| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Arizona | Undefeated. Won at Duke |
| 2 |  Purdue | Collection of great wins |
| 3 |  Houston | Undefeated. Great Metrics |
| 4 |  Kansas | Beat UConn, only lost to MU |
| 5 |  Baylor | Undefeated, good metrics |
| 6 |  UConn | Almost won at KU w/o Castle |
| 7 |  Creighton | Really good metrics & CSU looks legit (only loss) |
| 8 |  Marquette | Great win over KU, but two losses |
| 9 |  Florida Atlantic | Looked dominant at Field of 68. Bryant loss probably a fluke |
| 10 |  BYU | Collection of solid wins and the computers like them |
| 11 |  Gonzaga | Good metrics, couple of solid wins |
| 12 |  North Carolina | Really impressive against Tennessee, some questions about defense |
| 13 |  Colorado State | Ran Creighton off the floor, two solid wins v CU & UW |
| 14 |  Texas A&M | Took a few Ls, but no Coleman so can’t drop them too much. |
| 15 |  Ohio State | Good metrics, good win over Bama, lost to A&M |
| 16 |  Clemson | Also good win @ bama, old team |
| 17 |  Tennessee | Lost to three good teams- won at UW, good metrics |
| 18 |  Wisconsin | Solid wins over MU & UVA of recent, Kenpom likes them for once |
| 19 |  Texas | No great wins, no bad losses, have looked good but flawed |
| 20 |  Kentucky | Youth showed against UNCW, but supremely talented |
| 21 |  Miami (FL) | Got ran off the floor by UK with Omier in foul trouble. Great players but serious questions about frontcourt outside of Omier |
| 22 |  San Diego State | Only loss to BYU. Always defend and have a great backcourt |
| 23 |  Illinois | Won at Rutgers- not sure how impressive that is yet |
| 24 |  Oklahoma | Won MTE but not sure how good Iowa and USC are |
| 25 |  Virginia | Nice win over short handed A&M. |
