like "blueblood" it's so open to interpretation, I say yes if we're not talking about Gonzaga or St. Mary's) |
26. St. Mary's 27. Indiana 28. Kentucky 29. NC State 30. Baylor