| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Arizona | Undefeated with wins over Duke and Wisconsin. |
| 2 |  Houston | Undefeated. |
| 3 |  Purdue | Playing great with wins over Marquette, Alabama, Tennessee, and Gonzaga. |
| 4 |  Marquette | Beat Texas, Kansas, and Illinois |
| 5 |  Kansas | UConn, Kentucky, and Tennessee. |
| 6 |  Baylor | Undefeated. |
| 7 |  UConn | Beat UNC and Texas. |
| 8 |  Clemson | Undefeated. |
| 9 |  Northwestern | Beat Purdue. |
| 10 |  Oklahoma | Undefeated with a win over Arkansas. |
| 11 |  Ole Miss | Undefeated |
| 12 |  Tennessee | Beat a good Illinois team. Their only losses are to ranked teams. |
| 13 |  Kentucky | Bounced back against Penn. |
| 14 |  Illinois | Beat Marquette. |
| 15 |  Grand Canyon | Only 1 loss. Beat Liberty, SDSU, and San Francisco. |
| 16 |  Saint Joseph's | Their loss against Texas A&M Commerce seems like a fluke. They took Kentucky to OT, and beat Princeton and Villanova. |
| 17 |  Virginia | Their only loss was to a Wisconsin team that beat Marquette. |
| 18 |  New Mexico | Only 1 loss to SMC. SMC just beat CSU. |
| 19 |  Duke | McCain is starting to hit shots, Roach is looking solid, and Blakes looks great. Should be a great team going forward. |
| 20 |  Gonzaga | They just lost to Washington, dropping them down 13 spots. |
| 21 |  James Madison | Undefeated with a win over MSU |
| 22 |  Colorado State | Only 1 loss. They blew out Creighton |
| 23 |  Creighton | The loss to CSU didnt mean they were bad, it just showed how good CSU was. |
| 24 |  Princeton | Their only loss was to a team that I ranked at 16. |
| 25 |  Providence | They have 3 losses, but to 3 very solid teams. They have a win over Wisconsin. |
