| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | (hold) win over a ranked opponent |
| 2 | Houston | (+1) unremarkable games |
| 3 | Kansas | (-1) unremarkable games |
| 4 | UConn | (hold) fabulous win over unc, nowhere really to go |
| 5 | Marquette | (+4) hell of a week |
| 6 | Purdue | (hold) two solid wins, but marquette with the back door cut |
| 7 | Baylor | (+1) ok |
| 8 | Creighton | (+5) much improved |
| 9 | Tennessee | (+8) strong week, ranked win |
| 10 | James Madison | (+1) slight rank gain |
| 11 | Virginia | (+7) slowly getting better |
| 12 | Oklahoma | (+13) two real nice wins including +21 vs providence |
| 13 | Duke | (+2) meh |
| 14 | Kentucky | (-9) correction for an incorrect ranking last week, with the penn win added |
| 15 | Gonzaga | (-8) 3 losses already, with uconn on the horizion friday. yeesh |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic | (-6) ouch |
| 17 | Texas | (-3) it IS marquette after all |
| 18 | Clemson | (+8) welcome, not sure i've ever ranked you |
| 19 | North Carolina | (-9) uconn is damn good, see how kentucky goes |
| 20 | Colorado | (+6) Absolutely murdering teams |
| 21 | Northwestern | (+5) there you go |
| 22 | Ole Miss | (+4) football rankings are taking over |
| 23 | Colorado State | (-3) yikes, st. mary's is at least notable |
| 24 | Indiana State | (+2) mid-major already |
| 25 | BYU | (-6) a split, you get another chance next week |
Dropped: Miami [i'm sorry what the hell?], Texas A&M, Illinois, San Diego State, Ohio State